Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first three novels won prizes and critical acclaim. Two were optioned for movies, and one, Americanah, sold more than a million copies in the U.S. alone.

“What’s the point of writing fiction?” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said. “The point is human connection. That’s what matters the most to me.”Credit...Schaun Champion for The New York ...

When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie left Nigeria to attend college in Philadelphia, her American roommate was shocked to learn she could speak fluent English. And use a stove. Years later in a ...

The writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie isn’t afraid to speak her mind. Her most well-known novel, Americanah, explores race, love, and migration through the story of a young Nigerian woman who ...