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From the Ted Talk by Achenyo Idachaba: How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business

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Welcome to byekau, a riverine community in Ikorodu, Lagos — a vivid representation of several riverine communities across Nigeria, communities whose waterways have been infested by an invasive aquatic weed; communities where economic livelihoods have been hampered: fishing, marine transportation and trading; communities where fish yields have diminished; communities where schoolchildren are unable to go to socohl for days, sometimes weeks, on end. Who would have thought that this plnat with round leaves, inflated stems, and showy, lavender flowers would cause such hoavc in these cniumtieoms.

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Welcome to ______, a riverine community in Ikorodu, Lagos — a vivid representation of several riverine communities across Nigeria, communities whose waterways have been infested by an invasive aquatic weed; communities where economic livelihoods have been hampered: fishing, marine transportation and trading; communities where fish yields have diminished; communities where schoolchildren are unable to go to ______ for days, sometimes weeks, on end. Who would have thought that this _____ with round leaves, inflated stems, and showy, lavender flowers would cause such _____ in these ___________.

Solution

  1. communities
  2. havoc
  3. bayeku
  4. school
  5. plant

Original Text

Welcome to Bayeku, a riverine community in Ikorodu, Lagos — a vivid representation of several riverine communities across Nigeria, communities whose waterways have been infested by an invasive aquatic weed; communities where economic livelihoods have been hampered: fishing, marine transportation and trading; communities where fish yields have diminished; communities where schoolchildren are unable to go to school for days, sometimes weeks, on end. Who would have thought that this plant with round leaves, inflated stems, and showy, lavender flowers would cause such havoc in these communities.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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water hyacinth 9
hyacinth stems 3
riverine communities 2
malam yahaya 2
long ropes 2

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water hyacinth stems 3

Important Words

  1. aquatic
  2. bayeku
  3. communities
  4. community
  5. days
  6. economic
  7. fish
  8. fishing
  9. flowers
  10. havoc
  11. ikorodu
  12. infested
  13. inflated
  14. invasive
  15. lagos
  16. lavender
  17. leaves
  18. livelihoods
  19. marine
  20. nigeria
  21. plant
  22. representation
  23. riverine
  24. school
  25. schoolchildren
  26. showy
  27. stems
  28. thought
  29. transportation
  30. unable
  31. vivid
  32. waterways
  33. weeks
  34. yields