"The Danger of a Single Story": Why I fuss about Multicultural Literature

Starting over a new life in a new country, I had a good time to think over what I wanted to do with my second life, a second chance.  Doing it all over, I wanted to do it right.  A career in a library caught my attention.

Sitting and watching people and librarians for hours, I felt I could do some contributions.  Fresh from a different country, I did not have any concrete plans but a lot of aspirations.  Then, I found books by and about people like me, new comers in the country.

 The following story is the one that makes my heart beats faster.  So closely and so powerfully,  Chimamanda Adichie talks about "The danger of a single story,"  about the things that I was not able to articulate.

That's is why I strongly believe that minority librarians should make it their business to promote good multicultural literature, books of their stories, other stories.  In a way, librarians provide the general public open access to "more balanced stories" of the world.

The author's website is at http://www.l3.ulg.ac.be/adichie/