by Chimamda Ngozi Adichie Adichie's main strategy to persuade her listeners that her argument is valid is to provide multiple examples of stereotypes that many people have towards Africans, thus making her point concrete. For example, Adichie quotes John Locke in her speech with the following statement: “Africans are headless people who have eyes and mouths in their breasts.” (Adichie 00:06:58). John Locke, being a very influential person, managed to convince people in Western countries that Africans were nowhere near the ranks of whites or other races. By mentioning this specific quote, Adichie acknowledges that she understands how some people tend to look at people of color and refutes this ideology by stating that she contemplates the incredible, yet completely unrealistic imagination of John Locke. These types of stories are exactly how a single poisonous story is created, and as Adichie states, “Show people one thing over and over again and that's what they will become” (Adichie 00:09:30). However, as we have seen, we must not accept the single story as the only truth, we must instead analyze and take into consideration the different opinions and put ourselves in the situation to see if the story is true or false. However, if we decide to accept the single story effect, then it becomes very poisonous and we limit ourselves to building our own opinion based on other people's prejudices and stereotypes, as Adichie states in her speech: “But insist only on these stories negative means flattening my thinking. experience and to neglect the many other stories that have shaped me” (Adichie 00:13:00). As we can see, Adichie takes a very strong stand against the single story and according to her when one overcomes the effect of the single story, life experience flourishes at its best. Adichie