![]() ![]() ![]() However, this shared ideology set the stage for the civil war as the lack of unified identity in the newly founded country created a path for racial hatred and killing. His ideology about Africa centered around tribalism. In the quote above, Odenigbo tries to make a point about how he was an Igbo man long before colonization. ![]() ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’showed how the identity of Nigeria before and after the colonial era set the stage for the civil war. But I was Igbo before the white man came. I am black because the white man constructed black to be as different as possible from his white. I am Nigerian because a white man created Nigeria and gave me that identity. ![]() My point is that the only authentic identity for the African is the tribe. Inspired by the civil war that happened at the inception of Nigeria, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ uses quotes that show how the war ruined lives these quotes deliver raw emotions that tell a story of how the civil war set a stage for more conflict. ![]()
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