


She has received honorary doctorate degrees from Eastern Connecticut State University, Johns Hopkins University, Haverford College, Williams College, the University of Edinburgh, Duke University, Amherst College, Bowdoin College, SOAS University of London, American University, Georgetown University, Yale University, Rhode Island School of Design, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, Skidmore College and University of Johannesburg. In 2008, she received a MacArthur Fellowship. She was awarded a Hodder fellowship at Princeton University for the 2005-2006 academic year, and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University for the 2011-2012 academic year. She has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Arts degree in African History from Yale University. She graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University with a degree in Communication and Political Science. She studied medicine for a year at Nsukka and then left for the US at the age of 19 to continue her education on a different path. She grew up on the campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where her father was a professor and her mother was the first female Registrar. Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Enugu, Nigeria in 1977.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.In Purple Hibiscus, she recounts the story of a young Nigerian girl searching for freedom. Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a 2003 O Henry Prize winner, and was shortlisted for the 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing and the 2004 Orange Prize.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.The one family consisting of Papa Eugene, Mama, Jaja, and Kambili (the narrator), where silence is prominent and the household is ruled by Papa Eugene’s Roman Catholic beliefs. Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives. The novel ‘Purple Hibiscus’ written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Bildungsroman that focuses on two very contrasting families.


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