BEVERLY HILLS, April 30, (THEWILL) – Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, has opened up concerning the death of her mother.
The award-winning author took to her Instagram account on Thursday to eulogise her late mother.
“How does a heartbreak twice? To still be immersed in grief, barely breathing again, and then to be plunged callously back into a sorrow you cannot even articulate,” she wrote.
“How can my mother be gone forever, and so soon after my father? My warm, loving, funny, kind, quick-witted, beautiful mother. Unconditional supporter and cheerleader of her children, fun and funny, source of delicious sarcasm, style icon, so sharply observant she never missed a thing.”
The writer also disclosed how her mother died saying that the deceased Grace Adichie was the first-ever female registrar of the University of Nigeria and also a permanent board member at Anambra State Basic Education Board (ASUBEB).
According to her, her mother had gone to work at ASUBEB in Awka on Friday, February 26, but her assistant said she looked a bit tired.
“On Friday she was at work, in her ASUBEB office in Awka. Her lovely assistant Mimi said she seemed a bit tired. Still, back home after work, she walked the half mile to St. Paul’s Church for Stations of the Cross.
“On Saturday, she spent time in Louisa’s shop, outside the gate of our house in Abba, watching the cars and people on the dusty road. On Sunday, her driver drove her to Mass. Sunday evening she was unwell. She was taken to a private hospital in Awka.”
She stated that two hours after arriving at the teaching hospital where she was transferred, she died.
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