Famous Nigerian author and feminism advocate, Chimamanda Adichie, in an address to the press yesterday has said that Jesus Christ’s treatment of women is an important symbol for gender equality. According to the multiple awards winning writer, the stories in the bible were rooted in particular cultures and the Jewish people at the time were…

Two Nigerian writers Chimamanda Adichie and Nnedi Okorafor have been nominated for an alternative Nobel Prize for Literature. The alternative Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded by a Swedish non-profit organization called The New Academy. The New Academy was founded on the initiative of a Swedish journalist and author Alexandra Pascalidou following the announcement of…

Chimamanda Adichie has said that she was molested when she was 17. She said this while presenting a speech at the Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality in Sweden on Tuesday. According to her, she had gone to seek help in Lagos from a man for her book launch which she describes as "really bad poetry".…