Chimamanda Adichie’s novel, Americanah, has been recognised as one of 15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way fiction was being written and read in the 21st century. The book was listed by the New York Times Staff Book Critics among fiction books, each of which features a woman at its center, to mark Women’s History Month. According to The New York Times, on their selection process, the 15 books were fictional novels that addressed diverse issues.

The international news magazine wrote on its website ‘nytimes.com’ that the list of fiction books was compiled to mark Women’s History Month, tagging the women ‘The New Vanguard’. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The list aims “to think about these writers who are opening new realms to us, whose books suggest and embody unexplored possibilities in form, feeling and knowledge.” For Adichie’s citation, the magazine wrote, “If you were paying attention, you might have seen this book coming. “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel, “Purple Hibiscus,” was long listed for the Man Booker Prize. “Her second, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” won the Orange Prize. In 2008, she was awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant. “But “Americanah” more than paid off on this writer’s promise.

It’s a resonant and fiercely intellectual novel about a Nigerian woman named Ifemelu who leaves Africa for America and suffers here. “Before starting a blog called “Raceteenth or Various Observations About American Blacks (Those Formerly Known as Negroes) by a Non-American Black” and winning a fellowship at Princeton. “Adichie works both high and low; she’s as adept at dissecting internet and hair salon culture as she is at parsing the overlapping and ever-changing meanings of class and race in the United States. “Americanah” brings news, on many fronts, about how a new generation of immigrants is making its way in the world. It has lessons for every human about how to live,” The New York Times wrote.

NAN reports that ‘Americanah’ is a 2013 novel, for which Adichie won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Fiction award. It traces Ifemelu’s life in both countries, threaded by her love story with high school classmate, Obinze. In 2013, the book was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the year by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. It was shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction of the United Kingdom. The Chicago Tribune awarded Adichie its 2013 Heartland Award for Fiction, recognising Americanah as a novel that engages with important ideas about race, and does so with style, wit and insight. In March 2017, Americanah was picked as the winner for the “One Book, One New York” program, part of a community reading initiative encouraging all city residents to read the same book.

Adichie had been featured severally in the New York Times, including being a part of the magazine’s ‘Greats’ List in 2017. In 2017, ‘Americanah’ won the ‘One Book, One New York’ campaign by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and BuzzFeed The Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. It is celebrated in March in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and other parts of the world, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March 8. NAN

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/chimamandas-americanah-listed-among-21st-century-books-women/

Igbo amaka for real

Feel free to hate us, we're ever champions.

Should they list it among 21st century books written by men before? Which kin news be this

kernel504:
Feel free to hate us, we're ever champions.

There is no special tribe in Nigeria. Every tribe had it's goods and bads.

And believe me, the hatred Igbos have for themselves is enough. No need for another person to hate them. They hate one another very well already. I mean, you guys rejected a priest because he came from another town. What manner of nonsense is that?

achiever12:
Should they list it among 21st century books written by men before? Which kin news be this

Are you coming from your cocoa farm in Ilobu, Oshogbo?

In your envy...you should have known that the news is part of the celebration of the International Womens' day.

achiever12:


There is no special tribe in Nigeria. Every tribe had it's goods and bads.

And believe me, the hatred Igbos have for themselves is enough. No need for another person to hate them. They hate one another very well already. I mean, you guys rejected a priest because he came from another town. What manner of nonsense is that?

Rubbish!!!

Did Awolowo and Akintola see eye to eye?

Learn to remove the dirt in your own eyes first, Ogbeni.

Cooly100:


A you coming from your cocoa farm in Ilobi, Oshogbo?

In your envy...you should have known that the news is part of the celebration of the International Womens' day.

Lol. What's there to envy about you and your generation? Nothing. Listing chimanda's book is not news. Any book written by any woman would have been listed too. Stop seeing yourself as superior. You aren't superior to anybody.

achiever12:


Lol. What's there to envy about you and your generation? Nothing. Listing chimanda's book is not news. Any book written by any woman would have been listed too. Stop seeing yourself as superior. You aren't superior to anybody.

So why was the books by every other women not listed there?

Cooly100:


Rubbish!!!

Did Awolowo and Akintola see eye to eye?

Learn to remove the dirt in your own eyes first, Ogbeni.

If you don't have eye problem, you would have noticed that I said EVERY TRIBE has its goods and bads, be it Yoruba, igbo, Hausa, Fulani, itsekiri, etc. Hit your head against the wall so that your eyes can see clearly. Then you can now read my comment again.

Your empty sense of pride and baseless ego seems to have turned you to a blind man.

Cooly100:


So why was the books by every other women not listed there?

Chimanda is one thing of the best writers, same for other writers from other places. The way you are shouting, one would think only her book made the list. This empty ego makes you people to look cheap. Stop it!

achiever12:


If you don't have eye problem, you would have noticed that I said EVERY TRIBE has its goods and bads, be it Yoruba, igbo, Hausa, Fulani, itsekiri, etc. Hit your head against the wall so that your eyes can see clearly. Then you can now read my comment again.

Your empty sense of pride and baseless ego seems to have turned you to a blind man.

Since you know every tribe have this problem...why stating the obvious and concentrating on those of the Igbos?

Your envy cannot be hidden...You deserve pity.

achiever12:


Chimanda is one thing of the best writers, same for other writers from other places. The way you are shouting, one would think only her book made the list. This empty ego makes you people to look cheap. Stop it!

Who was shouting? NAN?

Ogbeni stop hurting yourself for nothing...the news came from New Agency of Nigeria, NAN.

Cooly100:


Since you know every tribe have this problem...why stating the obvious and concentrating on those of the Igbos?

Your envy cannot be hidden...You deserve pity.

I concentrated on your tribe because you guys sound like you are superior to others, whereas you are not.

Despite all your noise, your tribe has no Nobel laureate. Believe me, there is nothing to envy about your tribe that knows nothing other than empty noise making and chest beating. What's there to envy in a tribe that rejects a bishop because it came from another town? Absolutely Nothing!

Cooly100:


Who was shouting? NAN?

Ogbeni stop hurting yourself for nothing...the news came from New Agency of Nigeria, NAN.

Yeah, and it was NAN that said others are hating Igbos? Stop your empty chest beating. It doesn't make any sense.

achiever12:


I concentrated on your tribe because you guys sound like you are superior to others, whereas you are not.

Despite all your noise, your tribe has no Nobel laureate. Believe me, there is nothing to envy about your tribe that knows nothing other than empty noise making and chest beating. What's there to envy in a tribe that rejects a bishop because it came from another town? Absolutely Nothing!

So because you won nobel prize...NAN should not present their news?

Mister, you need help to cure your wicked mind...

That "Americanah" book is turning out to be her most successful book even more than "half of a yellow sun".

A very rare phenomenon, since most great authors including the great achebe strike gold from their very first book and then decline.

I don't know if it is because of the title, or the fact that chimamanda is now a reknown writer, the book just resonated across America and the western world in an unprecedented manner
.

Anyway, I believe she deserves a Nobel Prize for not just her outstanding literary achievement, but also because she is a leader of thought for millions of women around the world, most notably Beyonce.

Cooly100:


So because you won nobel prize...NAN should not present their news?

Mister, you need help to cure your wicked mind...

Is it that you are mentally confused or intentionally acting like a dumb headed fool? I wasn't responding to the post; I was responding to your thoughtless comments about the post.

I think it's time you overhaul your brain, bro. It's becoming outdated

achiever12:


Yeah, and it was NAN that said others are hating Igbos? Stop your empty chest beating. It doesn't make any sense.

This was your post...You were not responding to anyone in your post. So where is the chest beating?

"Should they list it among 21st century books written by men before? Which kin news be this" achiever12

Do you see that your brain is dead and needs replacement?

Cooly100:


This was your post...You were not responding to anyone in your post. So where is the chest beating?

"Should they list it among 21st century books written by men before? Which kin news be this" achiever12

Do you see that your brain is dead and needs replacement?

So, your nitwit brain ttranslated that comment to shouting?

achiever12:


There is no special tribe in Nigeria. Every tribe had it's goods and bads.

And believe me, the hatred Igbos have for themselves is enough. No need for another person to hate them. They hate one another very well already. I mean, you guys rejected a priest because he came from another town. What manner of nonsense is that?

Hate themselves? Good, Let me correct you, Igbos love themselves insomuch that they've been able to build the highest number of entrepreneurs by helping each other. They're so bonded that they gave milestone block vote of 95% to Jonathan.

We're so united that it turns you off.

kernel504:



Hate themselves? Good, Let me correct you, Igbos love themselves insomuch that they've been able to build the highest number of entrepreneurs by helping each other. They're so bonded that they gave milestone block vote of 95% to Jonathan.

We're so united that it turns you off.

So, why did one igbo town rejected a bishop because he wasn't from their town?

achiever12:


So, why did one igbo town rejected a bishop because he wasn't from their town?

Same way Ondo people rejected Tinubu without remorse.

kernel504:



Same way Ondo people rejected Tinubu without remorse.

You just confirmed that Igbos truly hate themselves. Since you can't deny your hatred for yourselves, why then were you trying to deny it? Your tribe hate one another, you just confirmed it. The hatred even goes so deep that it enters into the church. Shame on your tribe.

I am Yoruba and I don't deny the fact that in house hatred also exist among us. In fact, afonja turned his back against Alaafin of Oyo. Every tribe is guilty of it.

So, flaaaathead, stop acting as if your tribe is different; you are as useless as just any tribe in Nigeria.

achiever12:


You just confirmed that Igbos truly hate themselves. Since you can't deny your hatred for yourselves, why then were you trying to deny it? Your tribe hate one another, you just confirmed it. The hatred even goes so deep that it enters into the church. Shame on your tribe.

I am Yoruba and I don't deny the fact that in house hatred also exist among us. In fact, afonja turned his back against Alaafin of Oyo. Every tribe is guilty of it.

So, flaaaathead, stop acting as if your tribe is different; you are as useless as just any tribe in Nigeria.

Please you need to use your dictionary. If you reject a person it doesn't mean you hate him, okay? How does saying no amount to hatred, I'm sorry you need to comprehend better.

kernel504:



Please you need to use your dictionary. If you reject a person it doesn't mean you hate him, okay? How does saying no amount to hatred, I'm sorry you need to comprehend better.

Who is talking about rejection now? You need to go for mental evaluation very fast. Your Brain is turning upside down