10 Things You Didn’t Know About Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is considered one of the Nigeria’s most prominent young authors, and now commands an international audience. Most recently, she made headlines upon the release of the film adaptation of her novel, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” as well as for the recent publication of her third novel, “Americanah.” As Adichie’s body of work grows, take a peek at her life: 10 things you didn’t know about author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.


                                                    She comes from a long line of strong women

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Adichie’s mother was the University of Nigeria’s first female registrar, serving as the head of the administrative section of the university. Her sister operates a medical practice in Coventry, Connecticut.





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Adichie was known to butt heads with her teachers growing up

Adichie’s strong personality would occasionally put her in conflict with teachers while she was growing up in Nsukka, Nigeria, near the University of Nigeria. Despite this, she                                                                        remained an A student and received numerous academic                                                            awards

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She has become known as a fashion icon

Adichie’s mother was always very concerned about her daughter’s appearance, and instilled the same value in her children. When Adichie first burst onto the writing scene in the U.S., she tried to dress more subdued in an attempt to be taken seriously, but soon realized that her personal style had the right to shine through

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She dropped out of medical school to pursue writing

Following her father’s wishes, Adichie enrolled in medical school in Nigeria, but dropped out at age 19 to attend Drexel University in Philadelphia on a scholarship. She ended up graduating from Eastern Connecticut State University with a degree in communication and political science

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She was inspired by Chinua Achebe

After reading Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart,” Adichie was inspired by seeing her own life represented in the pages. She once said, “I realized that people who looked like me could live in books.” Using that inspiration, Adichie has been writing about the Nigerian experience throughout her career.

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She grew up in a house once owned by Achebe

Adichie and her family lived in a home in Nsukka that was once owned by Chinua Achebe, further strengthening the connection between the two Igbo literary legends. A Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic, Achebe was best known for his first novel and magnum opus, “Things Fall Apart,” — the most widely read book in modern African literature. He died in 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts

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             Her novel, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” derives its name from the             Biafra flag

              The novel, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” is set before and during the                  Biafran and its title reflects the flag of the short-lived independent              nation. The film adaptation, directed by Biyi Bandele,           stars                Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave”) and Thandie
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    The Nigerian government delayed the release of the film “Half of        a Yellow Sun”

             Due to the film’s representation of violence that occurred during the Biafran              war, the Nigerian government refused to issue the                                          able Imovie a certificate, essentially         banning it and delaying its                                                release. Worries arose about the film’s potential to               incite violence,                                   particularly in the country’s largely Christian south that is still              home                                      to a sizgbo independence movement.
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                Her work has been sampled by Beyoncé

              The visual album release for Beyoncé’s song, “Flawless,” in 2013,                       included an         excerpt from a talk that Adichie gave at                                      TEDxEuston in December 2012. The talk, entitled “     We Should All                   be Feminists,” discussed the way women are raised and what it                         means to    be a feminist. “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to                       make themselves smaller,” Adichie said. “We say  to girls: ‘You can                   have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful,                     but not too successful. Otherwise, you will threaten the man…’” Adichie defined a feminist as person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes
















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