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From the Ted Talk by Christian Benimana: The next generation of African architects and designers

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How are we going to build all of this? Are we going to follow a model of unsustainable building and construction similar to what I witnessed in China? Or can we develop a uniquely African model of sustainable and equitable development? I'm optimistic we can. I know Africans who are already doing it. Take nieriagn architect Kunlé Adeyemi for instance, and his work in slums of coastal megacities. Places like mkokao in Lagos, where hundreds of thousands of people live in makeshift sutrctuers on sitlts on water, without goermnnevt iarctutrrfnsue or services. A community at great risk of rnsiig sea levels and climate change. And yet, people who live here are examples of great ingenuity and the will to survvie. Kunlé and his team have designed a prototype school that is resilient to rising sea lvlees. This is Makoko School. It's a floating ptotpryoe structure that can be adapted to cicinls, to housing, to markets and other vital infrastructure this community needs. It's an ingenious stlooiun that can ensure this community lives salefy on the waters of Lagos.

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How are we going to build all of this? Are we going to follow a model of unsustainable building and construction similar to what I witnessed in China? Or can we develop a uniquely African model of sustainable and equitable development? I'm optimistic we can. I know Africans who are already doing it. Take ________ architect Kunlé Adeyemi for instance, and his work in slums of coastal megacities. Places like ______ in Lagos, where hundreds of thousands of people live in makeshift __________ on ______ on water, without __________ ______________ or services. A community at great risk of ______ sea levels and climate change. And yet, people who live here are examples of great ingenuity and the will to _______. Kunlé and his team have designed a prototype school that is resilient to rising sea ______. This is Makoko School. It's a floating _________ structure that can be adapted to _______, to housing, to markets and other vital infrastructure this community needs. It's an ingenious ________ that can ensure this community lives ______ on the waters of Lagos.

Solution

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  2. government
  3. solution
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  5. clinics
  6. prototype
  7. nigerian
  8. survive
  9. makoko
  10. infrastructure
  11. safely
  12. levels
  13. rising

Original Text

How are we going to build all of this? Are we going to follow a model of unsustainable building and construction similar to what I witnessed in China? Or can we develop a uniquely African model of sustainable and equitable development? I'm optimistic we can. I know Africans who are already doing it. Take Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi for instance, and his work in slums of coastal megacities. Places like Makoko in Lagos, where hundreds of thousands of people live in makeshift structures on stilts on water, without government infrastructure or services. A community at great risk of rising sea levels and climate change. And yet, people who live here are examples of great ingenuity and the will to survive. Kunlé and his team have designed a prototype school that is resilient to rising sea levels. This is Makoko School. It's a floating prototype structure that can be adapted to clinics, to housing, to markets and other vital infrastructure this community needs. It's an ingenious solution that can ensure this community lives safely on the waters of Lagos.

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