We need to see these five kickass African novels beloved by many become movies we can all watch at the movies. Those who attended the…
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Chimamanda Adichie to receive prestigious US honorary degree
Chimamanda Adichie is one of eight distinguished achievers set to receive an honorary degree from the Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States. Adichie who earned…
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Apply for Chimamanda Adichie’s Farafina Creative Writing Workshop 2016!
Chimamanda Adichie will be the lead at the Farafina Trust creative writing workshop in Lagos, Nigeria from June 21 to July 1, 2016. She will be…
View More Apply for Chimamanda Adichie’s Farafina Creative Writing Workshop 2016!Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the Bailey’s Prize best of the best
There’s yet another gong for our African literary supernova folks. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s second novel Half of a Yellow Sun has been selected the best…
View More Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the Bailey’s Prize best of the bestTop Writers in New African 100 most influential list.
The New African magazine has published its highly regarded 100 Hundred Most Influential Africans 2014 and it has some of what the team who run…
View More Top Writers in New African 100 most influential list.Noviolet, Chimamanda and Aminatta for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and…
View More Noviolet, Chimamanda and Aminatta for IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardChimamanda Adichie wins National Book Critics Award 2013
Chimamanda Adichie is the biggest name in Nigerian (if not African) literature right now. She is kinda like the Lupita Nyong’o of literature from this…
View More Chimamanda Adichie wins National Book Critics Award 2013Chimamanda Adichie makes Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014 longlist
You may or may not know the Baileys Women Prize for women but you probably know about it in its old life. It all started…
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The Kwani Trust turned ten years old this year and the trust that built its name as the new face of Kenyan literature hosted several…
View More Nairobi goes gaga for Chimamanda AdichieChimamanda Adichie for Kwani 10 year anniversary festivities
Nairobi was in the throes of literary awesomeness as we hosted the Storymoja Hay Festival 2013 in September. Hold onto your horses literary fans; have…
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Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a yellow sun movie trailer out
We all read books then watch its movie version and complain bitterly that the director never did justice the jewel we all read. It’s not…
View More Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a yellow sun movie trailer outNigeria’s Chimamanda Adichie wins Heartland prize
This Chimamanda. Nigeria’s sweetheart writer Chimamanda Adichie has been doing what she does yet again; winning awards for her novels. The latest of her awards…
View More Nigeria’s Chimamanda Adichie wins Heartland prizeThe Olare Mara Kempinski library; opportunities abound.
Last year, I visited one of the most beautiful wildlife destinations on the planet; The Maasai Mara. At that place, I was a guest at…
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