Check Out 11 Amazing Facts About Chimamanda Adichie as she Clocks 44 Years
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian reformist-feminist and iconic author whose literary works have captured the hearts of many across the globe. She is also famous for writing popular books such as purple hibiscus,half of a yellow sun,Americanah and so on.
Asides writing,there are other interesting facts about Chimamanda that makes her more iconic and popular across the globe, they include;
1. Chimamanda Adichie’s inspiration to become a writer came from reading the legendary work of Chinua Achebe titled “Things fall apart” when she was 10 years old.
2. Another interesting fact to know about Chimamanda is that the house she grew up in was also once owned by the legendary Chinua Achebe.
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3. Top celebrities in the world like Beyonce, Will Smith, Gabriella Union and a couple of others are big fans of Chimamanda Adichie.
4. She is married to a USA based Doctor known as Dr ivara Esege but Chimamanda prefers not to be addressed as Mrs .
5. She was born on the 15th of September 1977 in Enugu state but she doesn’t look her age ,she looks younger than her age . If you didn’t know her birth date , you’d guess
6. She was also featured in Forbes 20 youngest powerful women in Africa 2011 and in 2014 ,she was a finalist in Forbes Africa person of the year.
7. She is a great ambassador of African style and also a fashionista
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8. She comes from a line of strong women as her mother was the first female registrar of the university of Nigeria and her sister operates a medical practice in the USA.
9. Her real heroes are ordinary women who fend for their families and hold their families together. This she stated in an interview with Vogue magazine.
10. She dropped out of medical school to pursue writing.
11. She annually organises creative writing workshops inorder to encourage and help young Nigerian writers which is her own way of giving back to the society.
