Beyonce reveals why she featured Nigerian Writer Chimamanda Adichie on her new album

It's no news now that on one of her tracks (''Flawless''), Beyoncé features award-winning Nigerian Writer, Chimamanda Adichie. In an interview with the UK Mirror, Beyoncé said ''I was going through videos on feminity on Youtube, when I came across this video of this incredible Nigerian Author, Chimamanda Adichie. Everything she said is exactly how I feel. My message in this album was finding the beauty in imperfection''.

I think Chimamanda's words have a lot of depth and I believe many women around the world can actually relate;

We teach girls to shrink themselves

To make themselves smaller

We say to girls

'You can have ambition

But not too much

You should aim to be successful

But not too successful

Otherwise you will threaten the man'

Because I am female

I am expected to aspire to marriage

I am expected to make my life choices

Always keeping in mind that

Marriage is the most important

Now marriage can be a source of

Joy and love and mutual support

But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage

And we don't teach boys the same?

We raise girls to see each other as competitors

Not for jobs or for accomplishments

Which I think can be a good thing

But for the attention of men

We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings

In the way that boys are

Feminist: a person who believes in the social

Political, and economic equality of the sexes

 

 

 

Mind-blowing stuff if you ask me. She makes some valid points there. Ironically, on this same track, Beyoncé also says ''Bow down b***hes'' a couple of times throughout the song and some people have criticized and bashed her for this, saying its anti-feminist and all. Oh well, as for me, King Bey, you can do no wrong in my eyes!

 

 

FNLP

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