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    Negritude was an important literary and ideological movement that emerged in the 1930s among French-speaking black intellectuals in Paris. Some of the key beliefs and ideas of negritude writers/artists include: - Celebrating and affirming black identity, culture, and values. Negritude writers rejected notions of European cultural superiority and sought to reclaim African heritage and culture. - Rejecting racial stereotypes and fighting against colonialism and racial oppression. Many negritude writers came from French colonies in Africa and the Caribbean and wrote in response to the racism they experienced under colonial rule. - Promoting pan-Africanism and black internationalism. Negritude brought together black intellectuals from different parts of Africa and

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    Starter:: The Women and Children First Principle Is Blatant Sexism. How Far Do You Agree?'

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    Negritude was an important literary and ideological movement that emerged in the 1930s among French-speaking black intellectuals in Paris. Some of the key beliefs and ideas of negritude writers/artists include: - Celebrating and affirming black identity, culture, and values. Negritude writers rejected notions of European cultural superiority and sought to reclaim African heritage and culture. - Rejecting racial stereotypes and fighting against colonialism and racial oppression. Many negritude writers came from French colonies in Africa and the Caribbean and wrote in response to the racism they experienced under colonial rule. - Promoting pan-Africanism and black internationalism. Negritude brought together black intellectuals from different parts of Africa and

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    Starter:

    ‘The Women and children first principle is


    blatant sexism. How far do you agree?’

    Is it sexist towards
    women, men, both,
    neither?
    What are your
    connotations of the
    word ‘feminist’?
    60% of the world’s chronically Two-thirds of all children
    hungry are women and girls. denied school are girls, and
    75 per cent of the world’s 876
    million illiterate adults are
    In most countries, women only earn between
    women
    60 and 75% of men’s wages - for the same
    work It is estimated that there are 650
    million women and girls in the world
    today who were married before age 18

    Women hold only 21 per cent of the


    world’s parliamentary seats, and only 8 112 countries do not criminalise marital
    percent of the world’s cabinet ministers rape – including Nigeria where it is
    are women. specifically not illegal.

    Gender-based violence is one of the biggest causes of injury


    and death to women worldwide, causing more deaths and
    disability among women aged 15 to 44 than cancer, malaria,
    traffic accidents, and war.
    Adichie and feminism

    What do we learn about


    Adchie’s thoughts on
    feminism?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://www.youtube.com/watch?
    v=hg3umXU_qWc v=czogWQ34X1Y
    Obinze’s mother

    Read the description of Obinze’s mother


    Page 70 – ‘They sat on cement blocks…’ to Page 72 ‘...and not because
    everyone else is doing it’

    What does Adichie want us to admire about Obinze’s mother? What


    does this tell us about her views on feminism? What do we learn about
    why Obinze is attracted to Ifemelu?
    Focus on these suggestions. Each
    person read one and then discuss
    as a group.

    3 – Teach her that gender roles is


    absolute rubbish

    6 Teach her to question language

    9 – Give her a sense of identity

    11- Teach her to question our


    culture’s selective use of biology
    as reasons for social norms
    • Create an A4
    collage on your
    padlet to
    summarise
    Adichie’s 15
    suggestions for
    raising a feminist
    – one image to
    summarise each
    suggestion.
    Why celebrate International Men’s Day?
    Why Celebrate International Men’s Day?
    • Men have a suicide rate 3 times higher than women
    • 1 in 3 men have been the victims of domestic violence
    • men on average die 4-5 years before women
    • men are nearly twice as likely to suffer from lung cancer than women
    • men are nearly twice as likely to suffer from heart disease than
    women
    • Men are nearly twice as likely to die from Covid 19 than women.
    • Men are 4 times more likely to become an alcoholic, three times
    more likely to be dependent on cannabis and account for 9 out of 10
    rough sleepers.
    • There are a lack of male role models for young boys – 85% of Primary
    School Teachers are female.
    Negritude is a literary
    movement. What do you
    think that negritude
    writers/artists believe in?

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