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  • Lupita Nyong’o owns the movie rights for Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah

    Lupita Nyong’o owns the movie rights for Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah

    I love this story. Chimamanda Adichie has been wowing audience with her latest book Americanah a love story that follows a young couple from Nigeria who face hard choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home. The accolades have been coming from everywhere be it the US National Critics, shortlisting for the…

  • Chimamanda Adichie makes Bailey’s Prize for Fiction 2014 shortlist

    Chimamanda Adichie makes Bailey’s Prize for Fiction 2014 shortlist

    The shortlist for the Baileys Prize 2014 was unveiled at a ceremony last night with Nigerian Chimamanda Adichie making the shortlist for her book Americanah. The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly the Orange Prize, is the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by women. The longlist for the prize was announced earlier…