Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is coming to South Africa for the 2018 Abantu Book Festival. The announcement was made this morning on Twitter by the festival organizers. She joins a list of guests that includes Cassava Republic founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, This Mournable Body author Tsitsi Dangarembga, Fred Khumalo, Helon Habila, Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word author […]
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Exclusive Photos | An Evening with Chimamanda at The Workstation, Victoria Island
On 22 September, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Nigerian publishers, Narrative Landscape Press, hosted her in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event, themed “An Evening with Chimamanda,” took place at The Workstation, 7 Ibiyinka Olorunbe Close, Victoria Island, Lagos. There were conversations around her two most recent books, We Should All Be Feminists (2014) and Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus Turns 15: The Best Moments of a Modern Classic
“It wasn’t the first novel I wrote,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told the audience at the University of Nairobi, during her lecture in honour of Kwani? Magazine’s 10th anniversary, and then she joked: “I wrote other bad novels which I hope nobody ever sees. But Purple Hibiscus was the first one that I loved.” When she […]
Chimamanda’s Workshop Returns as the Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop, Sponsored by Trace Nigeria | How to Apply
In 2017, in what should have been its tenth edition, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie announced that her annual workshop would not be held because there were no sponsors. In an email to Brittle Paper, she had stated that “our sponsor, Nigerian Breweries PLC (NB PLC), abruptly withdrew their sponsorship due to a need to streamline their expenditure.” Began […]
Chimamanda Adichie Adds Her Voice to Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis
Chimamanda Adichie has added her voice to Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis, following efforts by Cameroonian novelists Imbolo Mbue and Patrice Nganang. Last year, Mbue wrote an essay for The Guardian UK while Patrice Nganang was arrested by the Cameroonian government, with Cameroonian writers and PEN America calling for his release. Adichie’s contribution comes in an op-ed […]
EVENT | An Evening with Chimamanda in Victoria Island
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Nigerian publishers, Narrative Landscape, will be hosting her in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event, themed “An Evening with Chimamanda,” will take place on 22 September at The Workstation, 7 Ibiyinka Olorunbe Close, Victoria Island. There will be conversations around her two most recent books, We Should All Be Feminists (2014) and Dear Ijeawele, […]
Writers on Social Media: Vol. 1 | Nnedi Okorafor, Chimamanda, Shailja Patel, Teju Cole, Tomi Adeyemi, Momtaza Mehri, Joy Mogami
What did your favourite literary person do on Twitter or Facebook recently? We went through some timelines to bring you what Nnedi Okorafor, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Shailja Patel, Teju Cole, Tomi Adeyemi, Momtaza Mehri, and Joy Mogami were up to. Nnedi Okorafor The beauty of following Nnedi Okorafor on social media is that you get an […]
Chimamanda Adichie’s Team Is Looking for Two Interns. Apply
This will be a dream job for a lot of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s millions of fans. Her team is looking for two interns: one must be Lagos-based, the other can live anywhere, both will be paid positions. Needless to say, both must presumably be good writers and thinkers. The Lagos Intern will be someone interested […]
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