Chimamanda part 1

WATCH AND LISTEN TO "THE DANGER OF A SINGLE STORY" AND

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1.What is her profession? (0:11)

2.  Where is she from? (0:11)

3.What age did she start reading?  (0:11)

4.What age did she begin to write? (0:38)

5.What were her characters like? (0:38)

6.What fruit do they usually eat in her country? ( 0:38)

7. What kind of literature did.she use to read? (1:43)

8. What was her father’s  job? (2:58)

9. . How old was she when she went to university? (4.18)

10. Why was her roommate shocked? (4.20)

11. What image of Africa  do  Americans have? (5:55)

12. Where does the single story of Africa ultimately come from? (6:30

13.  Rudyard Kipling wrote that Africans were _________________________ (7:04)

14. Why did Chamamanda’s professor say her characters were not “authentically African”? (7:31)  

15.Which country did she visit from the USA? (8.29)

16. Why did she feel ashamed when she visited that country? (8:53)