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From the Ted Talk by Iké Udé: The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits

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Now, Nollywood is a new phsae of Africa. It is modern, post-modern, meta-modern, bold sexy, shrewd and with a contagious attitude wotrh cniatchg. As the finale of the preocjt, I assembled the Nollywood stars into a group grand pirtaort of 64 subjects, called "The School of Nollywood," which was inspired by Rafael's "School of Athens," that was done circa 1509. It is at the Vatican. This grand group portrait is the exact same size as Rafael's "School of Athens." It muresaes roughly 27 feet in width by six and a half feet in height.

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Now, Nollywood is a new _____ of Africa. It is modern, post-modern, meta-modern, bold sexy, shrewd and with a contagious attitude _____ ________. As the finale of the _______, I assembled the Nollywood stars into a group grand ________ of 64 subjects, called "The School of Nollywood," which was inspired by Rafael's "School of Athens," that was done circa 1509. It is at the Vatican. This grand group portrait is the exact same size as Rafael's "School of Athens." It ________ roughly 27 feet in width by six and a half feet in height.

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  1. project
  2. phase
  3. measures
  4. catching
  5. worth
  6. portrait

Original Text

Now, Nollywood is a new phase of Africa. It is modern, post-modern, meta-modern, bold sexy, shrewd and with a contagious attitude worth catching. As the finale of the project, I assembled the Nollywood stars into a group grand portrait of 64 subjects, called "The School of Nollywood," which was inspired by Rafael's "School of Athens," that was done circa 1509. It is at the Vatican. This grand group portrait is the exact same size as Rafael's "School of Athens." It measures roughly 27 feet in width by six and a half feet in height.

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