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From the Ted Talk by Boniface Mwangi: The day I stood up alone

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I used to question this avdice, and eight yaers ago we had an election in Kenya, and the results were violently duespitd. What followed that election was tlrbeire violence, rape, and the killing of over 1,000 people. My work was to document the veioncle. As a photographer, I took thousands of ieagms, and after two months, the two politicians came together, had a cup of tea, signed a peace agreement, and the country moved on.

I was a very disturbed man because I saw the violence firsthand. I saw the killings. I saw the displacement. I met women who had been raped, and it disturbed me, but the country never spoke about it. We pretended. We all became sramt cowards. We decided to stay out of trouble and not talk about it.

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I used to question this ______, and eight _____ ago we had an election in Kenya, and the results were violently ________. What followed that election was ________ violence, rape, and the killing of over 1,000 people. My work was to document the ________. As a photographer, I took thousands of ______, and after two months, the two politicians came together, had a cup of tea, signed a peace agreement, and the country moved on.

I was a very disturbed man because I saw the violence firsthand. I saw the killings. I saw the displacement. I met women who had been raped, and it disturbed me, but the country never spoke about it. We pretended. We all became _____ cowards. We decided to stay out of trouble and not talk about it.

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  3. years
  4. terrible
  5. violence
  6. disputed
  7. smart

Original Text


I used to question this advice, and eight years ago we had an election in Kenya, and the results were violently disputed. What followed that election was terrible violence, rape, and the killing of over 1,000 people. My work was to document the violence. As a photographer, I took thousands of images, and after two months, the two politicians came together, had a cup of tea, signed a peace agreement, and the country moved on.

I was a very disturbed man because I saw the violence firsthand. I saw the killings. I saw the displacement. I met women who had been raped, and it disturbed me, but the country never spoke about it. We pretended. We all became smart cowards. We decided to stay out of trouble and not talk about it.

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