Americanah

"A terrifically thought-provoking and entertaining novel — the author’s fourth work of fiction and third novel, it features Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who comes to the U.S. to attend college and stays for a number of years, leaving her boyfriend, Obinze, behind in Lagos. As a “Non-American Black,” Ifemelu has a unique take on what she calls Racial Disorder Syndrome, which she writes about in her extremely popular blog, Raceteenth. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has described her novel as being about love, hair (it opens in a hair-braiding salon in Trenton, N.J., far from the bucolic Princeton where Ifemelu lives), and race. And nobody’s written about race in America in quite the way Adichie has, offering readers much to ponder. Book groups will find this to be a great choice — and don’t miss the author’s wonderful TED and TEDx talks."

"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah."

"The spectacular Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie."

"I first read it back in 2013 and I was struck with how exactly I related to Adichie's depiction of the contemporary African immigrant experience. She captures it, expresses it, analyzes it and celebrates it."