Characters
The protagonist of the novel, this woman leaves Nigeria for the United States and returns after 13 years.
Who is Ifemelu?
The country Obinze and Ifemelu grow up in.
What is Nigeria?
True or False: Curt cheats on Ifemelu and breaks up with her.
False: Ifemelu breaks up with him after she sleeps with another man.
This is Ifemelu's first steady job in the United States.
What is babysitting for Kimberly's kids?
The author of "Americanah".
An ex-boyfriend of the protagonist, this man seeks employment in England, but has to return to Nigeria when his visa expires.
Who is Obinze?
The country Obinze travels to in order to find work and live with his cousin's family.
What is England?
False: Ifemelu breaks up with Blaine when she makes the decision to move back to Nigeria.
This is the group that Ifemelu joins when she moves back to Nigeria.
What is the Nigerpolitan club?
The language Ifemelu speaks besides English.
What is Igbo?
The protagonist's father's cousin, this woman flees Nigeria for the United States with her son when her boyfriend is killed.
Why is Aunty Uju?
The borough of NYC Ifemelu first lives in with Aunty Uju and Dike.
Where is Brooklyn?
True or False: Ifemelu's first job when she returns to Nigeria is with the magazine called "Zoe".
What is African Students Association?
What is storytelling?
This boy affectionately call's Ifemelu "Coz" and visits her when she returns to Nigeria. He was hospitalized after trying to take his life.
Who is Dike?
The city Ifemelu lived in when she was dating Curt.
What is Baltimore?
True or False: Obinze is caught using his friend Iloba's National Insurance card and sent back to Nigeria because of it.
False: Obinze is sent back to Nigeria because his visa is expired. (He did use both Vincent's and Iloba's card, but wasn't caught).
The name of the blog Ifemelu starts in Nigeria.
What is "The Small Redemptions of Lagos"?
Who is Barack Obama?
An ex-boyfriend known as Professor Hunk on Ifemelu's blog, this man is Shan's brother and an assistant professor in comparative politics at Yale.
Who is Blaine?
The name of the town in Maryland Aunty Uju moves to when she breaks up with Bartholemew.
What is Willow?
True or False: Dike liked visiting Nigeria.
True! As he was getting ready to leave, he said "I kind of like it here".
The name of Ifemelu's blog in the United States.
What is "Raceteenth or Various Observations About American Blacks (Those Formerly Known as Negroes) by a Non-American Black"?
Ifemelu's education in Nigeria was interrupted because of this.
What is the professors were on strike?