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Off the Shelf
By Tolani Osan | Monday,
August 17, 2015
As a first generation Nigerian-American, I’ve witnessed friends
and family waltz into the allure of American culture, following trends and
customs without question and embracing the American dream of money and
status. The ease with which they shape-shift from one persona to the
other—accent on, accent off—is bewitching. I’ve also seen friends reject
American culture altogether, question the validity of race and challenge
racism, and endeavor to rise above the “heaviness” of blackness.
In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s celebrated novel Americanah, shades of
all these truths are present. ... READ
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