As the characters of the story move from Nigeria to the US, respectively to the UK, and then back to Nigeria, Adichie gets to analyse and comment on the various issues black people face in these countries. The novel is full of truths worth quoting.Īmericanah is a complex novel revolving around difficult themes as race and racism, cultural criticism and identity, but it encompasses these topics in a gripping love story, spanning over three continents. I believe that black and brown people living in the US - regardless of whether they are African-American or came to the US from other countries - might even have more and stronger moments of recognising the described situations and emotions from real life experiences. This does not only refer to the fact that she is from the same county as I am, but to the way she describes the experiences that people with black and brown skin might experience when living in a place with a majority white population. I literally had several moments, while reading the latter, when my mind went: “Oh my God, exactly”. For me she embodies a powerful, immensely intelligent, attentive and woke black woman.Īs she was born and raised in Nigeria, as I was, it was very easy for me to relate to the characters that she portrays in the novels Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah. My copies of “Half of a Yellow Sun” and “Americanah” - you can see they have been used )Ĭhimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of my favourite contemporary authors.
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