Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, this novel we meet Nigerian teenager Ifemelu and Obinze as they fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. Ifemelu departs for America while Obinze who had hoped to join her, finds that post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Thirteen years later, he is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?