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(via HAITI: A CALL TO ACTION! SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024; 1-3 PM EASTSIDE ARTS ALLIANCE 2277 International Blvd, Oakland, CA.)
#Free Haiti#Marvin X#Dr Walter Turner#Dr Maryse Narcisse#Joel Pacha Vorbe#FANMI LAVALAS#Dr Jean-Bertrand Aristide#Le Marron Inconnu#Nèg Mawon#Maroon Man#Eastside Arts Alliance#Oakland CA#20th Anniversary of the 2004 US instigated coup against Haiti#Pierre Labossiere#Haiti Action Committee#Haiti Emergency Relief Fund#Africa Today#Andrew Reynolds#Dr. Rama Ali Kased#Free Palestine#Free The Sudan#Free the Democratic Republic of the Congo#Global Exchange#Race & Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University#Nou Pap Obeyi#University of the Dr Aristide Foundation
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“O trabalho acadêmico só pode ser realizado coletivamente“ (por Silas Fiorotti, LinkedIn, 28 dez. 2022).
#silas fiorotti#universidade#pesquisa#Centro Universitário FMU#FMU#pós-graduação FMU#estudos africanos#moçambique#journal of religion in africa#africa today#resenha#artigo científico
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I hope everyone knows that the Court's ruling was not what made Israel's assault a genocide. It has always been a genocide. It has been a genocide for 15 years since the blockade. It has been a genocide for 75 years since the Nakba.
But this ruling is a monumental moment for history, remember the blood soaked faces of those who peddled genocide, they're in the history books now.
#im so proud to be south african today#madiba we made you proud#icj ruling#south africa#Palestine#Israel#free palestine
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[Day 29] Hermitaday - Joel Smallishbeans! Just two guys thinkin about their favorite person (who they’re both completely normal about. Trust.)
Don’t ask me what they’re sitting on. I think they are beanbags. I realized I posed them sitting as I was doing final touches so I just eh and made a blob
#bdoubleo#hermitcraft#hermitcraft fanart#day 29#hermitaday#joel smallishbeans#smallishbeans#joel smallishbeans fanart#ok my grian late for jimmys stream excuse for today?#my manager is in South Africa for 2 weeks so we have a temporary manager#and he’s really really bad at his job#but he has no excuse because he’s from another location in the same company#so I’m late because I was ranting to my roommate when I got home#(I’m the assistant manager and I’m supposed to be in charge of him)#(but since I’m 23 and he’s like 40 he thinks he’s better than me)#(despite us both having the same title)#so :)
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Angy Gremblin
#Desert Long-eared bat#Bats of africa#bat of the day#daily bat#bat#bats#batposting#You love to see them#No pranks today#Only bats#I never do April Fools#April Fools#Safe Zone#No pranks here#Also Look how Angy they are
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South Africa is standing their ground right now. they’ve brought “israel” to the ICJ (click for the 3-hour playback of the first day of the public hearing or click for a summary), and now their lawyers want to start proceedings against the US government for being complicit in “israel’s” international crimes (click). while we’ve seen the ICJ’s track record (especially in the Bosnia v. Serbia case rulings—click for a more in depth thread), this is the first step.
this should be the first step to reviving faith in international law. this is where pacta sunt servanda comes into question. what are statutes and conventions for if continuously ignored? why is there room for impunity where there should be none? while “israeli” warplanes continue to target hospitals, and while the US and UK empires bomb Yemen’s capital because of their resistance, we wait and expect an interim measure to stop military operations. this is the first step.
today (or tomorrow in The Hague) is the second day of the ICJ public hearing. after yesterday, we know that archived evidence on the internet helps—do use the hashtag #EndIsraelsGenocide to increase support and visibility for South Africa’s case! (click).
and do tune into the hearing today (click to watch it live here). there is significance in a worldwide live broadcast—everyone shall bear witness to either the birth or the death of “justice.”
and if the ICJ fails us, then it’ll be the ICC’s turn. the ICC has set up a portal for any submission of evidence of “israeli” war crimes in Gaza. anyone can upload verified, factually correct videos and images. click here for the direct link to the portal, and click here for Karim Khan’s statement on it. if you have any saved pictures and videos, please do upload them.
#EndIsraelsGenocide#peace is not the answer; liberation is the answer#resources#gaza#palestine#south africa#watch the hearing today and keep talking!#i’ve mostly been sharing as much as i can on twt and on tiktok these days#but i’ll try posting more to tumblr too!#and remember to keep boycotting as per BDS’s guidelines!!
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Chris Redfield & Jill Valentine - Resident Evil 5 Moodboard
#valenfield#chris x jill#jill x chris#moodboard#aesthetics#crxjvr#we finally made it to re5#you know i had to include toto's “africa” in this right?????#the 5th image on the left is david boreanaz in the film “the hard easy” i just thought that particular image could pass for chris in kijuju#the 7th image on the left is actually a spider pendant i used to represent the p30 device that was on jill's chest#i was looking at red scarab beetles but nothing came up that i wanted i just thought the spider represented the device better#you get the bird mask with the cloak already so need to explain that one#so today is actually the anniversary of when the game came out which was on 3/05/2009#15 yrs already wow#happy anniversary re5!#my edits
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Life is so outrageous I could not have imagined it, made all the sweeter because it cannot last. It is all about today. Today is the best day ever because tomorrow might not happen.
- Hendri Coetzee, Living The Best Day Ever
#coetzee#hendri coetzee#quote#author#explorer#adventure#wild#born to be wild#africa#running wild#live for today#best day ever
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two american things that bug me:
how DARE x or y culture eat dogs? buddy. you eat cows. cows are sacred to hindus. you eat pork too, which is unclean for muslims and jews. if you eat meat, you'll look silly drawing this line arbitrarily. what makes a dog not okay to eat but not cows or pigs? hello?
hijabs are so oppressive!! could you IMAGINE making women wear an item of clothing? um. bras. you judge any woman or afab person you consider a woman for not wearing one. how is this different?
#typewriter dings#also i have controversial opinions on circumcision vs female genitalia mutilation in africa but i don't think i'll be opening that can of#worms today
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Aug 16, 1943 - Most of the day filled with alarms and excursions regarding the mission projected for tomorrow - general impression is both Zebra and Sunflower will be attacked tomorrow. Base on full alert, late in the day. Crew warned to prepare canteens, extra rations, arms, shelter halves, iron rations and other ominous articles. Afraid it is real.
Aug 17, 1943 (Regensburg) - Hunch was correct. The Group took off, maximum strength at 0730 hours on the long awaited shuttle trip to North Africa. Twenty-one (21) aircraft took off - Major Kidd leading, Major Egan second in command, Major Cleven and Major Veal led their Squadrons. A good many eggs in one basket. The Bombardier and Navigator had been studying the target for week, but did not know its name or location until the briefing. Objective was characterized in the annex to the Field Order as "The most important ever bombed anywhere." Entire station is sweating this one out - Doris Flesson back on the field with Walter Logan of UP to interview the crews when they return - expected in three days.
Aug 18, 1943 - No new directly from our Combat Crews. Bomber Command has word from Colonel Curtis LeMay, who led mission, that the target was destroyed - we know that the boys got to the target and LeMay's plane at least reached North Africa. Rumor that about 115 Fortresses were safely on the ground, seven in the Mediterranean Sea and two on Switzerland. Today our seven remaining crews took off to raid Dutch airports. Interrogation was interrupted to show crews photos, just received, of what the boys did at Regensburg - it was blasted to Hell and Gone. ME assembly plant in shambles - about a square mile of ruins. Photos show the Red Cross Hospital on the edge of the target area untouched - testifying to the accuracy of our bombing. The 100th MPI (Mean Point of Impact) obliterated. If our crews return safely it will have been a great mission for us any case will go down as one of the great air exploits of the war.
Aug 20, 1943 - Still sweating out our Combat Crews - no hint as to when they will return. Operations hasn't heard a word, although higher headquarters may have. Not a hint as to individual Group losses.
Aug 21, 1943 - Terrific rainstorm during the night - a regular Texas dew. Still overcast and raining this morning, so boys will probably won't get home today. Note: Officers mess profited indirectly by this mission. Combat Crew mess was unable to refrigerate their consignment of eggs - lowly Paddlefeet at eggs like gentlemen.
Aug 22, 1943 - Today is black, though memorable day for the 100th. Colonel Harding flew to Prestwick, where Major Egan and crew of Scott’s and Wolff’s planes were flown by ATC from North Africa. The 100th Bomb Group lost nine (9) planes in what may turn out to be the greatest aerial battle of the war. We lost Hollenbeck, Claytor, Hummel, Braley all of the 350th: Van Noy and Shotland of the 349th, Oakes of the 351st and Knox and Biddick of the 418th. Fighting lasted from Antwerp to the target – 2 hours and 10 minutes – with every type of fighter the Jerries could get up…
— entry’s from the diary of Marvin “Red” Bowman, Group Intelligence Officer of the 100th BG
#note the ‘bombardier and navigator’ from Aug 17 are Crosby and Douglass :)#any grammar mistakes are Red’s own#Regensburg#(at least I’m pretty sure)#masters of the air#real mota#red bowman’s diary#red bowman#marvin bowman#mota#Africa shuttle mission#quotes#diary#buck cleven#bucky egan#john egan#gale cleven#jack kidd#today is black#<- that line goes hard (in a good way but like for bad reasons)#This is long I’m sorry
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we can acknowledge that slavery has existed all over the world in different time periods and also acknowledge that race-based slavery in the US has a particular legacy that still affects society today. why is this so hard for conservatives to understand.
#they'll say 'slavery existed in africa pre-transatlantic slave trade!' ok and? that's not a gotcha#if an african country today continues to have inequality due to a legacy of e.g. one ethnic group enslaving another#then obviously that is a problem that exists in their society and that i'm sure activists in that country are trying to remedy#many places around the world have legacies of slavery (as well as currently existing slavery) that differ bc the institution of slavery#has been established in different forms
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HAITI & the Pan-African Revolution: Towards Self-Determination & Independence
A Webinar and Discussion Featuring: Walter Turner: Walter Turner is the host of “Africa Today,” a weekly Pacifica radio program aired on KPFA in Berkeley’ a Professor of Social Sciences and Contemporary Afdrican Affairs at the College of Marin in Kentfield, and the President of the Global Exchange Board of Directors. Inemesit Richardson: Inemesit Richardson is the co-founder of the Thomas…
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#11-1 PST#2-4 EST#Africa Today#African/Black experience#Afrikan#discussion#freedom#Haiti#Haiti Action Committee#Haiti and the Pan African Revolution: Towards Self Determination and Independence#Haiti Emergency Relief Fund (HERF)#HERF#history#Inemesit Richardson#news#Pan African Revolution#Pierre Labossiere#politics#revolutionary#Saturday October 19th#Slavery#Sobukwe Shukura#Walter Turner#War on Afrikans#webinar
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Totk is fun and all but god the writers hate people of color
#every scene with ganondorf is deeply uncomfortable holy shit#it seems mostly targeted to southwest asia north africa ''cultures''#(seriously just racist bullshit but okay whatever okay)#and thats so stupid bc so much of this game has chinese imagery thats at least like. trying.#one day ill talk ab the rito ''aesthetic'' and its gross anti indigenous undertones#not today but one day#also dont come on this post to tell me the game was made by japanese people#like yes no shit#and im not the one to have a conversation ab it but japan is incredibly xenophobic#rbs off for rn i might change my mind#edit: i put cultures in quotations bc none of the actual cultures are being represented here its just weird stereotypes
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Can- can I ask about the Somali pirates?
Hi hi, Lili! Yes, of course. Tbh I shouldn't have called them "pirates" they are known as such and treated like villains, but they're more like unofficial naval guard! The official naval guard was disbanded in the 90's due to the civil war that broke out [btw this civil war is why I'm diaspora! My maternal family fled to Djibouti or elsewhere. My dad came to Canada due to it.] Anyway! Other nations took advantage of this as they tended to do and started fishing illegally in the waters! Somali citizens rely on fishing to live [also farming and agriculture bc I also recall there was a drought and famine going on] so they turned to "piracy" to stop these thieves from stealing from them! Of course, these outsiders didn't like it and called it "piracy." they shouldn't be there in the first place!!!
BFJRKRKRKR I TALKED IM THE TAGS AND REACHED THE LIMIT I AM SO SORRY LMAOOOOO
Other than Puntland there is also Jubbaland ok lol I love talking about my people's history too much
#momo's fantastical replies#so anyway I saw other Somali ppl calling them the naval guard and jumped on it#but I have always gotten heated when ppl treated Somali Pirates like villains#but iirc even South Park defended them? lol they even got ppl speaking Somali in it!#talking about how they did this for survival!#lili#lixenn#also yeah sure they fuck ppl up but I consider this a 'fuck around and find out'#stop taking advantage of poor countries!!! especially when they are due to outside meddling forces!!#random but somalia makes me so sad bc of how destablized it is#somaliland is a lot more peaceful and has been but recently its gotten more dangerous due to#Somalia's destablization#djibouti seems fine as ever tho lol happy for them but wish somalia would fuck off already [with somaliland]#lili if you are wondering djibouti/somalia/somaliland and parts of kenya and ethiopoa#ethiopia* are all where Somali ppl are from#the parts of K and E were stolen while Somali ppl were getting colonized [so fuck Kenya and Ethiopia too tbh! who does that?]#but all 5 places are why Somalia's flag is a 5 point star! this siginifies we are all one#its funny bc Somaliland was a country before Somalia but then joined Somalia bc of false promises Somalia made#anyway the false promises was unity but the president/dictator named Mohamed Siad Barre#was all 'we should all band together...and kill Isaaq tribe! true unity after for real though'#and then Darood and I a few other major tribes tried that#Isaaq survived but there was in fact a genocide#they fled to what is Somaliland today! apparently they keep the bullet holes in the structure to remember what Darood/Somalia did#bc to these day these bitches deny it#diaspora somali ppl from somalia are especially insistend of this and im like...you stupid puppet you werent even there#I know this despite being Darood bc my parents arent puppets and also my mom is Isaaq tribe#what else? oh there are other places as Somali ppl within Africa become disapora#so strange right?#there is also Puntland [based off the ancient land that is said to be Ancient Somalia--#fun fact our queen from that time named Queen Arrarwelo was said to be friends with Queen Sheba of ancient Ethiopia]
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I’m sorry.I’ll do better.I just didn’t know what exactly to say because I’ve never felt with it before.That and it auto corrected me- But I am deeply sorry.
bless your heart anon – it's okay, i hope that you do take the time to do a little read into the region - it's actually really interesting!
and you know, here's a fun fact i've noticed a lot about people from iran and iraq specifically - the majority of my iranian friends prefer to introduce themselves as "persian" before they say "iranian" - it's kind of funny - and my dad, who's iraqi, much prefers to introduce himself as "babylonian" rather than iraqi - i think it's so interesting to see - that they're not eager to claim the nationality that has been carved out for them by the modern day division of the middle east (as per the sykes–picot partition imposed by the british), but are so proud to proclaim their heritage based on the greater history of their regions and their people. i think it's interesting, i think it's interesting. maybe i should start introducing myself as babylonian, like my dad. sumerian, actually, i think. i've always been so interested in sumerian culture specifically,, (it was one of my special interests, at a time!) and i've done so many research and art projects based in that history... ough. i should get back into it, maybe.
#i kind of long for a movement that's like... arab-futurist in a similar way that we're getting a wave of afro-futurist artists and media.#it's so beautiful to see people imagine a world were africa wasn't devastated by colonialism#and it would be nice to see artists do something similar for arabian history#i mean i guess we have dubai. but that's kind of built off forced labour and i mean. it's real. with ugly bits. not just fanciful fantasy.#i don't think there's a human edge to it either. people look at it and see rich oil tycoons and princes and influencers and not.#real actual people.#the arab world really doesn't have a lot in the way of humanising depictions of them in any sort of media at all.#anyway i cried today. because i was watching the news.#and saw a child. who couldn't move his legs.#and i cried. i cried a lot today.#sci speaks
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