10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION NATIONAL BESTSELLER A modern classic aboutstar-crossed loversthat exploresquestions of race and being Black in Americaand the search for what it means to call a place home. From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

“An expansive, epic love story.”O, The Oprah Magazine

One of the New York Timess 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of The Atlantics Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be Black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.

At once powerful and tender, Americanah is a remarkable novel thatis “dazzlingfunny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise.” San Francisco Chronicle