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3.9 · 592 pages · First published 1969
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Americanah tells the story of a young Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who immigrates to the United States to attend university. The novel traces Ifemelu's life in both countries, threaded by her love story with high school classmate Obinze.
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NigeriansImmigrantsRefugeesAfrican-Americansliterary fictionAfrican-American fictioncultural heritageFictionbloggingromancecorruptionaward:national_book_critics_circle_award=fictionNational Book Critics Circle Award WinnerReading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 121000blackgirlbooks
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