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Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accuses Lagos hospital of negligence after son’s death

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused the hospital of negligence in a message to family and friends. Photograph: Jared Soares/The Guardian

The Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a Lagos hospital of negligence after the death of one of her 21-month-old twin boys.

Nkanu Nnamdi died on 6 January after a brief illness. He was one of twin boys born to Adichie and Ivara Esege, a doctor, in 2024 by surrogacy, eight years after the birth of their first child, a girl.

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