Nigerian’s Chimamanda wins Best In Literature award at the 10th Shorty Awards in New York

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won an award for Best in Literature at the 10th edition of the Shorty Awards.

The writer beat other nominees including Cleo Wade, Jon Ronson, Jonny Sun, Kevin Kwan and Rebecca Traister to clinch the prize.

The Awards honour the best content creators and producers on social media: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat and the rest of the digital world. The 10th annual edition of the show held over the weekend on Sunday, 15th of April, in New York.

 

Caftan: Nouva Couture WISE conference, Doha @nouvacouture #MadeinNigeria

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Shorty Awards describes Adichie her in these words:

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been one of the most internationally-acclaimed authors over the past 10 years. In addition to her novels, TED Talks, essays, and a speech sampled in a Beyonce’s “Flawless,” Chimamanda is responsible for drawing a new generation of readers to African literature. She uses her prominence to promote the beauty of her African heritage, and this year created an Instagram account for her “Wear Nigerian” campaign—a response to terrible economic policies that have hurt artisans in her home country. Her 100K+ Instagram followers and nearly 900K Facebook fans see all the amazing looks those designers create while keeping up with the author’s global travels promoting her work and giving lectures.

 

For the event, the Half of A Yellow Sun author wore a gorgeous dress by Nigerian designer Fablane by Derin in line with her advocacy for ‘Made In Nigeria’ products.

 

See more of her work on Instagram that helped her win the awards.

Skirt and top: Uju Estelo @ujuestelo #MadeinNigeria

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Congratulations to her.