Saturday, October 10, 2009

RE: a recommended view--cultural aspects and writing by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie--- feel free to share

2009-OCT-08-2137Hrs
Also, could you post the tag line for this video? Check it out first, you'd see why.
Already sent to three mausicans, bt, they could get it again. Linda
A must view for those concerned about educating children in TnT and other small places., forwarded from my Saudi Arabian friend, the poet Ni'mah Nawwab.(www.theunfurling.com)
Feel free to forward. Linda
--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Nimah Nawwab wrote:
From: Nimah Nawwab
Subject: a recommended view--cultural aspects and writing by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie--- feel free to share
To:
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 12:49 PM
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
About Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Inspired by Nigerian history and tragedies all but forgotten by recent generations of westerners, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novels and stories are jewels in the crown of diasporan literature
Nimah Nawwab
مولاي صلي وسلم دائما أبدا
على حبيبك خير الخلق كلهمِ
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" - Martin Luther King Jr.
"Nothing pains some people more than having to think" - M.L. King Jr.
"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."-Edmund Burke
"Artists are the antennae of the race…"- Ezra Pound
"When the voice of the Silent touches my words
I know him and therefore know myself."- Rabindranath Tagore
Linda Edwards

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