Tad Talk Danger Of A Single Story Analysis

What do you know about Africa? I might think of dancing and drums. In addition to that, people who live in Africa cannot read a book and do not know how to write. The most impactful image of Africa is a pitiable poor country and many starving children. I learned about the Africa from only the magazines and television shows. I learned from these media that every ten seconds a child dies of hunger in Africa. I thought it was kind of sameness that some people think there is still samurai in Japan. However, my images are stereotypes of Africa, which means it is over-simplified image or impression of the country.First of all, I watched a TED Talk “Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie who is an author from Nigeria. At the begging, she tells us a story about what she would draw about as a child of Africa. She wrote stories that were similar to the foreign stories and that story contained white skinned children with blue eyes, ate an apple, and drank ginger beer. It is nothing like her. Then, she realized how all cultures could be represented in literature. In her story, she tells us about how what people hear about, read books, or watch television shows can influence what people think about another country. I thought it was interesting that although she grew up in Africa and lived a …show more content…
I totally agree with her argument that making stereotypes about other people or countries is dangerous, and robs people of their individuality. I believe that the single story is an incomplete description and single story makes the differences in people stand out. Her purpose is not to scold people for a lack of knowledge. She explains that these misunderstandings of stereotypes from books, television shows, and magazines. She hopes us to see the world ourselves. It is never too late a process to begin and we can find more than this one narrative of