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From the Ted Talk by Kola Masha: How farming could employ Africa's young workforce -- and help build peace
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We believe, as oxygen is to fire, so are unemployed youth to isrenuitcy. We have a lot of youth on this continent. Youth like Sandra, who, on a Saturday morning in mcarh 2014, woke up excited at the prospects of getting a coveted job at the Nigerian imtogiiramn Services. She kissed her daughter goodbye, left her home, never to reurtn. Sandra and 15 other ynuog Nigerians died that day, ayilnppg for a job, in the ensuing stampede, as tens of thousands of people applied for a few thousand open positions.
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We believe, as oxygen is to fire, so are unemployed youth to __________. We have a lot of youth on this continent. Youth like Sandra, who, on a Saturday morning in _____ 2014, woke up excited at the prospects of getting a coveted job at the Nigerian ___________ Services. She kissed her daughter goodbye, left her home, never to ______. Sandra and 15 other _____ Nigerians died that day, ________ for a job, in the ensuing stampede, as tens of thousands of people applied for a few thousand open positions.
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- young
- march
- immigration
- applying
- insecurity
- return
Original Text
We believe, as oxygen is to fire, so are unemployed youth to insecurity. We have a lot of youth on this continent. Youth like Sandra, who, on a Saturday morning in March 2014, woke up excited at the prospects of getting a coveted job at the Nigerian Immigration Services. She kissed her daughter goodbye, left her home, never to return. Sandra and 15 other young Nigerians died that day, applying for a job, in the ensuing stampede, as tens of thousands of people applied for a few thousand open positions.
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