Patriotic Women In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half Of A Yellow Sun

Abstract

In this paper, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s captivating book Half of a Yellow Sun, which relives the frightening consequences of the Biafran War is examined for how it celebrates the variety of sexual identities and behaviours in Africa as well as the hard realities of living in a dangerous conflict zone. In the book, Kainene, Mama, and Olanna describe Nigeria's struggle for freedom. Mama represents the past, and Kainene the future. Olanna is the allegoric feminine icon of nationhood since both are eliminated as unacceptable extremes. Olanna, an educated woman from Europe, joins the Civil War by taking after Kainene’s bravery and Mama’s customs. At the novel's conclusion, she comes to represent the woman as nation in the new Nigeria.