Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977) is an award-winning Nigerian writer. She comes from Abba in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria.  Her book Half of a Yellow Sun won the 2007 Orange Prize for fiction (later named Women's Prize for Fiction).

Adichie was born in Enugu into an Igbo family. She married Ivara Alistair Esege, a Nigerian doctor. 

Sampling on a Beyoncé song 
In December 2013 Beyoncé released her fifth album BEYONCÉ. The eleventh song on the album "Flawless" has a sample from Adichie's TED Talk "Why We Should All Be Feminists". Adichie's sample on the album caused her novel Americanah go up around 600 places in the Amazon chart.

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Category:1977 births
Category:Feminists
Category:Living people
Category:Nigerian writers
Category:People from Anambra State
Category:People from Enugu State