TEDxObserver - Hugh Masekela - The western influence on African youth plus music performance
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Hugh Masekela Musician, composer, campaigner One of the giants of South African music, Masekela's work has closely charted the history of his country of birth. Throughout the 60s and 70s the legendary trumpeter's music was inspired by the hardships and humiliations visited on his countrymen by the apartheid regime. His musical styles have range... Read more
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- -: TEDxObserver - Hugh Masekela - The western influence on African youth plus music performance
March 23, 2012 (about 1 year ago)Hugh Masekela Musician, composer, campaigner One of the giants of South African music, Masekela's work has closely charted the history of his country of birth. Throughout the 60s and 70s the legendary trumpeter's music was inspired by the hardships and humiliations visited on his countrymen by t...
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- -: TEDxObserver - Simon Eccles - Separating twins, saving lives
March 23, 2012 (about 1 year ago)Simon Eccles Surgeon A member of the team of doctors who work for the Facing the World charity which provides life-changing surgery in England to children with severe facial disfigurement in the world's poorest countries. Simon is also one of the doctors who travels abroad to provide training to...
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- -: TEDxObserver - Rosemary Nalden and Buskaid - The stories and songs of the Townships
March 23, 2012 (about 1 year ago)Rosemary Nalden and Buskaid Musician, teacher, mentor Rosemary arrived in Soweto nearly 20 years ago after she heard about a group of children who were struggling to learn music. She arrived to help fundraise and to teach. Now, as Founder of Buskaid and director of the Buskaid Soweto String Proj...
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- -: Lectures in History: Election of 1860 and Secession
February 27, 2012 (about 1 year ago)University of Southern Mississippi professor Susannah Ural teaches a course on the history of the United States from its founding to 1877. In this lecture, Professor Ural focuses on the presidential election of 1860 and the secession of southern states.
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- -: Sophia Grace & Rosie Do Tea with Taylor Swift!
February 29, 2012 (about 1 year ago)The British dynamos had a sit-down for tea with superstar Taylor Swift! They talked about boys, red carpets, and of course, cookies.
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- -: Shilo Shiv Suleman: Using tech to enable dreaming
February 22, 2012 (about 1 year ago)http://www.ted.com Has our technology -- our cell phones and iPods and cameras -- stopped us from dreaming? Young artist Shilo Shiv Suleman says no, as she demos "Khoya," her new storybook for iPad, which floats us through a magical world in 7 minutes of pure creativity. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Ellen Found Funny Web Videos
February 21, 2012 (about 1 year ago)These videos were too funny not to share! If there's two things the internet loves, it's videos of pets and babies. Ellen had one of each! Take a look
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Steve Jobs: Bill Gates & Steve Jobs Joint Interview DJ Sweet Speeches
July 8, 2007 (almost 6 years ago)Steve Jobs and Bill Gates speak together in a rare joint interview put on by the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
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- -: TEDxYouth@TheNile - Malak Saleh "We owe ourselves some challenges in Life"
February 15, 2012 (over 1 year ago)x = independently organized TED event Malak Saleh an IB student, who's talk started off as a TOK presentation and then landed at the TEDxYouth@TheNile event, even though it was a last minute decision to talk at the event, Malak Saleh was capable of encouraging the people to challenge themselves t...
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- -: TEDxKarachi 2011 - Dr. Quartulain Bakhteari - A Journey through Life
January 26, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Dr. Quartulain Bakhteari speaks at TEDxKarachi 2011 on her jounrey 27th May 2011 : Making the Impossible Possible About the Speaker: Dr. Quratulain Bakhteari is a truly inspirational woman. Having spent her early years in refugee camps and carrying the responsibility of three kids at the young ...
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