I am so pleased to Chimamanda win this award for Half of a Yellow Sun. I enjoyed the book immensely and have recommended to my book club. I think every Black person should read this book to get an indepth understanding of what the Biafran War was all about. I know I found it very enlightening. I'm also very pleased to have discovered this blog and have added it to my favorites.
We are also so glad about her win. It's just great. I had read her short story Half of a Yellow Sun(before it became a novel) in Zoetrope All Story and instantly knew it was something superb. Thanks for the photos.
Am so incredibly happy for Chimamanda.When i heard she had won the orange prize, I cried. Her triumph is also mine, she gives folks like me hope to do what we do.Half of A Yellow Sun tells an amazing story that needed to be told.Am proud of Chimamanda, I am very proud of her.
I was with a friend when he got an sms announcing her as the winner. I was not surprised... because I expected her to win. I'm so happy she won. I know this is just the beginning.
Congrats to Chimamanda! I am sooo glad that her initial success did not lead her astray and she was able to deliver once again! She looks gorgeous tooo!
At last someone in the mould of Soyinka and Achebe. Nigerian literature is dying and we need people like her to reawaken it. Cheers and more grease to your elbow
I am a writer and arts journalist now based in Lagos. This is a blog on arts and culture. The focus is on Nigeria's art scene, especially her 'Word's Body' - the writers. As and when, we'll also touch on wider African writing, as well as international literature. In short, a saturation of the arts.
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I am so pleased to Chimamanda win this award for Half of a Yellow Sun. I enjoyed the book immensely and have recommended to my book club. I think every Black person should read this book to get an indepth understanding of what the Biafran War was all about. I know I found it very enlightening. I'm also very pleased to have discovered this blog and have added it to my favorites.
We are also so glad about her win. It's just great. I had read her short story Half of a Yellow Sun(before it became a novel) in Zoetrope All Story and instantly knew it was something superb. Thanks for the photos.
Thanks for sharing the photos. I am so proud of Ms Adichie, she is one of the writers who are the wind beneath my wings.
Am so incredibly happy for Chimamanda.When i heard she had won the orange prize, I cried. Her triumph is also mine, she gives folks like me hope to do what we do.Half of A Yellow Sun tells an amazing story that needed to be told.Am proud of Chimamanda, I am very proud of her.
I was with a friend when he got an sms announcing her as the winner. I was not surprised... because I expected her to win. I'm so happy she won. I know this is just the beginning.
Congrats to Chimamanda!
I am sooo glad that her initial success did not lead her astray and she was able to deliver once again!
She looks gorgeous tooo!
TheWriterStuff, Zafar, Jola, Chiamaka, Tayo & Bella Naija:
Thanks to you all for your thoughts on the Orange Revolution.
Ms. Adichie's done well!
well done, Chimamanda! There was a NEWSNIGHT (BBC2) feature on her the day she one.
And Congrats to Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, for winning the International Man Booker Prize in honour of his literary career: R.E.S.P.E.C.T!
At last someone in the mould of Soyinka and Achebe. Nigerian literature is dying and we need people like her to reawaken it. Cheers and more grease to your elbow
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