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Give Chizalum a sense of identity.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
probably be a bit awkward, but it is necessary.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
but you will have to do the pride-teaching yourself.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Teach her to question our culture’s selective use of biology as “reasons” for social norms.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Teach her to question language.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Teach her to love books.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
When he started conversations with people in elevators, or lavishly complimented strangers, she held her breath, certain that they could see what an attention-loving person he was.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Americanah
My roommate had a single story of Africa: a single story of catastrophe. In this single story, there was no possibility of Africans being similar to her in any way, no possibility of feelings more complex than pity, no possibility of a connection as human equals.