The author of the award-winning novels “Half of a Yellow Sun” and “Purple Hibiscus,” Adichie has helped inspire new, cross-generational communication in Nigeria about the Biafran war. In her writing, she seeks to instill dignity into the finest details of each character, whether poor, middle class, or rich, exposing along the way the deep scars of colonialism in the African landscape. This event was generously funded by the Abbot Academy Association, the Academy’s African Student Union and the Department of English.