Yahoo! Video requires a more recent version of the Adobe Flash Player.

Get Flash Now

Player Controls

Chris Abani: Learning the stories of Africa

 
Ratings offline

Unrated

Sign In to rate

Thanks for rating!

Email

Only 10 email addresses allowed at once. Sorry!

Please enter at least one email address

Please enter only valid email addresses

Please enter your email address

1000 characters remaining

Close

Send

Or, add your own message?

Your email has been sent!

Close

Error sending email, please try again later.

OK

Embed

Sign In to see your existing playlists

(This playlist will be made public on your profile)

OK

Stats

  • 1,673 views

Flag Video

Comments (0)

  • LOADING
    loading

Add a new comment

Sign In to leave a comment

Your reply

You need to Sign In to reply

Published 28 months ago

In this deeply personal talk, novelist and poet Chris Abani searches for the heart of Africa through poetry and narrative -- including his own story of artistic and political awakening, which began with an inventive teacher who taught him the... more

In this deeply personal talk, novelist and poet Chris Abani searches for the heart of Africa through poetry and narrative -- including his own story of artistic and political awakening, which began with an inventive teacher who taught him the forbidden history of his own people. How, he asks, can we reconcile stories of terror, war and corruption with one's enduring sense of pure wonder? less

tag it

Tags: ted tedtalks

Add your tags

Separate tags with spaces: soft bunny fluffy

Sorry, we can't add tags right now. Try again later.

Add
 

  Tell us what you think about Yahoo! Video - Send us your feedback

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

Loading...

Choose your image

Help

Change your nickname