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    Chimamanda Adichie bags chieftaincy title in hometown

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    Nigerian award winning novelist and feminism advocate, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received a chieftaincy title in her hometown.

    Adichie, who hails from Abba in Anambra State, was on Friday 30 Decmber honoured with the title of ‘Odeluwa – the writer of global acclaim.

    This comes days after the 45-year-old author was set to receive a prestigious award from Havard University.

    A Facebook user, Uche Nworah, who shared photos from the ceremony, wrote, “Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, was on Friday honoured by her native abba hometown, Njikoka LGA, Anambra State, with the chieftaincy title of odelụwa (she who writes for the world) Congratulations Odelụwa.”

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