Njideka Akunyili Crosby (amụrụ 1983) bụ onye omenka amụrụ na Naijiria na-aru oru na Los Angeles, California . Nkà Akunyili Crosby "n'esorịta n'ọdịdị omenala n'etiti ebe obibi ya na Amerika na ala nna ya Naijiria, na-emepụta ihe osise na foto nke na-ekpughe ihe ịma aka dị n'ime ụwa abụọ a". Na 2017, Akunyili Crosby nwetara onyinye Genius a ma ama sitere na aka nke John D. na Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation . A mụrụ Njideka Akunyili na 1983 o wee tolite na Enugu, Nigeria . Ọ bụ onye Igbo . Otu n'ime ụmụnne isii, nna Akunyili Crosby, Chike Akunyili, bụ dọkịta na-awa ahụ na nne ya, Dora Akunyili, bụ prọfesọ nke nkà mmụta ọgwụ na Mahadum Najiiria, na onye bụbu onye nduzi nke National Agency for Food and Drug Administration. Njideka kwagara Lagos mgbe ọ dị afọ iri ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Queen's College (QC) Yaba, Lagos . Nne ya meritere lotiri US green card maka ezinụlọ nke nyere Akunyili Crosby na ụmụnne ya aka ịgụ akwụkwọ ná mba ọzọ.