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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.71,0:00:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's up, people?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.04,0:00:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, I cannot believe\NI'm on TED Talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.92,0:00:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.79,0:00:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.08,0:00:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody in my village is watching this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.08,0:00:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, of course,\Nmy bride price just went up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Adeola Fayehun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.75,0:00:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.04,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.33,0:00:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a journalist, or a comedian,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.83,0:00:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a satirist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.21,0:00:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything you want me to be, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.96,0:00:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm every woman, it's all in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.42,0:00:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I host a YouTube show called\N"Keeping It Real with Adeola."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this show is a gentle,\Nrespectful and very blunt way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.54,0:00:37.10,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: 0,0:00:39.83,0:00:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she belongs to my kitchen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.21,0:00:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adeola Fayehun: Oh, my God!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.67,0:00:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need some water --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.29,0:00:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I need some water!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.83,0:00:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.12,0:00:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I basically keep it real with them, ha!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.04,0:00:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially when they mess up,\Nwhich is a lot of times.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.75,0:00:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If any African official\Nis watching me, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.67,0:00:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about you, sir.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about your colleagues, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.75,0:01:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this because Africa\Nhas everything in it to be great.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.25,0:01:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I grew up believing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.71,0:01:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Africa as a continent is a giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.83,0:01:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got skills, intellectuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,natural resources\Nmore than any other continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.08,0:01:21.89,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: 0,0:01:23.83,0:01:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,57 percent of the world's diamonds,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 13 percent of the world's oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.21,0:01:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have no reason to depend on aid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.21,0:01:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or borrowing money\Nfrom China or the World Bank.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.83,0:01:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But without good leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.29,0:01:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're like an eagle\Nthat has no idea it could fly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.54,0:01:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone soar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.38,0:01:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Africa is a like a sleeping giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the truth is,\NI'm trying to wake up this giant
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.21,0:01:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's why I air the dirty laundry
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.33,0:01:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those in charge of the giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.42,0:01:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our politicians, our religious leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.17,0:01:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with huge respect, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.92,0:02:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because more than anything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.62,0:02:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African leaders love to be respected.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.29,0:02:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I give it to them in doses.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.29,0:02:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On my show,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.58,0:02:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kneel for them -- ha! --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.38,0:02:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call them my uncles, my aunties,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.17,0:02:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my fathers and the lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.75,0:02:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.29,0:02:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I insult them for insulting\Nour intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.71,0:02:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's because we are tired
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.79,0:02:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the hypocrisy and false promises.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.21,0:02:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.62,0:02:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Nigerian president\Nvowed to end medical tourism
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.42,0:02:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by fixing our dilapidated hospitals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.12,0:02:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building us new ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.29,0:02:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what did he do?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.75,0:02:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spends three months\Nreceiving treatment in London in 2017.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.71,0:02:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were without a president\Nfor three months.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.21,0:02:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were president-less for three months.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.25,0:02:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then it becomes my job\Nto call out the President,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.96,0:02:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with respect, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.25,0:02:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Ha, Mr. President,\Nit's your girl, Adeola.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.58,0:02:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[unclear] how you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.58,0:02:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have no shame."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.46,0:02:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forgot to add "sir."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.79,0:03:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sir, you have no shame."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.92,0:03:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[unclear]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.21,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have no fear of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty-five thousand Nigerian doctors\Nare presently working in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.92,0:03:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the UK and Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.38,0:03:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing amazing things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.04,0:03:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in Nigeria,\Nthey are not well-paid,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.21,0:03:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither do they have\Nthe necessary equipment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.38,0:03:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do the job of being a doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.67,0:03:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is happening\Nin many African countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.54,0:03:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the capacity to fly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.46,0:03:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sadly, a lot of African talent\Nis flying straight out of Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other continents.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.67,0:03:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.96,0:03:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Nigerian doctor\Noperated on an unborn baby
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.29,0:03:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Texas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.58,0:03:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, this Nigerian doctor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.25,0:03:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discovered the neurological effects\Nof concussion on athletes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.83,0:03:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many countries have African athletes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.58,0:03:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,winning the gold medal for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.62,0:03:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The interesting thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.08,0:03:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're waiting for God to fix Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.58,0:03:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, for real, it's not a joke,\Nwe are, we're waiting for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.56,0:03:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, just look\Nat the president of Burundi.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.79,0:04:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's jailing journalists\Nand opposition members,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.21,0:04:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he declared national day of prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.12,0:04:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that people could pray\Nfor God to fix the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.46,0:04:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm like, shouldn't he\Nbe fixing the country?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.12,0:04:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.71,0:04:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want God to fix it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.79,0:04:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see what I have to deal with?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.38,0:04:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm telling you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.67,0:04:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thunder is getting ready\Nto hit these politicians some day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.83,0:04:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are better than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.42,0:04:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want our leaders\Nto start taking responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.33,0:04:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stop putting everything on God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.83,0:04:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has given us everything we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.08,0:04:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's right here, let's use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.67,0:04:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's the thing,\Nmy favorite part of what I do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.79,0:04:42.81,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: 0,0:04:47.75,0:04:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first African woman\Nto receive the Nobel Peace prize,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.58,0:04:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for standing up for human rights
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.38,0:04:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and planting a million trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.54,0:04:57.68,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: 0,0:04:59.12,0:05:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was married off at the age of 14
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.50,0:05:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for a cow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.25,0:05:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, this woman taught herself\Nto read and write,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.29,0:05:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she ended up on Oprah Show.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.33,0:05:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, Father, I want\Nto be on Oprah some day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.88,0:05:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, this woman has built schools
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.92,0:05:17.64,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: 0,0:05:21.62,0:05:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spectacular buildings around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.42,0:05:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's both Ghanian and Tanzanian,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.21,0:05:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we know that it has to be\Nthe Ghanian Jollof rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.29,0:05:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which he ate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.58,0:05:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gave him the inspiration to design.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.62,0:05:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, maybe it's the Nigerian Jollof rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.58,0:05:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Nigerian one is better.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.09,0:05:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, but that is what gave him\Nthe inspiration to become
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.89,0:05:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great man that he is today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.12,0:05:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I have your attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.71,0:05:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have one more thing to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.17,0:05:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please move closer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.46,0:05:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, that's good,\Ndon't get too close, that's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.83,0:05:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like the way some of you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.54,0:05:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,portray Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.38,0:05:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all of you, just some of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.00,0:05:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You especially.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.29,0:05:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, it's not a country,\Nit's a continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.12,0:06:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not know Paul from Uganda,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.46,0:06:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know Rebecca from Zimbabwe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.58,0:06:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nigeria is as far from Zimbabwe
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.67,0:06:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as New York is from France.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.04,0:06:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not a bunch of naked people\Nin need of Western charity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.21,0:06:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have it all wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.00,0:06:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lions are not roaming our streets, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.38,0:06:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I could go on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.67,0:06:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you already know\Nwhat I'm talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.79,0:06:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while I try to do my job,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.21,0:06:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to wake up\Nthe sleeping giant, Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.50,0:06:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she could take her rightful place\Non the world's arena,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.50,0:06:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can your bit, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.25,0:06:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please listen more.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.58,0:06:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to your African friends
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.67,0:06:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a preconceived notion
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.54,0:06:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what you think\Nthat they're going to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.75,0:06:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read African books.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.58,0:06:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, my God, watch African movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.04,0:06:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or at the very least,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.46,0:06:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn some of the names\Nof our 54 beautiful countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.88,0:06:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right, 54, baby, five-four.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.12,0:06:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, y'all, it's been real,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.67,0:06:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm keeping it real right up in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.64,0:06:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until next time,\NI'm going to see you all later.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.92,0:06:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peace out.