#eSwatini

[miku-earth]

Calling all artists!

and those who might have seen such art!

I've searched high and low to make sure every country is represented by the "Miku worldwide" trend, but I'm yet to see any art for:

🇳🇪 Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria!)

🇲🇼 Malawi

🇬🇳 Guinea

🇧🇮 Burundi

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

🇪🇷 Eritrea

🇱🇸 Lesotho

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

🇸🇿 eSwatini - seen! ✅

other African nations not listed have already had a Miku posted or in the queue!

If you have seen any art in the 'Miku worldwide' trend from one of these countries, please let me know!

Please pass this around so that it is more well known! For those without tumblr, there is a contact link on the site miku.earth :)

[djuvlipen]

There is a woman called Nomcebo Mkhaliphi. She is a feminist activist fighting to end period stigma in Eswatini and she is now raising funds to continue her work travelling around schools to teach kids about period, distributing pads to girls and school shoes to those who need them. I am linking her GoFundMe here in case anyone wants to donate!

[inatungulates]

Lowland nyala Tragelaphus angasii

Observed by kawickens, CC BY-NC

[omgthatdress]

[folkfashion]

Swati woman, Eswatini, by Retlaw Snellac

[lev-nevelevinskya]

Swazi Miku from Eswatini! 🇸🇿

Next up is Fiji 🇫🇯

I forgot to add her music details I’m giving to all my Miku drawings in this series 🫠

[portraits-of-afrikan-beauty]

Swazi girls are 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

[viagginterstellari]

Street shop - Manzini, 2023

[contagious-watermelon]

Most of these are islands because those are the ones I know of, but I tried to include a few landlocked ones as well

[postcard-from-the-past]

Indigenous people from Swaziland, modern-day Eswatini

South African vintage postcard

[deadpresidents]

How many absolute monarchs are there in the world?

•King Salman of Saudi Arabia •Pope Francis •Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman •Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei •The King of Swaziland (now Eswatini): King Mswati III of Swaziland (AKA Eswatini) •United Arab Emirates: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (Each of the seven Emirates that form the UAE have their own absolute monarch and Sheikh MBZ, as leader of Dubai, is the overall ruler of the nation.)

Did I miss anybody? I think those are the only absolute monarchs still in power today. The rest of the world's royalty are constitutional monarchs, so they reign but do not rule.

(There's an argument for including Kim Jong Un on the list of absolute monarchs despite the fact that he's not a King and North Korea is a Communist country. He's obviously a dictator, but the Kim dynasty has virtually ruled North Korea like a secular monarchy for nearly 75 years with the supreme leaders inheriting their power through hereditary succession. Kim Jong Un took over immediately upon the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, who had assumed power when his father -- North Korea's first paramount leader, Kim Il Sung -- died in 1994. Of course, North Korea isn't officially considered a monarchy, but the manner in which the Kim family has ruled the country and transferred power from father-to-son for three generations and counting resembles the structure of an absolute monarchy more than a "traditional" totalitarian dictatorship.)

[cognitivejustice]

In the heart of the Jilobi Forest, a biodiversity hotspot in Eswatini’s eastern region of Lubombo, the three chiefdoms inhabiting the territory had longstanding disputes, and tensions used to run high.

“Most of the disputes resulted in illegal activities like wood-cutting and livestock theft by outsiders and people from the communities who took advantage of the polarisation.”

In a bid to conserve the Jilobi Forest from repeated encroachment, it became essential for the chiefdoms to reconcile to jointly manage and protect the space.,

“Ultimately, talks were facilitated to help chiefs and communities recognise that the ongoing rivalry was detrimental not only to their collective heritage but also to the precious Jilobi Forest,”

Chiefdoms were receptive to altering course when they knew that the conservation of the forest would be particularly beneficial to their communities. The Joint Management Committee was established in 2021 to help the three chiefdoms jointly manage the resources of Jilobi by coming together to devise a reforestation plan that involves responsible forestry practices such as responsible grazing and avoiding protected areas.

“We were able to sort out our differences,” Chief Maliwa said.

[cinelestial]

Ecuador, Eritrea, Spain, Estonia, Eswatini, and Ethiopia Olympic teams at the Paris 2024 Olympics

[inatungulates]

Southern white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum simum

With pied crow Corvus albus

Observed by itsmemarlo, CC BY-NC

[countriesgame]

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Eswatini, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

Be respectful in your comments. You can criticize a government without offending its people.

[folkfashion]

Swati chief, Eswatini, by Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher