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How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make progress

Chika Esiobu · TED

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About

Chika Esiobu wants to see Africans unleash their suppressed creative and innovative energies by acknowledging the significance of their indigenous, authentic knowledge. In this powerful talk, she shares examples of untapped, traditional African knowledge in agriculture and policy-making, calling on Africans to make progress by validating and dignifying their reality.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2017
Speaker
Chika Esiobu
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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