![]() ![]() ![]() But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face? Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning 'Americanah' is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today's globalized world. Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. An examination of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies Americanah reveals a mapping of exponential growth of obtrusive racial tension which leaves in its wakes. Obinze 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. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. ![]() Americanah does both' Guardian As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. 'A delicious, important novel' The Times 'Alert, alive and gripping' Independent 'Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. ![]()
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