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| |  In this edition, we celebrate the achievements of the young Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Chimamanda is only 28 years old but she is already being described by critics as: 'a writer wise beyond her years'. The great African novelist, Chinua Achebe, told Chimamanda's editor in New York: 'We do not usually associate wisdom with beginners, but here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers'. Chimamanda's first novel, Purple Hibiscus, won the Commonwealth Writers' Best First Book Prize. In the programme, Chimamanda talks us through her new novel, Half of a Yellow Sun. The book is set in Nigeria during the 1960s and it is a powerful and moving story of civil war.
Vocabulary from the programme fiery showing very strong feelings, passionate to come into your own if you 'come into your own', you discover your inner strength the human spirit the feelings that make people care for each other love makes the world go round this is a well-known, well-worn expression in English, meaning that love, and the ways we express it, are the most important and influential things in the world to engage with something to think about something very carefully and in detail to air things out informal if you 'air things out', you discuss them fully with other people and listen to everyone's point of view Extras  Programme script (pdf - 21k) Download this programme (mp3 - 1.7mb) | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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