Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, about a romance which endures through the Biafran war in Nigeria, has been made into a movie starring Thandie Newton who recently spoke about the film, her experience with racism and her African heritage in a recent interview.
A second movie is in the works for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s most current novel, Americanah, starring Lupita Nyong’o. Americanah is about two youngNigerians immigrating to different countries and taking different paths, only to be reunited in their homeland.
Many discussion topics are found in both Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah such as racism, war and immigration. Does your community want to discuss either book?
