Nigerian writer 'devastated' by loss of life of younger son

[ad_1] One among Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's toddler twins has died, her household has confirmed.

An official household assertion stated that 21-month-old boy Nkanu Nnamdi, who the novelist had along with her husband Dr Ivara Esege, died on Wednesday after a short sickness.

Issued on behalf of the household by Omawumi Ogbe, the assertion stated they had been "devastated by this profound loss", and thanked well-wishers whereas additionally asking for privateness and prayers.

Award-winning US-based author Adichie is understood for works together with Half of a Yellow Solar, Americanah and her 2012 Ted Speak and essay We Ought to All Be Feminists, which was sampled by Beyoncé on her 2013 tune Flawless.

A key determine in postcolonial feminist literature, her work explores themes round gender and immigration.

In 2015, she was listed as certainly one of Time Journal's 100 most influential folks.

Adichie, 48, had her first baby, a daughter, in 2016. In 2024, her twin boys had been born utilizing a surrogate.

In 2020, her 2006 novel Half of a Yellow Solar was voted one of the best e-book to have received the Ladies's Prize for Fiction in its 25-year historical past.

Chatting with the BBC final 12 months across the launch of her novel Dream Rely, she burdened how she wanted her books to be read in Africa.

She additionally defined how the writer's block she had experienced while pregnant along with her first baby was "terrifying".

"It is a actually horrifying place to be, as a result of writing is the factor that offers me that means," the acclaimed writer instructed Emma Barnett.

In 2022, in a BBC lecture on freedom of speech, the writer said young people were growing up "afraid to ask questions for worry of asking the flawed questions".

Such a local weather may result in "the loss of life of curiosity, the loss of life of studying and the loss of life of creativity", she stated throughout one of many BBC's annual Reith lectures.