Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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What listeners say about Half of a Yellow Sun Average Customer Ratings. The port of Calabar became one of the largest slave-trading posts in West Africa in the era of the Atlantic slave trade. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies masterpiece, winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, is a novel about Africa in a wider sense: about the end of colonialism. The Portuguese were the first to arrive in the 16th century. The country ranks very low in the Human Development Index and remains one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Nigeria has more than 250 ethnic groups speaking 500 languages, The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausa in the north, Yoruba in the west, and Igbo in the east, together constituting over 60% of the total population. It is the worlds 6th most populous country, with a current population of 230 million people.

It received critical acclaim and won the Womens Prize for Fiction in 2007. Published in 2006 by 4th Estate in London, the novel tells the story of the Biafran War through the perspective of the characters Olanna, Ugwu, and Richard. Some facts about Nigeria taken from Wikipedia Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The title of the book is based upon the Flag of Biafra Welcome to the last discussion for Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.