Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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D. Quixote
Pub. Date
2018
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Portuguese
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Quando uma amiga lhe perguntou como devia educar a filha como feminista, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie respondeu com uma carta: Querida Ijeawele...Neste texto intimista, a escritora faz 15 sugestões. O seu objetivo? Fortalecer as novas gerações de mulheres e proporcionar-lhes ferramentas para crescerem com um maior sentido de identidade e independência. Da aparência à parentalidade, do casamento à sexualidade e até mesmo à escolha dos brinquedos...
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D. Quixote
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Portuguese
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«Hoje eu peço que sonhemos e comecemos a planear um mundo diferente. Um mundo mais justo. Um mundo de homens e mulheres mais felizes, mais autênticos. Para que isso aconteça precisamos de criar as nossas filhas de maneira diferente. Também precisamos de criar os nossos filhos de maneira diferente.»Â Além de ser uma escritora notável e um modelo para as novas gerações, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie é uma voz do feminismo e uma defensora da...
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This book is made up of twenty-three stories, each from a different author from across the globe. All belong to one world, united in their diversity and ethnicity. And together they have one aim: to involve and move the reader. The range of authors takes in such literary greats as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri, and emerging authors such as Elaine Chiew, Petina Gappah, and Henrietta Rose-Innes.The members of the collective are: Elaine...
5) Americanah
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"Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in...
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In the city of Egunu, Nigeria, fifteen year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a somewhat cloistered life. Their father is a wealthy businessman, they live in a beautiful home, and attend private school. But, through Kambili's eyes, we see that their home life is anything but harmonious. Her father, a fanatically religious man has impossible expectations of his children and his wife, and if things don't go his way he becomes physically abusive....
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"A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. 'Dear Ijeawele' is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality;...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The highly acclaimed, provocative essay on feminism and sexual politics—from the award-winning author of Americanah
"A call to action, for all people in the world, to undo the gender hierarchy." —Medium
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
"A call to action, for all people in the world, to undo the gender hierarchy." —Medium
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a haunting story of love and war. • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award.
With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's...
With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's...
11) Notes on grief
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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The author presents a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father.
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The first children's book from the best-selling author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah—a tender story about a little girl’s love for her mother’s scarf, and the adventures she shares with it and her whole family
Chino loves the scarf that her mama ties around her hair at night. But when Mama leaves for the day, what happens to her scarf? Chino takes it on endless adventures! Peeking...
Chino loves the scarf that her mama ties around her hair at night. But when Mama leaves for the day, what happens to her scarf? Chino takes it on endless adventures! Peeking...
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One World
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Binyavanga Wainaina was a pioneering voice in African literature, an award-winning memoirist and essayist, and a gatherer of literary communities. Before his tragic death in 2019 at the age of forty-seven, he won the Caine Prize for African Writing and was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. His wildly popular essay "How to Write About Africa," an incisive and unapologetic piece that exposed the harmfully racist ways Western media depicts...
17) Ameriḳanah
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Hotsaʼat Maḥberot le-sifrut
Pub. Date
2015.
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עברית
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A young woman from Nigeria leaves her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected.
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Lenny
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"A collection of essays celebrating the influential former first lady, by an array of acclaimed contributors and with a foreword by Lena Dunham. Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama's equal partner in marriage and parenthood and a tireless advocate for women's rights, education, healthy eating, and exercise. Her genre-busting personal style encouraged others...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Based on the popular TEDx talk and the New York Times best-selling book, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's guided journal contains her most inspiring quotes, writing prompts, and an exclusive introductory essay. This beautifully illustrated hardcover journal is destined to empower and challenge, and help readers discover their own feminist journeys. "Feminism for me has been about unlearning and learning. About daring--to want, to take, to be. About choosing...
20) Imitation
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Recorded Books
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[2011], p2009
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English
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Nkem has moved from Nigeria to Philadelphia to raise her children, while her husband Obiora remains in their homeland. But when she learns Obiora keeps a girlfriend in Africa, Nkem faces a difficult decision.