(He was, of course, married.) Uju managed to get money from the general to pay the back rent of her cousin and his family. He took a fancy to her and, as she had difficulty finding a job, he put her in flat and kept her. One day, at a party, uju met an army general. Uju was not her aunt but her father’s cousin. Ifemelu had grown up with a woman she called Aunty Uju. The family rented a flat and were now finding it difficult to pay the rent, so much so that the landlord was banging on the door, demanding his money. The family had depended on the mother’s income as a deputy headmistress. Her father had lost his job of twelve years, because he refused to address his (female) boss as Mummy and been unable to find another job. Things had not been easy for her when growing up. As a child, she had been outspoken, which occasionally got her into trouble. We get sections on her life in the US and her early life. At the start of the novel, she is in Princeton and has been in the US for some thirteen years but is thinking of returning to Nigeria. Ifemelu, like Adichie ‘s other heroines, is an Igbo woman. Home » Nigeria » Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie » Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Americanah
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