a woman holds her newborn baby in her arms in a hospital bed, with her mother and the staff around her

Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – A Strong Feminist Fiction Short Story

In this short story, Zikora, an African American woman is a lawyer in Washington DC, in a relationship with the perfect man – Kwame. When she gets pregnant, her life unexpectedly falls apart. As she survives all those difficulties with nothing but the support of her mother and her female cousin in Nigeria, she comes to realize how unjust life is for women and unlearns internalized misogyny.

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