“The Thing Around Your Neck” to “The Danger of the Single Story.” What is Akunna’s “single story” of America before she

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“The Thing Around Your Neck” to “The Danger of the Single Story.” What is Akunna’s “single story” of America before she arrives in Maine?
-- What are the examples of “a single story” about Africa and the many different countries and peoples that Akunna encounters when talking to Americans?
-- How is her boyfriend different from people who have a “single story” of Africa? Does he have a “single story” of some kind? What is the source of tension between him and Akunna?
-- Make sure to discuss specific quotations in the final draft and to include a Work Cited entry at the end.