Essays about: "Americanah"

Found 5 essays containing the word Americanah.

1. 1. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary

   University essay from

   Author : Clelia Vegezzi; [2023]
   Keywords : African Women; Women; Black Women; Storytelling; stories; Collective Imaginaries; Characters; Novels; INGOs; Noviolet Bulawayo; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;

   Abstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change.  Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE

3. 2. Subalternity and Insubordination : A Postcolonial Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Karin Rosenqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : Post-colonialism; Nigeria; feminism; Adichie; subaltern;

   Abstract : In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah the young female protagonist is unexpectedly thrown into a life of marginalisation when she migrates from Nigeria to the American East coast. Having grown up in Nigeria her skin colour has neither been an issue nor of consideration to her, but it soon becomes apparent that elsewhere her complexion evokes expectations and functions as a breeding ground for prejudice. READ MORE

4. 3. What am I, what are you? : A pedagogical analysis on how C.N Adichie's novel "Americanah" comments on the postcolonial features; alterity, identity, and racial prejudice, and their use in the EFL classroom.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Julia Hollertz; [2018]
   Keywords : Literary didactic analysis; EFL teaching; Upper Secondary School; students as democratic citizens; Americanah; postcolonial theory; alterity; identity; racial prejudice;

   Abstract : The Swedish school has grown multicultural due to the recent years' migration and globalization of society. This place higher demands on the school's responsibility to educate students who are accepting and understanding towards each other, no matter their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. READ MORE

5. 4. Formation Within the Nation : Migration and Marginalization in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Emma Flodqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : Migration; Marginalization; Nationality; Mimicry; Colonial Discourse; Race; Identity; Afropolitanism; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;

   Abstract : Migration and its consequences are often discussed in contemporary postcolonial discussions. This topic of migration is central in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. Adichie’s portrayal of the migrating subject has placed her in the center of the Afropolitan discussion about transnational Africans and their right to represent. READ MORE

6. 5. New Homes and New Names: The African Migrant Novelin the Digital Age

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Vilasini Roy; [2016]
   Keywords : African; Migrant; African Migrant Novel; Digital Technology; Identity; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; NoViolet Bulawayo; Teju Cole;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I attempt to explore the development of migrant literature in an era of digitalcommunication. The latest developments in communication technology have certainlydestabilized patterns of content creation and dissemination. READ MORE