Americanah
Americanah
Adults
A Nigerian woman discovers what it means to be Black in America, in a love story spanning Lagos, the US and London.
- Author
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Diversity & Identity, Novel
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Readers rate it
- 4.31 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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