Facts about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun

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   In researching Half of a Yellow Sun, Adichie drew on her family's direct experience of the Biafran War, as both her grandfathers died during the conflict.

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   A film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun was released in 2013, directed by Biyi Bandele and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton.

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   Adichie's title Half of a Yellow Sun refers to the emblem on the flag of the short-lived Republic of Biafra.

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   The novel follows three main characters—Ugwu, Olanna, and Richard—whose lives intertwine against the backdrop of the Biafran struggle for independence.

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   Published in 2006, Half of a Yellow Sun is set during the Nigerian-Biafran War of the late 1960s and won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2007.

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