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Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
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The danger of a single story. 36,889,904 views | Chimamanda...
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Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found...
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The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story. Of course, Africa is a continent full of catastrophes: There are immense ones, such as the horrific rapes in Congo and depressing ones, such as the fact that 5,000 people ...
Aug 2, 2016 · Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story. Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie describes the effects that labels can have on how we think about ourselves and others: I'm a storyteller. And I would like to tell you a few personal stories about what I like to call “the danger of the single story.”.
Jun 7, 2013 · Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical...
