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"Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (http://www.halfofayellowsun.com/)....
Takes place in Nigeria/Biafra during the 60's.....just before and during the attempt by part of Nigeria to secede from that country and form Biafra. People my age may remember the occasional photos in the news about the starving children in Biafra, which in the end only existed for three years. The hype on the young author is that she is the modern day Chinua Achebe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe). Yes. I believe it. Her first book, Purple Hibiscus, which I haven't read (yet) won all kinds of prizes, and so did this one.
Takes place in Nigeria/Biafra during the 60's.....just before and during the attempt by part of Nigeria to secede from that country and form Biafra. People my age may remember the occasional photos in the news about the starving children in Biafra, which in the end only existed for three years. The hype on the young author is that she is the modern day Chinua Achebe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe). Yes. I believe it. Her first book, Purple Hibiscus, which I haven't read (yet) won all kinds of prizes, and so did this one.
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