A Nigerian lady of Igbo extraction, Col. Chimamanda Azubuike has become one of the highest-ranking female officers in the US Military.
Chimamanda Azubuike currently the Chief, Public Affairs, and Spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command was rewarded for her exceptional traits of brilliance and strength in the discharge of her duties.
Meanwhile, ahead of the new year, the BBC has named her namesake and multiple award-winning author and feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie amongst its list of 100 inspiring and impactful women from around the world for 2021.
Adichie is listed under the “Culture and Education” category, which consists of 31 women out of the 100 chosen. Under the post designated to the renowned writer, the BBC notes the 44-year-old’s TED Talk in 2012, We Should All Be Feminists, started a worldwide conversation about feminism and was published as a book in 2014.
Col. Azubuike who shortened her name to Amanda has served as a Public Affairs professional with more than 15 years of experience leading strategic communications planning and execution, media relations, crisis communication, internal and external stakeholder relations, and international affairs.
Currently, the Communications Director and principal public affairs advisor for an organization that oversees military operations in twenty-eight countries throughout Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, PushNews writes.
She Supports the Commander’s communications objectives and public outreach efforts through traditional and social media as she prepares and conducts media engagements, communications strategies for the command’s current and future operations. Responsible for planning, developing, monitoring, and executing public affairs outreach and communication programs to build and maintain public trust and support for U.S. Southern Command.
With Amanda’s exalted position she is also responsible for collaborating and synchronizing with communicators at all levels of DoD, the interagency, and U.S. embassies in the region. Provide guidance to subordinate commands and maintain oversight of public affairs manning, training and logistics.
