Wakanda complex | David Hundeyin | TEDxFolaOsibo

Using the fictional story Wakanda, David narrates what he refers to as the 'Wakanda complex' in Africa. He argues that the myth which speculates that Africa's resources feed the world needs to die. With pictorial and graphical representations to buttress his point, he argues that Africa’s biggest economic factor is and should always be its 1.2 billion human beings with skills, ideas and productive capacity - not the ‘vibranium’ buried under it. This is an absolute must watch. I am a writer, investigative journalist and broadcaster whose work has appeared on CNN, The Africa Report, Al Jazeera and The Washington Post. My work as a satirist on 'The Other News,' Nigeria's answer to The Daily Show has featured in the New Yorker Magazine and in the Netflix documentary 'Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy.' In 2018, I was nominated by the US State Department for the 2019 Edward Murrow program for journalists under the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP). In February 2021, I won the People Journalism Prize for Africa 2020 for my work unraveling predatory legislation that was being rushed through Nigeria's House of Representatives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx