Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, writer of “The Danger of a Single Story”, grew up in Nigeria. Her parents were educators at a local university, and helped her to learn to absolutely love reading. However, the stories never depicted anyone that looked as she did. The characters only represented people that were white, blue eyed and ate apples. As she grew up she realized that -more often than not- only one side of a story is displayed. A young boy who worked for her family and lived in poverty was the first example in her life of another side of a story. Though he was thought to be lowly to her family, they had richness in their hard work.
When she grew up, and went off to the U.S., her roommate only saw Chimamanda as a woman from Africa who listens
When she grew up, and went off to the U.S., her roommate only saw Chimamanda as a woman from Africa who listens