It really is a real deal for Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grace the cover of Marie Claire Brazil magazine and we are celebrating her for it.
She shared the cover on Instagram, saying:
Delighted to be on the cover of Marie Claire Brazil. And to highlight the work of talented designers: Brazilian @renatabuzzo.veglab and Nigerians @kikikamanu and @the_ladymaker.
Thank you @lauraancona
@driferreira
@Kakakaren_ka
@ruafilmes
And everyone at the Marie Claire Brazil team for taking a stand for feminism.
Hair by Carissa Bernard of @nnaturalhairstudio: wonderful hairstylist, laughter-sharer, earring-lender.
Makeup by the effortless @raisaflowers
Photographed by @helena_wolfenson
See the photos below.

Hair by Carissa Bernard

Makeup by the effortless @raisaflowers

Photographed by @helena_wolfenson


About Chimamanda Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is a prolific writer and grew up in Nigeria.
Her work has been translated into over thirty languages and has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, the Financial Times, and Zoetrope. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize and was a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book; and Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of The New York Times Top Ten Best Books of 2013. Ms. Adichie is also the author of the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck.