She goes through ditches of acculturation and assimilation while trying to merge with the “American Life.” Her very first problem that she encounters is her digestion to the American life. Like the paparazzi to a celebrity every flash of the camera is a appraisal towards her because she comes from Africa so she travels down this continuous path that never ends of fully blending with the American people. Instead of attempting to complete this path of full assimilation, Ifemelu detours into acculturating. Race becomes a huge factor in the novel, Ifemelu has a hard time understanding the notion that race brings in America. This idea of being labeled has never occurred before coming to America. An American-African is an African newly emigrated to the United States. In her native country, she didn’t realize she was black she fit that description only after she landed in America. Being considered “Black” was not something that ran through her blood before arriving to a country where race seems to be the foundation and roots of everything. As said in the novel by Ifemelu, "How many other people had become black in America? (Adichie 366). It calls attention to the fact that identity to a specific group of people is not something that she had to recognize because it was not something that was relatively
She goes through ditches of acculturation and assimilation while trying to merge with the “American Life.” Her very first problem that she encounters is her digestion to the American life. Like the paparazzi to a celebrity every flash of the camera is a appraisal towards her because she comes from Africa so she travels down this continuous path that never ends of fully blending with the American people. Instead of attempting to complete this path of full assimilation, Ifemelu detours into acculturating. Race becomes a huge factor in the novel, Ifemelu has a hard time understanding the notion that race brings in America. This idea of being labeled has never occurred before coming to America. An American-African is an African newly emigrated to the United States. In her native country, she didn’t realize she was black she fit that description only after she landed in America. Being considered “Black” was not something that ran through her blood before arriving to a country where race seems to be the foundation and roots of everything. As said in the novel by Ifemelu, "How many other people had become black in America? (Adichie 366). It calls attention to the fact that identity to a specific group of people is not something that she had to recognize because it was not something that was relatively