Take a look at our Top 5 favourite TED Talks speeches performed by Africans.

5. Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela – South Africa

Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist and storyteller who shares stories of animals, humans and their interrelatedness, or “ubuntu”.                                                                                           Watch this TEDTalk video dedicated to the late Nelson Mandela, as Boyd Varty talks about forging connections in ourselves,                                                                                                   in our communities, with the earth as he illustrates with a few stories the essence of “ubuntu” values.

4. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Adichie is an award winning Nigerian Novelist, while some might know her as the writer of the novel ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’                                                                         which was adapted into a film of the same title starring Chiwetel Ejifor and Thandie Newton…                                                                                                                                                         Others might have heard her on Beyonce’s hit song ‘Flawless’, where parts of this specific TEDTalk speech was sampled.                                                                                                           In this awesome TEDTalk video she talks about her different experiences of sexism growing up in Nigeria and how it has effected her life,                                                                           as well as discusses why feminism is still important and why each and everyone of us should be a feminist.

3. Komla Dumor – “Telling the African Story” – GHANA

In this TEDTalk video, Mr. Dumor draws from his experiences working for the BBC, and attempts to sheds some light on way                                                                                           the African continent is seen and portrayed, expressing the need for a balanced and honest approach in the telling and retelling                                                                                         of the African narrative.

“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter” R.I.P. Komla Dumor.

2. Kelvin Doe at TEDxTeen

Kelvin Doe also known as DJ Focus, Sierra Leanean engineering prodigy who taught himself engineering at the age of 13, building his own                                                                         radio station in Sierra Leone where he plays and broadcasts music and news.

He was one of the finalist in GMin’s innovate Salone idea competition where he built a generator from scrap metals, after which he received                                                                       an invitation to United States where he went on to be the youngest person to participate in the “Visiting Practitioner’s Program” at MIT.

Check out this inspiring TEDTalk speech presented by the engineering whiz Kelvin Doe who was 15 years old at the time.

1. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – The Danger of a Single Story

Another great TEDTalk speech from Nigeria’s award winning novelist Chimamanda Adicihie…

Here she draws from some personal experiences as she discusses the African Stereotype and the problems with                                                                                                                         accepting a “single story” of a person, persons or even country or race.