“The plot feels like an excuse”: The New York Times is not impressed with Chimamanda’s ‘Americanah’

by Janet Maslin And “Americanah” comes dangerously close to the “exaggerated histrionics” and “improbable plots” that she ascribes to Nigerian, or Nollywood, films. When readers of “Americanah” first meet its Nigerian-born heroine, Ifemelu, she has come a long way in life. She holds a fellowship at Princeton. She is “the absolute love of my life”... Read More