Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as “one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years” (Baltimore Sun), with “prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes” (The Boston Globe).Her award-winning Half of a Yellow Sun became an instant classic upon its publication three.
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen.
We Should All Be Feminists by bestselling Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a prominent figure for social change, diversity, and global women’s rights, draws on her personal experiences growing up in Nigeria, as well as her thoughts on what it means to be a feminist, and how gender roles and norms are detrimental to both men and women.We Should All Be Feminists is a personal, eloquently-argued essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah. Here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness.In We Should All Be Feminists (2014), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie expands on her much admired TEDx talk to address our deepest misconceptions about feminism. By masterfully interweaving personal anecdotes, philosophy and her talent for prose, she explains how men and women are far from being equal, how women are systematically discriminated against and what we can do about it.
In 2012, Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sparked a worldwide conversation about feminism with a TEDx talk she delivered in Euston, London, entitled We Should All Be Feminists.Adichie rejected the notion that “feminist” was an insult, and challenged the gender expectations we impose on boys and girls from a young age.Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivers a manifesto layered with wit and human understanding. This 2012 talk became the basis for Adichie’s essay We Should All Be Feminists, which has become a cultural touchstone globally.Adichie both powerfully calls out the injustice of gender norms and details a solution.
