Chimamanda Adichie: Passionate about reclaiming Africa’s history

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a writer of many influences. But she was primarily influenced by Chinua Achebe, one of the most respected figures of African literature during her teenage years in the university town of Nsukka.

It is important to add that Things Fall Apart, Achebe’s first novel that depicts pre-colonial Africa, and growing up on the campus of University of Nigeria, where her father was also a professor like Achebe, were also major influences on Adichie’s writing career.

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