Grade 12 IEB Americanah

“Ifemelu chooses, instead, to become an Americanah: an identity predicated on experience rather than nationality, trajectory rather than place.” With reference to three characters discuss how identity in Americanah is constructed. Consider the different processes, which are involved in the forgi...

“Immigration inevitably involves error and revision. What I imagined it would be, its not. For better or worse, some mistake is unavoidable” – Siri Hustvedt. Discuss this opinion of immigration with reference to at least three characters in Amerincanah.

“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Discuss Adiche’s statement in the light of the journeys undertaken by the characters in Americanah.

“Americanah is quite explicitly a book about race and African identity but there are many moments when it transcends these themes.” – Drew Grant, New York Observer. Discuss the thematic concerns of Americanah with reference to the statement above.

Americanah quotations that are quick and easy to learn for exams. They are short and colour coded.