The Historical Roots of Fragmented Nationhood And The Polities Of Identity: An Analytical Insight in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of A Yellow Sun

Abstract

Adichie's novel uncovers the protagonists, who are battling based on the divided nationhood, loss of identity, and human values, which are basically the product of the Civil War in Nigeria. The characters strive to bring back what they have lost as a result of the war. Adichie uses her own imagination to bring out what she hasn’t experienced and writes it in the novel.