Americanah

About Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah (2013) follows Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who leaves Lagos for the United States and discovers that she has become Black in a way she was not Black in Nigeria — and Obinze, the man she loved, who goes to England and is deported. A novel about race, identity, hair, and belonging across three countries. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.