Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A powerful new statement about feminism today, from the best-selling
author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.

Dear Ijeawele brings together Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s invaluable
suggestions—compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive—for how to
empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From
encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so
desires; to having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and
sexuality; debunking 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, these fifteen suggestions go right to the heart of sexual politics
in the twenty-first century.