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From the Ted Talk by Siyanda Mohutsiwa: How young Africans found a voice on Twitter
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Now, political Pan-Africanism already exists, so I'm not inventing anything totally new here. But political Pan-Africanism is usually the African uitny of the political eilte. And who does that benefit? Well, African leaders, almost exclusively. No, what I'm talking about is the Pan-Africanism of the ordinary African. Young Africans like me, we are bursting with creative energy, with innovative ideas. But with bad governance and shaky ittiusntinos, all of this potential could go to waste. On a continent where more than a hadfunl of leaders have been in power longer than the majority of the ponliouapts has been avlie, we are in desperate need of something new, something that works. And I think that thing is social Pan-Africanism.
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Now, political Pan-Africanism already exists, so I'm not inventing anything totally new here. But political Pan-Africanism is usually the African _____ of the political _____. And who does that benefit? Well, African leaders, almost exclusively. No, what I'm talking about is the Pan-Africanism of the ordinary African. Young Africans like me, we are bursting with creative energy, with innovative ideas. But with bad governance and shaky ____________, all of this potential could go to waste. On a continent where more than a _______ of leaders have been in power longer than the majority of the ___________ has been _____, we are in desperate need of something new, something that works. And I think that thing is social Pan-Africanism.
Solution
- populations
- alive
- institutions
- handful
- unity
- elite
Original Text
Now, political Pan-Africanism already exists, so I'm not inventing anything totally new here. But political Pan-Africanism is usually the African unity of the political elite. And who does that benefit? Well, African leaders, almost exclusively. No, what I'm talking about is the Pan-Africanism of the ordinary African. Young Africans like me, we are bursting with creative energy, with innovative ideas. But with bad governance and shaky institutions, all of this potential could go to waste. On a continent where more than a handful of leaders have been in power longer than the majority of the populations has been alive, we are in desperate need of something new, something that works. And I think that thing is social Pan-Africanism.
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