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Synopsis of Half of a Yellow Sun
The first part of Half of a Yellow Sun takes place in a peaceful Nigeria.
In this early part of the book, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie introduces us to the story’s main characters.
She explains to us how they became part of each other’s lives and details the relationship between them.
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Half of a Yellow Sun Summary: The Biafran War
The latter part of the book takes place during the Nigerian Civil War (a.k.a. the Biafran War), a war that broke out after Southeast Nigeria seceded from the rest of Nigeria to form a new and independent nation of Biafra.
At first the Biafrans are elated with the formation of their new and independent state.
Since there doesn’t exist a country called Biafra today, though, you already know which side lost the war.
The book follows the story’s main characters through the war (with some serious dramatic twists and turns in the plot!) recounting at once a very personal story about love, people, their hopes and dreams, while at the same time telling a more global story of war, national hope, identity and international relations.