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Ce, THE DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY, , (SPEECH), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, , Summary, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ‘The Danger of a Single Story’ is the TED Talk done, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie a Nigerian author. She, talks about the negative impacts of learning only one, stereotypical version about another person, culture or, country. We should not give our own interpretations, or, attach stereotypical identities to others. The title ‘danger’, implies, ‘sticking to one single idea’. |, Chimamanda begins with a story of herself. She grew, up in a university campus in Eastern Nigeria. She was an, early reader and an early writer. She read British and, American books. All her characters were foreign. She, had a mis-understanding that books should have foreign, characters in them. But things changed when she, discovered African books. She knew that black people, also could exist in literature. |, , Adichie’s family had a house-boy named Fide. She, thought that Fide’s family had no artistic qualities. She, had heard only the single story of his poverty. One day, she visited his family. She saw a beautifully patterned, basket of dyed raffia that his brother had made. She could | ., not believe her eyes.