Because I have talked a lot about these things and I care very much about them and I get very passionate … 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.” Interview Highlights “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. He’s like Jesus.” She further added, “I did all the physical work to produce her! There’s something fundamentally wrong with the way we’ve constructed what it means to be female in the world.”Ĭhimamanda has become a major voice in gender and sex issues.Adichie says writing the letter was useful for her, too. “On the one hand, I realise that my husband is unusual on the other, I feel resentful when he’s overpraised by my family and friends. Chimamanda was further quoted as saying, “I think we need to stop giving men cookies for doing what they should do.” She went on to explain that her husband, who needs less sleep than her, tends to get up in the night to tend to the baby. Read: Why feminism caught asthma in SudanĪccording to a recent interview with the Guardian, the new book explores double standards, including those governing the images of motherhood and fatherhood.
Many of Chimamanda’s fans posted pictures of themselves holding banners with quotes from the book, accompanied with the hashtag #weshouldallbefeminists.
It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.Ĭhimamanda Adichie with her new book, Dear Ijeawele. Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the 21st century. It debunks the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can “allow” women to have full careers. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality. Read: African feminism and the politics of ‘Being Pretty’Īccording to Penguin Random House, here are 15 invaluable suggestions–compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive–for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. The book is a continuation of the letter. The response was well received on social media. The reply to the letter which came in the form of a Facebook post in October last year gave 15 steps on how to raise the girl child. Dear Ijeawele is dedicated to two of Chimamanda’s favourite women.
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