After more than a decade, Chimamanda returns to the world of fiction with her long-anticipated novel, Dream Count, published in March 2025.
In Dream Count, she explores the lives of four Nigerian women—Chiamaka, Zikora, Omelogor, and Kadiatou—each navigating love, trauma, memory, and migration between Nigeria and the U.S. during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With her signature blend of empathy and social insight, Adichie addresses:
The emotional toll of displacement
Friendship and identity across borders
Class, patriarchy, and personal freedom
The unspoken grief that shaped the pandemic era
This isn't just a story — it's a mirror to our time, told through the lens of women who feel achingly real.
What Makes Adichie a Literary Builder?
Beyond the page, Adichie is a mentor and movement-maker. Her Farafina Creative Writing Workshop has nurtured some of Nigeria's strongest emerging writers, offering a rare platform for authentic African voices to flourish.
She's also vocal about the need for African stories to be told by Africans, on our own terms — free from Western filters and expectations.
In Her Own Words
"Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize."
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Quick Facts on Dream Count:
Published: March 4, 2025
Publisher: Knopf (US), Fourth Estate (UK)
Focus: Four women across continents and crises
Style: Lyrical, bold, emotionally resonant
Early reviews call it: "A feminist War and Peace" and "her most urgent work yet"
Already longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025
Final Thoughts
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie isn't just writing stories — she's building legacies. She reminds us that literature can be political, personal, painful, and powerful. That the African woman's story deserves a spotlight — not as a side character, but as the centre.
In every workshop, every book, every lecture, and every reader she inspires, Adichie is building something bigger than herself.
She's building a future where our stories are finally, fully, and fiercely heard.
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