Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

Ethiopianraver Says:

Dec 25, 2011 - @mp3holder94 I know I'm late lol, but her mother was an administrator probably for the University her father was a Professor for.

ngengagate Says:

Dec 25, 2011 - A.m.a.zing !

opaluni Says:

Dec 26, 2011 - This is excellant! I love her perspective and poise. She sounds like she'll be a great storyteller.

crudhousefull Says:

Dec 29, 2011 - What if her roommate knew that Nigeria was a success story just because it withstood pressures from the west to divide and conquer it politically to get at its resources and is one of the few African countries to do so.

dhawal1 Says:

Jan 1, 2012 - I can soooo relate to this. I come from a middle-class Indian family. What I read in my English school books was so different from me. What I heard about poor Indian families was shockingly untrue (remember Slumdog Millionaire?)The western perspective of India was so disturbing. It was so elephants/maharajas/snakecharmers. Now the west has two stories about India, the second being outsourcing/bollywood. Still so far from the truth. Maybe Nigeria and India are similar to each other.

alexsremixes Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - @dhawal1 i have cousins that are indian

mhsueh2 Says:

Jan 5, 2012 - I didn't think the world was full of wizards after i read Harry Potter, Did i?

akawireify Says:

Jan 14, 2012 - If only more Africans believed in themselves as this woman does.

marshmutiso Says:

Jan 14, 2012 - Awesome

itsomerandomguy Says:

Jan 15, 2012 - @lover90210 the "confines" of her race? 

delight469 Says:

Jan 16, 2012 - am proud to be african

Timmyvirus111 Says:

Jan 18, 2012 - The guy at 18:34 hahahaha

hereticchpn Says:

Jan 18, 2012 - I've believed for many years that our stories make us who we are, what we believe, what we hope and dream, and how we know the world -- until we begin to acknowledge, then overcome our own limitations. Those stories we first learned, then began to become. I once wrote this in a play, via one character to his long lost love after she disagrees saying: "Stories don't make up people -- people make up stories!" He responds, "But can you? Don't they?" Great lesson, magical story!

chozmo0809 Says:

Jan 22, 2012 - @delight469 nigger

dwitt1126 Says:

Jan 22, 2012 - @chozmo0809 And you are ignorant.

dwitt1126 Says:

Jan 22, 2012 - Such an amazing speech! Really eye-opening for the world.

chozmo0809 Says:

Jan 23, 2012 - @dwitt1126 still a nigger

soundbeans Says:

Jan 23, 2012 - The problem is... her rich middle class family is the exception in Nigeria and Africa in general. Sure, when wealthy Africans are sent abroad to study and are met with stupid questions it must annoy them. But the reason all we see on tv is poor Africans is because most of them are poor.

soundbeans Says:

Jan 23, 2012 - @Timmyvirus111 OH FUCK IT'S SO CRINGE WORTHY !!!!

djnat619 Says:

Jan 24, 2012 - @dwitt1126 dont feed the trolls, they are obviously so fucked up on the inside tht they have to take their anger towards the internet

nansearenae Says:

Jan 27, 2012 - love the video - I try to watch for the single story.comments so disturbing, just when I was starting to feel good.

cobainbride Says:

Jan 29, 2012 - fabulous talk! :)

jtmidzi1 Says:

Jan 31, 2012 - There is more to zimbabwe than power struggles. ever heard bout victoria falls, leopard rock,and vumba mountains?mmmmm single story huh? time to read wide

alienbound Says:

Feb 10, 2012 - @soundbeans Wherever you are, there are rich and poor people. Just because they don't portray the "Western" world to have as much poverty it doesn't mean that there is NONE. There are homeless people that eat garbage, beg for money, live on the streets and have illnesses EVERYWHERE! There is poverty EVERYWHERE! The problem is the media, NOT someone's status! The countries that portray worldvision and all sorts need to sort their own poverty out before they pick on some other country!

soundbeans Says:

Feb 11, 2012 - @alienbound Sorry but that's bullshit. There's nobody below the poverty line in my country.