Popular Nigerian writer and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named the editor’s choice for the ‘Woman of the Decade’ award at the recently held ThisDay awards.
The awards ceremony was held in celebration of ThisDay Newspaper’s silver jubilee in January at the Eko Hotels Convention Centre, VI, Lagos.
Unable to attend the main event, the writer was just presented her award on Monday, February 3 at a reception held in her honour at the Arise office in Lagos.
“Thank you to Thisday Newspapers for naming me ‘woman of the decade’. I am delighted to have the award presented by JP Clark,” she says upon receiving the award.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms Amina Mohammed, was also named as the people’s choice for the “Woman of the Decade” award.