Meet Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - An intimate tale of race relations

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie signs autographs after a reading of her new book Americanah in Lagos. Picture: Reuters

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's last novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, prompted the late Chinua Achebe, often acknowledged as the father of modern African literature, to describe her as a "fearless" writer "endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers".