Her works have garnered multiple international awards, recognition, and accolades.īorn on 15 September 1977, in Enugu, Nigeria, Adichie is the fifth of six children of Igbo parents, Grace Ifeoma and James Nwoye Adichie, both of whom were college professors at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The spectrum of her writing is inspired by Nigerian society and history, including trans-Atlantic slavery, colonialism, the Biafran war, military coups and counter-coups that rocked the Nigerian state from the 60s to the late 90s, and Nigerian political instability- tragedies that still have wide-reaching and enduring consequences on today’s society. Adichie perfectly aligns with this school of thought. Reformist-feminism foresees a happy ending for the societal subjugation of women.

Reformist-feminists “present alternatives that improve women's situations, holding true that improvement within given structures is possible.” A reformist-feminist employs the use of positive male characters to challenge those with discriminatory tendencies towards women. Reformist-feminism criticizes the individualistic and systematic, traditional and modern, conventions that discriminate against women. Her life experiences, the context and inspiration of her writing, her works, and her resistance as a reformist-feminist will be explored in this biography.Īdichie is a young writer, whom the foremost African Storyteller, Chinua Achebe, has described as having come “almost fully made.” The embodiment of a stern and defiant 21st-century feminist writer, she specializes in nonfictional writing and storytelling that span societal issues from race, identity and love to reformist-feminism. With her feminist approach, she is poised to break down gender-based discriminatory barriers. OL17319838W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 61.76 Pages 70 Pdf_module_version 0.0.22 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20171024154610 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 575 Scandate 20171023101233 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Shipping_container SZ0025 Tts_version v1.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a stern, resilient, and unapologetic reformist-feminist. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:09:42.283006 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1158304 Donor

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