Summary and Analysis of Americanah: Based on the Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Spanning more than two decades and three countries, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s critically acclaimed novel is an astonishingly frank and multilayered work of literature that shines a harsh light on issues of race, class, feminism, and identity. Told from the perspective of two young Nigerians living abroad, Americanah is part love story and part unapologetic commentary on society and the immigrant experience.
Honest, witty, revealing, and inspirational, Americanah is a unique and bold examination of what it means to be black in America.
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Americanah
Based on the Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Contents
Context
Overview
Cast of Characters
Summary
Character Analysis
Themes and Symbols
Author’s Style
Direct Quotes and Analysis
Trivia
What’s That Word?
Critical Response
About Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
For Your Information
Bibliography
Copyright
Context
Spanning three decades and three continents, the journey for Ifemelu and Obinze begins in the mid-1980s, a time of great political and civil unrest in Nigeria, with three major military regimes in power, and many young Nigerians fleeing in search of opportunity abroad. The protagonist of the novel, Ifemelu, much like the Nigerian-born author, chooses to begin a new life for herself in America when she graduates from high school. And, like the author, she must learn to navigate her way through American culture as an outsider.
With a beautiful love story at its core, Americanah explores what it means to be a person of color facing issues of class, culture, racial divide, and bigotry in a so-called post-racial
era.
Though Americans did elect their first black president (despite the fact of his blackness
being questioned in some circles), and the Jim Crow era and civil rights movement are decades in the past, racial equality is still very much a myth in the United States. Notably, prejudice is still rampant