Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu, has changed her feelings towards Nigeria, adding that she no longer wants to return to the country.
Adichie made this known in an interview with The New York Times, where she spoke about the loss of her son and how the circumstances surrounding his death have affected her relationship with her home country.
Asked whether Nigeria still felt close to her heart, the award winning author said, “My feelings toward Nigeria have changed.”
“I do not want to go back to Nigeria,” she added.
Nkanu, one of Adichie’s twin sons, died in December 2025 following a medical emergency at Euracare in Nigeria.
Adichie said her son initially developed a fever and was placed on antibiotics by her husband, Ivara Esege.
When his condition did not improve, the couple took him to the hospital for further medical examination.
She said Nkanu was subsequently sedated with propofol during an MRI examination, after which he suffered cardiac arrest and died the following day.
Recounting what happened after the procedure, Adichie said a doctor approached her in a panicked state and attributed the incident to the amount of propofol administered.
“He was very calm and he said to me, ‘Well, look, they gave him too much Propofol.’ Those were his exact words, which I will never forget until the day I die,” she recalled.
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