TEDTalks. Chimamanda Adichie - The Danger of a Single Story
Description
Inspired by Nigerian history and tragedies all but forgotten by recent generations of Westerners, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's works are jewels in the crown of diasporan literature. Her novel Half of a Yellow Sun helped inspire new, cross-generational communication about the Biafran war, and literary giant Chinua Achebe deemed her "wise," and "endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers." In this TEDTalk, Adichie tells the audience 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.
Runtime
19 min
Subjects
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2009
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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