How to address African Storytellers Biases

African storytellers are humans. Humans have pattern-seeking brains that feed off stories. We all have cognitive bias; these biases impact the way we process information, think and act. Often these patterns deviate from rational judgement Storytelling requires crafting a compelling narrative that captivates public interest and empathy. Not everyone is fully immune against biases and prejudices. Africa has hundreds of thousands of culture, languages. Story writers of African descent are shaped by their culture and root. This often subtly manifests in their world view and perceptions of their next door neighbour or others that are far away. A number of African storytellers too have been seen in engaging narratives that resonate with preconceived local emotions poised to stimulate listeners   imaginations in a desired direction Biases are disproportionate weight in favour of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is inaccurate, closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. African storytellers are humans.  Often the tell-tales are in the choice of words and innuendoes being created in their story line.  If African continued to raise issue about unfair and generalised narrative that position Africa as a place of background by the western storytellers, how do we deal with biases and unbalanced narrative portray by African storytellers themselves. Here in this episode I had conversation with Lucie Chihandae who shared her insights on the issue. Listen here