Breaking cycles of violence starts with us
Movers & shakers, dreamers & peacemakers, this one’s for you. Here at Invisible Children we believe that the young people have the opportunity to end the wrongs of the past in order to demand a better future. We stand alongside our Millennial cohort across the world to say no to inequality, violence, and prejudice because […]
TED Talk Tuesdays // The talk Beyonce wants you to watch
Last week, Beyonce gave us the (best) shock of 2013 when she dropped her self-titled new album completely unannounced. And as if she wasn’t already fierce enough, Beyonce’s new song “***Flawless” features Nigerian writer, feminist, and TED Talk star Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Not to brag or anything, but clearly Beyonce and I are on the same […]
TED Talk Wednesdays // The danger of a single story
We believe in the power of stories to change the world. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a writer from Nigeria, shows just how true that belief is in her TED talk, “The danger of a single story.” As a child reading Western literature, and later as an African adult living in America, Adichie has been both a […]
Novelist Chinua Achebe dies at 82
Internationally acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe died this past Thursday in Boston. He was 82. At the age of 28 Achebe penned the African masterpiece Things Fall Apart. The novel told the story of European colonialism from the perspective of Nigerian protagonist Okonkwo, who rises to power only to be challenged by British colonial rule. Since its release […]