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We should all be Feminists

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 We should all be FeministsChimamda Ngozi Adichie2014Fourth Estate This short essay is based on a TED Talk by the author. The title is radical and the writing is witty. Adichie writes and speaks powerfully. She is honest about identifying gendered ideas that she grew up with and imbibed. Her experiences will resonate with people who…

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Half of a Yellow Sun

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Half of a Yellow SunChimamanda Ngozi Adichie2007 (first published 2006)Harper Perennialpp. 433Adichie writes about the forgotten civil war in Biafra and the making of ‘united’ Nigeria. The story revolves around the lives of twin sisters of upper middle class Igbo family. A life spent in realising and living the contrast between the haves of middle…