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Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
- Narrated by: January Lavoy
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Summary
From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today – written as a letter to a friend.
I have some suggestions for how to raise Chizalum. But remember that you might do all the things I suggest, and she will still turn out to be different from what you hoped, because sometimes life just does its thing. What matters is that you try.
In We Should All be Feminists, her eloquently argued and much admired essay of 2014, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie proposed that if we want a fairer world we need to raise our sons and daughters differently. Here, in this remarkable new book, Adichie replies by letter to a friend’s request for help on how to bring up her newborn baby girl as a feminist. With its fifteen pieces of practical advice it goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century.
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‘Take note world. When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells you to listen, you listen’ Stylist
‘Dear Ijeawele reminds us that, in the history of feminist writing, it is often the personal and epistolary voice that carries the political story most powerfully – For me, the most powerful sentence in the book is its simplest, and comes in only the third paragraph. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie urges Ijeawele to remember to transmit to her daughter “the solid unbending belief that you start off with . . . Your feminist premise should be: I matter. I matter equally. Not ‘if only’. Not ‘as long as’. I matter equally. Full stop.”..there is no doubt that if we raised all of our daughters to believe completely that they “matter equally”, to trust what they feel and think and to worry less about how they look and come across, we would soon find new ways to challenge the multiple injustices and indignities that still limit, and even wreck, so many women’s lives.’ New Statesman
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- Harmoni
- 27-10-20
Amazing and insightful!
I loved this book, it was thought provoking, affirmative and refreshing. Will definitely be sharing with all the young women in my life!
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- Ayo
- 02-05-18
Great words of wisdom, narration wasn't too bad
Ms Adichie can do no wrong in my opinion, every work of her's has either been inspiring or enjoyable, as with this one. The narration wasn't too bad but you really need an indigene for authenticity, some pronunciations grated.
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- jo comfortable
- 07-11-17
Thoughtful Gift for a new mama
A lovely gathering of thoughts, which may help to clarify some of the views of raising children. Loved the definition given. Really interesting and enable read
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- Chi Eze
- 31-07-18
this is a very authentic and pure book.
love it. i would recommend to all aspiring mothers. it represents true perception of the igbo culture about societal view of women.
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- NdineMaggie
- 22-09-17
thought provoking
there are things in here I hadn't thought of. The accent was a bit off.
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- WomanOnTheVerge
- 15-03-17
Brilliant
I love Chimamanda's writing and this book should be read by all parents, grandparents, family members - in fact by EVERYONE! It doesn't matter if you're a parent of a girl or boy - read this book!
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- Letz
- 19-06-19
loved it. great illustrations of ways to raise a f
loved it great book. it's an easy read yet portrays a simple and succinct message on ways to raise a feminist
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- Coz
- 04-04-21
Loved this!
Short, to the point, and what great thinking points they were!! Thank you Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!
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- Lamby
- 18-12-17
Nail on the head
Everything Chimamanda says here should be common sense when raising children, boys and girls. I did gender studies as part of my social studies degree and I remember so much of what Chimamanda says being born out in various studies. The narration is good and clear. Overall very well presented.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-05-21
Perfect!
I wish I had read this before I had my daughter, or when she was a baby, a lovely accessible feminist manifesto, gentle and considered, but also not afraid of a little bit of “angry” too.
I will recommend this to my friends and family
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