We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists
Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Country Nigeria
Language English
Genre Essay
Publisher Fourth Estate
Publication date
 2014
Media type Print (Paperback)
ISBN 978-0008115272

We Should All Be Feminists is a book-length essay by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. First published in 2014 by Fourth Estate, it aims to give a definition of feminism for the 21st century.[1]

The essay has been adapted from Adichie's 2012 TEDx talk of the same name.[2]

Adaptations

Audio from Adichie's talk was included in Beyoncé's 2013 song "Flawless". Adichie was credited with a featured role on the track.[3]

Reception

The book received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Rupert Hawksley said "it just might be the most important book you read all year" in The Telegraph. [4] The Independent selected it as a book of the year for it "would be the book I'd press into the hands of girls and boys, as an inspiration for a future 'world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves.'"[5]

In December 2015, the Swedish Women's Lobby and Alber Bonniers, a publisher, revealed the book is to be distributed to every sixteen-year-old high school student in Sweden.[2] The effort is supported by the UN Association of Sweden, the Swedish Trade Union Conferation, the Order of the Teaspoon, Unizon and Gertrud Åström. They "hope that teachers will integrate We Should All Be Feminists into their teaching, and will be distributing discussion guidelines to help."

References

  1. ↑ "We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Paperback". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  2. 1 2 Flood, Alison. "Every 16-year-old in Sweden to receive copy of We Should All Be Feminists". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. ↑ http://www.vox.com/2015/12/7/9859150/chimamanda-adichie-feminism-sweden
  4. ↑ "Why we should all be feminists". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  5. ↑ "Best books of 2014: These Christmas reads are so good you won't want". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
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