Purple Hibiscus-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

BookNotes author: Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie

•   The damaging influence of a patriarch on his family. Publicly, he is charitable but in private he is a violent abuser

•   Organised religion and money are both corrupting influences on him.

•   Colonialism is also a corrupting influence. Structures imposed on a people have a corrosive effect. The cultural effects of colonial religion on Nigeria has long term negative impacts.