Narrator and point of view

In the excerpt from the novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the narrator writes in the first person. Her blog posts are subjective and are based on her observations and experience as a non-American black person in the US. 

The narrator identifies with “fellow non-American blacks”, who have similar experiences when immigrating to America. She draws from personal experience about the collective process of Americanization and the “moments of initiation” that make black immigrants realize t...