Good news to ardent lovers of African prose (especially fiction) and particularly fans of Chimamanda Adichie. The foremost Nigerian writer and author of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, will be releasing her latest novel, ‘Americanah’ next month.

The book will first be released in Australia on April 1st, United Kingdom on April 11, United States on the 14th of May. The release date for Nigeria has not been disclosed.

SYNOPSIS OF AMERICANAH

As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race.

Obinze had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?