#akra

[spaceshiprocket]

Akira covers by Katsuhiro Otomo

[kemetic-dreams]

The 1763 Berbice Slave Revolt was a rebellion that took place in the Dutch colony of Berbice, which is now part of Guyana: 

Who led the revolt: The revolt was led by Cuffy, a Coromantin man who was enslaved and trafficked from West Africa, and his deputy Akra. 

When did it happen: The revolt began on February 27, 1763 and lasted until 1764. 

What happened: The rebels set fire to plantations, killed Europeans, and took over food stores and households. The rebels gained control of the colony until the Dutch army arrived. 

What was the outcome: The Dutch regained the colony and executed 125 men and 3 women. 

What caused the revolt: The revolt was caused by extreme labor conditions, tropical diseases, food shortages, and planter brutality. 

What was the impact: The revolt had a significant impact in the Dutch Republic, where it was widely reported in the press. It also foreshadowed later insurrections, such as the Haitian slave rebellion. 

What is the legacy: The anniversary of the revolt, February 23, is Republic Day in Guyana, and Cuffy is a national hero. 

[molkolsdal]

Oval seal depicting a standing lion and taurine symbol.

Akra, Bannu, Pakistan, 4th century BC-3rd century BC

[hyperionwitch-art]

Next commission! This one is for @fields-of-rye--such a rad character and such a good idea for a pose! ✨ Interested in a commission?  I have a waitlist that I always check first before opening slots!  DM me for deets~

[interplanaranathema]

I would love love love if you did a Rhodakra kiss personally!!!

I AM SO GLAD THEY ARE GETTING MARRIED THEY ARE SO CUTE TOGETHER

Rhoda- @socialpoison Akra- @librarian-of-doom

The kissing prompt The rules for Ask Kiss

[oknews]

El director ejecutivo de CommuniD, Elvio Gramignano, organizará un evento en vivo en LinkedIn con el Dr. Bassil Akra sobre las regulaciones de dispositivos médicos (MDR) de la UE

[hydrias]

dinaurian ocs go brrrrrr

[nyxorra]

Been playing lots of pathfinder and dnd lately and thinking about... ✨her✨

[loghainmactirs-archive]

Ghilanna rotating in my brain as I decide what to do w her

[dinrelsanddragons]

I heroforged the entire Blackscale clan (sans the kids, including Lambda and Reownha) as royal guardsmen, for my Princess Lambda roleswap AU. I think they turned out great. Notable changes include swapping weapons– mostly dexterity-based weapons for strength-based weapons, and I added a shield to Quespa's kit. Sekkala and Nethox keep daggers in their off-hands for the main gauche effect with their sword in the main hand.

Please do notice that Madre is in this overconfident 'come at me bro' pose with her huge chest and hips. Listen. She is still the group thot, and regrets nothing.

Long post with images below cut.

BONUS POINTS: PRINCESS LAMBDA HERSELF.

[loveincoldness]

me

@seithen4100 on ig

[prnanayarquah]

UNESCO to read with Accra at Akra Book Party 2024

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UNESCO to read with Accra at Akra Book Party 2024

Akra Book Party, a special literary product by Read Ghana Read Consult to celebrate the book ecosystem and its relevance in national development, on Unesco World Book day is scheduled to happen at the Mamprobi Gale Community Library on Tuesday, 23 April, 2024 from 10:00 am.

As part part of the event, UNESCO office in Ghana is scheduled to read with participants under a session dubbed “UNESCO reads with Akra”. This segment shall give a platform to a representative from UNESCO office to read a selected book and then climax with a chat session on the theme of the book.

Akra Book Party which is a mini book festival shall also host other interesting activities including dramatic reading in Ga, read and play video games, read and bounce, inter-schools puzzle contest, author-reader connect, read aloud with icons, blast a balloon and read, the reading carnival among others.

There will also be a “Bookdate with Amandzeba”. This session shall host the legendary Ghanaian musician in a read and converse with participants moment, and will also feature some rendition of music from the legend as interlude.

Other activities to be witnessed on the day will be “a book-art experience with Dede Padiki (of GWR Pent-a-thon fame)”, a book reading session with Selma Alhassan (ace Ghanaian broadcast journalist an audio book Conversation with Ama Dadson and author) and books exhibition.

Akra Book Party 2024

The Special Guest of Honour for the event will be the former mayor of Accra and current member of parliament for the Ablekuma South Constituency (which hosts the event), Hon. Alfred Oko Vanderpuije.

Unlike other events, the maiden Akra Book Party prefers a literary conversation as its opening ceremony and shall feature book personalities/stakeholders to lead participants in analyzing the topic “Is the book industry rightly positioned to contribute to the creative economy?”.

Panellists selected for the session are Carl Ampah (National Programme Officer, UNESCO Ghana ), Joseph Baffuour Gyenfi (Executive Director, CopyGhana), Ama Dadson (CEO, AkooBooks Audio Ltd), Emmanuel Nyarko (MD, Town & Country Books) and Obaa Panyin Demay (Nyamedze Onna).

Akra Book Party 2024 is expected to host over 500 participants and is made possible by Read Ghana Read Consult, Osu Children’s Library Fund, Town & Country Books Services, Yumvita Ghana and the Ghana National Association of Private Schools.Participation is free.

[molkolsdal]

An 'Akra Devi', a standing female figurine, adorned with bangles and a heavy beaded necklace, in coarse pottery with a dark red slip, standing without feet in an oval frame, hands raised in Añjali Mudrā. This last characteristic is very common in the Akra Devi range, but some of these devis have their arms by their sides. The back is flat and plain and the base is always concave and exhibiting broken edges as here. It is likely that this figure was arranged standing, in a row of others, on the shoulder of a large pottery vessel (see Khan, Knox and Thomas, 2000). These items are known only from Akra and adjacent sites in the Bannu area, and have never been discovered in a strictly dateable archaeological context. The piece is marked on the back with 'Akra', a great ancient city site in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, about 110 miles south of Peshawar. The origins of Akra are iron age, through the Achaemenids, and all that follow, to its demise in the 10th century under Mahmud of Ghazni. Archaeological context: presumably unstratified and from a surface collection. These pieces are difficult to date and may be as late as the 3rd to 5th centuries, though it is argued that there is a sequence detectable in the corpus ranging from the early more sophisticated types to the later less well made.

[fields-of-rye]

Only cool kids get blue skin

purple and blue are doing so well on my poll but i don’t think i’ve seen like screenshots or gifs of anyone’s ocs that are purple and like one blue one … where are your purple and blue ocs !!!!!! show me!!!!!

[heather-chandlers-weirder-cousin]

success! You found a narrative reason for your OC to have ASPD!

[proofhead]

Antalya'da Birkaç Güzel Gün

Aklımda seninle ilk defa yolculuğa çıkışım değil bu. Seni düşleyerek kilometrelerce yol çektim. Gittim ve geldim. Sen benimle olduğundan bir zaman sonra, her gittiğim “kavuşmak”, dönüp geldiğim ise “ayrılık” oldu. Bazen seni geride bırakıp uzaklaşmak, kaçmak için yola çıktım. Ancak o yollar beni nihayet sana, senin kollarına getirdi. Ya yaşadıklarım tarifsizdi ya da düşlerim çok gerçek… Aynı…