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It Is Mentally Exhausting To Do What Others Want You To Do – Chimamanda Adichie

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Chronic feminist, Chimamanda Adichie has advised women to wear whatever pleases them. She revealed this in a recent interview with CNN’s special program on Africa, “African Voices.” She shared that it is vital for women to not do anything to make others happy. Her words, “Wear what you want to ...

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Chimamanda Adichie Praises Professor Wole Soyinka

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Your kindness and humour.Chimamanda Adichie has showered praise on Professor Wole Soyinka. Chimamanda eulogized thanked the legendary author for being a ‘guiding light’. Her words, “You are, for me, a guiding light: Your courage. The ease with which you inhabit your skin, speaking your mind, unburdened by apology. Your utter ...

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Chimamanda Adichie Denies Claiming To Be Biafran

Award-winning writer of novels, short stories, and nonfiction Chimamanda Adichie has dissociated herself from statements about Biafra. This is coming after a certain report went viral claiming she made statements that she was Biafran.

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I couldn’t stop screaming – Anna Banner gushes as she meets her Chimamanda Adichie

Anna Banner has revealed that, popular novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, is her forever crush!She took to her Instagram to share a photo with the writer and gushed about her.She wrote; I couldn’t stop screaming ‼️‼️ I kept telling her “I love you so much “‼️ 🙈  It’s an honor to finally ...

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie becomes first Nigerian to be honoured with the Mary McCarthy award

39-year-old Award winning author, avid feminist and critic , Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been presented with the Mary McCarthy Award for her brilliantly written novels and her captivating public persona. She became the first Nigerian to receive the prestigious award at an event that held at Bard College, New York ...

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Comedienne Emmanuella, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Others Nominated For New African Women Awards

Nigerians, Comedienne Emmanuella , Bella Naija’s Uche Eze, Author Chimamanda Adichie were all nominated for New African Women Awards. The prestigious awards which takes place at Dakar’s Terrou-Bi Hotel on 13 April. Organised by the pan-African bi-monthly, New African Woman magazine, the Awards � which celebrate and honour exceptional African ...

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Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili, Kanye West, Obama and others make TIME 100 Most Influenctial People

Nigeria ‘s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has made Time 2015 most influential list.Under Influential leaders, they wrote.. Muhammadu Buhari made history in March by becoming the first candidate to oust a sitting Nigerian President through the ballot box. Now he has to live up to voters’ expectations. From battling the Boko ...

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Must Read: Chimamanda Adichie’s response to Oba of Lagos

Award winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie. Chimamanda says the Oba’s words are quite disturbing. Read below… A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was ...

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Chimamanda Adichie stuns in new photos for Wall Street Journal

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Chimamanda is such a brilliant writer and at the same time, a beauty to behold in these new pics she made for Wall Street Journal.

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Postponed election, an act of desperation from an incumbent terrified of losing – Chimamanda Adichie

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In a piece titled “Democracy, Deferred”, award winning author, Chimamanda Adichie described the recent postponement of the general elections as an act of desperation from an incumbent terrified of losing. Below is the article published on The Atlantic… Last week, Victor, a carpenter, came to my Lagos home to fix ...

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Chimamanda Adichie, Late Stella Adadevoh make CNN’s leading women 2014 list

Chimamanda Adichie and late Dr Stella Adadevoh have been recognized by international media house, Cable News Network CNN, as some of the world’s leading women for the year 2014. In a list released earlier today by CNN, late Dr Stella Adadevoh was recognized for her significant contribution towards the prevention ...

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Censors Board bans Half of A Yellow Sun

Half Of A Yellow Sun

The Nigeria Film and Video Censorship Board, (NFVCB), has banned the widely publicized and internationally acclaimed film, Half of A Yellow Sun which has been premiered in Nigeria. The film promoters are making frantic efforts to remove the offensive sections and get the film approved. Sources said that the film, ...

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Address me as Miss not Mrs “.- Chimamanda Adichie warns journalist

Award�winning�writer Chimanda-Adichie has many speculating if her marriage with U.S based doctor, Dr. Ivara Esegee is intact after she told a Sunnewsonline journalist to address her as “Miss” not “Mrs”.She said “Before we start, please, I just want to say that�my name is�Chimamanda Adichie. That’s how I want it; that’s ...

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Chimimanda Adichie rocks African hair to BBC studios

Chimimanda Adichie and Jason Njoku

Nigerian Internet entrepreneur, Jason Njoku of iROKOtv and Spark, was interviewed by the BBC’s Evan Davis and Nkem Ifejika, as part of the BBC’s focus on Nigeria as one of the world’s leading emerging economies. Alongside literary star Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie, whose book Half of a Yellow Sun has been ...

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Why I featured Chimamanda Adichie in my new album – Beyonce

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Multiple award-winning American singer, Beyonce Knowles has explained why she featured Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie in her new album. Explaining why she featured the Half of a Yellow Sun author in one of her songs entitled:Flawless, Beyonce in a chat with UK Mirror said, I was going through videos on ...

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Chimamanda Adichie’s �Americanah” named as one of the 10 best books of 2013

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the women who is making Nigeria proud globally. The New York Times recently released its list of The 10 Best Book of 2013, selected by the editors of the publication and her novel made the list. Award winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s third ...

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Beyonce features Chimamanda Adichie in new album

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Beyonce has dropped a new album over the night called Beyonce on iTunes. The album has 32 tracks and one of it; Flawless featured Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her speech about feminism and the roles women play in the society by her were used in the track. She is ...

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See Chimamanda Adichie’s hairstyle @her “Half Of A Yellow Sun” movie premiere

Chimamanda Adichie's hairstyle

So Unique and African. So ladies can you rock this hairstyle to an event?

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�The plot feels like an excuse”: New York Times review of Chimamanda’s ‘Americanah’

And �Americanah” comes dangerously close to the �exaggerated histrionics” and �improbable plots” that she ascribes to Nigerian, or Nollywood, films. When readers of �Americanah” first meet its Nigerian-born heroine, Ifemelu, she has come a long way in life. She holds a fellowship at Princeton. She is �the absolute love of ...

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Chimamanda Adichie covers ‘Guardian life’ magazine

Beauty and brains!!!! cool hairdo

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