09 Sep, 2024

Looking Back Through a Misty Film: Recollection from the 2019 Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop

by Bura-Bari Nwilo In December 2019, I stood over Oly in my apartment in Nsukka and drew her attention to posts of Facebook friends who had screenshot acceptance letters signed by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for the year’s creative writing workshop. And in my eyes, she could see mild fury hinged on disappointment. I deafened her with […]

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How to Follow Chimamanda Adichie on social media

Over the past few months, certain unscrupulous individuals have been posing as representatives of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie via Twitter and trying to swindle people by email under the guise of negotiating speaking fees for Ms. Adichie. Fans beware. To reach Chimamanda Achiche via Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, use her official social media pages. We shall […]

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Chimamanda Adichie Set To Moderate Michelle Obama’s Book Launch In The UK

Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie will be moderating Michelle Obama’s UK exclusive book launch event, slated on Monday, 3rd, December, 2018 at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Isn’t that exciting?! We are so envious of the people who would be attending the event! The highly anticipated book is a memoir titled, “Becoming” “Reflecting on her memoir, Michelle […]

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie bags The 2019 Ev Rogers Award

Our Literary Queen, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has won the 2019 Ev Rogers Award in the honour of the late professor, Everette whose Diffusion of Innovation is the second-most cited book in the social sciences. She is being honoured for “reframing the discourse on race, gender and identity.” “Her voice and her power to inspire made […]

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Chimamanda Adichie and Her Interview With The French Journalist

Early this week, Chimamanda Adichie was in the news again. During an interview in Paris’  Night of Ideas, journalist Caroline Broué asked the prolific, feminist writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a series of discomfiting questions. First, the journalist wanted to know if Nigerians read Ms. Adichie’s books. Chimamnda answered in affirmative. She also explained that her […]

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