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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born \u00a015 September 1977in Enugu State, Nigeria. She is a Novelist, Story Writer and a Non-fiction writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After her primary and secondary education in Nsukka, She went ahead to enroll for medicine and pharmacy at the\u00a0University of Nigeria\u00a0for a year and a half then left for the US at the age of 19 to continue her education on a different path. She graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University with a degree in Communication and Political Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has a Master\u2019s Degree in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Arts degree in African History from Yale University. She was awarded a Hodder fellowship at Princeton University for the 2005-2006 academic year, and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University for the 2011-2012 academic year. In 2008, she received a MacArthur Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has received honorary doctorate degrees from Eastern Connecticut State University, Johns Hopkins University, Haverford College, Williams College, the University of Edinburgh, Duke University, Amherst College, Bowdoin College, SOAS University of London, American University, Georgetown University, Yale University, Rhode Island School of Design, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, Skidmore College and University of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Chimamanda.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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