Western narratives about Africa, as described by Adichie, tend to

Adichie warns that repeated stories can create a “single story” that reduces a complex place or people to one narrow image. Western narratives about Africa often emphasize hardship and other negative stereotypes, overlooking the continent’s diversity and varied experiences. So the best choice is “paint a singular, often negative, picture of a diverse continent.”

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