Americanah

 According to Idowu Faith, “no valid statement can be made on Americanah without deconstructing the term “Americanah” which, more or less, reveals the thesis of the narrative as well as the preoccupation of Adichie in the text.” In Nigerian parlance, the term “Americanah” is an identity term that is premised on a person’s previous experience of living in America. In an interview, Adichie defines Americanah as a Nigerian word that can describe any of those who have been to the US and return American affectations; pretend not to understand their mother tongues any longer; refuse to eat Nigerian food or make constant reference to their life in America.

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《美國佬》(Americanah)  ，作者奇瑪曼達·戈茲·阿迪切(Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

“這是一個關於歸屬感的故事，在這個世界，身份越來越具流動性和決定性；這也是一個關於我們如何被生長和生活的地方所塑造的故事。”