Chimamanda Adichie Named On Fortune’s List Of World’s 50 Greatest Leaders
Multinational business magazine Fortune has published its list of people it reckons to be the world’s greatest leaders at the moment. As expected, the annual list has a host of well-known names on it. One of them is Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Fortune placed Chimamanda at number 42 on its list. According to them, the […]
Nigeria’s Ten Most Influential Women
The world’s attention turns to more than half the planet’s human population. The International Women’s Day is marked to celebrate the great strides women have made in various fronts of human endeavor, and highlight the fact that much remains to be done as far as achieving gender parity is concerned. This year, activities and discussions […]
#CNHighlights: 10 Social Media Trends of the Year 2016
Year 2016 has been an eventful one, with discoveries and surprises, victories and speeches and everything in between. Nigerians can relate to these ten highlights that got trending on the internet this year. 1. THE DISCOVERY OF OLAJUMOKE ORISAGUNA In February, Olajumoke Orisaguna was the most searched name on Google and carried on lots of […]
20 Inspiring Quotes From Writers About Writing
Much has been said about the power and pleasure of reading, and not nearly enough about writing. Without writers there would be no books to read or rave about, but how much do we know about the writing process and what goes on in the minds of writers, be they novelists, journalists, or just people […]
The Place of the 21st Century African Woman
My friend’s furious post on Facebook was my first clue that women had been dissed by none other than our Dear President. I quickly dashed to Linda Ikeji Blog only to discover that the President had, in a few sentences, relegated his wife to the kitchen, the bedroom, and the other room. His sentence was considered […]
The Character I did not like in Adichie’s Americanah
Obinze’s wife, Kosi in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah was one character I did not like. She was a people pleaser. She strived so hard to be perfect. At home, she tried to create the ideal family life. At social events, her constant effort to please everyone was sickening. She was a good wife to Obinze […]
The Comeback of the Afro: Fighting Colonialism One Curl at a Time
“I can’t do it.” My friend and I stand outside our frequented hair salon. Me with a bag filled with nail polish, This Day newspaper and a bottle of Fanta and her with a box of relaxer. “I can’t, it took so long to grow it out like this.” She touches her hair which is […]
My Top Ten Books
My late friend and fellow #CNWriter Hammed Ajiboye was passionate about books. Every week, he would put up “My Top Ten Books” on his blog; a series that featured readers’ best books ever. He passed before I could send him mine, but it recently crossed my mind that Hammed would want to see it published. […]
On Stories and Writing: Quotes From 10 Nigerian Writers
“Without stories, we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. Even in silence we are living our stories.” ― Ben Okri, Birds of Heaven “Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity […]
Applications for the 2016 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop
The 2016 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop will take place from June 21 to July 1, 2016. The workshop is organized by award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and is sponsored by Nigerian Breweries Plc. At the workshop, Caine-Prize winning writer, Binyavanga Wainaina, Aslak Sire Myhre and other writers will co-teach alongside Adichie. The objective of […]
Baileys Prize Crowns Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as its ‘Best of the Best’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel of the Biafran war, Half of a Yellow Sun, has been named winner of the women’s prize for best fiction of the last decade – by both the public and a 10-strong judging panel. The award, now known as the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, chose to mark its 20th anniversary […]
Happy Birthday Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!
Do you know that it was on this day in history that Chimamanda Adichie, award-winning novelist, feminist and speaker was born? Connect Nigeria wishes this phenomenal woman a happy birthday! We’ll celebrate her by reviewing some inspiring statements she has made in her interactions with the world, in her books and in her speeches. […]
#BeingFemaleInNigeria: Nigerian Women Get Real On Twitter
Nigerian women across the nation recently “got real” on what life’s really like in their shoes. This was expressed with the Twitter hashtag #BeingFemaleInLagos, garnering a whopping total of 57,000 tweets the following day according to UK’s Mashable. How did it all start, you might wonder? The conversation was sparked by a small women’s bookclub in Abuja tweeting […]
Chimamanda’s ‘Americanah’ Named BBC’s 2013 Best Book
The book ‘Americanah’ by Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, has been named by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as the 2013 Best Book. Chimamanda Adichie, whose work recently got sampled on American R&B queen, Beyonce’s new album which hit the market few days ago and broke iTunes record and also went ahead to hit platinum status few […]
In Case You Missed Chimamanda’s Book Signing…
Saturday evening saw a large crowd at Terrakulture. I sat at the restaurant, sipping my fruit juice and smiling in comradeship at the others who also sat there to pass time. I did it discreetly though, couldn’t have them thinking I was a psycho. So these were my fellow fans. Some were dressed casually […]
Listen Up! Nigeria’s Future Depends on You
“See you a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings…” Proverbs 22:29 Nigeria is a nation that predominantly consumes- both goods and services- but hardly produces. However, although we have been blessed by God with vast mineral resources, He has blessed us even more with talent. In the last 10 years, two […]