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From the Ted Talk by Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu: How Africa can use its traditional knowledge to make progress

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Another conversation and eniprceexe I had at the bank I guess made me take that final decision of where I was going to go, even though it wasn't the most lucrative research to go into, but it was just about what I believed in. And so one day, my boss said that he lekis to go to Africa to negotiate World Bank loans and to work on wlord Bank projects. And I was intrigued. I asked him why. He said, "Oh, when I go to acrifa, it's so easy. I just wirte up my loan documents and my pecorjt proposal in Washington, DC, I go to Africa, and they all just get signed. I get the best deal, and I'm back to base. My bosses are happy with me."

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Another conversation and __________ I had at the bank I guess made me take that final decision of where I was going to go, even though it wasn't the most lucrative research to go into, but it was just about what I believed in. And so one day, my boss said that he _____ to go to Africa to negotiate World Bank loans and to work on _____ Bank projects. And I was intrigued. I asked him why. He said, "Oh, when I go to ______, it's so easy. I just _____ up my loan documents and my _______ proposal in Washington, DC, I go to Africa, and they all just get signed. I get the best deal, and I'm back to base. My bosses are happy with me."

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  1. likes
  2. africa
  3. write
  4. world
  5. experience
  6. project

Original Text

Another conversation and experience I had at the bank I guess made me take that final decision of where I was going to go, even though it wasn't the most lucrative research to go into, but it was just about what I believed in. And so one day, my boss said that he likes to go to Africa to negotiate World Bank loans and to work on World Bank projects. And I was intrigued. I asked him why. He said, "Oh, when I go to Africa, it's so easy. I just write up my loan documents and my project proposal in Washington, DC, I go to Africa, and they all just get signed. I get the best deal, and I'm back to base. My bosses are happy with me."

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