Importance of change on prejudice | Nana Adubea Toa-Kwapong | TEDxYouth@Maastricht

Описание: Nana Adubea Toa-Kwapong first questions the importance given to violent acts towards people from a minority background. And how being part of this minority has affected her throughout her life. Has there ever been a time in history where​ the world was at its greatness? Is there a time in history we would want to go back to for peace? Nana Adubea Toa-Kwapong questions if our world has changed and more importantly have our morals changed or are we still similar to our ancestors? Nana Adubea Toa-Kwapong invites us to reflect on the phrase “The next generation is always going to make things better” and how we put all our hopes on the next generations but without giving them the example they will repeat what they have seen. Nana Adubea Toa-Kwapong explores the ways of justice and the underlying truth about our world’s justice.
Nana Adubea Toa-Kwapong is a Ghanaian child raised in Norway by two Ghanaian parents. She grew up on the campus of United World College Red Cross Nordic in Norway. In 2016 she graduated from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota where she studied Anthropology, African Studies, and Geography. And then returned to Norway and is now working on a children's book called “This Land…” talking about the life children from minority backgrounds have to face.
Born in Norway, and raised between Norway and Ghana to a Ghanaian father and a Ghanaian-British mother, Nana Adubea Toa-Kwapong is a writer, museum-professional and an anthropologist-in-training. She grew up on the campus of the United World College Red Cross Nordic in Norway. In 2016 she graduated from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota where she studied Anthropology, African Studies, and Geography. She is the recipient of the 2016 Nancy “Penny” Schwartz Undergraduate Essay Award from the Association of Africanist Anthropology, as well receiving the honourable mention for the 2016 Sylvia Forman prize from the Association for Feminist Anthropology. She is currently working with two other students from her alma mater, Macalester College, to create an illustrated children’s book called “This Land ...”, to address challenges facing children from minority backgrounds. She is passionate about using anthropology and art as tools for social advocacy and cultural preservation. Nana Adubea firmly believes that differences are not points of division, but rather seeds of unity. 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