Chimamanda Adiche: My niece sees herself as a feminist because of Beyoncé’s song

By Osagie Alonge

Beyonce and Chimamanda Adiche. Photo: USNews

Celebrated author Chimamanda Adichie says her 11-year-old niece considers herself a feminist because of the Beyoncé song ‘***Flawless.‘

She said this at Stylist Magazine‘s Stylist Book Club Inaugural Session at the Waldorf Hilton in London on May 29, 2014.

‘My 11yr niece now sees herself as a feminist because of Beyonce’s song sampling my TED talk says Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’, the official Stylist Magazine Twitter handle tweeted.

My 11yr niece now sees herself as a feminist because of Beyonce’s song sampling my TED talk says Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #stylistbookclub

— Stylist Magazine (@StylistMagazine) May 29, 2014

Beyoncé sampled Adichie’s ‘We should all be feminists’ speech (delivered at a TEDxEuston conference held in 2013) on her song ‘***Flawless’ released in December 2013.

Watch Chimamanda deliver the speech below…

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