14 responses to “The danger of a single story”

1. Heqit
   October 13th, 2009 at 2:37 pm #

   That was brilliant. She’s been one of my favorite authors for a few years now, and I’m so glad you posted this.

2. Katie
   October 13th, 2009 at 4:36 pm #

   The video cut out for me…

   …but now I want to read [forgot his name]‘s brother’s stuff.

   Only he was a visual artist, so that’s out. (And I’m kinda meh about visual art.)

   But…maybe next time I get into a conversation w/ someone who’s creating, I’ll spend more time checking it out. I’ll bet there’re people all around me, of all levels of power, in my “real world,” who create. I should pay more attention to their stories / creations.

3. Katie
   October 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pm #

   (And, of course, will now have to check out one of this speaker’s books.) Thank you for posting! (Hee…my partner’s always watching TED speeches. Now I watched one.)

4. Aaminah
   October 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm #

   love love love this. thank you so much for sharing it.

5. Chi-Chi
   October 13th, 2009 at 7:16 pm #

   Thank you so much for sharing this. Ms. Adichie is one of my most favorite authors and I love love love her. She is truly an inspiration to me. She has re-sparked an interest in me about the history of Igbo people in Nigeria with her book Half of a Yellow Sun and rekindled a love my homeland. I hope you do not mind if I re-post this video on my blog.

6. Christine
   October 13th, 2009 at 10:23 pm #

   Wonderful, interesting and thought provoking speech from this incredible and gifted writer.

   Thank you for posting this.

7. Medea
   October 15th, 2009 at 9:43 am #

   That was wonderful. Now I have to check out her books.

8. maia
   October 22nd, 2009 at 4:16 am #

   oh. i saw her book last week and was about to buy it. well. now i am just going to have to go back to the store and buy it.
   ‘the single story robs us of dignity’
   god. yes.

9. maia
   October 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am #

   ok update. habibi came home last night with the novel in his hands. sweetheart. anyways, i am like eighty pages into it…and it is fucking amazing. best novel i have read in a long long time. i am in love this author. simply in love. hmmm…maybe i will write a bit of a review on books ive read about africa…

10. fabiola
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 am #

    Thanks for sharing this – I had to see the video in sections in two days (having my browser open since yesterday morning til now seeing it in pieces). It’s a little long but super worthwhile.

    Stories are amazing and so is this writer.

11. Katie
    October 23rd, 2009 at 7:51 pm #

    best novel i have read in a long long time.

    Cool!