By John Ikani
Bestselling writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has been conferred with a chieftaincy title by her hometown, Abba, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria.
The “Half of a Yellow Sun” writer was honoured with the title “Odeluwa Abba,” which means “she who writes for the world” on Friday, December 30 during the 45th Ofala/birthday celebration of His Royal Highness, Sir Leonard Nwankwo Ezeh in Awka, Anambra State.
Adichie’s hometown Abba featured prominently in her award-winning debut novel Purple Hibiscus.
Several dignitaries, including the Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, were present at the ceremony.
Adichie is known for her fiction, nonfiction, and short story writing.
She was referred to in The Times Literary Supplement as “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [that] is succeeding in introducing a new generation of readers to African literature,” particularly in her second country, the United States.
See pictures from the event below.
