Renowned novelist Chimamanda loses mother

FAMOUS Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has lost her mother, Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie, at the age of 78.

Mrs Adichie passed on Monday, March 1st, 2021 in Awka, Anambra State.

A family spokesperson had said “it was very sudden and we are devastated.”

She is survived by her six children: Ijeoma, Uchenna, Chuks, Okechukwu, Chimamanda and Kenechukwu; nine grandchildren, in-laws and many relatives.

Her funeral arrangements is yet to be announced by her family.

It can be recalled that Chimamanda lost her father, a professor of statistics, back in 2020, after he had celebrated his 88th birthday on March 1.

The late academic was an Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), hailed from Abba, Njikoka local government area of Anambra.