![]() Lack of awareness and a highly patriarchal social setup are the major reasons for the scarce popularity that the idea enjoys in her land. Talking of her country and her continent- Africa, where feminism is viewed very differently as compared to the western world, she opines that being a feminist is Africa is rare. The feminist who has authored books like Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, voiced her ideas at a TEDx talk in 2012 whose video garnered more than 4 million views on YouTube. ![]() Nigerian author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who has been a prominent figure in the contemporary gender equality struggle believes that the global reckoning with sexual harrasment is "long overdue" and she also has her fingers crossed that it is not just a "a passing fad". ![]() ![]() The recent global movement that ensued against sexual harrasment took the internet by storm as confessional Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts were complemented by #MeToo. ![]()
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