When Ifemelu is in America, she is immersed in a multicultural, multiethnic society. Bhabah, Verónica Pardiñas and Noliwe Rooks, among others. The theoretical background will be provided by authors such as Homi K. Racism in the USA, African people and their lives in America and England, some aspects as regards identity and language -for instance, names, native and second languages or the African body- are some of the topics of analysis. At the same time, these characters will struggle in order to get recognized as people who deserve to be respected. In this paper, I will analyseAmericanah, a novel written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in 2013, and develop how the main characters -but also secondary characters- reveal strategies to be something or someone they are not in order to be respected, altering different aspects or characteristics of their identities and appearance in order to be accepted in diverse groups, to fit in, to belong. Palabras clave: Migración, Racismo, Pertenencia, Postcolonialismo. Se explorarán las vidas de los personajes principales y secundarios para encontrar evidencia de que, al vivir en el exterior, deben adaptarse a la vida en Estados Unidos y en Inglaterra pretendiendo ser algo que no son para así poder demostrar un sentido de pertenencia.El racismo, los lenguajes usados y sus identidades son algunos temas a tratar en el ensayo.

Keywords: Migration, Racism, Belonging, Postcolonialism.Įn este ensayo se analizará la novela postcolonial Americanah (2013) escrita por la autoraChimamandaNgoziAdichie. The lives of main and secondary characters will be explored in order to demonstrate how, living in a foreign country, they will have to adapt themselves to the American and England life pretending to be something they are not to find a sense of belonging there.Racism, the language used by these characters and identity are some topics to deal with within this essay. In this essay, it will be analyzed the postcolonial novel Americana (2013) written by author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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