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Chimamanda Adichie: People Like Me in Literature

Literanista October 29, 2009

“Wonderful personal narrative from novelist Adichie about the real and dire consequences of only allowing one voice to represent thousands, and makes a very beautiful argument on how the single story impoverishes our lives.” via Racialicious

I love that her voice is shaky, as a shy girl myself – it completely touches my heart.

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