#Uganda and Tanzania

[wildraceafricasafaris]

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[peonycats]

EAST AFRICA PFPS!!!! it feels like it's been 18978328939 years since I've drawn my east africa ocs i've missed them ...

left to right, top to bottom:

Ethiopia

Somalia

Eritrea

Djibouti

Kenya

Tanzania

Uganda

Burundi

Rwanda

South Sudan

[queerafricans]

The truth of the matter is that empowerment of all Africans must include all bodies, identities and groups.

A United Africa Means Uniting With Queer People Too

[thoughtportal]

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

[geoazie]

Aesthetic of the languages on earth : Swahili

Swahili is a Bantu language spoken by 80 million people over the African East Coast. It is an official language in Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. It is a recognized minority language in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mozambique.

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from DeSmog Blog:

Last November, a beaming group of staff from MetropolitanRepublic collected their gorilla-shaped trophy at the Silverback Awards, Uganda’s top advertising and public relations gala.

The South African PR agency had won its prize for promoting the “sustainable development” of Uganda’s untapped oil reserves by French oil company TotalEnergies.

MetropolitanRepublic — which is part-owned by British communications giant WPP — described the brief for the award-winning “Action for Sustainability” campaign in its entry to the Silverback Awards: to devise an approach that “squashed all the negative PR” from protests against TotalEnergies’ plans for a 1,443-kilometre pipeline to export oil from Uganda’s Lake Albert via neighbouring Tanzania.

An accompanying video featured photographs of Ugandan anti-pipeline campaigners to illustrate this “backlash” and described them as “haters”.

“How do you launch a successful project off the back of this?” asks the narrator in the video. “Well, you develop a 360 PR campaign that retells your story the way it should be told.”

Now, DeSmog can reveal that Ugandan police or military personnel have arrested, beaten, threatened, or harassed at least eight of the 15 campaigners pictured in MetropolitanRepublic’s award submission video.

These incidents — documented via video taken at protests, interviews with the campaigners, and police records — took place both before and after the video was published on the Silverback website in March.

There is no indication that MetropolitanRepublic’s campaign or the award submission led directly to any specific incidents affecting the activists. Nevertheless, DeSmog found that the agency engaged a network of social media influencers to post hundreds of times in support of TotalEnergies’ plans to mitigate the impact of the pipeline — even as protestors were being beaten and harassed.

“These PR firms are sponsoring our oppression,” said Hillary Innocent Taylor Seguya, one of the campaigners pictured in MetropolitanRepublic’s award submission video. “The more you push misinformation to the rest of the world, the more it means that you don’t care about our rights.”

[visitafrica-today]

Have you ever seen Africa’s legendary long-horned cattle up close? These legendary cattle are known for their massive horns, which can grow up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) long.

📍 Here’s where to go:

🇺🇬 Western Uganda – The heartland of Ankole cattle, where traditional pastoralism thrives.

🇷🇼 Eastern Rwanda – Visit cattle farms in Nyanza & Nyagatare to see the Inyambo cattle.

🇹🇿 Tanzania – Maasai cattle herds with similar long-horned breeds, integral to the Maasai way of life.

🇸🇩 Sudan & South Sudan – Home to the impressive Dinka cattle. The Dinka people name their cattle & paint them in sacred rituals.

https://visitafrica.site

[matovugodfreymg]

🇹🇿 #TANZANIA #eastafrica

📌 https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLlPgvabxm

#OPENMIC 🎙️ #MariaSpaces 🌍

[plethoraworldatlas]

The "Summer of Heat" continues—both in terms of record-breaking temperatures driven by fossil fuels and a series of nonviolent direct actions targeting Wall Street for its contributions to the climate emergency.

After protests last month calling out Citibank for "financing the arsonists," climate campaigners on Friday set their sights on finance and insurance giant AIG for "stubbornly" refusing to join over two dozen other insurers that won't cover the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

EACOP is set to run nearly 900 miles from Uganda's Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania. Rights groups have sounded the alarm about how the project has devastated the lives and livelihoods of people in its path as well as violence endured by African activists, who have been "kidnapped, arbitrarily arrested, detained, or subjected to different forms of harassment."

Ugandan climate activist Hillary Taylor Seguya declared Friday that "EACOP is a carbon bomb being built in my backyard."

"Thousands of communities in Uganda are being displaced because of corporate greed," added the campaigner, who is affiliated with StopEACOP. "Today, as Ugandans, as Tanzanians, as Africans, we want to be loud and clear that we shall not allow any pipeline to put oil in our backyards."

[eriadav]

Where to see Africa gorillas and Africa gorilla facts this year - Untitled Part 1 (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1475770106-where-to-see-africa-gorillas-and-africa-gorilla?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=ntumbaeria Africa safari tours are synonymous with breathtaking landscapes, rich wildlife, and unforgettable safari experiences. Among the top destinations for safari tours are Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and Rwanda. Each country offers unique attractions and wildlife experiences, making them ideal for avid travelers and nature enthusiasts. Whether you're seeking the thrill of seeing the Big Five, exploring vast savannas, or experiencing diverse ecosystems or primate safaris and gorilla trekking adventures, Africa safari tours offers a variety of options to suit every traveler coming to Africa. Kenya

[peonycats]

MISC ART DUMP 3

I tripped over and remembered I actually have a bunch of drawings saved up for larger posts that never came to fruition so have them while they’re within my brain attention span (alot of this shit dates back to 2021 or even 2020 so thats why its so uggo)

from top to bottom, left to right:

Belarus (chillin)

Iran, Afghanistan (Two greatly contrasting viewpoints)

Yemen, bby Oman (Oman got his ass beat by one of Saudi Arabia’s bros and Yemen got conscripted rip)

Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia (this is so ancient please don’t look at it)

Tarquinia/Etruria (No idea how accurate the colors are, but I do remember basing the jewelry after actual artifiacts)

Central African Republic/Centrafique (Centrafrique was meant to be a man originally, and this was one of the first drawings I did to try and redesign her!)

Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan (Jfc south sudan is yuge)

Malawi (Still not 100% happy with her design, but I still like this!)

Rwanda, Burundi (A Rwandan tourism twitter account liked this)

India, Afghanistan (Fatality)

[womensmusiccanon]

From Qaraami to Dance-Pop - Women of East Africa

Starting our journey off in... Eastern Africa! Yeah, alright, maybe spoiled slightly in the title of the post.

I've had so much fun with this over the last few weeks, and the result of that is brought to you here through some of my top picks. A moment of silence for the albums I wanted to include but didn't due to not being easily accessible </3

The list is not ordered or ranked in any way, though I will admit I've a certain fondness for Saba and Khadja Nin in particular <3.

For ease of access, here's a playlist of some top tracks from each album (ca. and hour and a half), here's an extended version with additional tracks from some artists not featured on this list (ca. two and a half hours), and here's a playlist of the full albums (ca. seven hours), for all your shuffling needs.

Saba - Jidka (2007) Spotify Youtube - A fun and playful somali italian-influenced pop record with some elements R&B, uplifting and a joy to listen to. As a side node, Saba's life story is definitely a google worth, imo.

Mim Suleiman - Umbeya (2012) Bandcamp Spotify Youtube - An obvious inclusion in my book, just a great beat / electro album with some elements of soul. You really fall into the world of this album.

Aster Aweke - Aster (1989) Spotify Youtube A lovely Tizita album, a gem of ms. Aweke's sizeable discography (which you are definitely encouraged to dig into <3). I am so in love with the horns and little flourishes, and the rhythm is just... mwah. Aweke ties it all together really well.

Khadja Nin - Ya Pili (1994) Spotify Youtube - A already mentioned my fondness for Ms. Nin, but damn if it doesn't bear repeating... By all accounts an incredible record that really should be on your list.

Faytinga - Numey (2006) Spotify Youtube - The steady rhythms and Faytinga's distinctive vocals makes for a great experience certain to draw you in. Impresseive record from an equally impressive person.

Muthoni Drummer Queen - She (2018) Bandcamp Spotify Youtube - A bubbling hip hop album with some flavors of R&B and dancehall. The production on this is great and Muthoni is an incredibly engaged performer. It's just overflowing with life and so, so definitely worth a listen.

Sophie Nzayisenga - Queen of Inanga (2021) Bandcamp Spotify Youtube - The album title says it all, really. Even as someone who's not traditionally drawn to the acoustic for the most part, I really enjoyed this album.

Maryam Mursal - The Journey (1998) Bandcamp Spotify Youtube - An unavoidable inclusion on a list like this, and for good reason. A poppy qaraami record with some jazzy notes that deserves all of the acclaim it's gathered over the years - Mursal clearly knows what she's doing and she does it well.

MC Yallah - Yallah Beibe (2023) Bandcamp Spotify Youtube - Ending here with a very recent release, MC Yallah's latest is just such a solid hip hop record. It flows really well, and the industrial undertones really worked for me, which is rare. Definitely someone to keep a look on, imo.

... and that's the list!

Do you have any favorites not on here? Please (please <3) feel more than free to share! Have fun!

[nelsonlantiguamusicgroup]

https://open.spotify.com/album/3LMtFMjGRoZhYOiu3gYtBD?si=80KVOe_uTV2D14BWv1KEDg #juniquickly #hollix #nelsonlantiguamusic #drill #africa

[vox-anglosphere]

Game animals roam freely in the peace and security of the Serengeti