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How does a heart break twice? Chimamanda speaks on mother’s death

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 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [Courtesy]

Award-winning Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has spoken for the first time since the passing on of her mother just a month ago. Narrating the sudden demise of her mother, the acclaimed writer through a social media post eulogised her late parents terming the sudden demise as unbearable grief.

"How does a heartbreak twice? To still be immersed in grief, barely breathing again, and then to be plunged callously back into a sorrow you cannot even articulate," she wrote.

In the long post shared on Instagram, Chimamanda described her late mother as a warm, loving, funny, kind, quick-witted, beautiful mother. She added that her mother showered her and her siblings with unconditional support. In Chimamanda’s words, her late mother Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie, was a ‘source of delicious sarcasm and style icon.’

"How can my mother be gone forever, and so soon after my father? My warm, loving, funny, kind, quick-witted, beautiful mother. Unconditional supporter and cheerleader of her children, fun and funny, source of delicious sarcasm, style icon, so sharply observant she never missed a thing," she added.

Revisiting her mother’s last moments, Chimamanda revealed that her late mother was the first-ever female registrar of the University of Nigeria and also a permanent board member at Anambra State Basic Education Board (ASUBEB). She added that during the weekend of her demise, Mrs Grace had gone to work at ASUBEB in Awka, Nigeria on Friday, Feb 26, but her assistant said she looked a bit tired.

"On Friday she was at work, in her ASUBEB office in Awka. Her lovely assistant Mimi said she seemed a bit tired. Still, back home after work, she walked the half mile to St. Paul’s Church for Stations of the Cross. On Saturday, she spent time in Louisa’s shop, outside the gate of our house in Abba, watching the cars and people on the dusty road. On Sunday, her driver drove her to Mass. Sunday evening she was unwell. She was taken to a private hospital in Awka," she wrote.

Adding: “Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language,” wrote Chimamanda.

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