![]() ![]() Here are five ways she's fronting feminism:Īdichie was 26 when she published her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. I just speak my mind.”ĭoing so with an eloquence and purpose has made her work reverberate across countries and diverse audiences, which makes her, if not an icon, certainly one of the most remarkable women in contemporary culture today. But I am not an icon, nor a leading figure of any kind. ![]() “I have become a voice of modern feminism, I’ll concede that, even though it wasn’t at all intended. ![]() But she herself has a rather different answer. Is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the feminist icon of the 21st century? Ask anyone familiar with the Nigerian-born author and you’ll get a resolute, collective yes. ![]()
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