𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮: 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗡𝗴𝗼𝘇𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲 (𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁)

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗡𝗴𝗼𝘇𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲, (born September 15, 1977, Enugu, Nigeria), After studying medicine for a time in Nsukka, in 1997 she left for the United States, where she studied communication and political science at Eastern Connecticut State University (B.A., 2001). Splitting her time between Nigeria and the United States, she received a master’s degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and studied African history at Yale University.

As a student at Eastern Connecticut State University, Adichie began writing her first novel, 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀 (2003).

𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗬𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝘂𝗻 (2006; film 2013), 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲'𝘀 second novel, was the result of four years of research and writing. It was built primarily on the experiences of her parents during the Nigeria-Biafra war. The result was an epic novel that vividly depicts the savagery of the war (which resulted in the displacement and deaths of perhaps a million people) but does so by focusing on a small group of characters, mostly middle-class Africans. 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗬𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝘂𝗻 became an international best seller and was awarded the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction in 2007.

In 2008 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲 received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. The following year she released 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗸, a critically acclaimed collection of short stories. 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗵 (2013) centres on the romantic and existential struggles of a young Nigerian woman studying (and blogging about race) in the United States.

"𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀" is the title of the now famous TED talk by 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗡𝗴𝗼𝘇𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲. The phrase made it onto Dior t-shirts (a collaboration with 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲), a Beyoncé song, and has been adapted into a book of the same title. In 2015, the book was distributed to every 16-year-old high-school student in Sweden and has remained on bestseller lists all over the world.

Following the death of her father, 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲 wrote Notes on 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 (2021), in which she mourned his passing and celebrated his life.

Through her work, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗡𝗴𝗼𝘇𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲 has been able to bring global attention to the inequalities women face in Nigerian and global society. 

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲❤️❤️❤️