.Beyonce features Chimamanda Adichie in her new song, “Flawless” »
Beyonce gave her fans a pleasant surprise last night, December 12, when she released a new self-titled visual album on iTunes.
This would be Bey’s 5th album and it features 31 tracks; 14 of which are new songs.
What makes this new album exciting for Nigerians is that Queen Bey featured our very own iconic author, Chimamanda Adichie in her new song titled, “Flawless” which is “Track 11″ on the album.
Although Adichie isn’t featured in the video, a portion of her rousing speech about feminism was featured in Flawless.
Check out her powerful speech/verse below.
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 to aspire to marriage
And we don’t teach boys the same?
We raise girls to each other as competitors
Not for jobs or for accomplishments
But for the attention of men
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings
In the way that boys are
Feminist – the person who believes in the social Political, and economic equality of the sexes
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