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A powerful, tender story of race and identity by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun.
Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion—for each other and for their homeland.
“Americanah Discussion Guide”
Questions and topics for discussion prepared by the publisher, Penguin/Randomhouse
“Americanah LitChart Study Guide”
Includes summary, themes, quotes, etc. Registration is required for full access.
“Realities of Race”
Book review by Mike Peed of the New York Times.
Library’s Hostos Reads! guide
“Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Discovering America”
Podcast: The novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has had commercial and critical success: her best-seller “Americanah” won a National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, and a speech she gave on feminism was sampled by Beyoncé.
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