Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The title alludes to the symbol on the flag of the short-lived country of Biafra.
The pre-secession massacres of the Northern Army personnel and the subsequent retaliatory ethnic cleansing of the Igbo are an echo of the genocides that rocked a newly independent India. I was not really aware of this aspect of Nigerian history. It appears to be an autobiographical account.
The macabre humour of kwashiorkor being called the Harold Wilson Syndrome took me back to the Kwashiorkor Ward of Arthur Davison Hospital in Ndola.
A poignant and gripping narrative.
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