Views: Visits 12 The final journey home of late Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie, first female Registrar of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and mother of acclaimed writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, finally wound down over the weekend in the wake of several activities lined up to honour her life. She died suddenly on March 1st, 2021, on the birthday of her husband, Professor James N. Adichie, who passed away just nine months before in 2020. She was buried after a funeral service at St Paul’s Catholic Church, Abba. In his sermon, the cleric said there were many things to emulate in the life of the late Adichie who was a Lady of Saint Mulumba and an active member of the Catholic Women Organization Nigeria (CWO). According to him, Grace Adichie lived an exemplary life worthy of emulation and he urged all to emulate her good virtues and warmth. He also described her as a great woman and a great mobiliser of women and an advocate of people’s right.
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The final journey home of late Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie, first female Registrar of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and mother of acclaimed writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, finally wound down over the weekend in the wake of several activities lined up to honour her life.
She died suddenly on March 1st, 2021, on the birthday of her husband, Professor James N. Adichie, who passed away just nine months before in 2020.
She was buried after a funeral service at St Paul’s Catholic Church, Abba. In his sermon, the cleric said there were many things to emulate in the life of the late Adichie who was a Lady of Saint Mulumba and an active member of the Catholic Women Organization Nigeria (CWO). According to him, Grace Adichie lived an exemplary life worthy of emulation and he urged all to emulate her good virtues and warmth. He also described her as a great woman and a great mobiliser of women and an advoca
The first female registrar of a Nigerian University and mother of Mrs. Chimamanda Adichie, a famous novelist, Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie, who died recently, is to be buried on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
She will be buried at the family compound in Abba, Njikoka LGA, Anambra State, after a funeral mass at St Paulâs Catholic Church at 12 noon. There will be an outing service on May 2, 2021 at 10 am
She was a devoted mother and grandmother, a loving sister and aunt, a skilled administrator, a Lady of St. Mulumba of the Roman Catholic Church, a warm woman full of love and laughter and wit. She is deeply missed by her children, Ijeoma, Uche, Chuks, Okey, Chimamanda and Kene; her nine grandchildren, her brothers, a sister, and other relatives.
Chimamanda Ngozi mourning mother’s death
Chimamanda Ngozi. Photo: Courtesy.
Award-winning Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has lost her mother. Various Nigerian news sites report that Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie died suddenly on Monday, March 1, 2021, in Awka, Nigeria. The date coincidentally was the 89th posthumous birthday of her husband Prof. James Nwoye, who died barely a year ago on June 10, 2020.
Mrs. Adichie was an administrator and the first female Registrar at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She is survived by Ijeoma Adichie, Uchenna Adichie, Chuks Adichie, Okey Adichie, Chimamanda Adichie, and Kenechukwu Adichie.
“It was very sudden and we are devastated,” a family spokesperson said.