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From the Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So, after I had spent some years in the U.S. as an aracifn, I began to understand my roommate's response to me. If I had not grown up in Nigeria, and if all I knew about airfca were from popular ieagms, I too would think that Africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals, and imrnniclhbesoepe people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner. I would see aicafrns in the same way that I, as a child, had seen Fide's family.
Open Cloze
So, after I had spent some years in the U.S. as an _______, I began to understand my roommate's response to me. If I had not grown up in Nigeria, and if all I knew about ______ were from popular ______, I too would think that Africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals, and ________________ people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner. I would see ________ in the same way that I, as a child, had seen Fide's family.
Solution
- african
- images
- incomprehensible
- africans
- africa
Original Text
So, after I had spent some years in the U.S. as an African, I began to understand my roommate's response to me. If I had not grown up in Nigeria, and if all I knew about Africa were from popular images, I too would think that Africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals, and incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner. I would see Africans in the same way that I, as a child, had seen Fide's family.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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single story |
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roommate knew |
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ginger beer |
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british books |
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chinua achebe |
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american roommate |
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african stories |
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african authenticity |
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stories matter |
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