Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a talented Nigerian writer who has made novels, non-fiction stories, and short stories. Among her famous works are Americanah and The Thing Around Your Neck. Adichie also holds a master’s degree in African studies from Yale. She is one of the most affluent writers in Nigeria with a net worth of $4 million. She was born in Enugu State Nigeria. At age 10, she drew inspiration from reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. She imagined that her characters in books would look like her.

She completed her high school education at the UNN’s Secondary School, where she was given an award for numerous literary creations. By the time she finished high school, she went on to study medicine and pharmacy at UNN but she wasn’t able to continue the program. During this time, she was also the school’s editor. She then went to the United States to pursue a degree in Communications. She really used her college education well as she is now a prolific and a highly-paid writer.