‘Mama’s Sleeping Scarf.’ the latest book from the stables of prolific and super-engaging writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has just been launched, in Lagos-Nigeria. This is the writer’s first children’s book.
World-leading book Publisher, Harper Collins describes the publication: “Running with Mama’s scarf, Chino weaves together little incidentals of home life into a glorious celebration of the power of a mother-daughter relationship, and the gentle joys that build a perfect day. A joyful exploration of family life, written by one of the most outstanding contemporary authors of our generation, @chimamanda_adichie and illustrated by an exciting rising star @joelle_avelino
In her thoroughly engaging manner, Chimamanda chips in: “One particular page makes me emotional every time I see it — where Grandma kisses the little girl.”
Influencer, public speaker, and media specialist, Adeoluwa Prince Enioluwa adds: “I simply have no words. You know me. You know I adore The Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. My Odeluwa 1.👑
“I can’t believe I get to be a child again. Cause if Odeluwa is writing, I’m reading!😍”
ABOUT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction. She was described in The Times Literary Supplement as “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors” of Nigerian fiction who are attracting a wider audience, particularly in her second home, the United States.
Adichie has written several novels, among them Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah (2013), short stories, the book-length essays We Should All Be Feminists (2014) and Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017), and a memoir, Notes on Grief (2021).
In 2008, she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In 2018, she was the recipient of the PEN Pinter Prize awarded by English PEN. She was recognized as one of the BBC’s 100 women of 2021.
In 2002, she was shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story “You in America”, and her story “That Harmattan Morning” was selected as a joint winner of the 2002 BBC World Service Short Story Awards. In 2003, she won the David T. Wong International Short Story Prize 2002/2003 (PEN Center Award).
Source: Wikipedia