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Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

 

Set in Nigeria during the 1960s, this novel contains three main characters who get swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. It is about Africa, about the end of colonialism, about class and race, and the ways in which love can complicate these things.

Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

 

When Nigeria is shaken by a military coup, Kambili's father, involved mysteriously in the political crisis, sends her to live with her aunt. In this house, noisy and full of laughter, she discovers life and love - and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family.