In chapter 5, Juliette and Matthew read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah. They discuss Ifemelu's and Obinze's immigrant experiences moving from Nigeria to the United States and England respectively. They also explore Ifemelu's and Obinze's encounters with racism and the exploration of Western colonialism. Americanah examines themes of identity, assimilation, and beauty standards, along with the impacts of colonialism and racism on personal and cultural identities.

Americanah has been translated into 29 languages, and it won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, among other honors.

Binyavanga Wainaina called Adichie's novel, "Fearless. A towering achievement…From the place of Africans in the race politics in America, to love across continents, Americanah dares to bring us a world of a confident and self-made woman making her way in these complicated times. This is the Africa of our future. Sublime, powerful and the most political of [Adichie’s] novels. She continues to blaze the way forward."

Join them as they drink some Lavazza coffee and talk about Adichie's 2013 novel.