historical fiction · 2006
Half of a Yellow Sun
2006 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 2006
- historical fiction
Summary
Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2006 novel by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Set in Nigeria in the 1960s, the story follows Ugwu, a teenage houseboy who has moved from his village to work in a university town; his master Odenigbo, a mathematics professor with revolutionary views; and Olanna, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy Nigerian man, with whom Odenigbo is in love. When the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) breaks out, their lives are thrown into chaos.
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