The Danger of a Single Story: TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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This talk is one of my favourite resources – an important reminder for all of us to understand that our stories are layered and complex. There are some great lessons here for how we tell, hear, and make sense of stories about other people.

From the video description:

“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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