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Nigerians are starved of true leaders – Chimamanda

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2022 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE Renowned author, Chimamanda Adichie, has said Nigerians are starved of leaders with great qualities. Adiche made this statement while delivering her keynote address at the ongoing annual general meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the Eko Hotel and Suites in

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I wish I was an American Citizen, Nigeria frustrates me – Chimamanda Adichie

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2021 0

Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian writer who has won numerous awards, has expressed regret for not being an American citizen when the chance arose. Being a Nigerian, according to the author, is too exhausting for her, and she now regrets not being a US citizen. Adichie made the revelation during a Bounce Radio interview with media […]

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America Academy of Arts elects Chimamanda as honorary member

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2017 0

Award winning Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a foreign honorary member. According to a press release by the Academy on http://artsandletters.org, the honorary members will be inducted at the annual induction in May. This induction will make Chimamanda the second Nigerian to be inducted […]

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Shekau: Time Magazine Missed It This Time

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2015 0

For the first time in history, four Nigerians made it onto the presti­gious Time Magazine 100 Personality of the Year Award. Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Bu­hari; the arrow head of the “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign, Dr Oby Ezeikwezili , award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie and curiously, Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram. To be on […]

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Beyonce Has A Fela Inspired Album That Is Yet To Be Released

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

This is good and bad news for the BeyHive. The good news is that there’s an unreleased Fela inspired album by Beyoncé containing about 20 tracks in the vault. The bad news is that we have no idea when it will be released—if it ever gets released at all. News of the secret album, which […]