Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) is one of the seminal works of literature written by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born in 1977). It chronicles the Nigerian Civil War of the late 1960s, depicting a politically charged climate. In particular, Adichie focuses on the fates of characters of Igbo descent. Members of this ethnic group were targeted in a series of attacks that took place in northern Nigeria in 1966. This bloodshed was followed by the formation of the state of Biafra out of southern Nigeria and by a war that, as depicted in the novel, saw the Biafrans fighting more formidable Northern forces. Hostilities came to an end in 1970.
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