![]() She attempts to narrate her traumatic experience however, other characters silence her. Within this framework, Olanna-after discovering the massacred bodies of her family members-loses control of her bodily functions and suffers psychosomatic paralysis of her legs, flashbacks, and paranoia. Independence leads to the Nigerian-Biafran War of 1967–1970 and its resultant devastation. For Adichie, the postcolonial experience of an independent Nigeria is the beginning of a new chapter in the legacy of colonialism. ![]() ![]() Williams proposes that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) examines the systemic, individual, and gendered traumas of the Nigerian-Biafran War in an attempt to comment on the aftermath of empire. ![]()
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