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From the Ted Talk by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò: Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again

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Our useiiirnetvs must reduce emphasis on producing manpower for running our civil society, our economy and our political institutions. They should be dedicated mainly to knowledge production. What sense is there in purnocidg civil eirneengs who are not supported by soil scientists and gligoeosts, who make it their business to create knowledge about our soil and our rocks? What use is there in producing leyarws without juries who produce knowledge of the underlying philosophical foundations of the legal system? We must seek knowledge. We must approach the matter of knowledge with a maniacal cnmmteimot, without let or hindrance.

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Our ____________ must reduce emphasis on producing manpower for running our civil society, our economy and our political institutions. They should be dedicated mainly to knowledge production. What sense is there in _________ civil _________ who are not supported by soil scientists and __________, who make it their business to create knowledge about our soil and our rocks? What use is there in producing _______ without juries who produce knowledge of the underlying philosophical foundations of the legal system? We must seek knowledge. We must approach the matter of knowledge with a maniacal __________, without let or hindrance.

Solution

  1. universities
  2. geologists
  3. commitment
  4. lawyers
  5. engineers
  6. producing

Original Text

Our universities must reduce emphasis on producing manpower for running our civil society, our economy and our political institutions. They should be dedicated mainly to knowledge production. What sense is there in producing civil engineers who are not supported by soil scientists and geologists, who make it their business to create knowledge about our soil and our rocks? What use is there in producing lawyers without juries who produce knowledge of the underlying philosophical foundations of the legal system? We must seek knowledge. We must approach the matter of knowledge with a maniacal commitment, without let or hindrance.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
knowledge production 4
seek knowledge 4
knowledge society 3
knowledge crisis 2
water resources 2
geography puts 2
aquifers grow 2

Important Words

  1. approach
  2. business
  3. civil
  4. commitment
  5. create
  6. dedicated
  7. economy
  8. emphasis
  9. engineers
  10. foundations
  11. geologists
  12. hindrance
  13. institutions
  14. juries
  15. knowledge
  16. lawyers
  17. legal
  18. maniacal
  19. manpower
  20. matter
  21. philosophical
  22. political
  23. produce
  24. producing
  25. production
  26. reduce
  27. rocks
  28. running
  29. scientists
  30. seek
  31. sense
  32. society
  33. soil
  34. supported
  35. system
  36. underlying
  37. universities