Summary

The excerpt from the novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie presents two blog posts written by Ifemelu, a Nigerian young woman who moves to the US to study. 

In the first blog post, Ifemelu writes about Non-American Blacks who automatically take on the identity of “Black” when they move to the US, whether they wish to or not. She explains that in America, black people are put in the same basket no matter their nationality. Despite their different backgrounds, black people are supposed to act as ...