The Danger of a Single Story
The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun, exploring themes of identity, race, and feminism.
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