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Sapeur boys, Republic of the Congo, by Tariq Zaidi
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#tootatis#jessy melissa bara#cakes#big cakes#oreo#central africa#dr congo#poland#france#OMG#BRONZE#SILVER#GOLD
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Woman from Central Africa
French vintage postcard
#central#sepia#africa#photography#vintage#postkaart#ansichtskarte#ephemera#carte postale#postcard#woman#postal#briefkaart#photo#tarjeta#central africa#historic#french#postkarte
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Mayst I request chapin's free-tailed bat? :}
Of course! It was a little hard to find good photos, but what a silly looking guy! I wanted to make sure I got a picture in of the male's interesting hair.
The first photo is of a male, and the second is of a female I believe :)
#central africa#southern africa#african wildlife#bat#bats#Chapin's free-tailed bat#insectivorous bats#animal polls#poll blog#my polls#animals#polls#tumblr polls#mammalia#chiroptera
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A Shoo-in Shoebill Stork
The shoebill stork, also known as the whalebill stork or Balaeniceps rex is in fact not a stork at all, but a long-legged wading bird belonging to the family Pelecaniformes. This species can be found in the central African tropics, from southern Sudan to northern Tanzania. Within this range, they mainly inhabit freshwater swamps and dense marshes, particularly those with deep water large reed beds.
Balaeniceps rex is often referred to as a dinosaur among birds due to its fearsome appearance. The average individual stands 1.1-1.4 m (3.6-4.5 ft) tall and has a wingspan of 2.3 to 2.6 m (7.5 to 8.5 in). However, adults are quite light, weighing only 4 to 7 kg (8.8 to 15.4 lb). Males tend to be larger than females, but otherwise the two sexes look identical. Adults have dark grey plumage with a lighter belly and darker wings. Their most striking feature is their beak, which is extremely large and can be said to resemble a wooden show (hence the name).
The shoebill's beak is very useful for catching its primary prey: fish. B. rex consumes a variety of species, including lungfish, catfish, and tilapia, as well as non-fish items like water snakes, frogs, turtles, mollusks, and even young crocodiles. Shoebills typically stalk their prey, or stand perfectly still and wait for their prey to come to them, before quickly snatching it up and decapitating it with the sharp edges of their beaks. Because of their large size and strong bills, adults are seldom prey for other animals, and they defend their nests fiercely from predators like snakes and other birds.
Outside of the breeding season-- and even during it-- shoebills are extremely territorial. Not only do they chase potential predators away from their nests, both males and females will fiercely defend their territory from other shoebills.
Breeding begins in the dry season, typically in in May, and lasts until about October. Once a male and female form a pair, they remain together for the duration of the mating season. They build a nest from floating vegetation, and 1-3 eggs are cared for by both parents; in addition to being incubated for warmth, one parent may also occasionally pour a beak-full of water over the eggs to keep them cool during the hot summer day. The eggs hatch about 30 days after being laid, and young are fed continuously-- though usually only one chick survives to adulthood. At 125 days old they become fully independent and leave to establish their own territories. The average individual can live up to 35 years in the wild.
Conservation status: The IUCN lists the whalebill stork as Vulnerable. Current wild population estimates sit at about 5,000-8,000 individuals. Primary threats include poaching for the zoo trade and consumption, habitat destruction, and pollution.
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Santiago Caballero Carrera
George Amato
Mana Meadows
#shoebill stork#Pelecaniformes#Balaenicipitidae#wading birds#birds#wetlands#wetland birds#freshwater fauna#freshwater birds#africa#central africa#animal facts#biology#zoology#ecology
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Bakongo spiritual protections influenced African American yard decorations. In Central Africa, Bantu-Kongo people decorated their yards and entrances to doorways with baskets and broken shiny items to protect from evil spirits and thieves.
This practice is the origin of the bottle tree in Hoodoo. Throughout the American South in African American neighborhoods, there are some houses that have bottle trees and baskets placed at entrances to doorways for spiritual protection against conjure and evil spirits.
In addition, nkisi culture influenced jar container magic. An African American man in North Carolina buried a jar under the steps with water and string in it for protection. If someone conjured him the string would turn into a snake. The man interviewed called it inkabera
#inkabera#nkisi#hoodoo#african american#african traditional religions#kongo#bantu#central africa#north carolina#bottles#african#afrakan#kemetic dreams#africans#brownskin#afrakans#african culture#afrakan spirituality#glass#dishware#wood#glassware#hearts
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By Jorge Sá Pinheiro
Morro da Luan, Luanda, Angola
#curators on tumblr#angola#africa#landscape#travel#nature#luanda#morro da luan#jorge sa pinheiro#central africa
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#continents#continent#geography#poll#poll time#tumblr polls#my polls#random polls#polls#america#north america#central america#south america#eastern europe#europe#western europe#africa#north africa#central africa#south africa#Asia#western asia#southeast asia#east asia#Oceania
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Masa woman, Cameroon, by Visualtribes
#masa#cameroon#africa#central africa#folk clothing#traditional clothing#traditional fashion#cultural clothing
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#jessy melissa bara#tootatis#cakes#big cakes#oreo#enhanced#melons#france#poland#congo drc#central africa#BRONZE#SILVER#GOLD
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Current situation in Central African Republic civil war
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Man from Central Africa
Belgian vintage postcard
#tarjeta#postkaart#sepia#carte postale#belgian#ansichtskarte#africa#briefkaart#photo#photography#postal#postkarte#central africa#vintage#central#postcard#historic#ephemera
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A mug
IG: Caroline.manya
#africanbeauty#black women#black girl magic#africa#beauty#congolese#black beauty#classy black women#modelling#afrique#face card#it girl#congolaise#sexy ebony#african it girl#african princess#almond eyes#supermodel aesthetic#beautiful black women#black supermodels#central africa#african beauty#african#black girl beauty#black model#black girl fashion#black girl makeup#black girl#black is beautiful#itgirls
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دارات [Dry Season] (Mahamat Saleh Haroun, 2006)
#دارات#Mahamat Saleh Haroun#Dry Season#Daratt#Saison sèche#2000s movies#Chad#N'Djamena#African cinema#civil war#Youssouf Djaoro#father son relationship#bakery#Abderrahmane Sissako#desert#Sahel region#African people#village#black people#African societies#Cinéma africaine#African islamic societies#amnesty#vengeance#revenge#war criminals#killer#Central Africa#La stagione del perdono#orphan
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Historians from Southern Illinois University in the Africana Studies Department documented about 20 title words from the Kikongo language are in the Gullah language. These title words indicate continued African traditions in Hoodoo and conjure. The title words are spiritual in meaning. In Central Africa, spiritual priests and spiritual healers are called Nganga.
In the South Carolina Lowcountry among Gullah people a male conjurer is called Nganga. Some Kikongo words have a "N" or "M" in the beginning of the word. However, when Bantu-Kongo people were enslaved in South Carolina the letters N and M were dropped from some of the title names. For example, in Central Africa the word to refer to spiritual mothers is Mama Mbondo. In the South Carolina Lowcountry in African American communities the word for a spiritual mother is Mama Bondo. In addition during slavery, it was documented there was a Kikongo speaking slave community in Charleston, South Carolina
#nganga#mama mbondo#slave community#charlestonch#charleston south carolina#afrakan#kemetic dreams#africans#african#brownskin#brown skin#afrakans#african culture#afrakan spirituality#central africa#kikongo language#gullah#gullah geechee#gullah gullah island
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