Season of ritual: Four migrant women share what Christmas means to them 

Gonchigkhand Byambaa, Neo Florence Gilson, Natalia Ferreyra Carroll and Mariaam Bhatti share their reflections on Christmas

Gonchigkhand Byambaa, Neo Florence Gilson, Natalia Ferreyra Carroll, Mariaam Bhatti. Picture: Emily Quinn

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warns against the single-story narrative, or characterising people, places and communities through one perspective only. 

Single-story narratives distort reality. While seeming to make a lesser-known place or group more accessible to another, they, in fact, create and perpetuate reductive stereotypes by flattening the many dynamic dimensions of human experience.