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.