CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE - HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, a novel
This is the official Web site of award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, whose latest novel, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra- impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, and the chilling violence that followed. This Web site includes more information about the author, her other published work--including her first novel, PURPLE HIBISCUS, for which she was awarded the Commonwealth Writers and detailed information and background about HALF OF A YELLOW SUN and the Nigeria-Biafra War that lasted from 1967-1970, including photographs, images, an extended bibliography and more. Biafra, Half of a Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus, Nigerian Civil War, Nigeria-Biafra War, Nigerian history, Africa, African history, Igbo, Igboland, War of Nigerian Unity, African wars, African politics, Nigerian politics, post-colonial Africa, post-colonial Nigeria, African literature, Nigerian literature, post-colonial literature, novel, books about Africa, books about Nigeria, Nigerian author, African author, Nigerian writer, African writer, Orange Prize, Commomwealth Writers