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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigeria

About

Nigerian novelist and essayist (born 1977) known for her nuanced portrayals of contemporary African life, gender, and identity. Her 2009 TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story" has been viewed over 30 million times.

Books on TheBookRoads

Nigerian Ifemelu moves to the United States to study and writes a popular blog about race in America, while her first love Obinze attempts to emigrate to Britain. A sharp, funny, and incisive novel about race, identity, and the African immigrant experience.

Purple Hibiscus

Fifteen-year-old Kambili lives under the tyranny of her devout Catholic father in post-independence Nigeria. Her slow awakening to freedom and selfhood drives Adichie's debut novel, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Half of a Yellow Sun

The lives of three characters intersect during the Nigerian-Biafran War of the late 1960s — a war that resulted in the deaths of up to three million people, many from starvation. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction.

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