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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ m ə ˈ m ɑː n d ə ə ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə ˈ d iː tʃ i. eɪ / ⓘ [a]; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian author and activist. Regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature, she is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013).
The Danger of a Single Story" is one of Adichie's TED Talks. [12] Adichie says that "The Headstrong Historian" was written in an effort to "imagine the life of [her] great-grandmother" after first reading Things Fall Apart, which she saw as a representation of her "great-grandfather's life".
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2015. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author of fiction, non-fiction, poetry works, critiques, play, and children's fiction. She is primarily known for her works on postcolonial feminist literature. These include works set in Nigeria and Africa, standalone novels and short stories.
The idea is to examine the word of the month, probe for its secrets, its stories, choose one, and write about it. Your poem can be in verse (with rhyme and meter) or free verse. It can be long or ...
One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories is a collection of short stories, published in 2009 by New Internationalist. Edited by Chris Brazier, the book contains 23 short stories by 23 different authors who represent 14 different countries (Malaysia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Botswana, Bangladesh, US, Cameroon, Wales, Greece ...
Before becoming a book, Dear Ijeawele was a personal e-mail written by Adichie in response to her friend, "Ijeawele", [5] who had asked Adichie's advice on how to raise her daughter as a feminist. [6] The result of this e-mail correspondence is the extended, [1] 62-page [7] Dear Ijeawele manifesto, written in the form of a letter. [5]
Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2006 novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It is Adichie's second novel. The novel was first published in London by 4th Estate on 1 January 2006. The story, which is set in Nigeria in the 1960s, centers on Ugwu, who left his village to become a houseboy for a revolutionary and professor Odenigbo. Odenigbo ...
"Zikora" is a short story (2020) written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author of various other literary works, including Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and Americanah. "Zikora" is an engaging story about a woman who reflects on the current state of her life as she is about to have a baby without a spouse. [1]