Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Set To Receive 16th Honorary Doctorate Degree
The “Half Of A Yellow Sun” writer is set to add another doctorate degree to her ever-growing award list Renowned Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is set to receive her 16th honorary doctorate degree from the Belgium’s Catholic University of Louvain. The ceremony is scheduled to hold at the main campus of the academic […]
Top 10 Nigerian Authors In 2020
In a year that greatly affected the mentality of so many through the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns, Nigerians found a way to thrive and make the society seem normal. One group, Nigerian writers, were not to be left out. Every year, they have thrived both at home and on the world stage and 2020 was […]
Chimamanda Grabs Winner Of Winners Prize For Fiction
After thirteen years of winning the Women’s Prize For Fiction (then known as the Orange Prize For Literature), foremost Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has won the Prize’s Winner of Winners award. The award set out to celebrate the prize’s 25 years history saw Chimamanda emerge from the list of the 25 previous winners […]
Chimamanda Releases First Fiction Work In Seven Years
After seven years of wait, high profile writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, finally decided to thrill her fans with a fiction work titled ‘’Zikora.’’ Since 2013 when Chimamanda released ‘’Americanah,’’ she has had nothing on fiction for her readers, rather, she has been giving them readings and special discussions on her Instagram page to help […]
Women You Should Know: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, was born, September 15, 1977, in Enugu, Nigeria. The Nigerian author is one whose work has drawn extensively on the Nigeria-Biafra war of the late 1960s. Background and Education Adichie was born in the city of Enugu in Nigeria and grew up as the fifth of six children in an Igbo […]
Chimamanda Adichie Speaks On How She Is Coping With Her Fears Amidst The Coronavirus Pandemic
Award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie, has opened up about her fears during the coronavirus pandemic and how she is coping. Read more about Corona Virus Adichie, who is based in the United States with her family, said she is worried for her husband who is a medical doctor and has to leave home every day to […]
A Guest’s Perspective on the ‘Live in Lagos’ Event with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Maria Grazia Chiuri
On Tuesday, December 3, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and French Network in collaboration with the Italian Consulate General hosted the Creative Director of Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri, at the Alliance Francaise Lagos, Mike Adenuga Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos. The event featured a masterclass, an exhibition, and a Q&A session where Adichie and Chiuri both spoke. The reception […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Receives United Nations Foundation Global Leadership Award
It is no news at all that the dexterous Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has distinguished herself as a writer. Her works range from novels, to short stories, to nonfiction, but each one has contributed to establishing Chimamanda as one of the greatest writers of our time. Chinua Achebe gave high but appropriate praise when he said […]
The 2019 Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop Moves To Anambra State
Purple Hibiscus Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Awka, Anambra State. This is the 10th year of the workshop organized by multiple award winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie, from December 9 to December 14 2019. The workshop is supported by Anambra State Government. The workshop will take the form of a class. Participants […]
HBO Max Orders Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s TV Adaptation of Adichie’s Americanah
HBO Max, an American media platform that will launch in 2020, recently announced that it has ordered ten episodes of Americanah, an upcoming TV show by Lupita Nyong’o that is based on Chimamanda Adichie’s infamous book, Americanah. In 2014, Lupita Nyong’o bought the rights to make a film out of Americanah. She planned to star […]
Americanah Film; Lupita Nyong’o’s Screen Adaptation In Development
Going by Lupita Nyong’o’s recent statement, the long-awaited screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie‘s “Americanah” will soon be out. The Kenyan actress, who bought the film rights to the bestselling novel, had expressed excitement about the project in 2014 while speaking with the New York Daily News: “It is such an honor to have the opportunity […]
Social Media Accounts To Follow: 5 Women Who Make International Women’s Day Worth Celebrating
In the wake of the International Women’s Day that just passed, here is a list of women who have shown what it is to be strong, independent and enterprising. These women are known for their impact on society and have shown how important a balanced society for both genders is. Kemi Adetiba Kemi Adetiba has […]
Brands We Love: Kachifo
Nigeria’s book publishing scene appears to be bubbling with renewed vigour. Where once the overwhelming material pushed out to the market was textbooks and low-quality tales in print, there’s been a rise in the number of creative fiction, autobiographical works and political literature put out to bookstores on an annual basis. A small band of […]
An Evening With Chimamanda Adichie: What You Missed
Unlike many would have thought, An Evening with Chimamanda did not turn into a heated argument on feminism. Rather, it was an evening filled with excitement and intellectual discussions bothering on feminism, bride price, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s love for Nigerian-made clothing, a few writing tips and a sneak peak on her next moves. Chimamanda graced the […]
Chimamanda Adichie Explains Her Love For Nigerian Fashion (Video)
Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie spoke with the Financial Times about her style story titled “My Fashion Nationalism.” She expresses her desire to support different layers of the fashion industry, she hopes to portray Nigerian fashion, not as a museum of “Traditional African” clothes but a vibrant and diverse industry. Adichie had earlier been described as the […]
The Nigerian Renaissance- Feminism, Social Media and How to Reshape Nigeria
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