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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.70,0:00:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's up, people?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.03,0:00:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, I cannot believe\NI'm on TED Talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.92,0:00:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.81,0:00:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.100,0:00:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody in my village is watching this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.99,0:00:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, of course,\Nmy bride price just went up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Adeola Fayehun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.75,0:00:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.97,0:00:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.22,0:00:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.43,0:00:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a comedian
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.82,0:00:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a satirist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.20,0:00:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything you want me to be, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.95,0:00:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm every woman, it's all in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.42,0:00:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I host a YouTube show called\N"Keeping It Real with Adeola."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.51,0:00:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this show is a gentle,\Nrespectful, and very blunt way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.54,0:00:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of calling out corrupt African leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.12,0:00:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Man: I don't know\Nwhich party my wife belongs to,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.84,0:00:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she belongs to my kitchen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.22,0:00:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adeola Fayehun: Oh, my God!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.65,0:00:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need some water --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.29,0:00:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I need some water!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.85,0:00:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.02,0:00:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I basically keep it real with them, ha!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.92,0:00:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially when they mess up,\Nwhich is a lot of times.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.77,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If any African official\Nis watching me, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.65,0:00:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about you, sir.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about your colleagues, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.76,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this because Africa\Nhas everything in it to be great.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.27,0:01:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I grew up believing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.70,0:01:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Africa as a continent is a giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.83,0:01:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got skills, intellectuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.40,0:01:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural resources\Nmore than any other continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.10,0:01:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Africa supplies 31 percent\Nof the world's gold,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.92,0:01:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manganese and uranium,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.84,0:01:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,57 percent of the world's diamonds,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.01,0:01:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 13 percent of the world's oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.21,0:01:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have no reason to depend on aid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.19,0:01:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or borrowing money\Nfrom China or the World Bank.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.84,0:01:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But without good leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.30,0:01:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're like an eagle\Nthat has no idea it could fly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.56,0:01:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone soar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.38,0:01:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Africa is a like a sleeping giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.82,0:01:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the truth is,\NI'm trying to wake up this giant
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.22,0:01:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's why I air the dirty laundry
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.33,0:01:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those in charge of the giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.43,0:01:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our politicians, our religious leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.16,0:01:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with huge respect, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.93,0:02:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because more than anything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.61,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African leaders love to be respected.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.28,0:02:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I give it to them in doses.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.31,0:02:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On my show,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.49,0:02:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kneel for them -- ha! --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.40,0:02:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call them my uncles, my aunties,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.16,0:02:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my fathers and the lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.75,0:02:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.30,0:02:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I insult them for insulting\Nour intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.70,0:02:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's because we are tired
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.78,0:02:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the hypocrisy and false promises.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.31,0:02:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.61,0:02:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Nigerian president vowed\Nto end medical tourism
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.40,0:02:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by fixing our dilapidated hospitals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.13,0:02:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building us new ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.31,0:02:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what did he do?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.77,0:02:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spends three months\Nreceiving treatment in London in 2017.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.73,0:02:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were without a president\Nfor three months.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.20,0:02:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were president-less for three months.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.24,0:02:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then it becomes my job\Nto call out the President,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.97,0:02:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with respect, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.25,0:02:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Ha, Mr. President,\Nit's your girl, Adeola.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.60,0:02:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[unclear] how you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.57,0:02:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have no shame."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.46,0:02:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forgot to add "sir."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.64,0:03:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sir, you have no shame."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.90,0:03:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[unclear]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.15,0:03:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have no fear of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.99,0:03:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty-five thousand Nigerian doctors\Nare presently working in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.91,0:03:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the UK and Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.38,0:03:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing amazing things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.05,0:03:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in Nigeria,\Nthey are not well-paid,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.22,0:03:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither do they have\Nthe necessary equipment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.39,0:03:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do the job of being a doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.66,0:03:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is happening\Nin many African countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.53,0:03:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the capacity to fly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.46,0:03:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sadly, a lot of African talent\Nis flying straight out of Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other continents.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.65,0:03:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.82,0:03:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Nigerian doctor\Noperated on an unborn baby
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.28,0:03:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Texas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.46,0:03:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, this Nigerian doctor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.26,0:03:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discovered the neurological effects\Nof concussion on athletes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.84,0:03:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many countries have African athletes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.58,0:03:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,winning the gold medal for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.64,0:03:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The interesting thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.07,0:03:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're waiting for God to fix Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.56,0:03:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, for real, it's not a joke,\Nwe are, we're waiting for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.55,0:03:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, just look\Nat the president of Burundi.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.80,0:04:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's jailing journalists\Nand opposition members,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.20,0:04:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he declared national day of prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.12,0:04:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that people could pray\Nfor God to fix the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.44,0:04:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm like, shouldn't he\Nbe fixing the country?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.11,0:04:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.72,0:04:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want God to fix it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.77,0:04:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see what I have to deal with?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.36,0:04:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm telling you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.55,0:04:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[unclear] is getting ready\Nto hit these politicians some day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.83,0:04:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are better than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.43,0:04:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want our leaders to start\Ntaking responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.34,0:04:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stop putting everything on God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.84,0:04:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has given us everything we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.07,0:04:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's right here, let's use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.65,0:04:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing,\Nmy favorite part of what I do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.80,0:04:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is featuring Africans doing amazing work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.83,0:04:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordinary people touching lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.08,0:04:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like this Kenyan woman, Wangari Maathai,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.75,0:04:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first African woman to receive\Nthe Nobel Piece prize,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.60,0:04:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for standing up for human rights
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.30,0:04:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and planting a million trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.55,0:04:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also this Zimbabwean woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.71,0:04:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Tererai Trent,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.12,0:05:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was married off at the age of 14
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.48,0:05:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for a cow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.27,0:05:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, this woman taught herself\Nto read and write,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.29,0:05:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she ended up on Oprah Show.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.35,0:05:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, Father, I want\Nto be on Oprah some day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.87,0:05:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, this woman has built schools
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.90,0:05:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for thousands of children in Zimbabwe.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.67,0:05:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, popular British architect\NDavid Adjaye has designed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.63,0:05:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spectacular buildings around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.40,0:05:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's both Ghanian and Tanzanian,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.20,0:05:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we know that it has to be\Nthe Ghanian Jollof rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.30,0:05:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which he ate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.52,0:05:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gave him the inspiration to design.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.61,0:05:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, maybe it's the Nigerian Jollof rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.54,0:05:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Nigerian one is better.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.04,0:05:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, but that is what gave him\Nthe inspiration to become
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.89,0:05:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great man that he is today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.12,0:05:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I have your attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.69,0:05:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have one more thing to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.15,0:05:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please move closer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.34,0:05:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, that's good,\Ndon't get too close, that's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.74,0:05:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like the way some of you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.55,0:05:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,portray Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.37,0:05:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all of you, just some of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.01,0:05:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You especially,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.21,0:05:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, it's not a country,\Nit's a continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.13,0:06:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not know Paul from Uganda,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.47,0:06:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know Rebecca from Zimbabwe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.59,0:06:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nigeria is as far from Zimbabwe
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.65,0:06:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as New York is from France.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.05,0:06:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not a bunch of naked people\Nin need of Western charity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.19,0:06:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have it all wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.99,0:06:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lions are not roaming our streets, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.36,0:06:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I could go on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.55,0:06:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you already know\Nwhat I'm talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.62,0:06:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while I try to do my job,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.01,0:06:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to wake up\Nthe sleeping giant, Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.49,0:06:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she could take her rightful place\Non the world's arena,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.52,0:06:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can your bit, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.23,0:06:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please listen more.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.57,0:06:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to your African friends
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.67,0:06:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a preconceived notion
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.53,0:06:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what you think\Nthat they're going to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.74,0:06:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read African books.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.59,0:06:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, my God, watch African movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.05,0:06:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or at the very least,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.46,0:06:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn some of the names\Nof our 54 beautiful countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.86,0:06:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right, 54, baby, five-four.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.13,0:06:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, y'all, it's been real,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.66,0:06:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm keeping it real right up in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.64,0:06:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until next time,\NI'm going to see you all later.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.93,0:06:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peace out.