Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah is a novel published in 2013 by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which she received the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman, immigrates to the United States to attend university in Americanah. Ifemelu's life in both countries is traced in the novel, which is woven together by her love story with high school classmate Obinze. It was Adichie's third novel, published by Alfred A. Knopf on May 14, 2013. Lupita Nyong'o starred in and produced a television miniseries for HBO Max, but it was later canceled.

Ifemelu and Obinze, two Nigerian characters in love who drift apart when Ifemelu moves to America, are the focus of Americanah. This novel wears its politics on its sleeve, acutely describing how it feels to try to navigate multiple cultures — a feeling that is inherent in being an immigrant — and openly debating the lived experiences of Black people, American or not. This debate is most visible in Ifemelu's blog posts, which are scattered throughout the novel. The overt nature of politics, however, does not come at the expense of plot or characterization, and Adichie writes with astute wit.

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