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And so, girls grow up to be women who cannot say they have desire. Adichie is also the author of the novels Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize, and Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. and held an annual fund-raising gala called the Diamond Ball. We Should All Be Feminists is an essay by Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Since then, CLF-which supports and funds global education, health, and emergency-response programs around the world-has offered need-based scholarships for college students in the U.S.

The multitalented singer-philanthropist started the group in honor of her grandparents back in 2012.
