Kamala Harris Is Not America’s “Magic Negro”
Nov 5 · 6 min read

I recently finished reading the novel Americanah by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which chronicles the experiences of Ifemelu, a Nigerian writer and immigrant to the United States who takes up blogging to comment on American race relations against the backdrop of the 2008 election. And in writing about Obama and his electability, Ifemelu (almost a self-insertion for Adichie) comments that Obama can…

