CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
“I have hope in the future of Nigeria, mostly because we have not yet
made a real, conscious effort to begin creating a nation (We could start, for
example, by not merely teaching Maths and English in primary schools, but also
teaching idealism and citizenship.)”- Chimamanda Adichie.
She is a famous Nigerian writer with international recognition. Born
on 15th September, 1977 in the town of Enugu, Adichie grew up in the
university town of Nsukka in southeastern Nigeria, where the University of
Nigeria is situated. Adichie studied medicine and pharmacy at the University of
Nigeria for a year and a half. At the age of 19, she left Nigeria and moved to
the United States for college. In 2001, she graduated “with highest distinction”
from Eastern Connecticut State University after studying communications and
political science at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
In 2003, she completed a master's
degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University. In 2008, she received a
Master of Arts in African studies from Yale University. At 26, Adichie
published her first novel, PURPLE
HIBISCUS (2003), which received wide critical acclaim and was awarded
the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2005). Her second novel, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN was awarded
the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction.
The recipient of the 2008 Future
Awards (Young Person of the Year category) has no doubt shown that Africans and
indeed Nigerians can rule the world with their natural endowments. At 35, she
has achieved what many could not achieve throughout their life time. And she is
even hungry for more. Her third novel AMERICANAH has been awarded the 2013
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for fiction and nominated for the Future Awards
Africa Young Person of the Year 2013. Adichie
shares the view that the future of Nigeria depends on YOU; she teaches writing
workshops in Nigeria. YOU are not too young to write the name of NIGERIA in
gold (in your chosen career) anywhere in the world.
What
do you want to be known for? THINK ABOUT THIS.
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