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Half of a Yellow Sun Summary: Chapter 21
Richard and Olanna wake up the next morning and do not speak about what happened the night before.
Richard determines that Kainene will never find out.
That weekend, Richard does not go to Port Harcourt as usual but instead goes to Lagos to attend a memorial for Winston Churchill at the British High Commission.
At that event, he sits with Susan, who tells him that she had an affair with a close friend’s husband, that she has heard about his Nigerian girlfriend, and is generally disparaging things about Nigerians.
Summary of Half a Yellow Sun: Chapter 22
Odenigbo’s mother and Amala come to visit Odenigbo.
His mother is happy about her soon to be grandchild, but Odenigbo and Ugwu are not.
Odenigbo tells his mother that Amala cannot stay at his home because he hopes that Olanna will come back.
Amala tries to induce an abortion of her pregnancy by eating a lot of peppers.
Olanna comes to visit Odenigbo and they have a lover’s spat.
She says that Odenigbo must take responsibility for his actions, but he still blames the occurrence on his mother’s machinations.
Ugwu tells Olanna that he did indeed see Odenigbo’s mother put something in Odenigbo’s food as well as rub something on Amala’s body before the incident.
Although, Olanna dismisses what Ugwu has told her as rubbish, she and Odenigbo have sex.