Much of our view of others is shaped by what Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls "a single story."  You will be enlightened, fascinated, and refocused on your view of the world around you by this powerful message. 

I encourage you to pause a few minutes to listen to this powerful presentation about the impact of a "single story."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003) and Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and she has recently published a collection of short stories titled The Thing around Your Neck (2009).
She has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007) and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2008).