Adichie perfectly aligns with this school of thought. Reformist-feminism foresees a happy ending for the societal subjugation of women. Reformist-feminists “present alternatives that improve women's situations, holding true that improvement within given structures is possible.” A reformist-feminist employs the use of positive male characters to challenge those with discriminatory tendencies towards women. Reformist-feminism criticizes the individualistic and systematic, traditional and modern, conventions that discriminate against women. Her life experiences, the context and inspiration of her writing, her works, and her resistance as a reformist-feminist will be explored in this biography.Īdichie is a young writer, whom the foremost African Storyteller, Chinua Achebe, has described as having come “almost fully made.” The embodiment of a stern and defiant 21st-century feminist writer, she specializes in nonfictional writing and storytelling that span societal issues from race, identity and love to reformist-feminism. With her feminist approach, she is poised to break down gender-based discriminatory barriers. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a stern, resilient, and unapologetic reformist-feminist.
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