Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie features in photography book

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November 21, 2017 4:50 PM

The book has been described as the coffee table book that will inform your activism in the days ahead.

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been featured in a new photography book titled “200 Women: Who Will Change the Way You See the World“.

Written by Geoff Blackwell and Ruth Hobday, it features interviews with 200 women along with their portraits which were shot by photographer Kieran E. Scott.

The book is described by Bustle.com as the coffee table book that will inform your activism in the days ahead.

Each woman answers same five questions: What really matters to you?, What brings you happiness?, What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?, What would you change if you could?, and Which single word do you most identify with?

Some of the other women featured include:

- Jane Goodall, conservation and animal welfare activist

- Margaret Atwood, author and winner of The Booker Prize

- Roxane Gay, author and feminist

- Renée Montagne, former host of NPR’s Morning Edition

- Alicia Garza, activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter

- Alfre Woodard, award-winning actor and activist

- Marian Wright Edelman, head of the Children’s Defense Fund

- Lydia Ko, professional golfer and Olympian

- Dolores Huerta, labour activist, community organizer, and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association

- Alice Waters, chef, author, and food rights advocate

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