Unit 3 PROJECT and Big Idea Reflection
2. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - "The Danger of a Single Story"
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do our experiences shape our identities?
The following resources will help you gain a basic understanding of how authors communicate meaning and share how their experiences have come to define their identity and connection to others, to text/the world, and to themselves.
In order to deepen your understanding so that you are able to effectively complete this project, you are required to conduct your own research as well, exploring avenues of the topic that are most relevant to your course.
Watch the video below.
Resource #1: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - "The Danger of a Single Story".
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Enugu, Nigeria is a Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction. Adichie, who was born in the city of Enugu in Nigeria, grew up as the fifth of six children in an Igbo family in the university town of Nsukka in Enugu State. "The Danger of a Single Story" talks about how "our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding."