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Publication Date:  March 4, 2014 Publisher:  Anchor Format:  ebook Pages:   588 Pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Audible Synopsis: The story of two Nigerians making their way in the U.S. and the UK, raising universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for identity and a home. 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 a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passio...

Release Date:  January 31, 2017 Publisher:  Random House Studios Format:  Audio Length:  45 minutes Narrator:  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genre:  Essay Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle   Synopsis:  In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman now—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists. Review: Short essay which beautifully illustrates what it means to be a feminist.  Gender equality should still be at the forefront of our minds, just as racial equality. They are not the same and they are not something that we shou...