Secondary Sources
Articles & Essays | Study Guides | Dissertations | Student Essays
Profiles | News | Reviews of Purple Hibiscus | Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun
Reviews of The Thing around Your Neck | Reviews of Americanah | Miscellaneous
Articles & Essays
- Akubuiro, Henry, 'Digging into the Palimpsest: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the Nigerian Tradition in Literature', Daily Sun, 3 December 2011.
- Almeida Alves, Iulo & Tainá Almeida Alves, 'O perigo da história única: diálogos com Chimamanda Adichie', Biblioteca On-line de Ciências da Communicação (2012). In Portuguese.
- Anyokwu, Christopher, 'Igbo Rhetoric and the New Nigerian Novel: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus', African Symposium 11.1 (June 2011), pp. 80-90.
- Asoo, Ferdinand Iorbee, 'The Short Stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities 1.4 (November 2012), pp. 13-27.
- Atieh, Majda R. & Ghada Mohammad, 'Post-traumatic Responses in the War Narratives of Hanan al-Shaykh's The Story of Zahra and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun', inter-disciplinary.net (February 2012).
- Bonnici, Thomas, 'Pós-colonialismo e representação feminina na literatura pós-colonial em inglês', 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.
- Braga, Cláudio Roberto Vieira, 'Trocando o próprio nome: identidade cultural e memória em "The Headstrong Historian", de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Cadernos Cespuc, 20 (2010), pp. 46-54. 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.
- Eromosele, Ehijele Femi, 'Sex and Sexuality in the Works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Journal of Pan African Studies 5.9 (March 2013), pp. 99-110.
- Harriss, John, 'Notes on Teaching International Studies with Novels: Hard Times, Half of a Yellow Sun and The Quiet American', Simons Papers in Security and Development 15 (October 2011), pp. 1-26.
- Hodges, Hugh, 'Writing Biafra: Adichie, Emecheta and the Dilemmas of Biafran War Fiction', Postcolonial Text 5.1 (2009).
- Ibhawaegbele, Faith O. & Justina N. Edokpayi, 'Code-Switching and Code-Mixing as Stylistic Devices in Nigerian Prose Fiction: A Study of Three Nigerian Novels', Research on Humanities and Social Sciences 2.6 (2012), pp. 12-18. Partly deals with Purple Hibiscus.
- Jackson, Elizabeth, 'Transcending the Limitations of Diaspora as a Category of Cultural Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck', inter-disciplinary.net (June 2012).
- Jegede, Rotimi, 'The Issues of Accessibility: A Lexico-Semantic Reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun', Journal of Arts and Contemporary Society 2 (September 2010), pp. 1-9.
- Kehinde, Ayo, 'Rulers Against Writers, Writers Against Rulers: The Failed Promise of the Public Sphere in Postcolonial Nigerian Fiction', Africa Development 35.1&2 (2010), pp. 27-53. Contains a section on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus (pp. 43-49).
- 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.
- Ojinmah, Uwelo, 'No Humanity in War: Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun', Journal of Nigeria Studies 1.2 (Fall 2012), pp. 1-11.
- 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.
- Olufunwa, Harry, 'Superwoman: Enhanced Femininity in Contemporary Nigerian Women's Fiction', Asian Women 28.3 (2012), pp. 1-29. On Sefi Atta's Everything Good Will Come and Swallow, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun.
- 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.
- Rushton, Amy, 'Trashing National Identity: The Portrayal of Ethnic Conflict in the Contemporary African Novel', GLITS-e: A Journal of Criticism 2 (2011-2012). Includes an analysis of Half of a Yellow Sun.
- Strehle, Susan, 'Producing Exile: Diasporic Vision in Adichie's Half of a Yellow', Modern Fiction Studies 57.4 (Winter 2011), pp. 650-672.
- 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-delà, 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.
- Ugochukwu, Francoise, 'Plaited Hair in a Calabash – Adichie on the Biafran Landscape', Mbari: the International Journal of Igbo Studies 2.1&2 (2012), pp. 49–59.
- Uwasomba, Chijioke, 'Story as History; History as Story in Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun', Afrrew Ijah: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities 1.4 (November 2012), pp. 28-45.
- 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.
Study Guides
Dissertations
- Akpome, Aghogho, 'Narrating a New Nationalism: Exploring the Ideological and Stylistic Influence of Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah (1987) on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun (2006)', MA thesis, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2012, 150 pp.
- De Mey, Joke, 'The Intersection of History, Literature and Trauma in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun', MA thesis, Ghent University, Belgium, 2011, 60 pp.
- Mzali, Ines, 'Postcolonial Readings of Resistance and Negotiation in Selected Contemporary African Writing', PhD thesis, University of Montréal, Canada, 2011, 338 pp. Contains a chapter entitled 'Postcolonial Trauma: Negotiating Responsibility as Resistance in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun and Sefi Atta's Everything Good Will Come (pp. 233-304).
- Ngwira, Emmanuel Mzomera, 'Writing Marginality: History, Authorship and Gender in the Fiction of Zoe Wicomb and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', PhD thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2013, 217 pp.
- Nabutanyi, Edgar Fred, 'Representations of Troubled Childhoods in Selected Post-1990 African Fiction in English', PhD thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2013, 272 pp. Contains a chapter entitled 'Ritualised Abuse in Purple Hibiscus' (pp. 135-147).
- 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).
- Yohannes, Linda, 'A Postcolonial Look at African Literature: Case Study of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Works', MA thesis, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 2012, 75 pp.
Student Essays
- Adolfsson, Katarina, 'Kambili and Tambudzai: Inspirational Young Women from Africa', Halmstad University, Sweden, 2012, 27 pp.
- MacChesney, Mary, 'Separating Person from Politics: The Tempest and Purple Hibiscus', Raritan Valley Community College, 2008.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Weyler, Svante, 'Svante Weyler om Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Sydsvenskan, 22 December 2006. In Swedish.
- Kleen, Björn af, 'Litterärt underbarn på 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 après le prix Orange', Grioo.com, 11 January 2008. In French.
- 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.
- '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.
- Guest, Kathy, 'Continental Shift', Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May 2009, p. 8. Also published in the Brisbane Times, 4 May 2009.
- Sawers, Claire, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: State of Grace', List 627, 16 April 2009.
- Nikkanen, Hanna, 'Biafran aamu', Voima, April 2009. In Finnish.
- 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.
- Ciabattari, Jane, 'The Hypocrite Killer', Daily Beast, 17 June 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.
- 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: visão rápida do mundo de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Correio 23 (May-June 2011), pp. 36-37.
- Bryce Young, Jessica, 'Things Fall Together', Orlando Weekly, 23 February 2012.
- 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', L'Uomo Vogue 431 (May-June 2012).
- Hanna, Julia, 'A Novel About Love, Hair, and Race', Radcliffe Magazine (1 August 2012).
- Uzoatu, Uzor Maxim, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Beautiful Inside and Outside', Premium Times, 11 September 2012.
- Calkin, Jessamy, 'Love in the time of cornrows: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on her new novel', Telegraph, 6 April 2013.
- Mesure, Susie, 'Chimamanda Adichie: "Dark-skinned girls are never the babes"', Independent, 14 April 2013.
- Cohen, Claire, 'Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: women don't want simpering heroines', Telegraph, 16 April 2013.
- Ramaswamy, Chitra, 'Chimamanda Ngozie [sic] Adichie on writing about race', Scotsman, 27 April 2013.
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.
- 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.
- Ezard, John, 'Nigerian war epic is frontrunner for Orange fiction prize', Guardian, 18 April 2007, p. 13.
- 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.
- Ezard, John, 'Testament to youth as war epic wins Orange prize', Guardian, 7 June 2007, p. 11.
- Reynolds, Nigel, 'Nigerian author wins top literary prize', Telegraph, 7 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 'Eastern Alumna Chimamanda Adichie Named 2008 MacArthur Fellow', NewsFlash [Eastern Connecticut University News], October 2008.
- 'Aidoo, Chimamanda, Three Others for Creative Writing Workshop', Vanguard, 12 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.
- Shariatmadari, David, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: religious leaders must help end Nigeria violence', Guardian [online], 13 January 2012.
- Lyttelton, Oliver, 'Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dominic Cooper and Thandie Newton to Star in Adaptation of Bestseller Half Of A Yellow Sun', Indiewire, 25 January 2012.
- Opurum, Nkechi, 'Half of a yellow sun makes film adaptation', Daily Times (Nigeria), 27 January 2012.
- Kemp, Stuart, 'Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor Land in Nigeria for Half of a Yellow Sun', Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2012.
- 'Shooting underway on Half Of A Yellow Sun', Screen Daily, 14 May 2012.
- Opurum, Nkechi, 'Shooting begins for Half of a Yellow Sun', Daily Times (Nigeria), 15 May 2012.
- 'Half of a Yellow Sun Starring Thandie Newton, Ends Filming in Nigeria", afriPOP!, July 2012.
- Akpan, Aniete, 'Award-Winning Film Producer, Andrea, Others Shoot Half of A Yellow Sun In Calabar', Saturday Magazine (Guardian Nigeria), 21 July 2012.
Reviews of Purple Hibiscus
- Telegraph (Calcutta), 4 June 2004. Scroll down the page.
- Telegraph, 5 December 2004. Scroll down the page.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 père', 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.
- 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.
- 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 Literaturportal, 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.
- Brennan, Mary, 'Half of a Yellow Sun: The sweeping story of a nation erased', Seattle Times, 22 September 2006.
- Brezault, Eloïse, 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.
- 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.
- Halberg, Jonny, 'Biafra som romankunst', Ny Tid, 21 December 2007. In Norwegian.
- 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.
- Mann, Gregory, Annales: Histoire, Sciences sociales 65.2 (April 2010), pp. 547-549. In French.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, AfrikaRoman Literaturportal, 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 kjærlighet', Dagbladet, 26 November 2007. In Norwegian.
- Vivan, Itala, 'Ngozi Adichie, la fine di un sogno chiamato Biafra', L'Unità, 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 å forskjønne 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.
- Donahue, Deirdre, USA Today, 24 June 2009, p. D6. Very short review.
- 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).
- Hartnett, Kevin, Paste Magazine 54, 9 July 2009.
- Hewett, Heather, 'Tell Our Own Stories', Women's Review of Books 27.2 (March-April 2010), pp. 3-5.
- Kakutani, Michiko, 'Out of Africa, Into a Strange America', New York Times, 3 July 2009, 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.
- Lindon, Mathieu, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, out of Nigeria', Libération, 2 January 2013. In French.
- 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.
- Mhute, Wadzanai, Per Contra 15, undated.
- 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.
- Ndokwu, Lisa, Afikanet.info, 19 August 2012. In German.
- Økland, Ingunn, 'Fryktløse 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 ].
- 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.
- Swami, Aditi, Viewspaper, 8 June 2011.
- Tripney, Natasha, Observer, 18 October 2009, p. 23. Very short review.
- 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.
- Wong, Abby, 'Short and Sweet', Malaysia Star, 14 June 2009.
- Zähringer, Martin, 'Zwischen Heimat und Diaspora', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 21 August 2012. In German.
- Zvomuya, Percy, 'The Chimamnda [sic] collection', Mail & Guardian, 4 September 2009.
Reviews of Americanah
- 'Curlicues', Economist, 11 May 2013.
- Huffington Post, 13 May 2013.
- Adebayo, Morenike, 'Always judge a book by its cover', York Vision, 11 May 2013. Short review.
- Akbar, Arifa, Independent, 12 April 2013.
- Allfree, Claire, 'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah explores the infinite gradations of prejudice – but it’s exhausting', Metro, 11 April 2013.
- Annand, Davis, Telegraph, 19 April 2013.
- Clark, Alex, Guardian (Review), 13 April 2013, p. 6. [ online version: 11 April 2013 ]
- Corrigan, Maureen, 'Coming To "Americanah": Two Tales Of Immigrant Experience', NPR, 15 May 2013.
- Cummins, Anthony, Spectator, 4 May 2013.
- Cunningham, Sophie, 'Lessons in New Lands', Sydney Morning Herald, 27 April 2013. Also published as 'Subtle shades of migrant life', Age, 27 April 2013.
- Day, Elizabeth, Observer (New Review), 14 April 2013, p. 35.
- Dickinson, Ben, 'American Odyssey', Elle, 26 April 2013.
- Habash, Gabe, Publishers Weekly, 13 May 2013. Very short review.
- Leith, Sam, 'Homeward Bound', Financial Times, 5 April 2013.
- Maerz, Melissa, Entertainment Weekly, 14 May 2013.
- Maunsell, Jerome Boyd, 'Becoming an outsider wherever you go', Evening Standard, 4 April 2013.
- McGill, Hannah, Scotland on Sunday, 6 April 2013.
- Omakwu, Blessing, Farafina,
- Pearson, Amber, Daily Mail, 25 April 2013. Short review.
- Stefens, Daneet, Independent, 13 April 2013.
- Zaidman, Josh, Bookslut, May 2013.
Miscellaneous
- 'Caine Prize Nominee, Adichie, Advises Youngsters', Daily Champion (Lagos), 21 July 2004.
- 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.
- '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.
- Harold, Gwyneth, 'Chimamanda Adichie at Calabash Lit Fest in Jamaica', Voice, 1 June 2012.
- Greeves, Natasha, 'From Book To Film: A Look at Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half Of A Yellow Sun', Indiewire, 19 June 2012.
- Ko, Janine, 'Novelist Chimamanda Adichie Visits Andover', phillipian, 26 April 2012.
- 'Chimamanda Adichie Visits With Students at Grant High School', Writers in the Schools, 8 May 2012.
- Ossello, Juliet, 'From P-Town... Wandering Creative Space with Chimamanda Adichie', Outlet, 9 May 2012.
- Ogunlesi, Tolu, 'Land Of The Rising Sun', Wings, 1 September 2012. About the film version of Half of a Yellow Sun.
- Sciuto, Jenna, '"Your visit has filled me like food": An Evening with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', Northeastern University: English Department Alumni e-Newsletter (Spring 2012), p. 10. Scroll down the file.
- Kornicks, Natalie, 'Adichie's Long Short Story', University of Maryland: College of Arts and Humanities, 1 March 2013.
- Krupa, Lakshmi, 'After Achebe', Hindu, 6 April 2013.
- Abodunrin, Akintayo, 'President Jonathan not a bad man but ... — Chimamanda', Nigerian Tribune, 12 May 2013.
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