The release date for the English version of 'Americanah' by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is May 2013. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
When Ifemelu and Obinze leave military-ruled Nigeria for the West, they are young and in love. Ifemelu, who is attractive and confident, travels to America, where she must confront her black identity for the first time, even if she has excelled academically. Thoughtful and reserved, Obinze had intended to go with her, but after 9/11, America was closed to him, so he ended up living a risky, illegal life in London. They rejoin in a newly democratic Nigeria fifteen years later, and their affection for each other and their country is rekindled.