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The Danger of a Single Story" is one of Adichie's TED Talks. [ 12 ] Adichie says that "The Headstrong Historian" was written in an effort to "imagine the life of [her] great-grandmother" after first reading Things Fall Apart , which she saw as a representation of her "great-grandfather's life".
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ m ə ˈ m ɑː n d ə ə ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə ˈ d iː tʃ i. eɪ / ⓘ [a]; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer and activist.Regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature, she is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013).
The danger of a single story (TEDGlobal 2009) Paul Nicklen: Tales of ice-bound wonderlands (TED2011) Miguel Nicolelis: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really. (TEDMED 2012) Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it (TEDGlobal 2014) Nandan Nilekani: Ideas for India's future (TED2009) Sheila Nirenberg
A 2021 Capital Caring Health and WebMD national survey found that while 9 in 10 aging adults want to age in place, the prevalence of Alzheimer's and the risk of wandering can put them in danger ...
Learning more about his history could help determine a motive and provide a fuller story for the jury, but prosecutors don’t need to do so to make their case, said Hermann Walz, a former ...
Hosted by Jami Floyd, TED Talks NYC debuted on NYC Life on March 21, 2012. [72] As of October 2020, over 3500 TED talks had been posted, [19] and five to seven new talks are published each week. On TED.com, most talks and speakers are introduced, and talk transcripts are provided; some talks also have footnotes and resource lists.
Oxford's word of the year is "brain rot," describing the impact of overconsumption of online content. Two doctors discuss the science behind the dangerous activity and how to prevent it.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to the philosophy of 'ideas worth spreading' through short, powerful talks that began in 1984, including topics related to 'Technology, Entertainment and Design'. [2] TED talks now cover a wider range of ideas, from "science to business to global issues" [ 3 ]