Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria. In America Ifemeli has to grapple with what it means to be black, despite her academic success. Obinze plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, when they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria and reignite their passion- for each other and for their homeland- they facetted hardest decision of their lives