Dismantling the Culture of Silence | Ijeoma Umebinyuo | TEDxCooperUnion

Ijeoma Umebinyuo tackles the Culture of Silence in this thought provoking and articulate TEDx talk which explores how remaining silent trivalizes our struggles whether it be with mental health, sexual harrassment, or another topic deemed taboo by the society in which we live. She divides the Culture of Silence into the three C's: culture, code, and cage. And how do we escape it? By taking ownership of our stories and our struggles and by encouraging others to do the same. 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

Ijeoma Umebinyuo is a writer born in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the author of Questions for Ada, her first published collection of poems. Her writing examines migration, displacement, depression, the lives of women and loss. She believes in the power of owning your narrative. Her short stories and poems have appeared in The Stockholm Review of Literature, The Wildness, and The Rising Phoenix Review. In 2016, Ijeoma Umebinyuo was named one of the top ten contemporary poets from Sub-Saharan Africa by writivism.org.

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