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Half of a Yellow Sun

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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The Biafran war seen through a houseboy, a professor's partner and an English writer.

NigerianLiterary fictionHistoricalWarLovePolitics

  • First published 2006
  • Length Long (a big read)
  • Language English

In lists: Essential Nigerian novels Books on the Biafran war

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