Pop Quiz

1. What is the name of this artist?

Fela 

2. Dakar is the capitol of which country?

3. Can you name this Nobel Peace Prize Winner?

4. Where is this famous mosque located?

5. Who is this retired Ivoirian footballer who played for Chelsea and won African Footballer of the Year twice?

6. How many different languages do you think are spoken in West Africa? 

7. What is this kind of fabric called?

8. What country was this movie set in?

9. What country is known for these elaborate burial coffins?

10. Do you know what this staple West African dish is called?

1. “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.” What do you think Adichie means here? Do you agree with her?

1. “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.” What do you think Adichie means here? Do you agree with her?
2. It is impossible to talk about the single story without talking about power.” In what ways is storytelling a form of power?

1. “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.” What do you think Adichie means here? Do you agree with her?
2. It is impossible to talk about the single story without talking about power.” In what ways is storytelling a form of power?
3. What single stories have you heard about others? About yourself? In what way(s) are these stories incomplete?

1. “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.” What do you think Adichie means here? Do you agree with her?
2. It is impossible to talk about the single story without talking about power.” In what ways is storytelling a form of power?
3. What single stories have you heard about others? About yourself? In what way(s) are these stories incomplete?
4. What do you think Adichie means by saying, at the end, that to reject the single story is to “regain a kind of paradise”? When a single story is rejected as untrue or impossible, what takes its place?