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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

http://www.ted.com 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 ...  
 
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UsitukaneMkunga (17 hours ago) Show Hide
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medbuk, who should we really blame? the Media or ourselves? Does the media incite citizens of Africa to fight civil wars, spread HIV ,steal govt money etc.?
I wish to say the media has done a good job covering my marginal rural home the govt has ignored since independence. Were it not for the media the govt won't have bothered taking it's responsibilties.
The media is not a problem, we are the problem. Blaming the wont help; solving the problems highlighted by the media is the way out.
JamaicanGyrll (17 hours ago) Show Hide
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Wow I finally got to put an actual voice to my now favourite writer. I enjoyed all her books and find her to be a brilliant writer. 'Half of the Yellow Sun' was superb to me. I also secretly hope she would develop some of the short stories from "The Thing Around Your Neck" into novels, as I was left wanting more.
Keep up the good work. You have at least make this one Jamaican girl see more than a single story.
medbuk80 (18 hours ago) Show Hide
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this is a sharp criticism of the evil that the media is committing in telling stories of other countries in the world. I hope that the media will uphold the principle of true journalism by reporting objectively rather than the subjective stories that often demonize every culture that is not western. Satirizing a culture may be beneficial by effecting change but the dimensions of satire employed by the media in this part of the world is deceiving the masses about the originality of others culture
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Suffice to say that the British accent commands respect. Stories come with perspectives. The oneliner-the Palestinian author- how to demonize a people.
GataAgressiva411 (20 hours ago) Show Hide
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She is so amazing! Such class, intelligence, beauty and poise!
PrinceNoirAmericain (20 hours ago) Show Hide
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I will certainly listen to this speech again later on.
Brilliant woman from whom we can all learn so much.
politicalthinker (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Africans must work hard to end the poverty in the cities and villages. our leaders have a responsibility to take care of the people and not steal the money and bank them in Europe and America for their banks to use it to develop their countries, then their so called educated class will write rubbish about Africa.
delroyb29 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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To sum this up travel the world and experience life with your own eyes. Meet the people of the world and experience the cultures. Reading some books and watching some of the television programs makes people believe in the single stories. Travel and live life!!
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From this powerful speach, I conclude that a singles story syndron is a manifestation of ignorance and mental poverty. Single stories are also told by African parents who will rather have a male child than female. Single stories are told by couples who called each other names. The Nigerian government has a single story of the nigerian factor when they fail to achieve. As an ambassador of peace Chima, Kindly outlaw the use of SS word form the world media. God bless you.
UsitukaneMkunga (3 days ago) Show Hide
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the single story has no narrator,it is part of a story,a bigger story that is yet to be told.


the single story cannot be blamed or tamed. It should linger in your mind...and watch you try to find solutions to your peoples problems.

blamming the single story will not change things, the single story needs to be changed by solutions.


The single story reminds you that you should not forget the past in the presence of abundance.

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