5/21/2023 0 Comments Chimamanda feminismFeminism was boiled down to "raise your sons and daughters in a different way" but this largely ignores that the world also raises us. I also got the impression that she was trying too hard to defend her position as a feminist and soften the movement/word for men when sometimes it is better to stand in it and not sugarcoat your movement for anyone. Instead we got some coddling of benevolent mysoginists ("they don't mean harm") and a strange segue into how her brother is a hot feminist and men too can be feminist if he can. I expected a challenge of patriarchal structure on a social, cultural and governmental level from an African/Nigerian perspective, but I did not get that. Through her novels, she voiced gender equality and women empowerment. There were some bright moments in this book/speech (bottom power - of a woman - taps into someone else's power), but it did not interrogate fully why we need feminism. Chimamanda is a feminist and the author of ‘ Purple Hibiscus,’ ‘Half of a Yellow Sun,’ and ‘Americanah.’ However, Chimamanda has also made her stance known regarding gender equality. I expected more from this book and thought she was going to build from the speech given at her TED talk, but oh well.
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