What does Adichie credit with saving her from the single story of what books could be about? The books she read as a child, which introduced her to characters from the countries where the books were written,

Her mother, for posting all of her stories on the refrigerator and encouraging her to write.

Herself, for finally realizing that she could taste ginger beer and be a character in her book.

African authors like Chinua Achebe who showed her books could be about African people.