Why we should all be feminisits by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This is my first Adchie reading. It was such a great and fun read. A short and effective essay on Feminism and gender and why it is so important even today. If you download it on your kindle, it will take you about half an hour to read it!

Adchie was born in Nigeria in a family of six children. At 19 she leaves her home to the USA to study Communication at

Drewel University in Philadelphia. She is best known for her novels Purple Hibiscus published in 2003 and nominated for The Man Booker Prize in 2004, Americanah published in 2013 and Half a Yellow Sun published in 2006.

This essay is so perfectly written and presented in a simplistic manner without any touch of negative humour thrown in to engage a live audience. Adchie is part of the new wave of speakers making feminism more accessible. A self proclaimed "happy feminist who does not hate men, who likes lipstick, high heels for herself but not for men", she adds a much needed touch of humour to the topic and addresses the ridiculous stereotypes of a feminist.

She presents male/female differences clearly. Her example of cooking fit perfectly. Women are not born with a cooking gene and yet they are expected to do so. Still, men are top chefs, making most of the money. Evolution and culture? Male figures grow stronger and more aggressive. And culture is the result of behaviors and beliefs that describe a certain group. It's people who make culture and not the other way around.

We should all read this from highschool teenagers, University students, adults, men and women. It should become an obligatory study part of the curriculum. We should all be feminists.