The Danger Of A Single Story Summary

The Danger of a Single Story; an eloquent and lively account of the lack of native literature in the childhood of speaker Chimamanda Ngozi. A story of a well-educated Nigerian who noted the lack Nigerian stories in her country. The danger of a single story. A tale of a single-minded story being told by the western world about Ngozi’s home countries. Stories of poverty and unhappiness not expressed in her own life experience. Ngozi’s TED talk warns the listener about the single story. She talks about the ignorance and closed-mindedness produced by the single story. She expresses this danger not only in the western world, where worldly knowledge and perspective are wanting, but also in her own family. She tells the story of her houseboy. As
This is how I view TED talks. TED talks are twenty minutes of interesting and often funny stories of global issues and life lessons to inform the public. Chimamanda Ngozi’s TED talk does exactly that. I learned so much from The Danger of a Single Story. I try to stay informed of the global news. I consider myself to know more about the world than the average American and I try to experience other cultures. However, just like Ngozi I too suffer from single story syndrome. Growing up in the United States means I was always told the poor them stories by my mother, the media, and the government. You always hear about starving children Africa and poor economies in South America. It was not until I studied international affairs at Florida State that I learned about stories outside of popular media of Asian, African, and South American countries. From Ngozi’s TED talk I learned the importance of not believing the single story. Keeping an open mind is pertinent to warding off obtuseness. I also learned the importance of representation in literature. When Ngozi and several other Nigeran author created representative literature, it empowered the people of their country to think creatively and expand their