Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

I'm gonna read this woman's books. She's interesting. Her books are interesting.

At Amazon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun.

With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.

At Least 70 Bodies Found After Military Retakes Town Held by Boko Haram

At Euronews, "Nigeria: Dozens of corpses found in town re-taken from Boko Haram."

Boko Haram Jihadists Attack Chad for First Time (VIDEO)

Meanwhile, in Central Africa.

At Pamela's, "Jihad in Chad: Boko Haram attacks Chad, kills several, burns village."

'Too many academics and diplomats—and it seems organizations like Human Rights Watch—prefer to ignore the ideology which underpins Islamist-inspired terrorism and instead see the world through the prism of grievance...'

That's Michael Rubin, at Commentary, taking Human Rights Watch Director Kenneth Roth to the woodshed: "Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Understand Terrorism."

Angelina Jolie Talks Tough on #BokoHaram — Tougher Than President Obama

Obama talks all "warm and fuzzy" about evil in the world.

Angelina Jolie says we must bring the perpetrators to justice.

At News Corp Australia, "Angelina Jolie: Nigerian schoolgirls’ kidnappers are evil."

And at Independent UK, "Angelina Jolie on Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapping: ‘It’s because of this culture of impunity’."

And at the video, "We have to start arresting people for this..."

Boko Haram and the Jihad in Africa

At the Other McCain.

And First Street Journal, "Telling half the truth, the half-truth, and nothing but half the truth."

Also at Atlas Shrugs, "#BringBackOurBalls."

Hashtags don't save people.

Nigerian Child Bride Kills Husband and His Three Friends by Lacing Meal with Rat Poison

She was just 14, but did what she had to do to be free.

At Atlas Shrugs, "Child bride forced into marriage poisons groom and three of his friends in Nigeria."