Americanah

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow SunΓÇöthe story of two Nigerians making their way in the U.S. and the UK,raising universal questions of racebelongingthe overseas experience for the African diasporaand the search for identity and a home. Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautifulself-assured Ifemelu heads for Americawhere despite her academic successshe is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quietthoughtful Obinze had hoped to join herbut with post-9/11 America closed to himhe instead plunges into a dangerousundocumented life in London. Fifteen years laterthey reunite in a newly democratic Nigeriaand reignite their passionΓÇöfor each other and for their homeland.