Americanah
E553918
Americanah is a critically acclaimed novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that explores themes of race, identity, and migration through the experiences of a young Nigerian woman who moves to the United States and later returns to Nigeria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Americanah canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5909418 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Americanah Context triple: [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, notableWork, Americanah]
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A.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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C.
The Namesake
The Namesake is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of identity, immigration, and family through the life of a Bengali-American man navigating his dual cultural heritage.
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D.
White Teeth
White Teeth is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Zadie Smith that explores multicultural London, immigration, and family through the intertwined lives of two wartime friends and their descendants.
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E.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Americanah Target entity description: Americanah is a critically acclaimed novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that explores themes of race, identity, and migration through the experiences of a young Nigerian woman who moves to the United States and later returns to Nigeria.
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A.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
-
B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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C.
The Namesake
The Namesake is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of identity, immigration, and family through the life of a Bengali-American man navigating his dual cultural heritage.
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D.
White Teeth
White Teeth is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Zadie Smith that explores multicultural London, immigration, and family through the intertwined lives of two wartime friends and their descendants.
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E.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | development (later reported cancelled) ⓘ |
| author | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction
ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction ⓘ
linked to:
National Book Critics Circle Award
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| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationPlanned | television miniseries ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Aunty Uju
ⓘ
Blaine ⓘ Curt ⓘ Dike ⓘ Ifemelu ⓘ Kosi ⓘ Obinze ⓘ |
| hasWebsiteWithinWork | Ifemelu's race blog ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-307-96212-6 ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Nigerian diaspora
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belonging ⓘ diaspora ⓘ hair politics ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ love ⓘ migration ⓘ postcolonialism ⓘ race ⓘ race in the United States ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Nigerian and American cultures
ⓘ
exploration of Black hair and beauty standards ⓘ portrayal of race from an African immigrant perspective ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Ifemelu
ⓘ
Obinze ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
ⓘ
Fourth Estate ⓘ |
| setting |
Baltimore
ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| shortlistedFor |
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Orange Prize for Fiction
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| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
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