Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of the book “Americanah”. . Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book “Americanah” was one of the ten best books of the year when it was published according to the New York Times. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, this book is comical, defiant, and so wise. Throughout the story she is narrates a story of what it means to be black through the eyes of a Nigerian woman who questions her identity when she moves to America. She narrates the main character's life, Ifemelu, to tell the reader what it means to be black in present-day American from a non-American black. Ifemelu is a young African woman that is from Lagos, Nigeria and she comes to America for a better education. In the book, Adichie questions whether