We Should All Be Feminists

At what age was Adichie first labelled a feminist?

• 14

• 15

• 16

Why does a Nigerian journalist advise her not to call herself a feminist?

• because as a feminist she will be unhappy

• because being a feminist is un-African

• because feminists hate men

Who stated: “The higher you go, the fewer women there are”?

• Michelle Obama

• Yaa Gyasi

• Wangari Mathai

Answer explanation

Wangari Muta Maathai

The Nobel Peace Prize 2004

Born: 1 April 1940, Nyeri, Kenya

Died: 25 September 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Prize motivation: "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace."

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was also the first female scholar from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya. Maathai played an active part in the struggle for democracy in Kenya, and belonged to the opposition to Daniel arap Moi's regime.

Source: nobelprize.org, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/facts/

What is Adichie’s least favourite word in the English language?

• unwomanly

• weakness

• emasculation

Answer explanation

Em

emasculation

noun

the process of making a man feel less male by taking away his power and confidence

Cambridge Dictionary, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/emasculation

How are boys raised, according to Adichie? (multiple correct answers)

• mask their true selves

• be in charge

• not have too much ambition or success

• be hard

• be afraid of fear and vulnerability

How are girls raised, according to Adichie? (multiple correct answers)

• feel shame

• be afraid of fear and vulnerability

• stay virgins until marriage

• not be the breadwinner

• not have too much ambitions or success