SexViolHist Bib: Cases: Representations: Literary Texts: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

»Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer, whose works include fiction, nonfiction, and lectures. She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

Half of a Yellow Sun

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2006 novel by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Set in Nigeria in the 1960s, the story follows Ugwu, a teenage houseboy who has moved from his village to work in a university town; his master Odenigbo, a mathematics professor with revolutionary views; and Olanna, with whom Odenigbo is in love, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy Nigerian man. When the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) breaks out, their lives are thrown into anarchy.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century, 21^st Century

II. Geographical Index: African History: Nigerian History

III. Topical Index: Types:

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Norridge, Zoe. »Sex as Synecdoche: Intimate Languages of Violence in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun and Aminatta Forna's The Memory of Love.« Research in African Literatures 43 (2012): 18-39.

II. Speaker Index

Americanah

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Americanah is a 2013 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her third novel and fourth book, it was published on 14 May 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf. The novel recounts the story of a young Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who emigrates to the United States to attend a university. (...)
Two Nigerian teenagers, Ifemelu and Obinze fell in love in their school days at Lagos. The country is ruled by the military and people seek to exit the country. Ifemelu moves to the United States to study, however she begins seeing another view of her from the people. Such views includes racism and for the first time, she begins understanding being black. Obinze, on his side hopes that he would join her but his visa gets denied following the September 11 attack in the US. He eventually moves to London and becomes an undocumented immigrant after his visa expires.
After many years, Obinze returns to Nigeria. He has become wealthy since he works as a property developer. Ifemelu gains attention in the United States following her blog about race. The blog is named "Raceteenth or Various Observations About American Blacks (Those Formerly Known as Negroes) by a Non-American Black". When she returns to Nigeria, the two consider reviving a relationship in light of their diverging experiences and identities during their many years apart.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 21^st Century

II. Geographical Index: African History: Nigerian History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Sexual Assault | Society: Rape Culture

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Tunca, Daria. »Unscrambling the “Grammar of Violence”: Sexual Assault and Emotional Vulnerability in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah.« Narrating Violence in the Postcolonial World. Edited by Rebecca Romdhani et al. New York 2022: 59-78.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Ahn, Hakyoung. »Rape Culture and Sexual Empowerment in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah.« Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. Chicago 2020.

[Info] Tunca, Daria. »Unscrambling the "Grammar of Violence": Sexual Assault in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah.« Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association. Nottingham 2021.