Critical Analysis Of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has always been extremely voiced about her stand as a feminist and the need for others to be the same. She hates to be called a feminist rather she asks everyone to be one. Her writings have made her one of the most eminent faces in the literary circle. She is a multi-award winning author and has marked herself as one of Nigeria’s most winning female writers. As a literary movement, feminism in African novels has a long tradition in bringing about change in society, especially on how women are treated. It tries to elucidate unfairness and humiliation of women and focuses its attention on their emancipation and awakening. Adichie portrays her female characters not as the usual depiction of

She says motherhood is a glorious gift, but we should not define ourselves solely by motherhood. She says that we should reject the idea of motherhood and work as mutually restricted, never apologize for working and love what we do, and loving what we do is a great gift to our child. There’s a confidence and self–fulfillment that come with doing and earning by our own. She also discusses about sharing childcare equally. ‘Equally’ of course depends on both. It does not have to mean a literal fifty-fifty or a little by little score-keeping but we will know when the child-care work is equally shared. We’ll know by our lack of resentment. Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist. She says being a girl’ is never a reason for anything.

The journal seeks to deal with the issue of feminism in the works of Adichie, where the characters become her spokesperson. Experiencing the usual humiliation and sufferings, the characters are actually the persons Addictive came across her life and how they evolved from it and gain their freedom in the true