Americanah: Analysis of Language and Accents Essay

Americanah– ISU Part 2 (Plot Summary) Pg. 1

• Ifemelu speaks without the fake accent for the first time when taking a train to Aunty Uju’s house. While on the train she meets Blaine, a Black American man, and they spend the trip talking. Blaine gives Ifemelu his phone number, but he never calls her back.
• The chapter is finished when a blog post about American Tribalism. Ifemelu says in her blog that there are four kinds of tribes in America: class, ideology, religion, and race.