10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION âĸ NATIONAL BESTSELLER âĸ A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in Americaâand the search for what it means to call a place home. âĸ From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun âĸ WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
"An expansive, epic love story."âO, The Oprah Magazine
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One of the New York Timesâs 100 Best Books of the 21st Century âĸ One of The Atlanticâs Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be Black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with postâ9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
At once powerful and tender, Americanah is a remarkable novel that is "dazzlingâĻfunny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise." âSan Francisco Chronicle