Thursday 3 December 2015

Chimamanda's 'We Should All Be Feminists' novel to be given to all second grade high school students in Sweden

A Swedish translation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists titled Alla Borde Vara Feminister has been published by Albert Bonniers Förlag.

The book was launched at Norra Real secondary school in Stockholm, where it was also announced that each second grade high school student in Sweden (16 year olds) will receive a copy.

Below is a special message by Chimamanda to the schoolchildren of Swedish:


“For me, feminism is about justice. I’m a feminist because I want to live in a world that is more just. I’m a feminist because I want to live in a world where a woman is never told that she can or cannot or should or should not do anything because she is a woman. I want to live in a world where men and women are happier. Where they are not constrained by gender roles. I want to live in a world where men and women are truly equal. And that’s why I’m a feminist.

“When I was 16 I don’t think I knew what the word ‘feminist’ meant. I don’t think I knew the word at all. But I was a feminist. And I hope that the 16-year-olds that will read this book in Sweden will also decide that they’re feminists.

“Mostly, I hope very soon that one day we will not need to be feminists. Because we will live in a world that is truly just and equal.”

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