This is how to make Pierre Thiam’s fonio sushi
If you’ve seen Pierre Thiam’s TED Talk about fonio, then you saw that part when he actually handed food out to the audience, yes...
The Big Idea: 3 reasons to be kind to educators
Any dedicated educator can tell you: A teaching job extends far beyond the hours of the school day. Molding the minds of future leaders whil...
Can cities have compassion? A Q&A with OluTimehin Adegbeye following her blockbuster TED Talk
Urban gentrification in Lagos is displacing hundreds of thousands of people who do not fit into the administration’s resplendent visio...
TEDWomen update: One year on, an extraordinary story of understanding and forgiveness
When we started TEDWomen in 2010, we felt strongly that we wanted to include a series of talks we called “Duets” in which we would forego th...
Great shorts: The lineup of short films and video played at TEDGlobal 2017
How does TED complement a program of speakers sharing bold ideas, tough truths and jaw-dropping creative visions at TEDGlobal 2017 in Arusha...
Manifestos and destinies: Notes from Session 8 of TEDGlobal 2017
It’s the last session, can you believe it? This is the part where we declare our intent to take all we have learned and proceed with purpose...
Tradition is not a frozen thing: Notes from Session 7, Power up
Human potential is a double-edged sword; it can be turned to great good or great evil. This session is about the discovery, liberation and c...
Cities are great when they work: Notes from Session 6, Urban 3.0
Cities are a constellation of dreams — dreams that are constantly dying and being born. Cities are living things, with character and d...
Repatterning culture, identity, language: Visual thinking from Session 5
The speakers in this session are artists, designer-scientists and visionaries who are remaking the world around them. Their weapons are scop...