WRITER

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

1977 - Today

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( ); born 15 September 1977, is a Nigerian writer and activist. Regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature, she is the author of the 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 4,532,516 page views. Her biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the 3,932nd most popular writer (down from 3,394th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 19th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 3,932 out of 7,302. Before her are Max Lange, Humayun Ahmed, Dževad Karahasan, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Petko Slaveykov, and Betti Alver. After her are Iraj Mirza, Vasily Trediakovsky, Christiane Amanpour, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Francisco Coloane, and Aleksei Kruchyonykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 66. Before her are Maniche, Kelly Reilly, John Mayer, Christian Abbiati, Matt Bomer, and Caterina Murino. After her are Andreas Kaplan, Zachary Quinto, Ronan Keating, Alex, Annie Wersching, and Hakan Yakin.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 28 out of 309. Before her are Victor Osimhen (1998), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Tijani Babangida (1973), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), and Shehu Shagari (1925). After her are Yakubu Gowon (1934), Tony Allen (1940), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Murtala Mohammed (1938), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), and Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ranks 5. Before her are Wole Soyinka (1934), Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), and Amos Tutuola (1920). After her are Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), Ben Okri (1959), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Okwui Enwezor (1963), Chris Abani (1966), and Sefi Atta (1964).

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