![]() And she does leave out all the battle scenes. Adichie is far too young for us to declare that she's the Tolstoy of Africa. This lends to the novel a powerful psychological element that we don't always find in historical fiction. Though their daily lives and destinies as well are tied to the end of peace and the rise of war, Adichie makes them, above all else, interesting, even compelling, as sharply defined individuals. The book mainly follows the fortunes of Olana and those of a psychologically fascinating and varied cast of characters, from high society colonials on down to Ojukwu, an Igbo country boy. And finally, the half of a yellow stood for the glorious future. Green was for the prosperity Biafra would have. Red was the color of the siblings massacred in the north. When she does her part in the war effort by teaching a class in the small town in which she and her lover, a nationalist intellectual, and his infant lovechild, have been evacuated. We get a clear description of the flag's colors from Olana Ozobia,a beautiful, well educated Igbo woman. ![]() ![]() The book's title comes from the Biafran flag, a symbol of the rebellion. The war in question is the Biafran War of the 1960s, during which the southern region of Biafra fought unsuccessfully to secede. Alan Cheuse has a review of her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.ĪLAN CHEUSE: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has delivered a big novel about life in modern Nigeria during wartime. The young writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is Nigeria's latest literary export. ![]()
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