Translation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adicihie’s ''We Should All Be Feminists'' to be given to all 16-year-olds in Sweden

Yesterday, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s famous TEDxEuston talk We Should All Be Feminists which was translated to Swedish and published by Albert Bonniers Förlag, was unveiled at Norra Real secondary school in Stockholm, Sweden. It was announced that every second grade high school student in Sweden (approximately aged 16) will be given a free copy of the text.
“This is the book I would have wanted to get for all the guys in my class when I was 16 years old,” Clara Berglund, chair of the Swedish Women’s Lobby, said at the launch. “That is why it is so important that we contribute to this project. It is a gift to all students in grade two, but also a gift to ourselves and to future generations.”
The publisher’s spokeswoman Johanna Haegerström added that, “Our hope is that the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie text will open up a conversation about gender and gender roles, starting from young people’s own experiences.”
Meanwhile, Adichie, who could not grace the occasion, sent her recorded greetings to the students and explained to them what feminism is about to her and why she will continually remain feminist.

“For me, feminism is about justice. I’m a feminist because I want to live in a world that is more just. I’m a feminist because I want to live in a world where a woman is never told that she can or cannot or should or should not do anything because she is a woman. I want to live in a world where men and women are happier. Where they are not constrained by gender roles. I want to live in a world where men and women are truly equal. And that’s why I’m a feminist.
“When I was 16 I don’t think I knew what the word ‘feminist’ meant. I don’t think I knew the word at all. But I was a feminist. And I hope that the 16-year-olds that will read this book in Sweden will also decide that they’re feminists.
“Mostly, I hope very soon that one day we will not need to be feminists. Because we will live in a world that is truly just and equal.”

Book Live confirms that more than 100, 000 copies of the text have been distributed.