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TED Countdown: Musician Tunde Olaniran from Flint, Michigan on the role of art in the climate crisis

They were asked to perform one of their latest works for the TED Countdown Summit at the Fillmore Detroit. Olaniran took to the stage with four backup dancers to retell the story of the Yuruba creation myth.

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Michigan’s 20th Century water systems too big for its shrinking city populations