Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was in Lagos last summer, teaching a writing workshop as part of an annual schedule that sees her time divided between Nigeria and the US. “Keep your love,” Adichie said. And anyway, she repeats, “Can people please stop telling me that feminism is hot? “Honestly.”‘Beware feminism lite’: an extract from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s letter-turned-book, Dear IjeaweleBe a full person. • This is a condensed and edited extract from Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published on Tuesday by Fourth Estate at £10.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2017 10:01 UTC