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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Celebrity
Prominent Nigerian author known for her award-winning novels.
Notable Quotes
"If Euracare cares about the truth, then why create delays and distractions and now, finally, try to stop an inquest."View Story →
"The ultimate and utter loneliness of grief is that only you can know the true depth of your despair."View Story →
"There was no medical evidence to make such a claim on his death certificate."View Story →
"one was inaccurate."View Story →
"Our quest for justice will continue."View Story →
"to keep silent about Euracare’s evil is to enable it."View Story →
"They can drag all they wish in the mud, but our quest for justice will continue."View Story →
"silence was no longer an option"View Story →
"Most egregiously, Euracare is now asking a High Court to stop the inquest."View Story →
"The day after Nkanu died, on January 8, the medical director visited our home in Ikoyi and admitted the errors made by the anesthesiologist."View Story →
"to have Nkanu gone so cruelly, so unfairly, so carelessly, had brought an inexpressible pain."View Story →
"Instead Euracare decided to deploy delaying tactics."View Story →
"Yet they have stalled and muddied and obfuscated."View Story →
"My son would be alive today if not for an incident at the hospital on January 6."View Story →
"How can you sedate a sick child and neglect to monitor him?"View Story →
"It is like living your worst nightmare. I will never survive the loss of my child."View Story →
"We brought in a child who was unwell but stable and scheduled to travel the next day."View Story →
"The day after Nkanu died, on January 8, the medical director visited our home in Ikoyi and admitted the errors made by the anesthesiologist."View Story →
"We were later startled to see that Euracare had indicated that his cause of death was bacterial and fungal meningitis. This is inaccurate."View Story →
"Most egregiously, Euracare is now asking a High Court to stop the inquest."View Story →
"An inquest is a public judicial inquiry designed to establish the circumstances surrounding a death."View Story →
"This weight is too heavy."View Story →
"He would be alive today if not for an incident at Euracare Hospital on January 6th."View Story →
"Chimamanda had sent a legal notice to Euracare, claiming that her son’s death was caused by medical negligence and professional misconduct."View Story →
Related Stories
Nigerian author accuses hospital of stalling review into her son's death
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 21-month old son died in a Lagos hospital, which she says is trying to stop an inquest into the circumstances of his death.
June 14, 2026Nigerian doctors suspended over death of author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's son
The author's 21-month-old son died in January after complications during medical procedures at a private hospital in Lagos.
March 4, 2026