Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A few years ago, one of Chimamanda’s friends contacted her after the birth of her daughter – she wanted advice on how to raise her daughter to be a feminist, on how she could give her daughter a better life.
In response, Chimamanda wrote her a response that set out fifteen suggestions as to how her friend could raise her daughter to see the world in a way that women and men are equal.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is undoubtedly one of the most prominent feminist voices of our time. She has dedicated much of her work to campaigning for a fairer and just world in which women and men share equal rights and opportunities.
After her speech-turned-essay We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda returns to non-fiction writing to make the concept of what makes someone a feminist more accessible. In Dear Ijeawele, she discusses ways in which children can be brought up to challenge gender stereotypes so they can be free to be whoever they want.
Chimamanda uses a simple language to breakdown the different elements of the feminist concept to make the topic more approachable in hopes that we will someday achieve gender equality. Insightful and inspiring, Dear Ijeawele will become an integral part of feminist literature in years to come.
> Naomi Round