Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie #Review

Patience Poni Ayikoru
1 min readFeb 11, 2022

#BookReview Bk 11/28 #BlackHistoryMonth

A read into a very well penned down review of the book Americanah! From the Chimamanda Ngozie website below https://www.chimamanda.com/americanah/

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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 is licensed for publication in 29 languages.

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https://www.chimamanda.com/americanah/

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Patience Poni Ayikoru

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