Saturday, August 23, 2008

Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


Two sisters' (Olanna and Keinene) struggle with love and family relationships during difficult years of war in the Republic of Biafra. They suffer through the military coups, the creation of Biafra, famine and sanctions as well as the fall of Biafra and return to Nigeria in the late sixties. Very powerful. Very different. I learned some history and geography I certainly didn't know before. 8

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