The New York Times Book Review has recently revealed The New York Times’ Best Books of the 21st Century and their authors. In the 27th position was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie coming in with her novel, Americanah.
Alexandra Jacobs, book critic for The Times says:
“Americanah centres on a Nigerian woman, Ifemelu, who discovers what it means to be Black by immigrating to the United States, and acquires boutique celebrity blogging about it. (In the sequel, she’d have a Substack.) Ifemelu’s entanglements with various men undergird a rich and rough tapestry of life in Barack Obama’s America and beyond.”
He continued by rating Chimamanda’s Americanah with his words:
“And Adichie’s sustained examination of absurd social rituals — like the painful relaxation of professionally ‘unacceptable’ hair, for example — is revolutionary.”
The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current nonfiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The magazine’s offices are located near Times Square in New York City.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( born 15 September 1977 ) is a Nigerian writer and public speaker who is regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature. She is the author of the award-winning novels’ Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013). Her other works include the book essays We Should All Be Feminists (2014); Dear Ijeawele or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017); a memoir tribute to her father, Notes on Grief (2021); and a children’s book, Mama’s Sleeping Scarf (2023).
Adichie’s 2009 TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” is one of the most viewed TED Talks of all time. Her 2012 talk “We Should All Be Feminists” was sampled by Beyoncé and featured on a T-shirt by the French fashion house Dior in 2016. Adichie is the recipient of numerous academic awards, fellowships, and other honours, among them a MacArthur Fellowship in 2008 and induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.
Congratulations, CNA!
Bakare Oluwatobiloba
I write to educate, motivate and define history with literature. Just being me!
