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Gina Kaufmann @GinaKCMO
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Sep 6, 2022
- Answered to What's your favorite book that's over 600 pages?
- From Twitter
It's not QUITE 600 pages, but very close: Americanah. If you haven't read it, it's so so so so so so good. I almost let the page count get in my way then ended up devouring it faster than books half as long.
Nelly Chatue Diop @chakaneld
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Mar 27, 2022
- Answered to What are the best books about Africa or by African authors?
- From Twitter
One of my favorite 😍 ! Also Americanah, same author
nehemiah @nemoblackburn
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Mar 26, 2022
- Answered to What are the best books about Africa or by African authors?
- From Twitter
americanah by chimamanda adichie
Sam Burt @wordsburt
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Jun 19, 2018
- Curated in Must-read Novels About Writers
“As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race.”