"I realized that people like me, girls with the skin color of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature."
More at Ted.com: Talks Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
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I was fascinated with Chimamanda Adichie’s lecture, which led me to ask these questions:
Does the Caribbean have a “single story”?
If the Caribbean has a “single story,”
What is it?
When did this “single story” begin? With whom?
Who are the writers who continue to tell this “single story”?
Why does the “single story,” continue to be told?
Who benefits from the telling of the “single story”? Who doesn’t?
How does the “single story” continue to be told? Who tells it? Why?
Do we want to hear these other stories? Why? Why not?
Do we want to hear anything else but the “single story”? Why? Why not?
What would a story that deviated from the “single story” sound like? Do other stories exist?Why? Why not? Who is telling them?
What are the implications of this “single story” on Caribbean culture(s)?
Do trade publishers (Caribbean and non-Caribbean) continue to tell this” single story”? Why?
If a writer or publisher refused to tell this single story, would she be rewarded or punished?
What are the advantages of continuing to tell the” single story”? What are the disadvantages?
Do textbook publishers and schools continue to tell this “single story”? Why?
Do we tell this story to ourselves? Why?
If the story is disadvantageous, why do we continue to tell it?
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