Her stories were also published in Zoetrope: All-Story, and Topic Magazine. Wong International Short Story Prize 2002/2003 (PEN Center Award). Henry Award for “The American Embassy”, and the David T. She was shortlisted in 2002 for the Caine Prize for her short story “You in America” and her story “That Harmattan Morning” was selected as a joint winner of the 2002 BBC World Service Short Story Awards. She published a collection of poems in 1997 (Decisions) and a play (For Love of Biafra) in 1998. “I think of myself as a storyteller, but I would not mind at all if someone were to think of me as a feminist writer… I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that world view must somehow be part of my work”, she said in an interview.Īdichie is on the list because of her blossoming writing career. She considers herself a feminist and is committed to the wellbeing of the female folks across the world with her writings. She is not relenting in her passion for art, African heritage and culture, hence worthy mention in this year’s International Women’s Day celebration.īorn on September 15, 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction. In 2019, she celebrated her 50 years of promoting and exhibiting traditional and contemporary African art across the world. She is an artist of many parts – she drums, directs plays, dances, paints, and trains young adults to do all of the listed things. There is hardly any important museum in the world that does not have Madam Nike’s work.
An Amazon in her own right, Nike is the woman behind the Nike Art Empire with galleries, art shops and training centres across Nigeria and the world. She is one of the internationally acclaimed female artists from Nigeria, who has made astounding strides in textile, visual arts and mixed media painting in the global arts scene. No doubt, Nike Davies-Okundaye is a household name in the African arts landscape. However, we are celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day by spotlighting top Nigerian women in the arts.īelow are some of the amazons in no particular order:
Women must have the opportunity to play a full role in shaping the pivotal decisions being made right now as countries respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic – choices that will affect the wellbeing of people and the planet for generations to come”. “But to do that, we need immediate action. As countries and communities start to slowly recover from a devastating pandemic, we have the chance to finally end the exclusion and marginalization of women and girls. This year’s celebration is on the theme: ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.’ In line with the theme Achim Steiner, administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), noted that, “This year’s International Women’s Day is like no other.
Hiring a new head coach is at the top of the priority list of the Lakers who are hoping to bounce back after a disappointing 2021-22 season.ĭespite having a stellar-but-aging cast, the Lakers failed to make it to the playoffs.Ī massive revamp is expected, but any player movement may only commence once Los Angeles names its new head coach.Today, March 8, 2021, the world is commemorating the International Women’s Day 2021, a day set aside to celebrate the women folks for their contributions to the development of the society, as well as, to create further awareness on their challenges, rights and inclusion in leadership positions globally. Other names that have been linked to the Lakers include Quinn Snyder, Mark Jackson, Scott Brooks and Kenny Atkinson. Aside from that, he is the head coach of the Nigerian national basketball team. Despite adding Dwight Howard and Steve Nash to the fray, Brown was fired after five games-the third-fastest coaching change in NBA history.Īt present, Brown serves as an associate coach to the Golden State Warriors. In his last stint coaching the Lakers, Brown led the club to a 41-25 win-loss record in the 2011 to 2012 season when he succeeded Phil Jackson in a shortened season due to a lockout.īrown was able to lead the Lakers to the second round in that year’s playoffs.īut his fortunes changed in the 2012-13 season. Hence, his familiarity could play a factor in possibly succeeding Vogel who was fired after three NBA seasons, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Renewing ties with Brown could make sense, especially if the Lakers want to get someone familiar with resident star LeBron James.īrown handled James from 2005 to 2010 when he served as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Los Angeles Lakers continue to expand their list of potential head coach replacements for Frank Vogel.Īmong those on the latest list of candidates is Mike Brown, someone who called the shots for the franchise from 2011 to 2012.