Table of Contents

Introduction - Ernest N. Emenyonu
Narrating the Past: Orality, History & the Production of Knowledge in the Works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Louisa Uchum Egbunike
Deconstructing Binary Oppositions of Gender in Purple Hibiscus: A Review of Religious/Traditional Superiority & Silence - Janet N. Ndula
Adichie & the West African Voice: A Focus on Women & Power in Purple Hibiscus - Jane Duran
Reconstructing Motherhood: A Mutative Reality in Purple Hibiscus - Iniobong I. Uko
Ritualized Abuse in Purple Hibiscus - Edgar Fred Nabutanyi
Dining Room & Kitchen: Food-Related Spaces & their Interfaces with the Female Body in Purple Hibiscus - Jessica C. Hume
The Paradox of Vulnerability: The Child Voice in Purple Hibiscus - Oluwole Coker
"Fragile Negotiations": Olanna's Melancholia in Half of a Yellow Sun - Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo
The Biafran War & the Evolution of Domestic Space in Half of a Yellow Sun - Janice Spleth
Corruption in Post-Independence Politics: Half of a Yellow Sun as a Reflection of A Man of the People - Chikwendu PK Anyanwu
Contrasting Gender Roles in Male-Crafted Fiction with Half of a Yellow Sun - Carol Ijeoma Njoku
"A Kind of Paradise": Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Claim to Agency, Responsibility & Writing - Silvana Carotenuto
Dislocation, Cultural Memory & Transcultural Identity in Select Short Stories from The Thing Around Your Neck - Maitrayee Misra
Dislocation, Cultural Memory & Transcultural Identity in Select Short Stories from The Thing Around Your Neck - Manish Shrivastava
"Reverse Appropriations" & Transplantation in Americanah - Gichingiri Ndigirigi
Revisiting Double Consciousness & Relocating the Self in Americanah - Rose A. Sackeyfio
Americanah: A Migrant Bildungsroman - Mary Jane Androne
"Hairitage" Matters: Transitioning & the Third Wave Hair Movement in "Hair", "Imitation" & Americanah - Cristina Cruz-Gutiérrez
Appendix: The Works of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

About the Author

Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. He is Series Editor of African Literature Today. His publications include A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017), Emerging Perspectives on Nawal El Saadawi (2010), and the children's book Uzoechi: A Story of African Childhood (2012). LOUISA UCHUM EGBUNIKE is Associate Professor in African and Caribbean Literature, Durham University). She has been guest lecturer to institutions including Wellesley College, The University of the West Indies and The University of Bremen. She has published in journals including African Literature Today and Matatu and has chapters published in edited books including A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Reviews

It powerfully illustrates the creative complexity and bold humanity of Adichie's fiction... A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie represents a vital milestone in the literary scholarship of this most widely-cited and intriguing of 21st-century authors.
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