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 | |
| 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
Adichie at the reading and signing of her work Americanah in Berlin, Germany (2014)
Adichie on the cover of Ms. in 2014
Adichie and Anne-Marie Slaughter at the New America Conference in 2017
Adichie at the speaker's podium during the Congreso Futuro, Santiago, Chile, in 2020
Adichie on the Concepción Feminist Mural in Madrid, Spain
Adichie at an event related to her book The Thing Around Your Neck, 2010
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References
- ↑ Reynolds, Nigel (June 7, 2007). "Nigerian author wins top literary prize". The Telegraph. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ↑ "Vixen". Vibe.
- ↑ "Beyoncé's "***Flawless" Has Sent Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Novel Rocketing Up Amazon Charts". Complex. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2019-02-12.