You’ve got to see Olutimehin Adegbeye’s ‘Who belongs in a city?’

For 12 spellbinding minutes Olutimehin Adegbeye gave one of the most captivating speeches so far on cities and communities and who gets to belong there.

If you have not seen this video we suggest you do so now. It’s time Africa begins to think of how to improve her slums and shanties without hurting the people living there.

Read the excerpts.

The conditions that cause us to define certain neighbourhoods as slums can be effectively improved, but not without recognizing the humanity and the agency of the people living in them.

On our reaction to the suffering of others

The world does not have to remain blind to the suffering that is created when we deny people’s humanity, or even to the incredible potential for growth that exists when we recognize and value all contributions.

On what we can do to make things better.

We must hold our governments and ourselves accountable for keeping our shared cities safe for everyone in them, because the only cities worth building —indeed, the only futures worth dreaming of — are those that include all of us, no matter who we are or how we make homes for ourselves.

You can watch the full video below.

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