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Americanah

novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
VisualArtwork literary_work Q16154159
Americanah
Publisher of book w:Alfred A. Knopf · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
literary work
Award received
The New Vanguard, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, National Book Critics Circle Award, Goodreads Choice Awards[3][4][5][6]
Author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie[2]
Genre
historical fiction[7]
Language of work or name
English[8]
Publication date
May 14, 2013, May 1, 2013[10][11]
Country of origin
Nigeria[9]
Derivative work
Americanah[22]
Described by source
Book review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Bark by Lorrie Moore[21]
Form of creative work
novel[24]
Has edition or translation
Q132685033, Q134390396, Q137579325[12][13][14]
Main subject
human migration, Nigeria, United States, racism, human skin color[16][17][18][19][20]
Narrative location
United States[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Americanah ar أمريكانا (رواية) fa امریکانه he אמריקנה (ספר) ja アメリカーナ ko 아메리카나 nl Amerikanah ru Американха uk Американа zh 美國佬 (小說)
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
307147135
GND ID
1076129900
Book Marks ID
americanah
BookBrainz work ID
f5099149-bffb-4044-bfe3-8153f7221134
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11690701
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.92
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Americanah
FantLab work ID
729787
Freebase ID
/m/0vs48kg
Goodreads work ID
21519538
IdRef ID
224560034
LibraryThing work ID
12572479
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Open Library ID
OL16805415W
Penguin Random House work ID
878
Quora topic ID
Americanah
TV Tropes ID
Literature/Americanah
Unconsenting Media ID
5161
Yale LUX ID
text/576787b4-45fc-44d7-b2f4-ff337a95837f

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🔗 Connections
Main subject 5
United States, Nigeria, racism, human migration, human skin color
Author 1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Award received 1
National Book Critics Circle Award
Country of origin 1
Nigeria
Created notable works 1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Form of creative work 1
novel
Genre 1
historical fiction
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Narrative location 1
United States
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Summary

Americanah is a literary work[1].

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What awards did Americanah receive?

Honors received include The New Vanguard[3], National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction[4], National Book Critics Circle Award[5], and Goodreads Choice Awards[6].

Related Entities

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie literary work Nigeria United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . amazon.com. Retrieved . amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . bookcritics.org. Retrieved . bookcritics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . amazon.com. Retrieved . amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . amazon.com. amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . amazon.com. amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 6w ago · AsmudEmpire · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Nigeria
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    Genre → historical fiction
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