Maps

James Adichie, father of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, studied maps carefully wherever he went. He kept maps of Maryland in a drawer when he visited Maryland and maps of Connecticut in another drawer when he visited his other daughter Uche in Connecticut. Sometimes he would even trace the route he took to brunch with the family. Maps are integral to James Adichie, the former professor of statistics, for they allow him to orient himself when he is away from home in Nigeria. James Adichie is always calm, measured, and precise, and maps are the perfect tool to aid in this precision.

Sudoku

Adichie says that no one was quite prepared for how deeply "besotted" her father James would become of sudoku games. Adichie's mother Grace fretted to her daughters that their father would not even take time to eat when he was deeply concentrating on a puzzle. Sudoku...