The Shifting Paradigms of Africa in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

The trials of African nations since independence are often marked by bloody civil wars, military rule, dictatorship, ethnic conflict and genocide, prolonged by continuing social inequalities. The countless episodes of war, anarchy, the social disorder and chaos that has existed in Africa is evident. The imperialist design portrayed by the Europeans had differences with the reality of Africa. Achebe was instrumental in making the unheard voices of Africa being heard in the literature. The issues of Identity in war driven Nigeria is another question of conflict. Adichie portrays the Biafran historical living experiences in the novel Half of a yellow sun depicting the late 1960's period. The tension between the communities results in violence often in Half of a yellow sun