Another milestone for Nigeria’s literary queen! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has just received the 2025 Sjöjungfrun (The Mermaid) Literary Prize at Europe’s largest cultural gathering — the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden. The packed-out event drew 1,500 people, with queues stretching nearly a kilometre — a record turnout. The jury praised her for reshaping conversations on feminism, identity and belonging through her storytelling. This comes just days after she won the Felix Jud Prize in Hamburg, an