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(0)Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Author
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
920L
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In the city of Enugu, Nigeria, fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother, Jaja, lead a privileged life. Their Papa is a wealthy businessman; they live in a beautiful house, and attend an exclusive missionary school. But their home life is anything but harmonious. Her father, a fanatically religious man, has impossible expectations of his children and wife, and severely punishes them if they're less than perfect. Home is silent and suffocating....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
63 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, asking her how to raise a baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open...
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
52 pages ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay -- adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author's exploration of what...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Anchor Books edition.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in bookbag
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 450L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Chino loves the scarf her mother ties around her hair at night and takes it on endless adventures during the day as a reminder of the ones she loves.
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 828 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from The New Yorker to present a bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic inspiration throughout history.
This anthology from the pages of the New Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political...