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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘García Márquez taught me the exquisite power of stories’

The Nigerian writer on Enid Blyton’s mysteries, the power of Chinua Achebe and the pleasure of reading magazines

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

15, Sep, 2023 @9:00 AM

Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers – part one

Surrealist artists, dogged detectives, modern lovers and spies behaving badly ... leading authors pick their best books to enjoy these holidays

Hilary Mantel, Yuval Noah Harari, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ali Smith, Kamila Shamsie, Julian Barnes and more

07, Jul, 2018 @8:00 AM

Writers' holiday photos: postcards from my past

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Howard Jacobson, Penelope Lively, William Boyd, Will Self and others share the photographs that capture their favourite summer memories

Penelope Lively, Howard Jacobson, Kamila Shamsie, Julie Myerson, William Boyd, Jackie Kay, Will Self, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohsin Hamid, Diana Athill, Simon Callow

02, Aug, 2014 @7:00 AM

A baby is born on a plane from Lagos – why would a woman take such a risk? | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The airline staff are baffled, but the Nigerian passengers are not. For us, lack of choice and dependence on chance is the norm

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

08, Dec, 2013 @9:00 PM

Writers and critics on the best books of 2013

Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Malcolm Gladwell, Eleanor Catton and many more recommend the books that impressed them this year

Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Mohsin Hamid, Tom Stoppard, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, William Boyd, Bill Bryson, Shami Chakrabarti, Sarah Churchwell, Antonia Fraser, Mark Haddon, Robert Harris, Max Hastings, Philip Hensher, Simon Hoggart, AM Homes, John Lanchester, Mark Lawson, Robert Macfarlane, Andrew Motion, Ian Rankin, Lionel Shriver, Helen Simpson, Colm Tóibín, Richard Ford, John Gray, David Kynaston, Penelope Lively, Pankaj Mishra, Blake Morrison and Susie Orbach

23, Nov, 2013 @7:00 AM

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Facts are stranger than fiction

The parts of my work people tell me are 'unbelievable' are those that are most closely based on real events, says Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

19, Apr, 2013 @5:29 PM

Rereading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie celebrates the enduring achievement of Harper Lee's classic novel, which was published 50 years ago

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

09, Jul, 2010 @11:05 PM

World Cup 2010: Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and South Africa - my boys

When the World Cup comes around, us Nigerians are Africans, too, writes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

11, Jun, 2010 @9:45 PM

Chinasa, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Literacy is at the heart of the campaign to ensure all the world's children go to school. A specially written story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers a remarkable picture of the power of education

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

27, Jan, 2009 @12:05 AM

A Private Experience: A short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Two women caught up in a violent street riot take shelter in an abandoned shop. A short story by the Orange Prize-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

28, Dec, 2008 @12:01 AM