Award winning author, Chimamanda Adichie has unveiled her book titled "Americanah".
Americanah is a story of love and race
centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult
choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home.
As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are leaving the country if they can. Ifemelu—beautiful, self-assured—departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze—the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor—had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are leaving the country if they can. Ifemelu—beautiful, self-assured—departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze—the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor—had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
Years later, Obinze is a wealthy
man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as
a writer of an eye-opening blog about race in America. But when Ifemelu
returns to Nigeria, and she and Obinze reignite their shared
passion—for their homeland and for each other—they will face the
toughest decisions of their lives.
Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today’s globalized world: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s most powerful and astonishing novel yet.
Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today’s globalized world: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s most powerful and astonishing novel yet.
Chimamanda is also the author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus


3 comments:
Such a beautiful girl. Wish her the very best
The rise of another literary giant. thank you for stepping into chinua achebe's shoes
Congrats Chimamanda. Soar to greater heights
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