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No culture or country is only one thing #TEDTalks
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.
@vanDee049
August 15, 2026 at 3:10 pm
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@JustDistortions
August 15, 2026 at 3:13 pm
A lot of Africans (immigrants & those still living in Africa) speak better English than white Americans.
@tc-aGsZXNjZW5laG9ybnN0cmF3d2ef
August 15, 2026 at 3:35 pm
Yes. And this affects everyone. Not always to the same degree, but it does.
@Theyoutubeofkaliproductions
August 15, 2026 at 3:38 pm
Wait so she is saved by going to school in us then cries about it?
@eamead528
August 16, 2026 at 7:57 am
No, but she was talking about people like you, expressing how closed minded and ignorant Americans are. I know because I am an American. It is really embarrassing.
@Rudykawa
August 16, 2026 at 4:51 pm
Do you really mean what you wrote or you just wanted to anger people.
@gloriaf6971
August 16, 2026 at 6:51 pm
What makes you think she was saved by going to school in the US? She was well educated when she arrived in the US. She went to university here. People come from many places, including Europe, to attend university in the US. Do you think the Europeans who come here are saved by attending our universities?
@zam6877
August 15, 2026 at 3:51 pm
Travel, you will discover not only a different world, but discover yourself
@KingsMom831
August 15, 2026 at 4:01 pm
Well said!❤
@PjMardesic
August 15, 2026 at 4:19 pm
Very powerful
@kenandemren
August 15, 2026 at 4:43 pm
If you travel enough, ywkttint
@julianvega2677
August 15, 2026 at 6:40 pm
All immigrants should be like Nigerian immigrants.
@eamead528
August 16, 2026 at 7:58 am
Rude!!!!
@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.
@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.
@mattzeuu
August 16, 2026 at 7:48 pm
@chicagata except when the questions are always painting your people in a primitive way, it gets old. There’s a difference between being ignorant and being a bigot
@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
@eamead528
August 16, 2026 at 7:54 am
Really? How about not commenting.
@helencharbonneau134
August 15, 2026 at 11:37 pm
Exactly!
Elegant lady, btw.
@jeromelubabalojacobs8872
August 16, 2026 at 1:43 am
The single story that South Africa is Xenophobic is a single story that must be dismantled
@hosephanerothe1440
August 16, 2026 at 4:23 am
Stereotypes are earned.
@eamead528
August 16, 2026 at 7:58 am
No stereotypes are created for a purpose.
@butterscotch-2424
August 16, 2026 at 4:31 am
She’s elegant ❤
@charlieg254
August 16, 2026 at 5:40 am
The Mexico thing is so true, I even imagine they don’t use gates, they just jump over the fence😂 😂
A question you will never hear in Mexico “where is the entrance? ”
@Dex-w3g7z
August 16, 2026 at 7:02 am
Step up women, step up Women of Colour. Step up; drown them out in diction, eloquence, grace, and fortitude.👏✌️⚓️🛡❤️
@gloriaf6971
August 16, 2026 at 6:45 pm
Them? Is this a war or contest?
@eamead528
August 16, 2026 at 7:53 am
As an American, we are so rude.
@jTheN77
August 17, 2026 at 8:41 pm
Stereotype.
@ammaimpex
August 16, 2026 at 11:30 am
❤
@RonnyThomas-f3k
August 16, 2026 at 12:46 pm
When you learn better you do better so many lies have been told about history the Wrongdoer want you to think it was your fault for the Evil they have done don’t be anyone Fool
@annatornello5776
August 16, 2026 at 1:55 pm
What a beautiful woman, and wise!
@Mbhandreni
August 16, 2026 at 2:52 pm
One of my favourite TED Talks 🥹❤
@Rudykawa
August 16, 2026 at 4:46 pm
This ted talk is needed in the usa in this times
@VillaRosa-o3j
August 16, 2026 at 5:12 pm
True! True !
@gloriaf6971
August 16, 2026 at 6:43 pm
I love this smart, beautiful woman who has so much to say and so much to teach this world!
@RichardCdeLima
August 16, 2026 at 11:08 pm
What an amazing looking and sounding woman; I am mesmerized!