Nigerian writer of Novels, short stories and nonfiction Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie has won a New York book contest for her book Americanah.
According to a Buzzfeed report " Earlier this year we partnered with commissioner Julie Menin and the New York City Mayor's office of Media and Entertainment to launch the " One Book, One New York" program, a new initiative to get everyone in NYC to read the same book at the same time.
Five celebrities selected five books for all the New Yorkers to choose from during the month of February, and today we are pleased to announce our winner : Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi. Adichie. "
In 2008 Chimamanda was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant
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