Chimamanda Adichie

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, poem, and children's books; she is also a book reviewer and literary critic. Her most famous works include Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and Americanah. She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature. Born into an Igbo family in Enugu, Nigeria, Adichie was educated at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, where she studied medicine for a year and half. She left Nigeria at the age of 19 to study in the United States at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and went on to study at a further three universities in the U.S.: Eastern Connecticut State University, Johns Hopkins University, and Yale University. Many of Adichie's novels are set in Nsukka, where she grew up. She started writing during her university education. She first wrote Decisions, a poetry collection, followed by a play, For Love of Biafra. Read more

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