Dear Ijeawele

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a renowned Nigerian author and feminist whose works have garnered international acclaim for their insightful exploration of themes such as identity, gender, and post-colonialism. Born on September 15, 1977, in Enugu, Nigeria, Adichie grew up in the university town of Nsukka, where her father was a professor and her mother was the first female registrar at the University of Nigeria. Adichie’s literary career took off with her debut novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003), which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. She followed this success with Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), a powerful narrative set during the Nigerian Civil War, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her third novel, Americanah (2013), received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and further cemented her status as a leading voice in contemporary literature. In addition to her novels, Adichie has made significant contributions to feminist discourse through her essay We Should All Be Feminists (2014) and her epistolary work Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017). Adichie’s profound impact on literature and feminism continues to inspire and challenge readers around the world.