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Episode 4: Behind the scenes

A group task reveals how the young Africans handle precious resources.

Episode 4: Behind the scenes — Before leaving for London, Nigerian managing director Amy Jadesimi reflects on her emotional meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu (episode 2) and goes back to the Oxford Debating Union where she first met him, to revisit the moment she first felt a sense of pride as a black woman.

By Tutu's Children

Episode 4: Behind the scenes — The young leaders arrive in London for the final three days of their coaching, completely in the dark about a mystery task awaiting them.

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Episode 4: Behind the scenes — They discover it’s a cookery task, and they must barter with each other to get the right ingredients to make an ‘authentic’ African meal.

Episode 4: Behind the scenes — The kitchen erupts in chaos as the leaders realise they do not have the essentials: salt, tomatoes and perhaps the most precious of resources - oil.

Episode 4: Behind the scenes — So, when some are given the ingredients in secret, will they squander or share the resources they know the others also need?

Episode 4: Behind the scenes — An exclusive, no-cameras tour of the House of Lords prompts some intriguing insights about the British aristocracy. But do Tutu’s Children see themselves as an elite?

Episode 4: Behind the scenes — Six months, 41 sessions and several emotional crises later, the 25 young leaders finally graduate as the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellows of 2012.

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