Change your channel | Mallence Bart-Williams | TEDxBerlinSalon

Transcriber: Amir HABCHI Reviewer: Mile Živković

Good afternoon. I am Mallence, and I come from the richest country in the world. It is located in the richest continent in the world, in the West of the richest continent. My country is called Sierra Leone. On the surface we are blessed with infinite beauty and abundance of flora and fauna, producing the most exquisite harvests of coffee, cocoa,

fruits, vegetables and caoutchouc. You name it, we’ve got it. We also have diverse wildlife and vast marine resources,

and waterfalls, and rivers that run into the most beautiful beaches. The land is golden; literally, a true paradise,

which of course is inhabited by the most beautiful souls.

We have a very strong cultural heritage. In fact, Sierra Leone had the first sub-Saharan university. Prior to that there was one in the kingdom of Timbuktu, which was the first university in the world, succeeding the great Gnostic schools of Egypt and Osiris.

On a deeper level, we are blessed with the real treasures the kings and queens of this world desire.

This was the largest alluvial diamond ever found. It weighs almost a thousand carats, 969 to be precise. This beauty was found by an old lady in her backyard about 2 years ago. 125 carats. Some people mine gold in their backyards. That’s quite common. Besides gold and diamonds, we have about 20 precious minerals that have been discovered as of today.