| Net Worth: | $2.5 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth: | September 14, 1977 (46 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Writer, Novelist and Storyteller |
| Nationality: | Nigeria |
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What is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Net Worth?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian-born writer and novelist who has a net worth of $2.5 million.
Childhood
She recalled having a “really joyful childhood, filled with fun and affection, in a very close-knit family,” after being born on September 15th, 1977. Adichie, the fifth of six children, was brought into the world by James Nwoye Adichie and Grace Ifeoma in a middle-class household.
At the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, her father, James Adichie, was a professor of statistics who later rose to the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor. The first female registrar at the same university was Grace Adichie, Chimamanda’s mother.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attended a university-affiliated secondary school where she graduated with a number of academic honors.
At the University of Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie spent a year and a half studying medicine. Her studies in communications at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began when she was 19 years old and moved to the United States.
She relocated to Eastern Connecticut State University after spending two years at Drexel to complete her studies there. The university’s publication, the Campus Lantern, received pieces actively from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Adichie obtained a degree in political science and communication from the university in 2001, graduating with honors. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie graduated with an MA in African studies from Yale University in 2008 and an MA in the writing process from Johns Hopkins University in 2003, correspondingly.
She was a Hodder fellow at Princeton University in New Jersey for the 2005–2006 academic year. She received a MacArthur fellowship in 2008 as a result of her brilliance. Additionally, she received a grant from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University for the academic year 2011–2012.
Writing Career
Famous Nigerian actor Chinua Achebe served as the initial source of motivation for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s work. When she was ten years old, she read his book “Things Fall Apart” and fell in love with how her life was portrayed in the book.
She released a play called For Love of Biafra in 1998 and a book of poems named Decisions in 1997. For her collection of short stories “You in America,” she made the Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist in 2002.
She received additional accolades and attention with the 2003 publication of her debut book, “Purple Hibiscus.” Widespread critical appreciation for this book has been received both domestically and abroad.
In 2004, she was named to the Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist, and she received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (2005).
Half of a Yellow Sun, her second volume, was published in 2006 and was inspired by the ill-fated state of Biafra. Chimamanda Adichie’s third book, “Americanah,” which was published in 2013, embodied her trademark ability to write with passion and emotion.
The racial discrimination she encountered when she first immigrated to the United States for her graduate studies served as the inspiration for the novel. She is also the author of “The Thing Around Your Neck,” a collection of 12 stories from 2009 that examines the interactions among men and women, parents and children, and America and Africa.
Other works by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie include Zikora, Notes on Grief, Dear Ijeawele or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, and others.
Relationship
Identifying as a feminist, Chimamanda. She claimed this in a 2014 question and answer session “Despite the fact that I consider myself to be a storyteller, I would not object in the slightest if someone perceived me as a feminist author.
My perspective is very feminist, so it must in some way be a part of what I do.” She has delivered a lot of highly viewed TedEx presentations, some of which include the following: the peril of a single story; we should all be feminists; etc.
The couple welcomed a daughter into the world in 2009 when she wed Nigerian doctor Ivara Esege.
Real Estate
Nigeria and the US are where Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie divides her time. Along with her husband and child, she resides in the US suburbs of Baltimore. She lives at a house in Lagos when she visits Nigeria.
As a successful and well-respected author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie may have one or more cars to use for transportation on official business. Though none of her privately owned vehicles are known to the general public, we surmise that she might afford to acquire a Lexus LX 570 or a Mercedes Benz AMG C63.
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