Pagineborn 1977 · Enugu, Nigeria · also known as Adichie, Chimamanda Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nsukka, Nigeria, in a house once lived in by Chinua Achebe. Purple Hibiscus (2003) is a coming-of-age story under a strict, devout father; Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), set during the Nigeria–Biafra war, won the Orange Prize; Americanah (2013) follows a Nigerian woman in America. Her talks “The Danger of a Single Story” and “We Should All Be Feminists” have been watched by millions.
Begin with Purple Hibiscus.
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Olaudah Equiano · Sol Plaatje · Chinua Achebe · Wole Soyinka · Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o · Naguib Mahfouz · Mariama Bâ · Nadine Gordimer · J. M. Coetzee · Bessie Head · Tsitsi Dangarembga
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nsukka, Nigeria, in a house once lived in by Chinua Achebe. Purple Hibiscus (2003) is a coming-of-age story under a strict, devout father; Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), set during the Nigeria–Biafra war, won the Orange Prize; Americanah (2013) follows a Nigerian woman in America.
Purple Hibiscus is usually considered Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-known work, followed by Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah.
Most readers start with Purple Hibiscus.
Both refer to the same writer. Other spellings and names include Adichie, Chimamanda Adichie.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download, but many can be borrowed free from your public library or Open Library — we link to them below.