Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose novels include Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, along with the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. She also writes nonfiction, from the essay We Should All Be Feminists to the memoir Notes on Grief, and many of her novels are set in Nsukka, where she grew up.