She must know and understand that people walk different paths in the world and that as long as those paths do no harm to others, they are valid paths that she must respect. And by teaching her about difference, you are equipping her to survive in a diverse world. Because difference is the reality of our world. And the reason for this is not to be fair or to be nice but merely to be human and practical. Teach her not to attach value to difference. That a woman claims not to be feminist does not diminish the necessity of feminism.“Teach her about difference.Female goodness is as normal as female evil.She can counter ideas about static ‘gender roles’ if she has been empowered by her familiarity with alternatives.

Because of what they have done and because of what they have refused to do. There are so many African women who are sources of feminist inspiration.It takes one person to make change happen.

Tell her that if someone does not like her, there will be someone else who will.

A marriage can be happy or unhappy, but it is not an achievement.

Find ways to make clear to her that marriage is not an achievement, nor is it what she should aspire to.

Teach her that if you criticize X in women but do not criticize X in men, then you do not have a problem with X, you have a problem with women.

Because I do not believe that marriage is something we should teach young girls to aspire to.

But here is a sad truth: our world is full of men and women who do not like powerful women.

If a woman has power then why do we need to disguise that she has power?.

The writer had accused me of being ‘angry’, as though ‘being angry’ were something to be ashamed of.

If we stop conditioning women to see marriage as a prize, then we would have fewer debates about a wife needing to cook in order to earn that prize.

‘Because you are a girl’ is never a reason for anything.

Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.

So, here are 16 quotes from Chimamanda from this book that I liked the most. The book has 15 direct suggestions which everyone can implement to give a child the invaluable gift of being able to see the world like a feminist. When you raise a child to be a feminist, you are contributing very positively to the society and world we live in. Today’s world, without doubt, needs more feminists. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions’ is a guide to raising a girl child a feminist which is so important in this day and age.

Adichie dear ijeawele