"I wanted it to be as personal as possible" – Chimamanda Adichie on being a mom.

I’m certain only a very small fraction of the “world” know that accomplished writer, Chimamanda Adichie is now a mum. Infact, but for a recent interview with a Financial Times journalist, this exciting information wouldn’t have become public knowledge. So, Chimamanda is now a mother to a girl. We are surprised and in awe. 

She told the journalist, ‘this is the first time I’m saying it publicly. I have a little girl. I have some friends who probably don’t know I was pregnant or that I had a baby, I just feel like we live in an age when women are supposed to perform pregnancy. We don’t expect fathers to perform fatherhood. I went into hiding. I wanted it to be as personal as possible’.

SPOTTED: CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE AND HUBBY

I got to know about her marital status during her interview on CNN few months ago. Trust me, I’ve been on the look out for her husband’s pictures (don’t get me wrong o, I just wanted to see the lucky man who captured this amazing lady’s heart).

I got the pictures finallyyyyy, here’s award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie’s husband; Dr Ivara Esege, a medical Doctor. She says he’s Nigerian, American and British.

Very cute couple!

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