Americanah

A novel

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America—and the search for what it means to call a place home. • From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

"An expansive, epic love story."—O, The Oprah Magazine

One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century

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 post–9/11 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 "dazzling…funny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise." —San Francisco Chronicle

Beautiful

The fluidity of her writing. The details are so engaging. And of course the narrator is a legend

Compelling story

This story is engaging with real characters. It’s also filled with commentary on race in America through the main character’s lens. Well done, Chimamanda.

Great listen

The story is an eye opener. And I think listening to it had a greater effect as the narrator mastered the English Nigerian accent.

The shared realities of those impacted by migration remarkably and brilliantly narrated!

The storylines provided insight into and a real feel of what the characters grappled with. The narrator Adjoa and the various voices through their expressions and tonality helped invoke emotions, while commanding my attention throughout this book. I enjoyed reading the hardcopy and Loved listening to the audible version. Job well done 🎯

The ENTIRE Book is captivating.

I don’t think there are enough words to describe how relatable this book and its contents are. I think any immigrant with the idea of a shiny “America” can relate. At first I was disappointed it wasn’t read by the great Chimamanda but got over it a few chapters in. I must confess, I’ve had this book on my nightstand, I also have a hard copy, for a couple years always saying I would get to it. I’m only sorry that I took so long and that it’s at a critically devastating time in Chimamanda’s life. I will read this again and again. Efem has captured my heart.