Dear Ijeawele, or A feminist manifesto in fifteen suggestions

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. This is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.

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Main Author: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- (Author)
Other Authors: LaVoy, January (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : [Westminster, MD] : Penguin Random House ; Books on Tape, [2017]
Edition:Unabridged.
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Summary:A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. This is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.
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Physical Description:1 audio discs (1 hr., 2 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:01:02:00
ISBN:9780525494706
0525494707
Author Notes:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Enugu, Nigeria on September 15, 1977. She studied medicine and pharmacy at the University of Nigeria for a year and a half before moving to the United States, where she studied communication at Drexel University for two years. She received a bachelor's degree in communication and political science at Eastern Connecticut State University in 2001, a master's degree in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University, and a master's degree in African Studies from Yale University in 2008.

Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, was published in 2003 and received the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in 2005. Her other books include The Thing around Your Neck, Americanah, and We Should All Be Feminist. Half of a Yellow Sun won the Orange Prize in 2007. She was awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize, for her body of work that shows 'outstanding literary merit'.

(Bowker Author Biography)