Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize; Half of a Yellow Sun, which was the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Best of the Best” award; Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck and the essays We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. Her most recent work is an essay about losing her father, Notes on Grief, and Mama’s Sleeping Scarf, a children’s book written as Nwa Grace-James. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.
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Americanah is a powerful exploration of race, identity, and the immigrant experience. This critically acclaimed novel follows the journey of Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who moves to the United States for a university education. Through Ifemelu's eyes, readers gain insight into the complexities of being Black in America and the challenges of straddling two cultures.

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