Secondary Sources
Articles & Essays | Dissertations | Profiles | News | Reviews of Purple Hibiscus
Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun | Reviews of The Thing around Your Neck | Miscellaneous
Articles & Essays
- Akubuiro, Henry, 'Digging into the Palimpsest: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the Nigerian tradition in literature', Daily Sun, 3 December 2011.
- Anyokwu, Christopher, '"May We Always Remember": Memory and Nationhood in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun', NTU Studies in Language and Literature 20 (December 2008), pp. 179-196.
- Anyokwu, Christopher, 'Igbo Rhetoric and the New Nigerian Novel: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus', African Symposium 11.1 (June 2011), pp. 80-90.
- Bonnici, Thomas, 'Pós-colonialismo e representaçăo feminina na literatura pós-colonial em inglęs', Acta Scientiarum 28.1 (2006), pp. 13-25. On Caryl Phillips's Crossing the River, Andrea Levy's Fruit of the Lemon and Small Island, J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace, Nadine Gordimer's The Pickup and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. In Portuguese.
- Braga, Cláudio, 'Sobrevivendo em zonas de desconforto: as mulheres de Chimamanda Adichie em The Thing around Your Neck', Revista de Letras 4.1 (July 011), pp. 57-63. In Portuguese.
- Dawson, Emma & Pierre Larrivee, 'Attitudes to Language in Literary Sources: Beyond Post-Colonialism in Nigerian Literature', English Studies 91.8 (December 2010), pp. 920-932. Includes a discussion of Purple Hibiscus.
- Hodges, Hugh, 'Writing Biafra: Adichie, Emecheta and the Dilemmas of Biafran War Fiction', Postcolonial Text 5.1 (2009).
- Kehinde, Ayo, 'Rulers Against Writers, Writers Against Rulers: The Failed Promise of the Public Sphere in Postcolonial Nigerian Fiction', Lumina 21.1 (March 2010). Contains a section on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus (pp. 18-26).
- Krishnan, Madhu, 'Biafra and the Aesthetics of Closure in the Third Generation Nigerian Novel', Rupkatha: Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 2.2 (2010), pp. 185-195. Contains a section on Half of a Yellow Sun.
- Maiwada, Ahmed, 'Purple Hibiscus, Adichie's Debt to Achebe?', Sentinel Nigeria 7 (August-October 2011).
- Manion, Caitlin, 'Twins: A Compelling Narrative Device in Two Igbo Novels', Western Oregon University: Meyer Prize for Excellence in Literature, 2010. On Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun.
- Nadaswaran, Shalini, 'Rethinking Family Relationships in Third-Generation Nigerian Women's Fiction', Relief 5.1 (2011), pp. 19-32. Partly deals with Purple Hibiscus.
- Ogwude, Sophia O., 'History and Ideology in Chimamanda Adichie's Fiction', Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 48.1 (2011), pp. 110-123.
- Oha, Anthony C., 'Beyond the Odds of the Red Hibiscus: A Critical Reading of Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus', Journal of Pan African Studies 1.9 (August 2007), pp. 199-211.
- Okuyade, Ogaga, 'Changing Borders and Creating Voices: Silence as Character in Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus', Journal of Pan African Studies 2.9 (March 2009), pp. 245-259.
- Okuyade, Ogaga, 'Geography of Anxiety: Narrating Childhood and Resisting Familial Order in Recent Nigerian Women's Writing', Language Society and Culture 31 (2010), pp. 72-80. On Unoma Azuah's Sky High Flames and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus'.
- Okuyade, Ogaga, 'Trying to Survive: Growth and Transformation in African Female Narratives', California Linguistic Notes 35.1 (Winter 2010), 33 pp. On Unomah Azuah's Sky High Flames and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus.
- Osunbade, Niyi, 'Explicatures in Conversational Discourse in Adichie's Purple Hibiscus', Nordic Journal of African Studies 18.2 (2009), pp. 138-153.
- Pérez Ruiz, Bibián, 'Territorios Periféricos Y Potencial Femenino Subversivo En Las Novellas Africanas Escritas Por Mujeres', Afroeuropa 2.1 (2009). On Nozipo Maraire's Zenzele, A Letter for my Daughter, Fatou Diome's Somewhere in the Atlantic, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. In Spanish.
- Tunca, Daria, 'Ideology in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus (2003)', English Text Construction 2.1 (2009), pp. 121-131.
- Tunca, Daria, 'An Ambiguous "Freedom Song": Mind-Style in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus', Postcolonial Text 5.1 (2009).
- Tunca, Daria, 'Of French Fries and Cookies: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Diasporic Short Fiction', in The African Presence in Europe and Beyond / Présence africaine en Europe et au-delŕ, ed. by Kathleen Gyssels & Bénédicte Ledent (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2010), pp. 291-309.
- Udumukwu, Onyemaechi, 'Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and Issues of Ideology in the Constitution of the Nigerian Novel', Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 48.1 (2011), pp. 184-204.
- Ugochukwu, Francoise, 'A Lingering Nightmare: Achebe, Ofoegbu and Adichie on Biafra', Matatu 39 (2011), pp. 253-272.
- Vivan, Itala, 'Lu guerra civile e i ragazzi soldato nello sguardo di due giovani romanzieri nigeriani: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie e Uzodinma Iweala', Culture (2007), pp. 279-292. In Italian.
Dissertations
- Ouma, Christopher Ernest Werimo, 'Journeying out of silenced familial spaces in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus', MA thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 2007, 113 pp.
- Ouma, Christopher Ernest Werimo, 'Childhood in Contemporary Nigerian Fiction', PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2011, 340 pp, passim. Contains various sections on Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun.
- Phillips, Delores B., 'In Questionable Taste: Eating Culture, Cooking Culture in Anglophone Postcolonial Texts', PhD dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 2009. Contains a chapter entitled 'The Excesses of this World: The Cookbook Form's Unwillingness to Report The News', which partly deals with Purple Hibiscus (pp. 137-152).
- Smit, Willem Jacobus, 'Becoming the Third Generation: Negotiating Modern Selves in Nigerian Bildungsromane of the 21st Century', MA thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2009, 128 pp. Includes a chapter entitled 'Negotiating Traditions, Gender and Silences in Purple Hibiscus' (pp. 28-57).
- Tigner, Julia Ann, '"Home is nowhere": Negotiating Identities in Colonized Worlds', MA thesis, University of Georgia, 2007, 50 pp. Contains a chapter entitled 'Tradition or Modernity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus' (pp. 27-48).
Profiles
- Altman, Howard, 'Amanda's Voice', City Paper (Philadelphia), 10-17 June 1999.
- Kalu, Uduma, 'Nigerian wins literature prize in the U.S', Nigerian Guardian, 12 September 2003.
- Habich, John, 'Young Nigerian's first novel blazes with insight of new and old religion', Star Tribune (Minneapolis), 18 October 2003.
- Bolling, Deborah, 'Planting the Seeds', City Paper (Philadelphia), 6 November 2003.
- Roberts, Alison, 'When my father read my novel, he was absolutely was horrified!', Evening Standard, 30 April 2004.
- Atojoko, Salif, 'Adichie's Passion: Writing, More Writing', Newswatch (Nigeria), 13 September 2004.
- Schoettler, Carl, 'Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie is a story in herself', Baltimore Sun, 4 October 2004.
- Sniatecki, Ryan, 'Seeking to Write Universal Truths', Baltimore Chronicle, 9 October 2004.
- 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', First-Year Experience at Kalamazoo College, 2005.
- Fallon, Helen, 'Love in a Time of Terror: the Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Africa 70.5 (2005), pp. 18-19.
- Steger, Jason, 'Glorious shock of distinction', Age, 25 February 2005, p. 5.
- Keenan, Catherine, 'Ethnic enough', Sydney Morning Herald, 2 April 2005, p. 12.
- Eze, James, 'My American fans want to visit Nsukka, Abba after reading Purple Hibiscus', Sunday Sun, 30 October 2005.
- Ciabattari, Jane, 'Female Africans Take Lead in Prize-Winning Fiction', Women's eNews, 25 November 2005.
- Jackson, A. Naomi, 'Let There Be Peace, Let There Be Life', Mosaic Literary Magazine 17 (2006), pp. 28-31, 49.
- Tunca, Daria, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie en Chika Unigwe: stemmen die aandacht verdienen', trans. from the English by Lode Demetter, Rekto:verso: Tweemaandelijks Tijdschrift voor Kunstkritiek 16 (March-April 2006), pp. 18-19. In Dutch.
- Patterson, Christina, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Fortunes of war and peace', Independent, 18 August 2006, p. 20.
- Peel, Michael, 'Love in the time of war', Financial Times, 9 September 2006, p. 3.
- McGrath, Charles, 'A Nigerian Author Looking Unflinchingly at the Past', New York Times, 23 September 2006, p. 7.
- Thompson, Bob, 'From Pages of Fiction, A Volume of Sad Truth', Washington Post, 27 September 2006, p. C1.
- Kimber, Charles, 'Interview: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Socialist Review, October 2006. Also published as 'Interview with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about Half of a Yellow Sun', Socialist Worker 2054, 9 June 2007. Posted online 11 June 2007.
- Giese, Rachel, 'The Untold Story', CBC.ca, 25 October 2006.
- Weyler, Svante, 'Svante Weyler om Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Sydsvenskan, 22 December 2006. In Swedish.
- Kleen, Björn af, 'Litterärt underbarn pĺ Sverigebesök', Sydsvenskan, 29 May 2007. In Swedish.
- Richards, Huw, 'I have to be an optimist', Times Higher Education Supplement 1797, 8 June 2007, pp. 18-19.
- Moss, Stephen, 'Madonna's not our saviour', Guardian, 8 June 2007, p. 14.
- Murray, Senan, 'The new face of Nigerian literature?', BBC News, 8 June 2007.
- Millard, Rosie, 'This is the Africa you don't hear about', Sunday Times, 10 June 2007.
- Roy, Nilanjana S., 'Chimamanda Ngozi: Another Africa', Business Standard (New Delhi), 12 June 2007.
- Arana, Marie, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Teller of Tales', Washington Post, 17 June 2007, p. BW11.
- Oksenhorn, Stewart, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Toward a broader view of Africa', Aspen Times 23 June 2007. Registration required.
- Ghoshal, Somak, 'The African Writer and the Burden of History', Telegraph (India), 10 August 2007.
- Janairo, Michael, 'Family is crucial to Adichie's writings', Times Union, 14 October 2007, p. J1.
- Pryor, Fiona, 'Life after Orange Prize success', BBC News, 28 December 2007.
- "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : la vie aprčs le prix Orange', Grioo.com, 11 January 2008. In French.
- Adeniji, Gbenga, 'Chimamanda clinches another laurel', Daily Sun, 6 April 2008.
- Triantafyllou, Yannis, 'Γράφω για να μην ξεχάσουμε τη σφαγή της Μπιάφρας' ('Grafo gia na min xehasoume ti sfagi tis Biafras'; translation into English: 'I write so that we don't forget Biafra's massacre'), Eleftherotypia, 22 May 2008. In Greek.
- Abanobi, Chika, 'Chimamanda reveals secret of her writing skill', Daily Sun, 21 September 2008.
- '2008 MacArthur Fellows: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', MacArthur Foundation, September 2008.
- Roylance Frank D., & Tyeesha Dixon, 'Genius in our midst', Baltimore Sun, 23 September 2008. On the three Marylanders who have won the 2008 MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant'.
- De Nike, Lisa & Maria Blackburn, 'Celebrating MacArthur Honors', Arts & Science Magazine 6.1 (Fall 2008).
- 'La vincitrice del Nonino Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie racconta il suo romanzo', Il Tempo, 31 January 2009. In Italian.
- Skidelsky, William, 'The interview: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Observer (Review), 5 April 2009, p. 7.
- Sadler, Stephanie, 'Stories of "complicated affection"', Seven Magazine, 14 April 2009.
- Guest, Kathy, 'A class of her own', Independent, 10 April 2009, pp. 26-27. Published online as 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: How the acclaimed novelist is becoming a role-model and mentor', Independent, 9 April 2009. Also published as 'Giving voice to African women', Sun Daily (Malaysia), 15 April 2009, and as 'Continental Shift', Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May 2009, p. 8, and Brisbane Times, 4 May 2009.
- Ingström, Pia, 'Krigets och kyrkans Nigeria', Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL), 16 April 2009. In Swedish.
- Sawers, Claire, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: State of Grace', List 627, 16 April 2009.
- Nikkanen, Hanna, 'Biafran aamu', Voima, April 2009. In Finnish.
- de Villiers, Melissa, 'Out Of Darkness', Times (Johannesburg), 9 May 2009.
- Cosic , Miriam, 'Fresh Nigerian voice speaks of "horrible things"', Australian, 20 May 2009, p. 6.
- Nawotka, Ed, 'Nigerian author Adichie lets her writing do her talking', Dallas Morning News, 24 June 2009.
- Barber, John, 'Chimamanda Adichie: a princess of the written word', Globe and Mail, 4 July 2009, p. R1.
- Amoss, Marianne, 'Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie negotiates the distance between Maryland and Africa', Urbanite Baltimore 61 (July 2009).
- 'Chimamanda "Writes" For African Voices', This Day, 13 July 2009.
- Agbro, Joe Jr, 'Marriage can be very dangerous to women', Nation, 19 July 2009.
- Ciabattari, Jane, 'The Hypocrite Killer', Daily Beast, 17 June 2009.
- Mukan, Hauwa R., 'Personality: Chimamanda Adichie', NEXT, 27 July 2009.
- Chatterjee, Madhusree, 'My stories are about class and immigration', Indo-Asian News Service, 7 August 2009. Also published in Thaindian News, 7 August 2009.
- Macaulay, Femi, 'Now that Chimamanda has a husband', Nation, 20 September 2009.
- Franklin, Ruth, 'Things come together', New Republic, 240.17, 23 September 2009, pp. 52-55 (published online 6 October 2009).
- McCauley, Mary Carole, 'Author wrestles with expectation', Baltimore Sun, 25 October 2009.
- Onyebukwa, Vivian, 'I write the way I feel - Chimamanda Adichie', Daily Sun, 10 June 2010.
- Mutunga, Kamau, 'Africa's best literary flower', Daily Monitor, 12 September 2010.
- Nawotka, Edward, 'Interview with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of The Thing Around Your Neck', American-Statesman, 9 October 2010.
- Daniel, Smriti, 'Chimamanda: Tougher than she looks!', Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), 30 January 2011.
- Emelike, Obinna, 'The African story as told by Chimamanda Adichie', Business Day, 26 August 2011.
- Umelo, Okechukwu, 'Stories matter: a glimpse into the world of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Courier 23 (May-June 2011), pp. 36-37. Published simultaneously in French as 'L'importance des histoires: aperçu de l'univers de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Courrier 23 (May-June 2011), pp. 36-37; in Spanish as 'La importancia de las historias: una mirada al mundo de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Correo 23 (May-June 2011), pp. 36-37; and in Portuguese as 'Assunto: visăo rápida do mundo de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Correio 23 (May-June 2011), pp. 36-37.
- "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : la vie aprčs le prix Orange', Grioo.com, 11 January 2008. In French.
News
- Ezard, John, 'Debut novel from Nigeria storms Orange shortlist', Guardian, 27 April 2004, p. 9.
- Reynolds, Nigel, 'Young Nigerian writer eyes top fiction award', Telegraph, 27 April 2004, p. 10.
- Alisi, Cindy, 'Adichie wins Commonwealth Writers Prize', Daily Sun (Nigeria), 5 April 2005.
- Pauli, Michelle, 'Nigerian debut makes John Llewellyn Rhys shortlist', Guardian, 14 November 2005.
- Wood, Molara, 'Launching Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun', Guardian (Nigeria), 27 August 2006.
- Afolayan, Sunday, 'Chimamanda named for Books Critics Circle Award', Daily Sun (Nigeria), 30 January 2007.
- Ezard, John, 'Nigerian war epic is frontrunner for Orange fiction prize', Guardian, 18 April 2007, p. 13.
- Wood, Molara, 'Chimamanda's Orange Revolution', Gboungboun 1.1, May 2007.
- Majendie, Paul, 'Adichie hot favourite for Orange Prize', Reuters, 5 June 2007.
- 'Adichie leads Orange prize race', BBC News, 6 June 2007.
- 'Author Adichie wins Orange Prize', BBC News, 6 June 2007.
- 'Nigerian author is Orange winner', Metro, 6 June 2007.
- Crown, Sarah, 'An Orange prize winner among prize winners', Guardian, 6 June 2007.
- Ezard, John, 'Nigerian war epic sweeps to Orange prize victory', Guardian, 6 June 2007.
- Majendie, Paul, 'Nigeria's Adichie lands Orange prize', Reuters, 6 June 2007.
- 'Adichie Wins U.K. Book Prize', Washington Post, 7 June 2007, p. C3.
- 'Award surprises Nigerian author', BBC News, 7 June 2007. Also includes a link to a BBC video interview.
- Dugan, Emily, 'Nigeria epic wins Orange prize for youngest writer', Independent, 7 June 2007.
- Ezard, John, 'Testament to youth as war epic wins Orange prize', Guardian, 7 June 2007, p. 11.
- Hoyle, Ben, 'Nigerian civil war epic wins the Orange prize for fiction', Times, 7 June 2007, p. 8.
- Ohia, Paul, 'Nigeria: Adichie Wins Orange Prize', This Day (Lagos), 7 June 2007.
- Reynolds, Nigel, 'Nigerian author wins top literary prize', Telegraph, 7 June 2007.
- Wood, Molara, 'Chimamanda's Night of Glory', This Day (Lagos), 8 June 2007.
- Anderson, Hephzibah, 'Nigerian author wins literary prize for women', Bloomberg News, 6 June 2007.
- Pauli, Michelle, 'Adichie in running for second major award', Guardian, 27 June 2007.
- 'Garlands for Achebe, Adichie' (Editorial), Daily Sun, 11 July 2007.
- Nwachukwu, McPhilips & Emmanuel Augustino, 'From Fidelity Bank... A Purple Reception for Chimamanda Adichie', Vanguard, 16 July 2007.
- 'Binyavanga, Chimamanda for Fidelity Workshop', This Day, 27 July 2007.
- Akubuiro, Henry, 'Glamour As Fidelity draws famous writers to Nigeria', Daily Sun, 29 July 2007.
- Jackson, A. Naomi, 'A Coup for African Letters', AFRican Magazine, date unknown (circa 2007).
- Yee, Donna,'Nigerian-born Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Visits UAlbany', University at Albany, 23 October 2007.
- 'Writers attack Zimbabwe omission', BBC News, 4 December 2007.
- 'Literary grandees lobby EU-Africa summit', Guardian, 6 December 2007.
- Lasisi, Akeem, 'If you don't want to write about sex, don't follow your character into the bedroom', Punch, 27 August 2008.
- Cohen, Patricia, '25 Receive $500,000 "Genius" Fellowships', New York Times, 23 September 2008, p. 1.
- Leiby, Richard, 'For Hopkins Astronomer and 24 Others, The Stars Align', Washington Post, 23 September 2008, p. C1.
- Irvine, Lindesay, 'Adichie wins a $500,000 "genius grant"', Guardian, 24 September 2008.
- 'Chimamanda Adichie bags $500,000 "genius" fellowship', Vanguard, 5 October 2008.
- 'Eastern Alumna Chimamanda Adichie Named 2008 MacArthur Fellow', NewsFlash [Eastern Connecticut University News], October 2008.
- 'Chimamanda Adichie tours US', Next, 12 July 2009.
- 'Chimamanda launches third book', Next, 3 July 2009.
- Adebisi, Yermi, 'Farafina, Silverbird Unveil The Thing Around Your Neck', Daily Independent, 6 July 2009.
- Oyegbami, Ireyimika, 'Standing up for Chimamanda', Next, 17 July 2009.
- Akanda, Victor, 'All hail the queen of literature!', Nation, 19 July 2009.
- 'Why we're organising creative writers workshop', Daily Sun, 2 August 2009.
- Oyegbami, Ireyimika, 'Literary feast as Farafina workshop ends', NEXT, 30 September 2009.
- 'Aidoo, Chimamanda, Three Others for Creative Writing Workshop', Vanguard, 12 May 2010.
- 'Adichie to teach writing in Abuja', NEXT, 13 May 2010.
- Medeme, Ovwe, 'Adichie, Aidoo, Others to Grace Creative Writing Workshop', Daily Independent, 19 May 2010.
- Oakes, Marsha Gosho, 'Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun To Be Made into a Film', Soul Culture, 24 August 2010.
- '2face, Chimamanda Adichie up for ThisDay Awards', National Mirror, 6 March 2011.
- Sams, Ngozi, 'Adichie reads in Yola', NEXT, 13 March 2011.
- Ajiboye, Bunmi, 'An Afternoon with Adichie', NEXT, 26 March 2011.
- 'Chimamanda Adichie chosen as Radcliffe fellow', NEXT, 18 March 2011.
- Shariatmadari, David, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: religious leaders must help end Nigeria violence', Guardian [online], 13 January 2012.
Reviews of Purple Hibiscus
- MBR Bookwatch 13.11, November 2003.
- MBR Bookwatch 14.4, April 2004, p. 3. Scroll down the page.
- Telegraph (Calcutta), 4 June 2004. Scroll down the page.
- Telegraph, 5 December 2004. Scroll down the page.
- Times, 28 January 2006, page turning reads p. 22. Very short review. [ online version: 26 January 2006 ]
- Abrahamsson, Örjan, Corren, 7 June 2010. In Swedish.
- Anderson, Hephzibah, 'Beers and crazed love in the house that Jerry built', Observer, 21 March 2004, p. 17.
- Apte, Poornima, curledup.com, n.d.
- Arnold, Sue, 'Foreign journeys', Guardian, 14 June 2008, p. 8. Very short review of the audiobook version of Purple Hibscus.
- Bell-Gam, Ruby A., H-Net Reviews, December 2004.
- Brézault, Eloďse, Notre Librairie 157 (January-March 2005), p. 21. In French.
- Broun, Bill, 'A Moveable Feast', Washington Post, 4 January 2004, p. BW08.
- Chanda, Tirthankar, 'Nigeria: le roman du chaos', Radio France Internationale, 17 September 2004. In French.
- Döring, Tobias, 'Masken, Mütter, Mythen', Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 29 March 2005, p. 34. In German.
- Duguid, Lindsay, Sunday Times, 29 February 2004.
- Eriksson, Magnus, 'Gripande om kolonialismens konsekvenser', Svenska Dagbladet, 6 February 2005. In Swedish.
- Eriksson, Therese, 'Blombladens hemligheter', Helsingborgs Dagblad, 28 May 2010. In Swedish.
- Fels, Ludwig, 'Papa schlägt, mama blutet', Zeit, 11 May 2005. In German.
- Greene, Andrée, 'Homeland', Boston Review 32.2, March-April 2007. Also includes a section on Half of a Yellow Sun.
- Gunnarsson, Björn, Göteborgs-Posten, 28 May 2010. In Swedish.
- Hartl, John, New York Times, 23 November 2003, p. 24. Short review.
- Hickling, Alfred, Guardian, 26 February 2005, p. 31. Very short review.
- Hope, Christopher, 'Love in a time of terror', Telegraph, 6 March 2004.
- Hore, Rachel, 'Layers of narrative', Guardian, 1 May 2004, p. 29. Short review.
- Howard, Carol, 'The Constant Reader', Urban News and Observer, 9 June 2006.
- Ismail, Aquila, 'Defining Convictions', Newsline, December 2005.
- Kaplan, Erin Aubrey, 'Cry, Freedom', LA Weekly, 28 May - 3 June 2004.
- Kessel, Anna, Africa Policy Journal 1 (Spring 2006), pp. 116-118. Scroll down to p. 116.
- Lewitschnik, Liv, 'When Freedom Flowers', Socialist Review, July 2004.
- Lorca, Alexie, 'La violence tyrannique d'un pčre', Lire, November 2004. In French.
- Mantel, Hilary, 'I have washed my feet out of it', London Review of Books 26.20, 21 October 2004, pp. 21-24.
- Neill, Dan, 'Soap Flakes', Observer (Review), 6 March 2005, p. 18. Very short review.
- Obaze, Oseloka, Kwenu!, 4 December 2003.
- Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi, Other Voices 40, Spring/Summer 2004.
- O'Regan, Nadine, 'Tale of Nigerian family life fails to ignite', Sunday Business Post Online, 15 February 2004.
- Pai, Narendra, Narendra Pai's Blog, 29 December 2009. In Kannada.
- Pearlman, Mickey, 'Purple Hibiscus: a vibrant debut', Star Tribune (Minneapolis), 18 October 2003.
- Pfeiffer, Loring Ann, Bookslut, October 2004.
- Ramesh, Kala Krishnan, Hindu, 2 August 2005, p. 3. Very short review.
- Redford, Rachel, 'Violence and silence', Observer, 8 June 2008, p. 26. Very short review of the audiobook version of Purple Hibscus.
- Riley, Jamend, Boldtype 21, July 2005.
- Roberts, Michele, New Statesman, 29 March 2004.
- Roy, Sandip, 'Wriggling in the grips of father, god and country', San Francisco Chronicle, 14 September 2003.
- Sachse, Dagmar, 'Pubertät und Politik auf nigerianisch, afrikaroman.de, 5 October 2006. In German.
- Schottenius, Maria, DN.se, 29 May 2010. In Swedish.
- Tervonen, Taina, 'Corps emprisonné, parole libérée', Africultures, 18 March 2005. In French
- Vawter, Norah, 'Nigerian Novel Explores Religion and Silence', allafrica.com, 10 November 2004.
- Villanueva Siasoco, Ricco, 'Voice-over: The best new novels by young women are reaching beyond "sassy" urban fiction', Boston Phoenix, 19-25 September 2003. Scroll down the page.
- Williams, Ranti, 'An Igbo Patriarch', Times Literary Supplement 5271, 23 May 2004.
- Whitchurch, Emily, Culture Wars, February 2004.
- Wirtén, Per, Syndsvenskan, 28 May 2010. In Swedish.
Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun
- New Yorker 82.33, 16 October 2006, p. 183.
- Arizona Republic, 8 October 2006.
- Point (The Gambia), 11 April 2008.
- Cand, 10 August 2009. In Vietnamese.
- Akubuiro, Henry, 'Echoes of Death', Daily Sun (Nigeria), 31 December 2006.
- Barnacle, Hugo, 'War in their worlds', Sunday Times, 27 August 2006, Culture p. 47.
- Brennan, Mary, 'Half of a Yellow Sun: The sweeping story of a nation erased', Seattle Times, 22 September 2006.
- Brezault, Eloďse, Africultures, 10 March 2009. In French.
- Cameron, Matt, 'Adichie's gripping portrait of Nigerian war', Free-lance Star, 16 November 2006.
- Daniel, Jeanne, Blogcritics Magazine, 2 March 2007.
- de Heus, Hanna, 'Toen ik mijn hele familie verloor', Trouw, 11 November 2006.
- Dunmore, Helen, 'The consolations of civil war', Times, 26 August 2006.
- Fitzgerald, Mary, 'War stories', Observer (Review), 11 February 2007, p. 26. Very short review.
- Green, John, 'Top fare from a Nigerian gem', Morning Star, 20 August 2006.
- Greene, Andrée, 'Homeland', Boston Review 32.2, March-April 2007. Also includes a section on Purple Hibiscus.
- Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 'Post-nation depression', Financial Times, 13 April 2007.
- Halberg, Jonny, 'Biafra som romankunst', Ny Tid, 21 December 2007. In Norwegian.
- Hardyment, Christina, Times, 14 July 2007, Books p. 14. Review of the audiobook.
- Hicks, Heather, 'African novel both personal and political', Aspen Times, 30 December 2006.
- Ikheloa, Ikhide R., 'A Blazing Sun - The Storyteller Returns', Wordsbody, 23 October 2006.
- Jackson, A. Naomi, Chimurenga Online, October 2006.
- Jacobs, Susan, 'Yellow Sun, Orange Prize', New Zealand Herald, 1 July 2007.
- Jaggi, Maya, 'The Master and his houseboy', Guardian, 19 August 2006, p. 14.
- Jensen, Sigmund, 'Lojalitet og svik', Afternbladet, 13 November 2007. In Norwegian.
- Kaiza, David, 'Cosy sleep-in with the Biafra war', East African, 21 March 2009.
- Kellaway, Kate, 'It's off to war she goes', Observer, 13 August 2006, p. 22.
- Klausner, Harriet, MBR Bookwatch 5.11, November 2006. Scroll down the page.
- Maslin, Jane, 'The Complex Business of Living While Ware Rages in Nigeria', New York Times, 21 September 2006, p. 6.
- Moyo, Sigcino, 'Awesome Adichie', Now Magazine 26.7, 19-25 October 2006.
- Murphy, Siobhan, Metro, 22 August 2006.
- Nixon, Rob, 'A Biafran Story', New York Times, 1 October 2006, p. 9.
- Nwakanma, Obi, Vanguard, 15 April 2007.
- O'Doherty, Niamh & Kenny Padraig, Sunday Tribune, 17 June 2007. Extremely short review.
- O'okwemba, Khainga , 'Chimamanda Adichie's Visit to Negritude Shrine', Nairobi Star, 30 June 2011.
- Pai, Narendra, 'ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳ ಯುದ್ಧ ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಂತಿ', Narendra Pai's Blog, 16 December 2009. In Kannada.
- Parbeen, Muneera, 'A complete story about the struggle called life', Daily Star (Bangladesh), 10 May 2008.
- Patterson, Christina, Independent, 9 February 2007, p. 27. Very short review.
- Patterson, Troy, Entertainment Weekly, 5 September 2006.
- Peters, Jay, 'From Africa, with Love', Tri-City News, 22 November 2011. Very short review.
- Preston, Edwina, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 September 2006, p. 35.
- Rubin, Martin, 'The birth and death of an African nation', San Francisco Chronicle, 5 September 2006.
- Rubin, Merle, 'Nigeria civil war seen from sharpened angles', Los Angeles Times, 12 September 2006, p. E10.
- Sachse, Dagmar, Literaturportal AfrikaRoman, April 2007.
- Saran, Mitali, 'Slice of Biafra', Outlook India, 25 February 2008.
- Schwartz, Nils, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie/En halv gul sol', Kväls Posten Expressen, 24 May 2007. In Swedish.
- Sooke, Alastair, 'Vandals at the gate', Daily Telegraph, 3 September 2006, p. 10.
- Stacey, Daniel, 'Imagined truths of a troubled landscape', Australian, 21 October 2006, p. 10.
- Stack, Richard, 'Things fall into place', New Haven Independent, 9 October 2006.
- Stone, M.J., 'Harsh state of affairs', Hour.ca, 23 November 2006.
- Tande, Dibussi, New Black Magazine, 2006.
- Tay, J.H.C., 'Compelling tale of war', Malaysia Star, 16 June 2007.
- Taylor, Ihsan, New York Times, 9 September 2007, p. 34. Very short review.
- Thayil, Sheba, 'Tragic Drama', Hindu, 2 September 2007, p. 5.
- Thompson, Heather, Telegraph, 18 February 2007, p. 30. Short review.
- Troberg Djuve, Maya, 'Nigeria i krig og kjćrlighet', Dagbladet, 26 November 2007. In Norwegian.
- Vivan, Itala, 'Ngozi Adichie, la fine di un sogno chiamato Biafra', L'Unitŕ, 21 January 2009. In Italian.
- Wall, Stephen et al., Australian, 11 October 2006.
- Waters, Juliet, 'Nigerian darkness and light', Montreal Mirror, 16 November 2006.
- White, E. Frances, 'While the World Watched', Women's Review of Books 24.3 (May-June 2007), pp. 10-11.
- Whitney, Susan, 'Biafra war saga is well-told', Deseret Morning News, 8 October 2006.
- Wynn, Ron, 'New novel combines elegant romance with brutal historical reflection', City Paper (Nashville), 25 September 2006.
- Ziino, Giulia, 'Premiata la Adichie, narratrice dell' orrore', Corriere della Sera, 14 January 2009, p. 39. In Italian.
Reviews of The Thing around Your Neck
- Publishers Weekly, 6 April 2009. Scroll down the page.
- 'The Thing Around Your Neck offers snapshots', Metro, 7 April 2009.
- 'Nothing short of sparkling', Irish Independent, 18 April 2009.
- Saffron Walden Report, 29 September 2009.
- Abbe, Elfrieda, Journal Sentinel, 12 December 2009. Scroll down the page.
- Adair-Hodges, Erin, 'Small world', Weekly Alibi 18.31 (30 July - 5 August 2009).
- Ajibade, Tunji, 'Adichie comes rounded in Cell One', Nigerian Compass, 1 August 2010.
- Arnold, Sue, 'Sue Arnold's audiobook choice: Short stories by Anton Chekhov, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Roald Dahl', Guardian, 5 September 2009, p. 9. Very short review of the audiobook.
- Atwood, Lois D., 'The Thing Around Your Neck: Short stories have men, women in cross-cultural crises', Providence Journal, 23 August 2009, p. D3.
- Austerlitz, Saul, 'Tales of Nigerian outsiders, trapped between two worlds', Boston Globe, 12 July 2009, p. C7.
- Bailey Nurse, Donna, 'Western ways no defence from old ghosts: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie continues her chronicles of Nigeria's agony in short story form', Toronto Star, 14 June 2009, p. IN6. Published online as 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie continues her chronicles of Nigeria's agony in The Thing Around Your Neck', Toronto Star, 14 June 2009.
- Basu, Kankana, 'Told with insight', Hindu, 21 June 2009, p. 5.
- Bhatt, Neha, 'At home and abroad', Business Standard (New Delhi), 22 August 2009.
- Blatt, Thomas Marco, 'En hang til ĺ forskjřnne etnisk herkomst', Dagbladet, 30 November 2009. In Norwegian.
- Boughton, Vick, People 71.25 (29 June 2009).
- Brennan, Mary,'Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck: stories of dislocation and "future grief"', Seattle Times, 28 June 2009.
- Carmin, Jim, Oregonian, 23 July 2009.
- Chettle, Judith, Richmond Times Dispatch, 26 July 2009.
- Choudhury, Chandrahas, 'Leaving Home: The acclaimed novelist proves herself equal to the demands of the short story', Mint, 19 June 2009.
- Chudobiak, Anne, 'A Nigerian Munro', Gazette (Montreal), 18 July 2009, p. 5.
- Cole, Susan G., 'Adichie's worlds', NOW Magazine 28.41 (Toronto), 10-17 June 2009.
- Coulton, Brian, Metro Canada, 17 August 2009.
- Dickinson, Ben, 'A young literary lioness expands her territory', Elle, 24 June 2009.
- Dixler, Elsa, New York Times, 27 June 2010, p. 20. Scroll down the page. Very short review.
- Dixon, Isobel, 'Beyond the yellow sun', Financial Times, 25 April 2009, p. 16. [ online version: 27 April 2009 ]
- Donahue, Deirdre, USA Today, 24 June 2009, p. D6. Very short review.
- Duguid, Lindsay, 'Fights the good fight', Times, 5 April 2009, p. 49.
- Evaristo, Bernardine, 'Short and sweet', Times 17 April 2009, p. 11. [ online version: 17 April 2009 ]
- Forna, Aminatta, 'Endurance tests', Guardian, 16 May 2009, p. 11.
- Ghoshal, Somak, 'Different Hells: An aloof, but involved, observer', Calcutta Telegraph, 31 July 2009.
- Gopalakrishnan, Amulya, 'Halfway From Home: Adichie's stories are comfortable hybrids', Indian Express, 7 June 2009.
- Griswold, Sheridan, '"Be free of a world that increasingly makes no sense"', Mmegi 26.107 (17 July 2009).
- Guthrie, Becky, National Post (Weekend Post) (Canada), 1 August 2009.
- Hartnett, Kevin, Paste Magazine 54, 9 July 2009.
- Ikheloa, Ikhide R., 'These things around our necks', Next, 17 July 2009.
- Kakutani, Michiko, 'Out of Africa, Into a Strange America', New York Times, 3 July 2009n p. C21.
- Kandasamy, Meena, 'Flowers of Violence', New Indian Express, 12 July 2009.
- Kehe, Marjorie, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2009, p. 25.
- Kinchen, David M., 'The Thing Around Your Neck: Short Stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Brilliantly Illuminate Cultural Gap Between Her Native Nigeria and U.S.', Huntingtonnews.net, 21 July 2009.
- Kolirin, Lianne, 'Poverty, Fear and Loathing in Lagos', Daily Express, 3 April 2009, p. 51.
- Larson, Charles L., 'Adichie on Her Own', CounterPunch (Weekend Edition), 3-5 July 2009.
- Lasdun, James, 'The view from somewhere else', Guardian, Features and reviews p. 2.
- Li, Yiyun, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 June 2009, p. J3.
- Lindgren, Michael, 'Big Names, Short Stories: A guide to new collections from some of fiction's top authors', Washington Post, 8 July 2009, p. C4.
- Lipinski, Jed, Village Voice, 13 May 2009. Scroll down the page.
- Madera, John, 'Delightful Gumbo or Strange Brew?', Open Letters Monthly: An Arts and Literature Review, 1 June 2009.
- Milofsky, David, 'America as an acquired taste', Denver Post, 26 July 2009, p. E11.
- Moore, Lisa, 'Short, but deep, wide and strong', Globe and Mail, 1 August 2009, p. F8.
- Muyumba, Walter, 'Chimamanda Ngozie [sic] Adichie: Compression and Dazzle in the Short Form', Dallas Morning News, 21 June 2009.
- Nayar, Pramod K., 'Passion minus the melodrama', DNA (Mumbai), 9 August 2009.
- Ogunlesi, Tolu, 'Nothing around Their Feet', Next, 2 May 2009. Also published in The Lagos Review.
- Řkland, Ingunn, 'Fryktlřse noveller', Aftenposten, 14 November 2009.
- Pai, Narendra, Narendra Pai's Blog, 27 August 2009. In Kannada.
- Patterson, Leslie, Library Journal, 15 April 2009.
- Phillips, Moira, Charleston City Paper, 22 July 2009.
- Pincus, Robert L., 'Virtues of short story apparent in 2 collections', San Diego Union Tribune, 28 June 2009, p. E1.
- Podbrey, Gwen, 'Simple in language, but dizzying in implication', SA Jewish Report, 24-31 July 2009, p. 13.
- Ramaswamy, Chitra, Scotland on Sunday, 29 March 2009, p. 12.
- Rosenberg, Amy, 'Hopes and Impediments', National (United Arab Emirates), 17 April 2009.
- Row, Jess, 'African/American', New York Times, 30 August 2009, p. BR16. [ online version: on 27 August 2009 ]. Also published as 'Adichie: A story of the African/American', Nation, 6 September 2009.
- Redford, Rachel, Observer, 30 August 2009, p. 24. Very short review of the audiobook version.
- Salter Reynolds, Susan, Los Angeles Times, 30 August 2009. Also published in Chicago Tribune, 30 August 2009.
- Shilling, Jane, 'As easy as birdsong', Daily Telegraph, 4 April 2009, p. 23. [ online version: 2 April 2009 ]
- Shivani, Anis, 'Telling No Tall Tales About Africa', Brooklyn Rail, May 2009.
- Straume, Anne Cathrine, 'Friskt og fandenivoldsk fra Nigeria', NRK, 18 November 2009. In Norwegian.
- Tripney, Natasha, Observer, 18 October 2009, p. 23. Very short review.
- Urquhart, James, Financial Times, 19 October 2009.
- van Niekerk, Annemarié, 'Schipperend tussen twee werelden', Trouw, 20 February 2010. In Dutch.
- Vanzanten, Susan, 'Heavy Laden: A collection of stories from Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Books & Culture 15.4 (July-August 2009), p. 30.
- Walker, Andrea, Barnes and Noble Review, 15 June 2009.
- Widger, Tom, Sunday Tribune, 25 October 2009. Very short review.
- Wong, Abby, 'Short and Sweet', Malaysia Star, 14 June 2009.
- Zvomuya, Percy, 'The Chimamnda [sic] collection', Mail & Guardian, 4 September 2009.
Miscellaneous
- 'Caine Prize Nominee, Adichie, Advises Youngsters', Daily Champion (Lagos), 21 July 2004.
- Akubuiro, Henry, 'Is Chimamanda the new Achebe? Literary community reacts', Daily Sun, 17 June 2007.
- Abanobi, Chika, 'Mama Chimamanda: Meet the mum of the whizzkid writer, Chimamanda Adichie', Daily Sun, 1 April 2008.
- Mullan, John, 'Guardian Book Club: Half of a Yellow Sun - Week 1: Language', Guardian, 10 October 2009, p. 6.
- Jordison, Sam, 'Guardian Book Club: Half of a Yellow Sun', Guardian [Books Blog], 12 October 2009.
- Mullan, John, 'Guardian Book Club: Half of a Yellow Sun - Week 2: Points of view', Guardian, 17 October 2009, p. 6.
- Mullan, John, 'Guardian Book Club: Half of a Yellow Sun - Week 3: Readers' responses', Guardian, 24 October 2009, p. 6.
- Ajao, Aderinsola, 'Adichie holds court at Farafina's literary evening', NEXT, 6 June 2010.
- Ajibade, Tunji, 'Chimamanda talks power of literature in Abuja', Nigerian Compass, 21 May 2010.
- Adelakun, Abimbola, 'To Africa with love and books', Punch, 1 June 2010.
- Ajiboye, Bunmi, 'Talking through Adichie's stories', NEXT, 12 December 2010.
- 'Being African author comes with baggage: Nigeria's Chimamanda Adichie', Prokerala News, 24 January 2011. On Adichie's talk at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
- Umachandran, Shalini, 'The humour and politics of being Adichie', Times of India, 25 January 2011. On Adichie's talk at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
- Racic, Monica, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aleksandar Hemon, and Hisham Matar on the Notion of Exile', New Yorker, 1 October 2011.
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