Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2013
A Nigerian woman returns to Lagos after years in America, and a love story becomes a sharp, funny reckoning with race, hair and belonging.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Feels like identity, grief and memory.
Start with Americanah.
“Americanah” is Nigerian slang for a Nigerian who has been to America and come back with American manners and airs.
The rules for describing racism without making anyone uncomfortable.
If you’re telling a non-black person about something racist that happened to you, make sure you are not bitter. Don’t complain. Be forgiving. If possible, make it funny. Most of all, do not be angry. Black people are not supposed to be angry about racism. Otherwise you get no sympathy. This applies only for white liberals, by the way. Don’t even bother telling a white conservative about anything racist that happened to you. Because the conservative will tell you that YOU are the real racist and your mouth will hang open in confusion. Books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 1990
A short, lucid case for feminism, told through personal stories, Nigerian expressions and the small instructions that shape girls before they can object.
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