The former first lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, will having an on-stage discussion about her book, Becoming, on the 3rd of December in London, and guess who will be moderating the on-stage discussion? Yup, you got it! One bottle of Zobo for you. Our dear Chimamanda! Michelle Obama described the memoir as […]
Chimamanda to Join Michelle Obama on Stage to Discuss her Memoir
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Chimamanda’s Workshop: See the Stories that Were Accepted in the Past
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2 DAYS TO GO! Have you sent in your story sample for Chimamanda’s creative writing workshop? Applications for The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop ends on Monday, October 15th. Interested persons are expected to send a prose fiction or creative non-fiction writing sample of 200 – 1000 words and as easy as this may seem (especially due to […]
Chimamanda Adichie Receives the PEN Pinter Prize
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Earlier this year, it was announced here, that our dear Chimamanda had been awarded a PEN Pinter Prize for her ‘Boldness’. She officially received this award 3 days ago and she spoke out about the responsibility of authors to engage with politics and “call a lie, a lie”. According to Maureen Freely, the prize was awarded […]
Apply For Chimamanda’s Creative Writing Workshop Now!
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During the event ‘An Evening With Chimamanda‘, Chimamanda mentioned that her creative writing workshop will be relaunched later this year and we have the details for the application. The name of the creative writing workshop has been changed from The Farafina Trust Writing Workshop to The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop. it will be sponsored […]
Chimamanda Adichie Will Be Receiving The 2019 Everett M. Rogers Award
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In a recent press release, Chimamanda was announced as the winner of next year’s USC Annenberg’s Rogers Award. The award honors the late Everett M. Rogers, former Annenberg associate dean and an influential communication scholar. This award recognizes outstanding scholars and practitioners whose work has contributed path-breaking insights in areas of Rogers’s legacy. According to […]
Why Men have Higher Rates of Suicides than Women – Chimamanda
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Last week, Chimamanda Adichie gave a powerful keynote speech at the 2018 Inbound Conference in Boston. She talked about men and women in general. Twitter went crazy with some of her quotes on womanhood, feminism and life in general. Some of them are: It’s equally important to read about people who are not like you. […]
Apply for a Paid Internship With Chimamanda Adichie’s Team!
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Chimamanda’s team is looking for 2 people to intern with them. Securing this job will be a dream-come-true for any core fan of the author. The ‘vacancy’ was posted on the author’s Facebook page. See details below below: The positions are for a Lagos-based intern and a research intern, who can work from anywhere. Job […]