The first is the premise or belief that: “I matter equally. She congratulates Ijeawele on the birth of her daughter, Chizalum, and introduces Ijeawele (as well as her general readership) to her Feminist Toolkit. Thus, the author closes her introduction and begins her letter addressed to Ijeawele. Nonetheless, the author concludes her remarks in her introduction with the recognition that it is “morally urgent” (4) to have these conversations. The author mentions that since she has now had a baby girl too, she appreciates how much easier it is to “dispense advice” (4) about raising a child than it is to actually raise one. At the time, the author decided to write Ijeawele a letter, which she hoped would be both “honest” and “practical” (4). As she writes in her introduction, Adichie's friend Ijeawele, shortly after giving birth to a baby girl, had asked the author how to raise her baby girl a feminist. The author includes an “Introduction” addressed to the book’s readers, contextualizing the letter and its publication. In this non-fiction work, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie frames her thoughts on feminism and raising children in the form of a letter to one of her friends named Ijeawele. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, 2017. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi.
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