The issue of migration is a means through which Adichie presents concerns of race and gender. The novel is narrated in the perception of a Nigerian and has endeavoured a fresh and unonventional initiative of writing. In this paper, I aim to explore how “race” and gender pose a major challenge to female African immigrants in the US and how Ifemelu overcomes these hurdles and establishes herself in the American society.Ĭhimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah predominantly concentrates on the African immigrants and issues related to race. In a quest for her identity, Ifemelu had to face discrimination on the basis of her “race” and gender. Americanah examines the hardships of a Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who shifts to the United States, for higher education. This statement would imply that several people do not view themselves as blacks until they shift into a cultural territory where their “race” decides the quality of their lives and makes them stand apart in the perspective of others. The above lines in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah depict the sufferings that American immigrants have to face in acclimatizing and adjusting to American culture.
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