Things+Fall+Apart

=//Things Fall Apart//=

**"The Danger of a Single Story" (TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of //Purple Hibiscus// and //Americanah//)**

 * @http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html**



**//Saturday Night Live// satirical sketch, "39 Cents"**

 * @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEb_epsuLqA**



**Daily Show, Spring 2015 -- John Stewart and Trevor Noah talk about Africa**

 * @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHO1a1kvZGo**

Writer with Nigerian roots finds a home in Chicago:

 * http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-unoma-azuah-nigeria-city-refuge-perspec-0303-jm-20170302-story.html**

If the World Were 100 People Video

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFrqTFRy-LU**

Some Substantial Improvements in Conditions Around the World - 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/opinion/sunday/good-news-despite-what-youve-heard.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

New Research on the Benefits of a Multi-Racial Perspective

 * https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/04/opinion/sunday/what-biracial-people-know.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=image&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0**





Information about NIGERIA: From the CIA Fact Book

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== Nigeria is the most populous country in all of Africa. Its main language is English. Currently, its citizens are half Muslims (in the north) and half Christians (in the south), though many people __also__ still practice the religion of their ancestors. ==



Tragic Hero Overview (slideshow)

 * [|https://docs.google.com/a/d214.org/presentation]**

Igbo Spirit Masks
=Things Fall Apart Topic Discussions =

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TED Talk "A Call to Men" (or "Get Out of the Man Box")

 * @http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men?language=en**

Website: "Love is Respect"

 * http://www.loveisrespect.org/**

NYT Editorial: "The Boys are Not Alright" (following the school shooting in Florida in February)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/opinion/boys-violence-shootings-guns.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

** NYT Column: "How to Raise a Feminist Son" **
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/upshot/how-to-raise-a-feminist-son.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Li-Young Lee poem, "The Gift"

 * https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-gift/**

The Rise of Female Presidents in African Countries

 * http://www.voanews.com/content/women-on-the-rise-in-african-politics/1847360.html**



2015 New York Times article about successful Nigerian-American athletes

 * @http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/sports/more-nigerian-americans-are-reaching-highest-levels-of-sports.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0**

** Top 25 Novels by African Writers, 2015 **

 * http://lithub.com/25-new-books-by-african-writers-you-should-read/**



2016 article on poverty in northeastern Nigeria

 * http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/opinion/sunday/whats-worse-than-a-girl-being-kidnapped.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region**

2012 article, "Nigerian State Seeks Husbands for 1,000 Brides-to-be"

 * http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nigeria-husband-hunt-20120503,0,369116,full.story**