![]() ![]() Nonetheless, the author concludes her remarks in her introduction with the recognition that it is “morally urgent” (4) to have these conversations. The author mentions that since she has now had a baby girl too, she appreciates how much easier it is to “dispense advice” (4) about raising a child than it is to actually raise one. ![]() At the time, the author decided to write Ijeawele a letter, which she hoped would be both “honest” and “practical” (4). As she writes in her introduction, Adichie's friend Ijeawele, shortly after giving birth to a baby girl, had asked the author how to raise her baby girl a feminist. The author includes an “Introduction” addressed to the book’s readers, contextualizing the letter and its publication. In this non-fiction work, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie frames her thoughts on feminism and raising children in the form of a letter to one of her friends named Ijeawele. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, 2017. ![]() The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. ![]()
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