num_pages: 477
description: 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. Fifteen years later they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria and reignite their passionfor each other and for their homeland.
language: English
title: Americanah
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf