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WRITER

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1977 - Today

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( ; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer, novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright of postcolonial feminist literature. She is the author of the award-winning novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received more than 4,261,038 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the 3,406th most popular writer (up from 3,937th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 25th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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  • 4.3M

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  • 50.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 3,406 out of 5,755. Before her are Maria Deraismes, Victor Pelevin, Mastoureh Ardalan, Penelope Fitzgerald, Hiratsuka Raichō, and James Herbert Brennan. After her are Liza Marklund, Martin Amis, Eduard Vilde, Natsuo Kirino, Blaga Dimitrova, and Israel Zangwill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 54. Before her are John Mayer, Matt Bomer, Nick Heidfeld, Matthias Schoenaerts, Zachary Quinto, and Edward Furlong. After her are Janne Ahonen, Willy Sagnol, Fabio Grosso, Caterina Murino, Ludacris, and Hakan Yakin.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 19 out of 236. Before her are Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Tony Allen (1940), Sani Abacha (1943), Francis Arinze (1932), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), and Goodluck Jonathan (1957). After her are Shehu Shagari (1925), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Abdullah al-Thani (1954), and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 4. Before her are Wole Soyinka (1934), Chinua Achebe (1930), and Olaudah Equiano (1745). After her are Amos Tutuola (1920), Flora Nwapa (1931), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).

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