description: Set in Nigeria during the 1960s, this novel contains three main characters who get swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. It is about Africa, about the end of colonialism, about class and race, and the ways in which love can complicate these things.
language: English
title: Half of a Yellow Sun
titlecomplete: Half of a Yellow Sun
characters: Odenigbo, Olanna, Kainene, Ugwu, Richard
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, African Literature, Nigeria, Contemporary, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Africa, Novels
ratings_count: 151881
places: Nigeria, Lagos, Kano, Umuahia, West Africa, Biafra, Abba, Imo, Africa, Nsukka, Port Harcourt, Orlu
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: PEN Open Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers