#africa

[herpsandbirds]

Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus), HE BITE HIM OWN TAIL!!! family Cordylidae, West Coast, South Africa

photograph by Tyrone Ping

[south-africa-official]

Official post of Africa

MaRock, Botswana leather cowboy by Oliver Hadlee for i-D Magazine Winter 2022

[inatungulates]

Silver dik-dik Madoqua piacentinii

Observed by giant_eland, CC BY-NC

[blackstarlineage]

[lost-lycaon]

Feelin this right here. Hyenas really are one of us.

[afriblaq]

Black History Icons | The Kru People

African Tribe That Refused to Be Captured into Enslavement...Kru People.

The Kru people are an African tribe of coastal southeastern Liberia and neighboring Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The tribe is known for sailing. Many of the Kru people also migrated to neighboring areas such as Sierra Leone to look for work as fishermen and dockworkers. The Kru along with the Grebo resisted Maryland settlers’ efforts to control their trade. They were also infamous amongst early European enslavers as being especially opposed to capture.

There were about 24 subgroups with dialectal and cultural differences. Their political organization was traditionally un-centralized, each subgroup inhabiting a number of autonomous towns. It was believed that the Kru people were viewed as less valuable during the Transatlantic slave trafficking because they would not allow themselves to be captured by Europeans they would often take their own lives first, or fight viciously to avoid being taken away.

The Kru people engaged in migrant labor, seafaring, and migrant working. They settled as far east as Cameroon and west as Freetown and Cape Verde. They had exceptional canoeing skills in treacherous surf waters and were well-known for it by the 1700s when they served on British merchant and warships. Although the natives were in many respects similar in type and tribe, every village was an independent state; there was also very little intercommunication.

The tribe is one of the many ethnic groups in Liberia, they comprise about 7 percent of the population. It is also one of the main languages spoken. By the late 20th century there were probably more Kru outside tribal territory than within. The largest single Kru community in the late 20th century was in Monrovia. Notable ethnic Krus include former soccer star George Weah and Christian Evangelist Samuel Morris who was originally known as Kaboo. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is of mixed Kru, Gola, and German ancestry

[herpsandbirds]

*points at you* fellow dwarf caiman enjoyer!!

BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE!!!

Have you also seen dwarf crocodiles???

African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis), family Crocodylidae, found in West-central Africa

This small crocodile species only grows to a length of up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft), on average.

photographs by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

African Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), juvenile, family Crocodylidae, Ghana

This small crocodile species only grows to a length of up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft), on average.

photographs by Kurt Orion G

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

African lion Amersfoort 3L0A0678 by safi kok

[sheltiechicago]

Nuit de noël (Happy Club) by Malick Sidibé, 1963, via Sotheby’s

African Art Photography of Malick Sidibé (West Africa)

Nuit du 10 octobre 1970 (Night of October 10, 1970) by Malick Sidibé, 1970, via MoMA, New York City

[blackstarlineage]

[junerocket88]

💯

There were no White people ANYWHERE until the 1500-1600s. As for Black people, we were in EVERY corner of the world, teaching the undeveloped and uncivilized world how to come out of the dark ages. We were loving people, giving people, we cared about our guests and our neighbors, and invited them to take what they needed, but as fate would have it, our guests not only took what they needed, they took everything, including African lives and ultimately, they took our homes and our land, and then they took us, our husbands and wives, our children and parents, our brothers and sisters...they took it all. Let this be the most valuable lesson you'll ever learn in your life, that you can not blindly trust people with you most loved and valued possessions.

[ourrace-sexraceandculture]

Nations of Africa, IT'S TIME!!! Stand-up and be counted, and remove ANY African leader who is playing along with western governments. You do not need the world, the world needs you!!!

[v1x-holo]

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South African Miku!!! 🇿🇦

[i-am-aprl]

“No room for genocide.” The African Union expels Israel and removes its observer status at its sessions. Immediately.

[south-africa-official]

Official post of Africa

Swati royal, Eswatini, Sikhanyiso Dlamini, by camisa florida