By David Kabiyesi
Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has added more laurels to her long lists of awards after her latest work “Notes on Grief” emerged as overall best Title at 2023 Indie Book Awards.
The announcement was made on June 23, penultimate day of Independent Bookshop Week (IBW), where Adichie won the Non-Fiction prize with Notes on Grief (Fourth Estate), a meditation on the loss of her father.
Accepting the award on her social media page, Chimamanda Adichie said, “I have always felt like there is nothing more life-affirming and meaningful than going into an independent bookshop because you know that the people there actually love books. So, I think independent bookshops are the best things ever,” she said.
“I am so grateful, I am so moved, and I am so pleased to have Notes On Grief honoured with the Indie. And it is mostly because I love Independent bookshops and also because this book is so meaningful to me. I hope that it brings some kind of comfort to other people who have experienced grief. Thank you” she wrote
