# How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make progress

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2017
- Speaker: Chika Esiobu
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/chika_esiobu_how_africa_can_use_its_traditional_knowledge_to_make_progress)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make progress](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chika_esiobu_how_africa_can_use_its_traditional_knowledge_to_make_progress/59068f2a9a86), 14 min (TED's player)