Based on the book, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
1. Read Americanah by Adichie, looking for patterns of Nigerian constructions of “America” as expressed through a work of creative, artistic fiction. Objective: Students will read critically and analyze a work of fiction to tease out one possible African “offshore America.” 2. Choose one pattern of Nigerian “America” that you see repeated throughout the text … Read more