Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie (nee Odigwe), the mother of Nigeria’s renowned writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is dead.
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She passed on, Monday, March 1st, 2021 in Awka, Anambra State at the age of 78.
“It was very sudden and we are devastated,” a family spokesperson said.
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She is survived by her six children: Ijeoma, Uchenna, Chuks, Okechukwu, Chimamanda and Kenechukwu; as well as nine grandchildren, in-laws and many relatives.
Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.
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