Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', on hair blogs, betrayal, and that Queen Bey sample everyone's talking about.
Following our rich and exciting conversation about Beyoncé, Chimamanda, African versus Western Feminism and even Black feminism, here's an interesting read from Adichie and Feminism!
"Beyoncé sampled part of your TED Talk, “Everyone ShouldBe A Feminist,” in her recent song “***Flawless” (watch it below). In the talk, you said that the first time someone called you a feminist, you didn’t know what it meant. So what does it mean to you now?"
It means that I am present in the world, and that I realize that there is a problem with the way we’ve constructed gender. The expectations on women that most of the world subscribes to—I don’t think we are born with them. I think we create them. I want a world where men and women have equal opportunities. I want a world in which the idea of a man being with man, and a woman being with a woman, doesn’t cause a form of obstruction to anything that they want to achieve in their life.
Read more: Meet Beyonce's Favorite Novelist - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Interview with ELLE Magazine.
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