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The novel is on the english leaving certificate course in ireland, the advanced placement course in select us schools, as well as the international baccalaureate course in some schools in europe. Her second novel half of a yellow sun won the 2007 orange prize for fiction. Americanah author explains learning to be black in the. Chimamanda ngozi adichie is the author of purple hibiscus, which was longlisted for the booker prize, half of a yellow sun, which won the orange prize for fiction. A few weeks ago i read the thing around your neck, chimamanda ngozi adichies short story collection, and was immediately struck with her attention to detail in stories as short as six pages long.
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