![]() ![]() ![]() Subsequently, she moved to the United States at age 19 to study Communications and political science at Drexel University in Philadelphia. While at UNN, she edited ‘The Compass’, a magazine run by UNN catholic medical students. Her father, James Nwoye Adichie was a professor of Statistics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka while her mother, Grace Ifeoma was the first female registrar of the same university.ĭuring the Nigerian Civil War, Chimamanda’s family lost almost all they had including paternal and maternal grandfathers.Ĭhimamanda completed her secondary school education at the university of Nigeria secondary school before she proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she studied medicine and pharmacy for one year and a half. She was raised alongside her six siblings and she is the fifth child out of six children. ![]() She originated hails from Enugu state, Nigeria and she is Igbo by tribe precisely. Occupation: Novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writerĬhimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born on 15th September 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria into the household of James Nwoye and Grace Ifeoma.Alma mater: Eastern Connecticut State University (BA), Johns Hopkins University (MA), Yale University (MA). ![]()
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