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UVA Book Club: Americanah

June 22, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Our Book Club is delighted to be reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‘s bestselling novel—a love story of race and identity—from the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele.

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 post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion—for each other and for their homeland.

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Details

Date:
June 22, 2017
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Venue

Prospect Heights
Brooklyn, New York 11238 United States + Google Map