Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie

Captain Phillips, Lost Boys highlight ‘Danger of a Single African Story’

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  Chi­ma­man­da Ngozie Adichie is a hero, if not a lit­er­ary star, among today’s gen­er­a­tion of young Africans.  Adichie’s “The dan­ger of a Sin­gle Sto­ry,” a Ted Talk she gave in 2009 about the sin­gle African nar­ra­tive por­trayed by the media that focus­es sole­ly on pover­ty, des­ti­tu­tion, and hope­less­ness, has received more than 6 million…