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Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Start date: September 1, 2016

Finish date: December 1, 2016

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Mar 16, 2021 Connie G rated it it was amazing

Shelves: feminism-women, fiction, 1001-books, england, nigeria, new-jersey, immigrant-experience

"Americanah" looks at race, class, identity, and immigration across three continents. The novel opens with Ifemelu reflecting on natural black hair styles as she is getting her hair braided. She had spent almost fifteen years in the United States as a student, a blogger, and as a writer with a Princeton fellowship. Now she was going to return to her homeland, Nigeria.

The story is told through flashbacks and through her provocative blog, "Raceteenth or Various Observations About American Blacks ( ...more

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Oct 27, 2016 Rosemary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books

Ifemelu is a young Nigerian woman who wins a scholarship to study in the USA. But the love of her life, Obinze, cannot join her. While she struggles to pay her way through college, eventually starting a blog about race issues in America, he overstays his visa in England and works illegally there.

There's a story here with interesting characters and a lot of great writing, but it's also a vehicle for examining race issues in the US and UK which - as the characters point out - do not affect them i ...more

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Mar 09, 2016 Hilary rated it really liked it

Ifemelu and Obinze have an amazing love story. I loved these characters and the author's description of Nigerian culture. This is really a coming of age novel about the meaning of home. ...more

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