00:00The whole idea around the Global Black Economic Forum was for us to have a platform from which we collaborate to build our economics together.
00:14I'm told that by the end of the year, we're expecting to hit the magic figure of a million visitors.
00:22We often look at political institutions and say, oh, well, why don't they fix that?
00:27Individuals have the power to make real change.
00:31In America, many of us black folks are very ignorant.
00:34Our perception of Africa is defined by people who destroyed Africa.
00:40Right now, what is happening is we have the opportunity to create our Mecca.
00:44There are some universal themes that exist that we can, especially in storytelling, employ to bridge the gap.
00:52It's through economic participation that we will be able to sustain our culture.
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