Americanah

Lagos, mid-nineties. Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship and in a Nigeria that offers little or no future, Ifemelu and Obinze, two atypical teenagers, fall passionately in love. Like much of their generation, they know that sooner or later they will have to leave the country. Obinze has always dreamed of living in the United States, but it is Ifemelu who gets the visa to live with her aunt in Brooklyn and study at the university. As Obinze fights through bureaucracy to reunite with Ifemelu, she finds herself in an America where nothing is as she imagined, beginning with the importance of the color of her skin. All of her experiences, misfortunes and adventures lead to a single question: will she end up becoming an "Americanah" herself?