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Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published in 2006 by 4th Estate in London, the novel tells the story of the Biafran War [2] through the perspective of the characters Olanna, Ugwu, and Richard. It received critical acclaim and won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Sep 12, 2006 · Half of a Yellow Sun—which takes its name from the emblem of Biafra—reveals a Nigeria that could have been, before it became a nation split by war. Set in the early and late 1960s, the narrative revolves around twin sisters, Olanna and Kainene, members of the Igbo élite.
Sep 4, 2007 · With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s.
Half of a Yellow Sun in a nutshell: A quick overview of the essential plot points, characters, and ideas. There are no winners or losers in a war, only the cries of people torn apart from the fires of battle. 'Half of a Yellow Sun' is a historical fiction story set during the Nigerian civil war.
Aug 22, 2012 · Half of a yellow sun. by. Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Publication date. 2006. Topics. Bürgerkrieg, Nigeria -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction, Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Fiction, Nigeria, Biafra. Publisher. Toronto : A.A. Knopf.
There has never been a better time to read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Not only because it has recently been hailed as, 'A benchmark for excellence in fiction writing,' by the Baileys prize judges as they crowned it the ‘best of the best’ of the past decade’s winners.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sep 12, 2006 · Epic, ambitious, and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a remarkable novel about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race—and the ways in which love can complicate them all.
Aug 8, 2013 · Half of a yellow sun. by. Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-. Publication date. 2007. Topics. African Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - General, Literary, Fiction / Literary. Publisher. New York : Anchor Books.
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May 16, 2014 · Half of a Yellow Sun: Directed by Biyi Bandele. With Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle. Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths.
