ADICHIE SPEAKS: IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH A MARRIED WOMAN RETAINING HER BIRTH NAME?

For those of us who are unaware, the prolific writer Chimamanda Adichie is married to Dr. Ivara Esega her US-based husband. She has specifically asked the public to address her as a Ms and not a Mrs. See details below.

In a recent interview with Sun Newspaper on Saturday March 1, Ms Adichie told the interviewer who addressed her as Mrs Chimamanda Adichie, to simply call her Chimamanda Adichie.

“Before we start (the interview), please, I just want to say that my name is Chimamanda Adichie. That’s how I want it; that’s how I’m addressed, and it is not Mrs but Miss. Ms: that’s how I want it. I am saying this, because I just got a mail from my manager this morning. It seems that there are people who attended the church service, and they wrote about it, addressing me as Mrs. Chimamanda (Esega). I didn’t like that at all. So my name is Chimamanda Adichie, full stop!”

Is there anything wrong with what Ms Adichie said? If you go back to history, African women didn't bear their husbands name until the advent of colonization. They bear their parents name.  Well , i think it has something to with her accomplishment in the Literary world. Just saying