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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in 1977 in Nigeria. She is the author of two novels, Purple Hibiscus (2003) and Half of a Yellow Sun which won the 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. A collection of short stories titled The Thing around Your Neck was recently published by Fourth Estate.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock

Operation

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘I like to think now that he knew how much I liked him, from the beginning, and that we were both equal participants in the ritual.’

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Fiction | The Online Edition padlock

On Monday Last Week

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘Kamara had always resented the glamour of half-castes.’

Fiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition

Jumping Monkey Hill

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘His accent was what the British called posh, the kind some rich Nigerians tried to mimic and ended up sounding unintentionally funny.’

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Fiction | The Online Edition padlock

The Master

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘The Master was a little crazy; he had spent too many years reading books overseas’

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Fiction | Issue 88 padlock

The Grief of Strangers

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘Chinechelum said little as her mother drove her to the airport.’

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