Purple Hibiscus background

Wikipedia (so obvious):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Hibiscus (do NOT read details about the book before you have actually read the book itself!!!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra

Also consult maps of the world, Africa, Nigeria, and Biafra.

Biafran War as the background:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/596712.stm

African writing online:

http://www.african-writing.com/six/writersbriefs.htm

Chimamanda Ngozi Adicie website (unofficial):

http://www.l3.ulg.ac.be/adichie/

Listen to the music of Fela Kuti on Youtube:)

Watch videos on the Nigeria-Biafra War:

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ReFoFp0Gs

part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0K4RrbntFE

parts 3 / 4: search for them (removed from Yutube)

part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl4YcVLxUzw

part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GecXi4xycYE

part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An7IZBBATTM

Ojukwu's speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-__6EwtRLeM

Interview with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiOUsXyjTZg

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on powerful words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUNdm_aN0Uc&feature=related

(this is part 1, so there are other parts, definitely part 2)

Task: Explore your thoughts on the book

Compare the worlds of The World's Wife and Purple Hibiscus.

Read Novel as a genre (Unit 8) in this book, and take notes;

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