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1. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (September 2025)pp. 234–247PDF of Microaggressions and the Negotiation of Black Identity in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah

   Microaggressions and the Negotiation of Black Identity in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah

   Eze Nnaemeka Richard and Obasi Ngozika Linda

   Existing scholarship on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah has examined racism, racial identity, diaspora, gender, hair, language, and immigrant experiences. However, the specific ways racial microaggressions shape the negotiation … Race Theory (CRT) to examine the relationship between racial microaggressions and identity formation in Americanah. Through a close reading of the experiences of Ifemelu, Obinze, Aunty Uju, and Dike

2. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 23, Issue 2 (September 2023)pp. 94–116PDF of The Unspoken Ideology: A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Silent Ideologies in Festus Iyayi’s Violence and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   The Unspoken Ideology: A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Silent Ideologies in Festus Iyayi’s Violence and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   Christian Onah and Emmanuel Jibb Adams

   Heroes and The Contract, and to Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, is recommended to test whether these ideological patterns hold across the two authors’ wider bodies