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Video: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — The danger of a single story

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.

February 17, 2019 · 1 Comment

Susan Sailer: Dust, Blowing in the Wind

Into Newton’s laws of motion Boko Haram storms, rifles smoking, kidnap 276 girls, force them onto truck beds, tires raising red dust as they drive north.   The girls want … Continue reading

December 14, 2017 · 1 Comment

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley: Boko Haram

Nigeria, one of the richest and most prosperous countries in Africa, boasting of the most educated group of Africans on earth, the most populous, most powerful militarily, has offered little … Continue reading

January 25, 2015 · 1 Comment

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