Tag: Chimamanda Adichie
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Hillary Clinton updates Twitter bio after session with Chimamanda Adichie
Following her promise to Chimamanda Adichie at the PEN World Voices Festival, former US secretary of State Hillary Clinton has updated her Twitter bio. This comes after the organisers of the 2018 PEN World Voices Festival, rated Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichies session as their most popular. Themed “Resist and Reimagine” the festival held last week…
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Daddy Freeze blasts Chimamanda Adichie over feminist comment against Hillary Clinton
Controversial on-air personality, Daddy Freeze has criticized award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for saying she was “upset” that Hillary Clinton’s Twitter bio starts with “wife”. Daddy Freeze said he is torn between anger and respect as he was once a huge fan of Adichie’s literary work. His open letter addressed Adichie and posted on social…
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Adichie’s book named among best books of 2017
Award winning author, Chimamanda Adichie’s book has been listed among the best books of 2017.The non-fiction guidebook, ‘Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions’, was acknowledged by NPR Books and Audible. The excited author took to her Facebook page on Thursday to share the news with her fans. Written as a letter to…
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Nigeria’s Chimamanda Adichie elected into American Academy of Arts and Science
Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with 227 new members. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Chimamanda was also in March, elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the second Nigerian to be so honoured, after Prof. Wole Soyinka. She will be inducted in May.…