The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Simon Ortuanya, has appointed legendary writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as a visiting professor of the institution.

At a time when many literary novels are becoming shorter and increasingly opaque, the luminous Dream Count – Adichie’s first novel in a decade – bucks the trend. Expansive and richly detailed, it ...

Everything I know about Afghanistan, I learned primarily from Khaled Hosseini’s books. By everything, I mean the way Afghans live, their day-to-day activities, relationships, the food, the ...

Short books can hold enormous emotional weight, capturing grief, love and fear with a precision that longer novels often miss ...

The problem with stereotypes and misrepresentations is not that they are usually untrue; it is that they are often incomplete .

When President Trump labeled Somali immigrants “garbage,” he weaponized presidential power to diminish an entire community. As novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned in her TED Talk “The Danger of ...

A reader from Wisconsin contends it is unfair to demonize all Somali Americans simply because some of them have been accused of committing fraud.

The Somali American story includes triumphs over war and displacement, civic engagement in American politics, and contributions to Minnesota’s economy. When politicians or the media reinforce the ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights emphasizes that all people are born with inherent dignity and equal rights. Adopted in 1948, the declaration outlines 30 rights and freedoms that belong to ...

A few weeks ago, hundreds of people were reportedly killed in post-election conflict in the Republic of Tanzania, a fellow ...

Renowned writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has revealed her struggles with depression and how it affected her passion for writing fiction. In an interview with CNN Africa, Adichie described depression ...

(CNN) — Even the most celebrated voices can fall silent. For Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the acclaimed author of “Purple Hibiscus,” “Americanah” and “Half of a Yellow Sun,” that silence stretched into ...