We are the ones we've been waiting for | Farai Mubaiwa | TEDxFS

Farai Mubaiwa, 2017 Queen's Young Leader for South Africa, is an intersectional African feminist, the founder of the Africa Matters Initiative and a change-maker. She talks about youth empowerment and motivates us to make an impact. If we are the ones we've been waiting for - are you still waiting? Farai Mubaiwa is an intersectional African feminist, the founder of the Africa Matters Initiative, a change-maker and an MSc Masters Student at King's College London. Africa Matters is a youth led organization that is dedicated to creating spaces for African expression and robust dialogue for Africa to matter to Africans.
Prior to pursuing her Masters in the Political Economy of Emerging Markets, Farai was an analyst for Deloitte South Africa Strategy and Operations Consulting.
She is passionate about youth development and woman empowerment. Farai is a 2017 Queen's Young Leader for South Africa and a South African ambassador for the One Young World Youth Summit. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@patricemaimo56]

I'm a young Cameroonian and I know I am one of the young Africans who is going to change the fate of our Mother land Africa

[@Eri3-Bless]

Africa wil be come a great continent because of you & many more like you. Africans are wakingup to never sleep again.

[@meginna8354]

waking up, people sleep too much?

[@Eri3-Bless]

what i was trying to say is, a lot of Africans are starting to see the lies which robs our value which creats a feeling "they are better than us". They created the lie to keep robbing what Africa has to offer. Now we say enough is enough.

[@143christ2]

Am so awake.

[@Eri3-Bless]

@Portland Native Those who are working hard to recolonize Africa/the globalist, those with the hidden agenda, those who say we are helping you beceaus they think we(Africans)can't survive without them helping us.

[@munyamanenji7336]

This is excellent Farai Mubaiwa. Africa will never be the same with young people like you with the right mindset Well done

[@prettyngcobo8359]

i love her passion- this is the speech i have been waiting for in my life. thank you Farai!!

[@KimberlyKToure]

Keep that passion and enthusiasm burning. "We are the ones we're waiting for."

[@LornaBlakeEmpower]

Amazing! Your future is so bright it burns the eyes... I am incredibly inspired after returning from a recent trip to Ghana & reconnecting with the land of my ancestors. I too am involved in empowerment on the continent & globally. I truly believe we need to start telling our own stories as Africans. With young people like you leading the charge to empowerment of our youth, Africa's future is very bright!

[@JabsMajozi]

Great One Farai. How does one become a part of Africa Matters? Your idea to stop waiting is an inspiration.

[@obiwuruchisom]

Thought provoking!

[@oxymandias]

Our grandparents waited, our parents waited, we can't wait anymore, it has to be today, it has to be now.

[@i-pexnetwork3605]

From Zim expat-students in Algeria : we appreciate you

[@wolatak6655]

Congratulations for good speech dear sister good advice God bless you Africa need someone like you

[@manhire1]

You are right, Farai, we are the ones we have been waiting for in all aspects of our African lives.

[@phillipchihuje7530]

Zimbabwe should hear your voice

[@phillipmhindu3759]

She is passionate and composed....that on its own is enough to cause the change u want. You are a true ruby to Africa,......zimbabwe to be precise

[@prentissbelton7508]

She knows that wakanda is right around the corner

[@chrisogonas]

Powerful, passionate! Keep up the fire, Farai. Keep leading! Let's lead, NOW!

[@riannaextras7697]

Powerful

[@tauzin7]

I am waiting for the day you come home and lead the change effort hands-on in Zimbabwe

[@leonlaithbindu4757]

Africans should wake up

[@00788]

So glad to hear this! This is your world!

[@mayusoma]

Wow a powerful speaker.

[@weyustyle]

I am here present 🎁 speaking and extending knowledge👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@eliewahachaligha747]

Thanks. I stop waiting for others

[@Pragmatist1st]

Don't limit change to just "young" folk. You need us "old" folk as well to create and sustain a movement. Africans cannot afford division of any kind if we want to get to our great future.

[@sHeof7pts]

amen

[@DRCrimeCircle]

Shoutout from Africa

[@weyustyle]

We are what we are waiting for is my exact sentiment!

[@clemomor7063]

God bless you Lovely speech

[@dossube]

Farai Mubaiwa said: "I don't wait, I can't wait" We say: "we cannot wait any longer because the only time we have is now"

[@katietaylor5188]

1000%true

[@Hello-bw7cz]

From now on I will no longer call myself African American. I am an African.

[@tjg4654]

the africans were a native tribe in north africa over 2500 hundred years ago.

[@Autochthonous_Anarchist]

What about your Nationality? Nationality, not continent affiliation, is of utmost importance regarding human rights worldwide. Check out the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

[@nakisomadzivire6915]

@@Autochthonous_Anarchist she is Zimbabwean.

[@Autochthonous_Anarchist]

Nakiso Madzivire, my question is related to Hello321’s comment. However, Nationality is paramount regarding International Law, and I’m finding out it’s deeper and more complicated than an individual’s country or nation state of birth. Consanguinity plays a major role.

[@michellemandisons217]

very powerful talk))

[@Hannah-jk3dk]

Very nice. We are the people we have been waiting for. We can do so much but sometimes what?

[@Hannah-jk3dk]

@Lasse Givoni Yes I am worried about my future cause I do not seem to know what to do.

[@Hannah-jk3dk]

@Lasse Givoni Its just a profile name representing my love for girl children. Talk to me

[@rickhall4402]

One person doesnt change a continent, and words help but are just not enough. In truth the country has to be moulded and will not happen over night more like 2 generations. Every body is looking for a quick fix. There isnt one

[@vuyiswapriscadlamini6207]

True there is no quick fix. For now though the talking and the freeing of the mind is a necessary thing to happen, it is part of the 2 or 3 generations long transformation. It starts here and it does start with us. We who see the value of Africa have a duty to help those who do not see it yet to also see it, because we need everyone to know where we are going so that we can move forward. So don't undermine the importance and relevance of any conversation you can have with anyone you can talk to to ensure they know that they are the ones to take Africa forward

[@AssanRaelian]

Affirmative 👏🏿

[@NoohSinanR]

Hi Farai, Great monologue, how do I become part of Africa Matters?

[@samuelstreeter3380]

We all have committed se type of felony, human against human.. To me some people don't hold alcohol well.. with only coming out of psychiatry 1990-2018, I feel hurt. Yet congratulations to those whom found their path and purpose. It's not called Lay Z boy for nothy.🥞👈🆕

[@victorlaine7327]

Four years ago and I only watch this video now. I have good news for you though. I have a theory to decrease unemployment worldwide but the conservatives of this system will never ever accept to implement it. It's simply a change of frequency, from high to low. I know, it's vague. Frequency of the wavelength of your ideas and thoughts.

[@thelink3066]

I was waiting for her to tell us what to do lol

[@BB-yh5ly]

UK US and other blacks from around the world need to return to our ancestral homes even if it cannot be traced to tribe we know the continent. Those dollars from Europe will build Africa as a whole, Africa possesses the worlds resources and agricultural needs.. if blacks from all over world came back to Africa using their dollar, built the continent and cut out every country they’d literally be left in the dark and starving, it’s actually what they fear so they paint a famine ridden poor picture to discourage it, when really those things happen in America.

[@melodyferous]

I loved "keyboard warrior"!!! Also your comment "I reject your research" spoken to your professor who was spreading what sounded like a Negative Prophecy. If you like "development," listen to what this Native American of the Oglala Lakota Nation has been working on, in what has been called America's poorest communities. He was the founding Executive Director of Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation. A man with a social mission: See KZbin: "Building Resilient Communities: A Moral Responsibility -- Nick Tilsen -- TEDxRapid City" Interesting environmental design: Water Cycle/Energy Cycle/Material Cycle "People helping people" "Collective Wisdom" "Pathway to the Solution".

[@tulifranz9336]

This young woman is telling the truth, but , If your president is xyz has sign an agreement with xyz investors for the next 300 years, your ideas will just remain that, an idea . How are u going to implement it if you do not have access to the top? Look what is happening today in Zambia. Zambian mine workers are held for one month under horrible conditions , they are prohibited to go home in Zambia. Check the YT channel of Lily Mutamz. The youth in Africa should deal with their geronto leadership especially in sub Sahara Africa. So far Africa has enough educated people to make a positive start in the right direction. Look at the AU, they are conducting their work in a building built by the Chinese. Recently, it come to light that the building is infested with Chinese spyware. Instead of suggesting moving to another location, they are saying it (the spyware ) has been removed. You can learn all you want, as long as the youth does not participate in the government and policy making for their future, nothing good can come out of it. They, African leaders, with an exception of Tanzania, Rwanda, Botswana, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Ghana and Namibia, are propagating the so-called agenda 2063 . Majority of them won't be there. Why not give the youth a chance to rule?

[@melodyferous]

There is no such thing as an "American accent." See Wikipedia: "Race and Ethnicity in the United States" Scroll down to: "2015 American Community Survey" This provides a chart listing ONLY the 20 largest ancestry groups in the United States. Truth is, there are many others, including mixed heritage. In addition, there are 574 different Federally Recognized American Indian tribal groups, with their own native languages. (See Wikipedia: "Indigenous languages of the Americas"). RE: "we are the ones..." Poet June Jordan (junejordan.net) presented "Poem for South African women" at the United Nations on August 9, 1978. It was in commemoration of the 40,000 women and children who, on August 9, 1956, presented themselves in bodily protest against the 'dompas' in the capital of apartheid. The final line of her poem is: "we are the ones we have been waiting for" -- BUT -- it was italicized, so it may be much older than 1978. See also, Hopi Elder Thomas Banyacya Sr (1909-1999), his statement that begins, "You have been telling the people..."

[@cameliakhalid1646]

Feeling a bit frustrated by this talk. It’s sounds a bit like a political speech “we can do it” style 🤷‍♀️

[@ThatZimDietitian]

I think you may have missed the point a little. Rather watch it again, and if you're still frustrated then do a little research on her.

[@HDBerlin]

This young lady is trapped in her own prejudices, believing in false data and blaming others. Maybe she is just too young to understand the truth and complexity of the world...

[@JabsMajozi]

How so HDBerlin? I found her perspective reasonable and noteworthy?

[@HDBerlin]

@@JabsMajozi well I am the son of an Indian immigrant who always believed in himself and the chances the world has offered, be it in India or Germany or UK. Now younger people often play the victim games instead of appreciating opportunities.

[@vuyiswapriscadlamini6207]

Sorry but you Sir, need to get your mind liberated. Shr is much wiser than you seem to be. If you dig deep a little into history, Colonisation history, slavery history, monarchy history, etc, u just might broaden your perspectives a little and grow up a little bit more to be wise like this woman. The thing is she knows better than you. You believe that older people know better than youngsters, well that ain't true, people who know more know better. Even in Christianity, knowledge doesn't always correlate with age, it correlates with one's honest relationship with God (as an example)