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NEA: Edexcel
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah examines the relationship between personal identity and place through the experiences of Adichie’s central character, Ifemelu, who emigrates from Nigeria and lives in America for 13 years before returning home to be reunited with her first serious boyfriend. The main concerns during her time in America are how she is affected by and responds to racism, and how two love affairs with Americans extend her identity and develop her appreciation of her ethnicity. Through these aspects of her protagonist’s experiences, Adichie is able to examine complex interactions between identity and place.
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