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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.

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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.

12 Comments

  1. @vanDee049

    August 15, 2026 at 3:10 pm

    💯

  2. @JustDistortions

    August 15, 2026 at 3:13 pm

    A lot of Africans (immigrants & those still living in Africa) speak better English than white Americans.

  3. @tc-aGsZXNjZW5laG9ybnN0cmF3d2ef

    August 15, 2026 at 3:35 pm

    Yes. And this affects everyone. Not always to the same degree, but it does.

  4. @Theyoutubeofkaliproductions

    August 15, 2026 at 3:38 pm

    Wait so she is saved by going to school in us then cries about it?

  5. @zam6877

    August 15, 2026 at 3:51 pm

    Travel, you will discover not only a different world, but discover yourself

  6. @KingsMom831

    August 15, 2026 at 4:01 pm

    Well said!❤

  7. @PjMardesic

    August 15, 2026 at 4:19 pm

    Very powerful

  8. @kenandemren

    August 15, 2026 at 4:43 pm

    If you travel enough, ywkttint

  9. @julianvega2677

    August 15, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    All immigrants should be like Nigerian immigrants.

  10. @static_echo

    August 15, 2026 at 6:53 pm

    Established media has lost a lot of credibility. Everything is produced through a filter or framing that distorts reality into what they want the masses to see. Now through the increase availability of independent journalists and individual contributors, everyone has easy access to indisputable proof of events happening around the world and they can think for themselves instead of being told what to think. Support these journalists and not the media moguls.

  11. @chicagata

    August 15, 2026 at 7:05 pm

    Making questions should always be embraced as genuine interest, as a South American myself I would never consider a question about my country’s ethnicity and culture as an offense, on the contrary, I am happy to teach others what they had not had the chance to learn previously. We are all ignorant about something or somewhere.

  12. @dylanmcghee9471

    August 15, 2026 at 9:27 pm

    If TED talks could just get rid of the sound of people’s mouths, I would greatly appreciate it

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