Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a renowned Nigerian author and feminist whose acclaimed novels and essays, such as "Half of a Yellow Sun" and "We Should All Be Feminists," explore themes of identity, gender, and postcolonialism.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie canonical 7
Adichie 1
Chimamanda 1

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instanceOf essayist
feminist
human
novelist
public intellectual
short story writer
awardReceived Commonwealth Writers' Prize
surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

MacArthur Fellowship
National Book Critics Circle Award
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Orange Prize for Fiction
birthDate 1977-09-15
birthPlace Enugu
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria
educatedAt Drexel University
Eastern Connecticut State University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Nigeria Secondary School
Yale University
ethnicGroup Igbo people
familyName Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adichie
fieldOfStudy African studies
communication
creative writing
political science
gaveTalk TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story"
TEDx talk "We Should All Be Feminists"
gender female
genre essay
historical fiction
literary fiction
short stories
givenName Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chimamanda
influenced contemporary African feminist discourse
global conversations on gender equality
influencedBy Chinua Achebe
language English
movement African literature
feminism
postcolonial literature
name Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-link
nationality Nigerian
notableWork Americanah
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Half of a Yellow Sun
Notes on Grief
Purple Hibiscus
The Thing Around Your Neck
We Should All Be Feminists
occupation essayist
lecturer
novelist
short story writer
writer
residence Lagos
United States of America
surface form: United States
theme Biafran secession
surface form: Nigerian civil war

feminism
gender
identity
immigration
postcolonialism
race
writingLanguage English

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Igbo notableWriter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Igbo people notableAuthor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chinua Achebe influenced Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie name Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-link
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie givenName Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chimamanda
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie familyName Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Adichie
Commonwealth Writers' Prize notableWinner Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Orange Prize for Fiction notableRecipient Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Farrar, Straus and Giroux hasPublished Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie