From The Danger of a Single Story Flashcards
1
Q
humour to create a relationship with the audience
A
- ‘My mother says I started reading at the age of two, although I think it was four’
- ‘stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read’
2
Q
‘I had never been outside Nigeria. We didn’t have snow, we ate mangoes’
A
- contrast to highlight the injustice of her having to read white literature
- no diversity
3
Q
‘African books. There weren’t many of them available’
A
- issue around lack of diversity
- empathetic audience
- raising awareness
4
Q
metaphor
A
‘girls with skin the colour of chocolate’ ‘could also read literature’
5
Q
stereotypes and racism
A
- ‘I did not know that people like me could exist in literature’
- ‘she has asked where I had learned to speak English so well’
6
Q
juxtaposition
A
‘patronising, well-meaning pity’
