Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins US National Critics Book Prize

Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is clearly having the best month of her life as she promotes her third book – “Americanah“. She has won the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel Americanah.

The book was also named one of The New York Times’ best books of 2013. The National Critics Book Prize was first awarded in 1974 and is open to writers of all nationalities whose work has been published in the US. “Americanah“ tells the story of a Nigerian blogger who returns to her home country from the US to meet the man who was her childhood sweetheart