Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977) is an award-winning Nigerian writer. She comes from Abba in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria. Her book Half of a Yellow Sun won the 2007 Orange Prize for fiction (later named Women's Prize for Fiction).[1]
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| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2013 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2013 | |
| Born | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 15 August 1977 (aged 48) Enugwu, Enugwu State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigeria |
| Period | 2003-present |
| Notable works | Purple Hibiscus Half of a Yellow Sun |
Adichie was born in Enugu into an Igbo family. She married Ivara Alistair Esege, a Nigerian doctor[clarification needed].[2]
Sampling on a Beyoncé song
In December 2013 Beyoncé released her fifth album BEYONCÉ. The eleventh song on the album "Flawless" has a sample from Adichie's TED Talk "Why We Should All Be Feminists". Adichie's sample on the album caused her novel Americanah go up around 600 places in the Amazon chart.[3]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Media
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at a signing in Berlin, Germany on 16 May 2014 (cropped).jpg
Adichie at the reading and signing of her work Americanah in Berlin, Germany (2014)
- Ms. magazine Cover - Summer 2014.jpg
Adichie on the cover of Ms. in 2014
- In Conversation Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Anne-Marie Slaughter (34792044310) (cropped).jpg
Adichie and Anne-Marie Slaughter at the New America Conference in 2017
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2020 (cropped).jpg
Adichie at the speaker's podium during the Congreso Futuro, Santiago, Chile, in 2020
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - mural Ciudad Lineal (cropped).jpg
Adichie on the Concepción Feminist Mural in Madrid, Spain
- Chimamanda Adichie 11.09.10 (5248097626).jpg
Adichie at an event related to her book The Thing Around Your Neck, 2010
References
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