Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is from Abba but grew up in the university town of Nsukka. She moved to the United States to attend college, graduating summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State with a major in Communication and a minor in Political Science. She holds a Masters degree in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins and a Masters degree in African Studies from Yale.
Published Works
Purple Hibiscus
Half of a Yellow Sun
The Thing Around Your Neck
Ted Talks: The Danger of a Single Story Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
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