Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie commends John Boyega after videos where he broke down in tears while protesting in the black lives matter movement.

Chimamanda took to her intagram to share a video sharing words of encouragement, commending him for his courage.

She captioned the video "the air is thick with grief. But there's also reason for cautious hope, maybe this time is different, maybe @JohnBoyega."


In the video, Ms. Adichie said: "Watching John Boyega speak at the protest in Hyde Park, it broke my heart, made me cry. I'm sending love to you John. I hope that you're surrounded by love because I think that what you're doing is necessary and very important, but also comes at a cost emotionally. So, I'm sending you all my love and admiration and pride.

"And so many young Black people out there who have dealt with so much crap over time and they're out there and they're doing their thing and it's so admirable to see them taking up space."

On Wednesday, June 3, British actor John Boyega, best known for his performance in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, protested in London in response to the death of African-American George Floyd.



Boyega said in his passionate speech, “Black lives have always mattered. We have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded regardless. And now is the time. I ain’t waiting.”

 Fighting back tears, he continued, “I’m speaking to you from my heart. Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but fuck that. Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process. We don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones.

"Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process. We don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones.”