What does it mean to be African | Imad Mesdoua | TEDxEustonSalon
What does it mean to be African | Imad Mesdoua | TEDxEustonSalon
Imad walks us through his formative experience in Algeria and Nigeria, reflecting on how the African continent has shaped him. He shares his perspective on how separate identities affect our relationships with ourselves, with Africans on the continent and within the diaspora; and how these experiences will shape the identity of what it is to be…
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I'm from Uganda and this is a very moving speech.
Proud African.
Imad would do more good to insist the European, American, Chinese, and African interests who I suspect help butter his biscuits pay back every coin they pilfered from Africa. He's like a western-trained socio-economic anthropologist snitching on his own who, in this case, will exact financial relief only for himself. Nothing he does helps effect collective self-determination for Africa, because unless it benefits them more, his benefactors wouldn't be interested — which is me letting charity prevail. The sad moral of this story: Talk is cheap.
Good in Thailand oh my family have a good clubtion oh lie fane family have oh no good oh lee i die transfer
Proud African, Rwandan 🇷🇼
Umenena vyema Imad.
African-ness isn't color nor religion. it is the spirit of oneness by virtue of our Motherland.
Great talk. I love his perspective. I once met an Algerian in turkey once. We felt so happy and connected cos of our being africans .but that was d only time I had a supposedly 'white-looking african" get so excited when we chat about being africans .I do love to see more people like him and u..
Why isn't this talk on the Tedx App?
Beautifully said brother 🤩🤩
Thank you Imad Africans needs to listen to this.
Nailed 💯💯🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This guy is Louis Farrakhan's look alike…
How do we reclaim that heritage
First remove visa restrictions between African countries
I'll be honest, I love my North African brothers and sisters, especially those who know that they African, yet Global citizens. One thing I will say is, I wish North and Southern Africa could trade more, and integrate, unite and experience each other. Also airlink services, instead of depending on the ME airlines.
Thank you for educating us on what being African is all about. I'm a Nigerian myself and I do know that African countries suffer the same Fate.whether you're from Eastern, Western northern or southern we are all the same, as you said we all have binding values and history.
A very honest man,he sees the world as it is,We are all different,mankind will never ever think act or be the same we are different from each other and we always will be.we don’t want to be the same.If it were so,this world would be a drab and miserable world.Our cultures are different It cannot beotherwise.
As a Ugandan,am over joyed to hear this
That was WONDERFUL for a reason. He didn't DISTRIBUTE people on on their….maybe DIFFRENT nationalities or different histories. and also his personal life stories looks like too many peoples' stories but those people didn't think like him.
I am finding that the more interestED I am, the more interestING others become.
They got to do better in Morocco
Imad I was speechless when I listened to you. Africa needs more and more people like you that have the same vision. I believe that not long from now, Africa will become the greatest nation in the world. Thanks for this video.
Until we figure out what it means to be African, our pursuit of our collective African dream will remain elusive
Phenomenal presentation!!!
Arab is What You are
Very insightful
No offense, but at his first sentence of I’m a proud Algerian and proud African, I immediately thought he probably grew in Subsahara Africa, probably West Africa with my loving anf fun brothers from IVORY COAST 🇨🇮🥰🥰. I love Africa and African. If I knew the value of my people and continent, I would have NEVER MOVED to the USA. Even though I love the USA, great country and people, home is always sweet home. Bless the World and may us all understand one day that we are all human.❤️❤️❤️
Its soo interesting how so many people are have situations that put them in different boxes, and there are so many layers of confusion and mixing and this and that. so many layers!!
African and Proud!
He doesn't look white. He looks Hispanic. And just like Latin America, Algerians like him are mixed. Or in this case, pure Arab. Many people, especially in the Maghreb, forget that North Africa historically has no natural boundaries to prevent immigrants, refugees, and invaders; this led to thousands of years of migrations and forced intermingling with natives there.
He probably wants to be white so badly.
Western Nations can never let us Unite, it will be disastrous for them… imagine all the youths of Africa uniting
To be honest, I was quite hesitant to play the video wondering what a white man could say about being African! Alas! He's indeed African, what a shame that I know little about my continent! Thanks brother for the awareness. However, we must acknowledge that there's a gap between north Africa and the rest of Africa that we need to bridge.
Let's hope it is a meritocratic world irrespective of who we are. The astounding word, IMPLICATION of a narrow outlook in life.
I am a Zimbabwean living in Algeria 🇩🇿 🇿🇼 love Bourmedes, Bodj bo arreridj, Algers, Bejaia and Jijel.
A quick tour to Algeria or Tunisia will tell you if north african consider themselves as African or not.
I am proud African too but the problem i see that has kept us back is 1885 Berlin Conference.
We must agree to live together in our nations not sticking with the colonial construct of present African states.
Let's support referendum to re construct our borders and create autochtonous countries .
I love Africa.
Very interesting and IMPORTANT!
I love this Ted talk.
Algerians are indigenous Africans of Amazigh descent except many have some Southern European ancestry because of proximity and ancient history of occupiers.
Great speech brother. Keep up the good work.