Danger of a Single Story & Two Kinds Flashcards
easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability.
Impressionable
based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.
conventional
Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
Domestic
fiber from the leaves of a type of palm tree, used for making mats, baskets etc.
Rafia
treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
Patronize
not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Incomprehensible
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
Rudyard Kipling
the quality of being authentic.
Authenticity
experienced or present to the maximum degree.
Abject
having a woolly covering.
Fleece
deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
dispossess
a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
Ration
a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Stereotypes
the Nigerian movie industry, based in Lagos.
Nollywood
featuring new methods; advanced and original.
innovative
renovate and redecorate
Refurbishing
evil in nature or effect; malevolent.
Malign
Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat who was Hollywood’s number one box-office draw as a child actress
Shirley temple
The Mission District commonly known as The Mission is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
Mission District
an adult who does not want to grow up, one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes.
Peter pan
treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one’s dignity.
Indignity
address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment
Reproach
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name comes from the Masai phrase Enkare Nairobi,
Nairobi
the son of Asa, and the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, in succession to his father.
Jehoshaphat
a device making a loud, deep sound as a warning to ships in fog.
Foghorns
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment
Ed Sullivan show
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment
Ed Sullivan show
hold the attention of (someone) to the exclusion of all else or so as to transfix them.
Mesmerize
a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream
Reverie
