Chimamanda Adichie, award winning writer, has been happily married to Ivara Esege, a medical doctor, for several years now. She describes him as Nigerian, American and British, and they divide their time between Nigeria and America. Chimamanda is a self proclaimed feminist, and while most Nigerians have a distorted view of the word, and the opinion that feminists are man-haters, that is of course not true. The above picture was taken at the last Farafina Literary Evening in Lagos. Another picture below...
I didn't even know she was married!
ReplyDeleteThe look lovely together x
She kept that quiet. Nice.
ReplyDeleteOh this was the guy Elnathan was referring to in his cocoyam epistle. No wonder jealousy wan kill am. Fine guy.
ReplyDeletefinally we get to see the mystery man lol
ReplyDeleteShe was really hiding him at a point. Was she scared of what Nigerians will say of him being mixed race? He's cute though.
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ReplyDeleteHiding him ke. Hahahahahahahahaha. Pple and the way they think. She is not a Hollywood or Nollywood celebrity. Why would he need to be following her up and down like her handbag. He's gorgeous sha. Am happy they are happy & living their lives quietly.
ReplyDeleteSo why is he following her up and down now like her handbag abi na bodyguard? Is she now a Nollywood celebrity? Some people and how they comment without thinking it through. We're happy they're happy whether in hiding, private or public!
DeleteLMAOOO following her up and down like her handbag ke? How many time have you seen him? DPMO
DeleteI wasn't the one who brought up following people like handbag, shuo!
DeleteIs it that people cannot read anymore or what? Ugo asked a rhetorical question! She meant that he doesn't have to be her handbag.
DeleteAwww... he's so cute, didn't even know she was married.
ReplyDeleteBeen stalking them for a while now, wondering who he was. Thanks Myne!
ReplyDeleteShe never hid the fact that she was married she mentioned it in the CNN Inside AFrica Interview that she had a while back. She got married a few years ago less than five
ReplyDeleteShe didn't hide that she was married but it was like she was hiding the man.
DeleteThis is really nice, never knew.
ReplyDeleteThe idiot that is calling this man a handbag does not know the cloth he is cut from. Dr Esege is a Nigerian. Grew up in a close knit middle class very well respected family in Enugu. Lost his beloved parents many years ago in one day in a tragic auto accident. Only sister is also a beautiful woman who is also a doctor. His parents were the envy of many a couple in Enugu those days. The we kids used to wish our cocoyam head parents were loving to each other like his parents were.
ReplyDeleteBreath in and relax. Nobody called him a handbag. Go back up and re-read what the person wrote.
DeleteOoook, so you know the family. Congratulations. But you missed the mark with this comment. Nobody said he was a handbag.
DeleteYes, his parents Dr and Mrs Esege died in the 80s.I remember my parents going for the funeral.
ReplyDeleteChimamanda never his her husband because I have seen them up to 4 times in Enugu airport and once in London in the last 5 years.He seems a very supportive husband.
He's foine and I'm not into fair skinned men usually. Nice, Ms Adichie;)
ReplyDeleteI love chimamanda
ReplyDeleteCute couple
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