Now that I, too, am the mother of a delightful baby girl, I realize how easy it is to dispense advice about raising a child when you are not facing the enormously complex reality of it yourself. This book is a version of that letter, with some details changed. In response to my friend’s request, I decided to write her a letter, which I hoped would be honest and practical, while also serving as a map of sorts for my own feminist thinking. I had done a lot of watching and listening, and I had done even more thinking. I had over the years also helped care for many babies of loved ones I had worked as a babysitter and helped raise my nephews and nieces. When a couple of years ago a friend of mine from childhood, who’d grown into a brilliant, strong, kind woman, asked me to tell her how to raise her baby girl a feminist, my first thought was that I did not know.īut I had spoken publicly about feminism and perhaps that made her feel I was an expert on the subject. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Here we have not only a rousing manifesto, but a powerful gift for all people invested in the idea of creating a just society-an endeavour now more urgent and important than ever. She speaks to the important work of raising a girl in today's world, and provides her readers with a clear proposal for inclusive, nuanced thinking. This short, sharp work rings out in Chimamanda's voice: infused with deep honesty, clarity, strength, and above all love.
Here, too, are ways parents can raise their children-both sons and daughters-beyond a culture's limiting gender prescriptions. So she sent Ijeawele a letter with some suggestions-15 in all-which she has now decided to share with the world.Ĭompelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive, Dear Ijeawele offers specifics on how we can empower our daughters to become strong, independent women. But as a person who'd babysat, had loved her nieces and nephews, and now, too, was the mother of a daughter herself, she thought she would try. Here is a brilliant, beautifully readable, and above all practical expansion of the ideas this iconic author began to explore in her bestselling manifesto, We Should All Be Feminists.Ī few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking how to raise her new baby girl a feminist.Īlthough she has written and spoken out widely about feminism, Adichie wasn't sure how to advise her friend Ijeawele. An instant feminist classic, and perfect gift for all parents, women, and people working towards gender equality.
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