Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie treated her family, friends, students, and
fans to a literary evening on the 30th Of November at Oriental Hotel
Lagos.The event was to mark the conclusion of her creative writing
workshop - the Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop. The
event was organized in partnership with Trace TV and Venator Partners
Ltd. The event was hosted by Ozzy Agu and Oreka Godis. The evening
featured panellists; American novelist, David Eggers, Lola Shoneyin and
Dr Eghosa Imasuen all of whom were coaches at the workshop.
Also
present at the event were Chimamanda’s husband Ivara Esege, her
mother Mrs Grace Ifeoma Adichie, and sister. Rappers Phyno and Zoro also
gave exciting performances at the event.
Chimamanda
Adichie (centre), her sister (1st left), her mother (2nd left), her
husband (1st right) The graduating class were awarded certificates with
Chimamanda Adichie sharing her personal experiences at the workshop with
each of them.Adichie expressed her appreciation to her guest writers,
workshop participants and partners.
She
said:It’s been really heart-warming to watch them evolve in just 10
days. There’s nothing more humanizing and there’s nothing more
stereotype-challenging than to meet actual people from parts of the
country that you don’t really know very much about. It challenges you to
hear their stories and to realize that their stories are nothing like
the stereotypes you are carrying in your head. I feel very grateful for
this workshop for educating me.
Sam
Onyemelukwe, Managing Director of Trace TV and Venator Partners
Ltd stated that the organisation is very pleased to partner with
Chimamanda for changing the narratives about Nigeria and Africa in the
mainstream media as well as the stereotypes associated with women and
writing as a profession. He added that Trace’s core mission to
entertain, enlighten, and educate youths, informed their partnership
with the writer.
