New African Woman Awards Nominees Announced: Fadumo Dayib, Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Caster Semenya ,Thuli Madonsela
The New African Woman magazine will hold the second edition of its popularly-received New African Woman Forum (NAW Forum) in Dakar, Senegal, on 12 and 13 April. Following weeks of public nominations from across the continent and its Diaspora, the final nominees for the much-anticipated New African Woman Awards 2017 have been announced. Chosen in […]
Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Named on U.S. Reading Program
Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie’s bestseller novel ‘Americanah’ has been selected as one of the five award-winning books to be chosen for the ‘One Book One New York’ programme. The concept of ‘One Book One New York’ is an initiative to bring together bookworms in the U.S. largest city to read the same book at the same time. […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie awarded with and honorary degree by the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, United States
The author of widely acclaimed novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has recently been named as one the distinguished achievers to be awarded honorary degrees, this year, by the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, United States. The honorary degrees will be conferred at the university’s commencement ceremony on the 18th of May, […]
Adichie opens up on father’s kidnapping
Lauded Nigerian writer and feminist thinker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently shed some light on the kidnapping of her father for ransom early last month. In a heartfelt op-ed for the New York Times she drew a link between the incident and her public persona. The New York Times last week published an op-ed by Chimamanda […]
Haunted With Guilt, Fame Led to Chimamanda Adichie Father’s Kidnapping
Internationally acclaimed author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has spoken out for the first time that her 83-year-old father was kidnapped because of her fame; she said the kidnappers told her father, “Ask your daughter, the writer, to bring the (ransom) money.” She wrote on the New York Times Opinion on Saturday, May 30, that she was […]
