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celinolesunshine · 2 years

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I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE A STORYTIME FROM MY TRAVELS TO TANZANIA THIS SUMMER

So I went to Tanzania for a summer program. I ended up learning a bit of conversational Swahili, but English is my mother tongue. Now, mind you, I know Japanese as well. Nowhere enough to be fluent, but enough to know general words.

(could I converse with the Japanese kids on program? Hell no. Did they think me trying to speak Japanese in my funny little American accent was adorable and they wanted to treasure me? Yes. Unfortunately.)

But by the end of about two weeks, I was able to impress the new batch of people (I stayed the whole month while all but three other people stayed the rest of the time with me) with my newfound speaking skills, and so they thought I knew what the fuck I was talking about.

and Boy, Oh Boy, did I get ahead of myself.

Now, a little lesson for you; Jambo is slang for ‘hey-o’ for tourists. Market-goers will call it out to you expecting you to repeat it back. Now, the FUNNIEST thing was replying back in full-ass Swahili like we were taught and watching these people lose their MINDS.

“Aye-o, Jambo!”

“Sijambo, na wewe?”

Now, THIS— this roughly translates to,

“Aye-o, hey! Tourist!”

“Hello! How are you?”

BAHAHAHAHAHAAHA—

oh, watching older African men lose their SHIT to a little 5’0 scrunkly-ass American boy spit THIS back out at them was COMEDY GOLD.

Another time was me acting like me and the kitchen staff could hold a conversation:

“Ah, bui-bui! Habari za asubuhi?”

“Nzuri sana! Na wewe?”

“Nzuri, nzuri.”

Which roughly translates to,

“Ah, spider!* how’s the morning?”

“Very good! How about yourself?”

“Well, well.”

*bui-bui is ‘spider’ in Swahili, which was the nickname for our driver, Lukumay.

BUT OHHHHHH MANNNN, was it so much fun. God, do I miss it there.

#I miss Africa #I MISS BUI BUI OH GOD #AND FLORENCE #THE THE CRAZY LITTLE ONE #shut it sunny #sunny says shit #bro that was such an EXPERIENCE #the new kids were REELING that this (seemingly) new kid fucking knew conversational Swahili not realizing I had been there the whole time #Projects Abroad Tanzania #Happy 30th Projects Abroad!!!#Ugh their medical project was the best #Should I talk more about it

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tyrilstarfury · 11 months

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My great uncle just died... He was a bus driver in Africa... One day he brought a monkey home... I know he didn't buy it, probably picked it up on the side of the road (no one buys pets in Africa at least where I'm from)... They eventually got rid of it because it started biting kids (probably the kids fault for picking it and playing with it too much)... I know he was heart broken, he really liked monkeys...

#Rip sekuru #I will remember the goat you randomly gifted my cousin... Dhinda... She was and will always be a childhood icon to me #That goat was a legend it was delivered on top of a bus... One day got randomly pregnant... We didn't have any other goats...#We tried to ride her... Dumb kids...#I miss africa

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orionsangel86 · 5 months

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How cool is it that so many people across both hemispheres got to witness something usually reserved for a much smaller area all because the sun is throwing a huge tantrum right now. Just throwing out huuuge amounts of energy and our planet is like cool lets make pretty colours in the sky with that. Thats called turning a negative into a positive on a celestial scale 😌. We should be more like Earth lmao

#aurora #aurora borealis #northern lights #if you missed it #and your living generally above or below the tropic lines but still get dark skies (so not arctic circle ironically right now)#then you have another chance to see them tonight #i saw they were as far south as florida?!?!#and spain saw them too #not sure about the middle east or north africa but florida is waaaay close to the tropics so maybe!

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betweenheroesandvillains · 17 days

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Listen I can't make a coherent point rn for various reasons but the fact that Trump picked out Haitian immigrants in particular rings SEVERAL alarm bells in my head going back to the 80s and I am aware that that's bc I did more AIDS research than the average person but. The "original" 4H of "AIDS transmitters" were "Hookers", ""Homosexuals", "Heroin users" and "Haitians". I feel picking out Haitian immigrants for his scaremongering and lying seems sort of random to many but Trump remembers the 80s and a lot of voters remember the 80s and he is re-hashing old talking points from AIDS, which should be worrying because the stigma formed back then is STILL carrying into so many aspects of life.

#man this isn't a coherent string #maybe i am missing important cultural knowledge.#but i know my 4h when i see them #historically the logic was AIDS is from Africa so are Haitians so they got it there and then gays go there to have cheap sex and bring it #back to the US or Haitians immigrate #it's a worrying and powerful combination of racism and homophobia (+ transphobia)#ok done with whatever this is

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natjennie · 1 year

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watching the flashback scenes in redding weddy caressing my screen while a single silent tear falls, like a mourning army wife in the 40s with a locket. which is appropriate given the subject matter.

#truly it makes me feel like im sighing sitting at the window #its raining #i can basically recite the whole thing #all 5 minutes of the most gut wrenching romantic drama of my generation #'ah lieutenant havers' 'communique from hq for you sir- marked urgent' 'this'll be my request for a service revolver'#like do you get it.#'exciting times havers' 'i know we do vital work here sir.. but i'd like to get involved in the fighting.'#'i put in for a transfer... there's talk of a north africa front'#'ah.. yes. well. i completely understand of course' <- the most devastated man thats ever lived #'ah havers! i was just thinking about you actually'#'im afraid im leaving you sir. at 1800 hours this evening' 'so soon?'#'i shall miss you havers.... by which i mean of course that we. shall miss you.'#the 'keep it under your hat' poster.. it KILLS me. it makes me ACHE.#reckless talk costs lives or w/e it says. every fit man wanted.#like... got they did such a good job with those scenes it makes me wail #bbc ghosts #capvers

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usernamesuggestionsarefunny · 7 months

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How come there are no fics where ASOIAF and ATLA happen in the same universe around the same time only they are two different continents. Clearly and obviously ATLA universe being fantasy Asia and Westeros fantasy Europe/Middle East/North Africa.

#atla #asoiaf #random thought #would be cool #yes I might write it someday #for those who see stuff like that and only say why don't you write it!! super cynically #this is just a prompt chillax #Arya would get along with Toph so well #why does the magic not work the same everywhere? don't know #probably some magic stuff we will have to figure out #we would only be missing fantasy africa and fantasy america and oceania

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derpinette · 9 months

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sometimes i will get bored & go through someone's entire blog since its creation

#& if they have their blog made unsearchable therefore no archive to pick posts from i take it as a challenge #& i really read every post not just skimming i gave up archives caus i find it hard to pay attention to individual posts #plus you never see the full tags & clearly from my postings they serve as the single most important part of a post #the actual post is more of like a title or a sort of epigraph #& i am interested in the Posters themselves like i feel compelled to absorb&gather as much information about them as possible #in an effort to understand them ( as well as myself Many epiphanies & revelations came to me from this activity i recommend it )#i just did this BTW not saying who but god if you never knew of her you totally missed out on the best Poaster tumblr has ever had to offer #her mind was unlike any other & her influence on me is so noticeable even today. wishing her well today & always #also (moving on from that) i even constantly have like 40 tumblr blog tabs open at all times #some that are even i think 3 years old now #i never close them they keep me company i will not really click on yhem either To be honest but those are like my friends My chums;#on my phone as well two year old tabs from when i was still in highschool of tumblr blogs i was reading #i just have so much Love in my heart for Posters real genuine love not interpersonal just as an Observer #well kind of interpersonal when it comes to some #so if you have a tracker & you see someone from north africa spending hours or even days or months on your blog #that would be me #i actually did spend months once back when blogs opened on the side i never shut my laptop off & my tabs are always saved #had to go back & scroll a little to keep the page active to not refresh & i got as far back as 2010 i think #because their blog did not have an archive but NOTHING will stop me OK if you got a Beautiful Mind or Gift Of Curation #i will do anything in my power to enjoy it. without disturbing you ( as much as i can anyway )

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4ft10tvlandfangirl · 7 months

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Since the Miss World pageant was yesterday...Did you know?

At the height of apartheid, South Africa was allowed to send two contestants to Miss World; Miss South Africa, who was white and Miss Africa South, who was black/coloured.

Today, Cindy Breakspeare is generally spoken of proudly as one of ours who won Miss World (she's also the mother of our beloved Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley) but learning the details now I understand why she wasn't largely celebrated at the time. She was, as we would say, a 'weak fence' choosing herself rather than taking a stand.

The Miss World pageant itself was keeping up extreme fuckry allowing South Africa's apartheid government to even participate let alone like that and I applaud every country that boycotted and sanctioned until there was enough pressure on South Africa to force change.

Unfortunately, few countries have that same energy now because many are actually complicit in israel's actions. This is why we the people have to take our stand and force the changes instead. We have to keep protesting, boycotting, calling out Eurovision, the Oscars and every other event that is giving israel legitimacy and a platform. Boycotts do work. But we have to put in the work.

*Also, very much sideyeing those who have alternative options and are still choosing to be slaves to consumerism buying products the people suffering genocide have asked us to stop buying. All the 'latest model' phone buyers who didn't need one...yeah allayuh. Get it together.*