Establishing Context
Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Essential Question: How does learning about the historical, economic, political, cultural, and/or religious context impact your understanding of the novel Purple Hibiscus?
Overview: Researching the cultural and historical contexts for a novel will enable you to track and analyze significant threads throughout your study of Purple Hibiscus. Today you will conduct initial research, then you will return in December to dig deeper into one of the research topics. Please use the tabs at the top of the page to navigate this site and, if you are accessing the materials from home, visit the "citations and passwords" tab to open all library databases.
Photo credit: "Clouds at sunset on Sahara Desert, Nigeria". Clouds at sunset on Sahara Desert, Nigeria. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/126_504166/1/126_504166/cite. Accessed 26 Oct 2021.
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