Highly celebrated novelist, Chimamanda Adichie is celebrating her 45th birthday, today, September 15th.
The award winning novel writer took to her Instagram page where she reflect on her past year.
Chimamanda Adichie marked her 45th birthday with a throwback photo of her 16th birthday party.
“On this day, 29 years ago…
My sixteenth birthday party in Nsukka. “
Happy birthday to her from all of us at The Daily Page.
The Daily Page News recalls that Chimamanda Adichie had revealed that her parents did not name her Chimamanda.
According to her, she gave herself the name, Chimamanda.
She said, “I made up the name, I invented the name Chimamanda. I created, Chimamanda; my parents did not name me Chimamanda. It is true.
“The reason I decided to talk about it is because they say that culture does not change. Do you know how many people in Igbo land that are called Chamamanda today?
“It happened shortly before my first novel was published. I was born Ngozi Grace; my mother is Grace. Growing up, I always felt that I was not Grace, that was my mother and Ngozi felt too common to me. In primary school, I was Ngozi.”
