Representation of Nigerian History and Diaspora in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Short Stories (original) (raw)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the most representative contemporary Nigerian Writer belonging to the third generation women writers of Africa. Gender, globalization, cultural consciousness and diaspora are some of the recurring issues in her writing. She has written three novels and one short story collection. Thing around Your Neck is her short story collection wherein she not only dwells on the process of immigration but also introspects into African diaspora in America. Both her settings as well as character become live in these stories that depict Nigerians in United States. The present paper explores Adichie’s central hypothesis behind writing the short stories.