![]() ![]() I also think that that kind of feminism-lite, you know, often uses the language of power. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. but I realized I didn't actually have a concrete map of the particular, specific things that I think will help if we do them differently."Ĭlose overlay Buy Featured Book Title Dear Ijeawele Subtitle Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Because I have talked a lot about these things and I care very much about them and I get very passionate. "Yes, I wrote it for my friend, but I think to a large extent it was also my way of mapping out my own thinking. It's called Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, and it talks about everything from how to choose toys to teaching self-reliance to challenging traditional gender roles.Īdichie says writing the letter was useful for her, too. ![]() Now, that letter has been published as a book. The author is pictured here at NPR in February 2017.Ī few years ago, Chimamanda Adichie received a message from a childhood friend asking for advice: She wanted to know how to raise her newborn daughter to be a feminist.įor Adichie - a best-selling author who has also made a name for herself as a leading feminist voice - the question was a bit daunting, but she wrote a long letter back to her friend. Chimamanda Adichie's novels include Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. ![]()
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