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.

For creators of stories, be mindful of the trap of fulfilling stereotypes. For readers of stories, understand that what you read or watch is usually not the complete story, or even real at all. For people like us who do both, it is all the more important to have this sensibility and then act on it.

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