Americanah

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the awardwinning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sunthe story of two Nigerians making their way in the US and the UK raising universal questions of race belonging the overseas experience for the African diaspora and the search for identity and a home Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart militaryruled Nigeria for the West Beautiful selfassured 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 post911 America closed to him he instead plunges into a dangerous undocumented life in London Fifteen years later they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria and reignite their passionfor each other and for their homeland