ABSTRACT
The adage that Africans do not experience race is commonly stated. Race is the preserve of African descendants who have lived in the Euro-America African Diaspora where race is experienced as a result of the multiracial, sociopolitical historical, and socio-cultural contexts exist in these domains. Murji and Solomos use the concept 'racialization' to analyze the processes by which ideas about race constructed, came to be regarded as meaningful, and acted in practice. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah her best book, it speaks to a global reach, addresses universal themes, and the topic of race, distinctively and honestly engages in a discourse about the state of contemporary public affairs through an eloquently versed literary lens. The main character of Americanah, Ifemelu, is no doubt a close resemblance of Adichie, who tells us this much in her previous works. In her TED talk, "The Danger of the Single Story" Adichie recalls the curious attitudes of American roommates toward her "African" identity.
