Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Celebrates Her Father On His 86th Birthday

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s father, Professor James Nwoye Adichie, today, february 3, 2018 marks his 86th birthday and the famous writer has taken to her Facebook to write him a tribute, stirring heartwarming reactions from her fans.

She had talked extensively about her father, who is Nigeria’s first professor of statistics, and blamed herself when he was kidnapped by unknown men in May, 2015. However, in this note, she thanked him for teaching her about integrity, and for telling her stories that created for her a “firm sense” of self.

‘HAPPY 86TH BIRTHDAY, DADDY’

Professor Emeritus James Nwoye Adichie
“Odelora Abba”
Born in Abba, Anambra state, on March 1, 1932.

Daddy,
I thank you
For teaching me integrity by example.
For your simple sense of contentment in life, which always put in perspective what truly matters.
For your many stories, which created for me a sense of my history, a firm sense of myself.
For your solid, calm steadiness.
For always believing that I could.
For your humour, for all the family meals enshrined in laughter.
For your wisdom, your Igbo proverbs, your lucid eye.
For your kindness, so sparkling, so true.
I could not be more grateful for the gift that you are in my life.
For the gift that you are to all six of us, your children.
Uwa m uwa ozo, I ga-abu nna m.
Happy 86th Birthday. God Keep You.