6/30/2023 0 Comments We should all be feminists book![]() In December 2005, in a plane crash in southern Nigeria, Okoloma died. Okoloma was funny and intelligent and wore cowboy boots that were pointy at the tips. He lived on my street and looked after me like a big brother: if I liked a boy, I would ask Okoloma’s opinion. Okoloma was one of my greatest childhood friends. At the end, their standing ovation gave me hope. And so that evening as I stood onstage, I felt as though I was in the presence of family – a kind and attentive audience, but one that might resist the subject of my talk. I suspected that it might not be a very popular subject, but I hoped to start a necessary conversation. ![]() I decided to speak about feminism because it is something I feel strongly about. When my brother Chuks and best friend Ike, both co-organizers of the TED圎uston conference, insisted that I speak, I could not say no. It seems to me that the word feminist, and the idea of feminism itself, is also limited by stereotypes. I had spoken at a different TED conference a few years before, giving a talk titled ‘The Danger of the Single Story’ about how stereotypes limit and shape our thinking, especially about Africa. ![]() Speakers from diverse fields deliver concise talks aimed at challenging and inspiring Africans and friends of Africa. This is a modified version of a talk I delivered in December 2012 at TED圎uston, a yearly conference focused on Africa. ![]()
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