Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie /tʃɪmɑːmɑːndə əŋɡoʊzi ʌdiːtʃjeɪ/ (born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer. She has been called "the most prominent" of a "procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [that] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature".