Chimamanda Adichie reflects on her past year as she marks 45th birthday

<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">Highly celebrated novelist&comma; Chimamanda Adichie is celebrating her 45th birthday&comma; today&comma; September 15th&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-34525 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;305533459&lowbar;1521661101601861&lowbar;1651400145407177690&lowbar;n-504x630&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Chimamanda Adichie marks 45th birthday " width&equals;"504" height&equals;"630" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">The award winning novel writer took to her <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-shares-never-before-seen-photos-of-her-wedding-ceremony&sol;">Instagram page<&sol;a> where she reflect on her past year&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">Chimamanda Adichie marked her 45th birthday with a throwback photo of her 16th birthday party&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;On this day&comma; 29 years ago…<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">My sixteenth birthday party in Nsukka&period; &&num;8220&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">Happy birthday to her from all of us at The Daily Page&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">The Daily Page News recalls that Chimamanda Adichie <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;my-parents-did-not-name-me-chimamanda-says-author-adichie&sol;">had revealed that her parents did not name her Chimamanda<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">According to her&comma; she gave herself the name&comma; Chimamanda&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">She said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I made up the name&comma; I invented the name Chimamanda&period; I created&comma; Chimamanda&semi; my parents did not name me Chimamanda&period; It is true&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;The reason I decided to talk about it is because they say that culture does not change&period; Do you know how many people in Igbo land that are called Chamamanda today&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 16px&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It happened shortly before my first novel was published&period; I was born Ngozi Grace&semi; my mother is Grace&period; Growing up&comma; I always felt that I was not Grace&comma; that was my mother and Ngozi felt too common to me&period; In primary school&comma; I was Ngozi&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;