Adichie explicitly describes gender as socially constructed rather than inherently rooted in biology and examines how attitudes toward culture in the post-colonial world may reinforce gender oppression, but uses a simplified definition of feminism. By doing so, she also uses theoretical concepts that permeate gender studies, even though she does not necessarily refer to them directly. During her thirty minutes of speech, she manages to address or at least touch upon several themes that are essential for feminism per se and, in particular, in the post-colonial world. In her TED Talk titled “We Should All Be Feminists,” Adichie discusses contemporary feminism through the lens of her own experiences as a woman and a citizen of Nigeria.
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