Nigeria, June 14 -- Two weeks after the Lagos State High Court temporarily halted the coroner's inquest into the death of Nkanu Adichie-Esege, son of author Chimamanda Adichie, she has broken her silence.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Justice A. O. Opesanwo granted the order after Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited, operators of Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital in Victoria Island, where the child reportedly died on 7 January, filed an ex parte application.

Responding to the development, the 48-year-old said in a statement posted to her social media accounts on Saturday that she wakes up every single day with her heart racing.

The author of "Purple Hibiscus" explained that she decided to make the letter, dated 16 April, public bec...