Chimamanda tells a story that not all of us can understand. We only know what we see and when you only see things as the way they are over and over again you believe it to be true. The fact that she wrote a story about her "authentic self" gives her the ability to tell her truth. She grew up reading American and British children's books. She saw the characters unlike her--white with blue eyes. She believes and lets us understand that no single story makes us who we are. We need to broaden our horizons and learn of all the stories that lie outside our world. We need to hear those stories. She tells us that there are many stories that are stereotyped and she wants us not to make one story the only story.
