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Purple Hibiscus, is a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, first published in the United State by Algonquin, an imprint of Workman Publishing Company in 2003. It recounts the story of Kambili Achike , a young teenager who struggles in the hands of her father Eugene, a rich businessman and devout Catholic.
The Thing Around Your Neck is a short-story collection by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, first published in April 2009 by Fourth Estate in the UK and by Knopf in the US. It received many positive reviews, including: "She makes storytelling seem as easy as birdsong" ( Daily Telegraph ); [ 1 ] "Stunning.
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 writer 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).
As a writer, she has contributed to published non-fiction works and participated in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus Trust Writing Workshop. Her short story Faces was long listed for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize .
"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]
Here they tautologically come, slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball. Yes, spectacular squabbling siblings Oasis are back after their 15-year huff, ready to go Supersonic all over ...
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The most prominent of the third generation of writers is conceived to be Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who started off with Purple Hibiscus. Another is Okey Ndibe, whose debut novel Arrows of Rain "has been applauded as a faithful representation of social consciousness and political activism that run through the third-generation of Nigerian novelists