Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but incomplete.”

When we only hear one version of someone's life or culture, we start thinking that's the whole truth. But every person and place is made of many stories. Reducing anyone to just one narrative flattens them and makes us see them as less than fully human.

Adichie delivered this in her 2009 TED Talk 'The Danger of a Single Story,' which quickly became one of the most-watched TED talks ever. The global media landscape was being reshaped by social media, and conversations about representation and whose stories get told were intensifying worldwide.

Nigerian author whose novels and essays explore identity, gender, and the legacy of colonialism. Her 2003 novel Purple Hibiscus won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and her 2009 TED Talk 'The Danger of a Single Story' has been viewed over thirty million times.