UChimamanda Adichie wase-Nigeria, ongomunye wababhali abahamba phambili base-Afrika, ubhale incwadi yezingane, ezoshicilelwa ngonyaka ozayo.
U-Adichie uzoshicilela incwadi ethi-Mama’s Sleeping Scarf ngaphansi kwe-Nwa Grace James.
U-Adichie wabhala incwadi eyibhalela indodakazi yakhe, eyayineminyaka emithathu ubudala ngaleso sikhathi.
Indaba iveza usuku olujwayelekile e-Lagos lapho intombazanyana encane ebizwa ngoChino idlala ngesikhafu sikamama wayo, ngesikhathi ibona umkhulu wayo ezihambela nje enzela ukushaywa umoya ukuze ayolala.
U-Ann-Janine Murtagh, umshicileli omkhulu wezincwadi zezingane ngaphansi kukaHarper Collins,
uthe u-Adichie “ungelinye lamazwi abaluleke kakhulu ezincwadini namuhla futhi sizizwa sihloniphekile ukushicilela incwadi yakhe yokuqala yezingane ohlwini lukaHarperCollins.
“I-Mama’s Sleeping Scarf iwukuhlola okuthambile nokujabulisayo kwempilo yomndeni. Ibhalwe kahle ngobulula obuphoqayo, lokhu ukuhlonipha okusuka enhliziyweni yothando lomndeni. Ngemifanekiso emihle evela kuJoelle Avelino, kuzoba incwadi yezithombe eyigugu kuzo zonke izizukulwane.”