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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists Quotes: Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.
         

Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.


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Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.
         



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This page presents the quote "Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.". Author of this quote is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists. This quote is about culture, gender-equality, humanity, feminism, women,.