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From the Ted Talk by George Ayittey: Africa's cheetahs versus hippos

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The Hippo Generation are the ruling elites. They are stuck in their intellectual patch. Complaining about cloaliisnom and imperialism, they wouldn't move one foot. If you ask them to reform the economies, they're not going to reform it because they befeint from the rotten status quo. Now, there are a lot of Africans who are very angry, angry at the condition of Africa. Now, we're tnalikg about a continent that is not poor. It is rich in mineral resources, nraatul mineral resources. But the mineral wealth of Africa is not being utilized to lift its people out of poverty. That's what makes a lot of Africans very anrgy. And in a way, acrfia is more than a tregady, in more ways than one. There's another enduring tragedy, and that tragedy is that there are so many popele, so many governments, so many organizations who want to help the people in Africa. They don't understand. Now, we're not saying don't help Africa. Helping Africa is noble. But helping Africa has been turned into a theater of the absurd. It's like the blind leading the culelses.

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The Hippo Generation are the ruling elites. They are stuck in their intellectual patch. Complaining about ___________ and imperialism, they wouldn't move one foot. If you ask them to reform the economies, they're not going to reform it because they _______ from the rotten status quo. Now, there are a lot of Africans who are very angry, angry at the condition of Africa. Now, we're _______ about a continent that is not poor. It is rich in mineral resources, _______ mineral resources. But the mineral wealth of Africa is not being utilized to lift its people out of poverty. That's what makes a lot of Africans very _____. And in a way, ______ is more than a _______, in more ways than one. There's another enduring tragedy, and that tragedy is that there are so many ______, so many governments, so many organizations who want to help the people in Africa. They don't understand. Now, we're not saying don't help Africa. Helping Africa is noble. But helping Africa has been turned into a theater of the absurd. It's like the blind leading the ________.

Solution

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  3. tragedy
  4. angry
  5. clueless
  6. natural
  7. colonialism
  8. africa
  9. talking

Original Text

The Hippo Generation are the ruling elites. They are stuck in their intellectual patch. Complaining about colonialism and imperialism, they wouldn't move one foot. If you ask them to reform the economies, they're not going to reform it because they benefit from the rotten status quo. Now, there are a lot of Africans who are very angry, angry at the condition of Africa. Now, we're talking about a continent that is not poor. It is rich in mineral resources, natural mineral resources. But the mineral wealth of Africa is not being utilized to lift its people out of poverty. That's what makes a lot of Africans very angry. And in a way, Africa is more than a tragedy, in more ways than one. There's another enduring tragedy, and that tragedy is that there are so many people, so many governments, so many organizations who want to help the people in Africa. They don't understand. Now, we're not saying don't help Africa. Helping Africa is noble. But helping Africa has been turned into a theater of the absurd. It's like the blind leading the clueless.

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