Abstract
This research seeks to evaluate the prevalence of displacement and the act of changing one’s cultural origins in contemporary society. Individuals residing away from their familial heritage experience a profound feeling of being scattered, which enhances their sentiment of longing and sadness for their ancestral country. Adichie emphasises the forced removal of Nigerian persons and their feeling of powerlessness during the period after colonial rule, as they have difficulties in going back to their ancestral land and encounter obstacles in settling in host nations due to a scarcity of resources to deal with such situations. She says that being a black immigrant from a country with a significant black population confers a certain level of self-assurance. Similarly, being an African American entails a distinctive encounter due to frequent targeting by Americans. It examines Adichie’s 2013 book Americanah and how it reflects African Americans’ difficulties in urban settings for self-discovery. This study aims to analyze and understand Adichie’s literary work using Henri Tajfel’s identity process theory, a social psychology framework that examines how individual’s identities are shaped in the context of societal change. This paper investigates the challenges encountered by African immigrants and the tactics they employ to manage these adversities.
Keywords: Displacement, Formation, Identity Process Theory, Immigrants, Racism.