Read Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★★★☆📚
The story of a girl from a wealthy Nigerian family. Without being at all preachy the book covers colonialism, politics, feminism, family & religion.

Read: Half of a Yellow Sun: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★★★★ 📚

First half about fairly privileged folk, second half how the horror of Biafran war played out.

Everything was moving so fast. He was not living his life; life was living him.