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The danger of a single story

March 6, 2010 by professorkim

This explains why I do what I do – and what I am trying to teach. I too come from a place and a people defined by one-dimensional stories. I find myself struck by the fact that African American literature was apparently not part of her youth in Nigeria, but Mariah Carey was.

Filed Under: Civic media, Teaching Tagged With: Africa, politics of knowledge, Race gender and the news

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