#senegalese man

[africanrefugeeswelcome]

Refugees Welcome = Increase in the birth rate in declining countries with a serious demographic crisis. Thank you African men for saving us!

[moonfirebrides]

Luminara’s Glow by @soulfulexpressions

[solarismp3]

The thing about Lisbon right, I saw a Senegalese man have a matching ear piercing with his daughterZ while having breakfast on my last day I saw a black male nurse with double nose piercings and his friend had one single ear piercing. I saw a beautiful Portuguese man with a lip piercing. All the black queer women I met had a nose piercing. I talked with a straight Nigerian man who moved to Lisbon 3 years ago with a single stud.

[motsimages]

Maybe what was keeping me from reading news from far away countries was having an adblock installed in my PC. Checking tumblr from my phone atm and Senegal5.com is paying so that I can follow the regional election news and candidate Vieux Thiane (who is actually jeune, despite his name).

I now will check on Google maps where the commune de Richard Toll of Senegal is. I am now invested in this.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Senegalese man

French vintage postcard

[amazingbrainrot]

Yay, and such… 🦋🥶🩵

[anissapierce]

Once i have access to worldcat again im gobbling up (if there are any) papers abt race n muppets n hoping theres more Abt those than there are about looney tunes bc i cant keep rereading the signifying rabbit only as much as i love it

(i just tried jstor to see and theres nothing but mb i need to try again later)

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Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 1994

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism. N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies. He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. In 2006, N'Dour was cast as Olaudah Equiano in the film Amazing Grace.

"7 Seconds" is a song N'Dour wrote and performed together with Swedish-Sierra Leonean singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry. The song is trilingual as N'Dour sings in three languages: French, English and the West African language Wolof. The title and refrain of the song refers to the first moments of a child's life; as Cherry put it, "not knowing about the problems and violence in our world". N'Dour featured the song on his seventh studio album, The Guide (Wommat) (1994), while Cherry included it on her 1996 album Man.

It was a worldwide hit, peaking within the top 10 of the charts in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Paraguay and the UK. It climbed to the top position in Finland, France, Iceland, Italy and Switzerland. It stayed at number one for 16 consecutive weeks on the French Singles Chart, which was the record for the most weeks at the top position at the time. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song reached number two. It won the MTV Europe Music Award in the category for Best Song of 1994.

"7 Seconds" received a total of 45,3% yes votes. :'(

[kromato]

Hey what's up it's me with a special interest in weapons and I wanted to share my thoughts about Nikto's machete (no that's not an innuendo for once)

Had a bit of a solo-mandela effect going on because for the longest time I thought it had a modified 'billhook'-like feature on the back of it for whatever reason (but smaller than what would be considered a traditional billhook, more like a hoof pick blade).

I kind of enjoy still HCing that it does have it because a) it looks kind of cool and b) a terrifying thought to think this man whips this giant intimidating blade out, flips it deftly in his hand to the hook side, just to sink it into flesh and yank people back in when they try to run. Also it allows me to think about a scenario where, resident karambit knife enthusiast Sebastian Krueger, can teach proper blade hooking techniques to our beloved plural man. Anyway back to the knife - It's like a cross between a coup coup and a bola? But has a cool flare like a Tapanga for his newer mwiii model. Also like a vintage Senegalese french machete, which were known for their high quality (might technically be the same thing as the coup coup, just with the locale specified I think, both entrenchment machetes). That curve also kind of reminds me of parangs but it's not particularly drop-pointed.

I HC Nikto as a very brutally pragmatic but particular man, so it doesn't feel too far off to think that he went out of his way to acquire something niche like that. Some kind of custom-made machete that fits his needs just right. The length of it, as well as the curved, ergonomic grip makes me think he's gotten it to do some serious chopping, so it's also probably heavy and weighted forward to make that easier when swinging. I don't see him as a flashy fighter personally, and though maybe it was a stylistic choice for the game devs/artists, I think it's a neat feature that speaks to his character. I do think it's made of hefty steel; weight is important in chopping knives, and though steel rusts, it's sturdy compared to a lot of other metals. Not to mention - I feel like oiling and caring for his weapons, machete included, would be a ritual source of peace for his sometimes loud and chaotic mind. Grounding when he can feel the weight and texture where his nerves aren't completely damaged, smell the oil, have tangible proof that it's reality when he sees the maintained blade even after he becomes unmoored.

Now this is just me WAY reading too much into it, but it gives me a little giggle - The hole at the end of the handle is for a wrist lanyard, so you can loop a piece of paracord rope to secure it around your hand. It's an important safety feature just in case the machete goes flying out of your hand while chopping, lest it hit people in your vicinity (accidentally...?). In his 19 model, he doesn't have the paracord rope attached; Nikto says "Fuck your safety" but also huge ego of "I would never accidentally fling my knife!!"

Could also be because it gets caught on stuff if it dangles off his hip though - he's got one on his newer model where he wears the blade on his shoulder, which looks like a place where it's less likely to snag on things. Could also be because he's been increasingly featured in larger factions, so he works with more people and was asked to have one on hand maybe?? I don't know. In either case the knot in the middle of the rope makes it too small for his wrist which could also be read as a passive-aggressive "Here's the fucking safety rope it's on there ALRIGHT" and yet he's also made it nonfunctional for its intended purpose lmao Okay that's all byeeee

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LAST POLL OF ROUND 5

Propaganda

Sophia Loren (Marriage Italian Style, Houseboat)—Major Italian star, first actress to win an Oscar for a performance not in English (for Two Women (1960)) and later when Roberto Benigni won an Oscar in 1999 he jumped over the chairs towards the stage going "Sophia Sophia!!" because he was running towards Sophia Loren and said he cared more about her than the Oscar, that's the effect she had on people. She was big in the 60s already even though she gained a lot more notoriety after that. And I mean. Can we take a moment and just.

Mbissine Thérèse Diop (Black Girl)—She’s a Senegalese actress known for starring in Black Girl, one of the first African films to receive international attention/acclaim. So much of the movie relies on her ability to convey her character’s sense of isolation/loneliness, she’s so amazing, I really wish she had acted more. However, she just recently appeared in the film Cuties!

This is round 5 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Sophia Loren:

She has maxed out all her stats: beauty, elegance, sensuality, she's got it all. her mesmerizing eyes, her sensual mouth, her sharp face shape, her everything is so striking and unlike any other beauty in films. she was also voted the world most beautiful woman when she was freaking 65

im submitting her in honor of my dad bc she was the first celebrity crush of his he ever admitted to me and my sister :) and he was right. shes so pretty

OSCAR WINNER. Worked with some of the hottest leading men in Hollywood but remained faithful to her husband whom she had a loving marriage with till he died (even though Cary Grant almost tempted her once, it's complicated)

One of the most well-known sex symbols of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and unlike some unfortunate others, she seems to have been pretty well at peace with occupying that status. She made assertiveness and a tempestuous temper seem glamorous, and although she's famous for side-eying Jayne Manisfield's cleavage, honestly? She's one to talk.

Absolutely, drop-dead sexy, also a hard working, extraordinarily talented actress who didn't shy away from the less glamorous roles to gift us some gritty, memorable performances

Submitting this on behalf of my dad, who knows nothing of tumblr or this blog, but I remember being a kid watching Houseboat while my mom thirsted after Cary Grant, dad thirsted after Sophia Loren, and I was excited that they lived on a boat. Anyway, she's extremely beautiful and was an international star, doing a ton of movies in Italy before being recognized in the US.

JUST LOOK AT HER Y'ALL

Very smart and beautiful, the characters that she played (I mean those in the movies that I put in the previous question) are as strong and determined as her which I think adds to her hotness.

Global superstar and my late grandfather's long time movie star crush and for a man as quiet as he was, and as hopelessly devoted to his wife as he was, the fact that I know that means she was EXCEPTIONAL.

Big in the chest, snatched in the waist, pretty in the face 😳

Sexy, beautiful, deep. A real star.

Her performance in "Man of La Mancha" is just so very captivating. Dubbed as "the Italian Marilyn Monroe", she looks beautiful in any movie and at any age.

Forget the exotic sexpot of her Hollywood films and go back to her Italian career: sparking with Marcello Mastroianni as the woman who drives him mad and outwits all his fumbling attempts at macho posturing in their early films, and showing a tender side in their 1970s films. Sophia isn’t self-conscious about who she is or her beautiful body: she enjoys being herself and she wants us all to enjoy ourselves too.

She starred in films as a sexually emancipated persona and was one of the best known sex symbols of the time. She is a great cook and her filmography is immense.

On the misattributed quote that Sophia owed everything to spaghetti: 'Did you actually say the quote frequently attributed to you, "Everything you see I owe to spaghetti"?' "Non è vero! It's not true! It's such a silly thing. I owe it to spaghetti, no, no. Completely made up."

Mbissine Thérèse Diop:

[africanrefugeeswelcome]

A German woman who exchanged her life of luxury in Europe for a simpler life in Senegal, alongside a Senegalese man who gave her 5 beautiful mixed children as a gift, she is very happy and does not regret the choice she made

Germany🇩🇪

👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏿❤️

Senegal🇸🇳

[liesmyth]

January in books

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Family drama meets procedural thriller set in 1970s and 1950s New England. Loved it, 5/5

Caligula by Albert Camus. I'm sure this would've grabbed me more if I'd watched it performed rather than just read, but it had some stunning moments anyway. 3/5

Luster by Raven Leliani. You know those litfic novels about millennial ennui in NYC? This is the book all those novels wish they could be. 4/5

The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. A young Senegalese author on a journey to discover the story behind a lost novel. Ambitious, stunning, literally life-changing. 5 stars.

Orientalism by Edward Said. There’s no much to say except I’m standing up and clapping. What a tremendous book. 5/5

Who'd Have Thought by G Benson. Lesbian fake dating hospital romance, published in 2017 but holds up pretty well (not always a given for queer romance!) I wanted to like it more than I did, but it's just dull. 2/5

Orlando by Virginia Woolf. I was so charmed by this book and ofc the prose is stunning. 4/5

The Gentleman's Gambit by Evie Dunmore. CUTE!!! historical romance between an English suffragette and a Lebanese businessman who's appropriately dashing and also has a secret. 5/5.

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones. Coming of age novel about a young werewolf. Too YA for my tastes, it turns out. 3/5

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers. A novel about a female cannibal serial killer that manages to make a female cannibal serial killer boring. The prose is pretty in parts, absolutely overstuffed in others. 2/5

Le Consentement by Vanessa Springora. A memoir about the sexual relationship between a teenager and a well regarded intellectual three times her age, among the indifference and tacit tolerance of all the adults around her. A story of collective complicity in the face of abuse, 4/5

The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran. Oral histories gathered by the author during her time hosting a radio show in the 80s and 90s, mostly set during or immediately after the Cultural Revolution. 4/5

Yesterday’s Man by Branko Marcetic. A deep dive of Joe Biden’s pre-presidential career; I enjoy the author’s essays but had issues with how this was constructed. DNF

Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine. This is an analysis of common neurosexist myths; it’s rigorous and witty enough to make up for how dense it is, so there’s that. 4/5

Blood Sweat Glitter by Iona Datt Sharma. ROLLER DEBRY ROMANCE NOVELLA!!! This made me so happy I have no words. 5/5

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll. Historical thriller. Started great ended with a whimper. 3/5

Experienced by Kate Young. The feel-good later-in-life coming-of-age lesbian romance-ish novel of my dream! I loved it. 5 stars.

Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko Jergović. Short story collection set and published during the Bosnian War. 4/5 with some standouts

The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins. I'm years late to this one but it was fun! I get it, I really do 4/5

Book of Night by Holly Black. Unforgivably dull start. DNF.

[fresh-bag-of-ham]

maurice leblanc was like. what if johnlock but they only plan jewel and art heists together and dress in outrageous disguises every single time. the genius one fakes his death but the friend actually helps him do it and they still hang out while he's supposed to be dead and they have so much fun together. and this netflix team was like awesome. we're serving this with bbc sherlock aesthetics. we're casting the most beautiful and charming man on earth. he's black and senegalese and all the heists are gleefully duping white french colonizers and robbing them of their blood diamonds. and that's what you missed on lupin!

[sissa-arrows]

Not sure if you're following the Olympics but Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer, is now being the target of so much hatred for being a "man" despite the fact she's cis, she just happens to have higher testosterone levels (much like Serena Williams! Who's even a mom!). Intersex people can be cis.

Terfs and racists go hand in hand! It's always the "we can always tell" crowd expect when it's a racialized cis woman who does not conform to your "ideal" beauty types..

Not following the whole thing I’m boycotting but I’ll answer this because of the racism and transphobia surrounding this whole case (because I’m boycotting I’m answering based on what went through my muted words and my block list on Twitter)

First of all even if she wasn’t cis and was trans she would still be a woman. Now that this very important part is out of the way let’s talk about the rest.

In her case she happens to be a cis woman but racist transphobic pieces of shit are being even more violent just because they can’t accept that a brown woman was better than a white woman and because said white woman pulled the white woman tears tactic because she is shit at boxing compared to Imane.

That being said I’m just going to quote a Senegalese guy from Twitter: Y’all are creating an Algeria against the rest of world atmosphere and it’s a mistake. Algerians thrive in that kind of atmosphere.

We’re used to fighting colonizers pieces of shit. They are not the first or the last ones (but close to the last ones Incha’Allah) and we never back down from fighting them.

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Senegalese man on a vintage postcard

[jellybeanium124]

Chidi Anagonye was raised in Senegal

As Kamilah tells us in season 3, "Chidi" is an Igbo word meaning "God exists" (double checked with Behind the Name)

Chidi's father, Emeka, also has an Igbo Name

The Igbo people are from Nigeria

Nigeria is not close to Senegal. They are about 2,500km/1,550mi apart.

According to Wikipedia, there is not a significant Igbo population in Senegal

Chidi's mother, Ndeye, does have a Senegalese name. (x) (x) (x) (it's not on Behind the Name but several other websites agree that is from the Wolof language in Senegal, so... here's hoping they're right)

Ok so now I have SO many questions about Chidi's family. Did Emeka immigrate to Senegal? Why Senegal? Chidi's birth year is set to about 1982/1983, and the Nigerian government was having crisis after crisis at the time. Colonialism looms large over this entire story for obvious reasons. Nigeria gained independence in 1954, and Senegal in 1959. Nigeria had two coups in 1966, followed by civil war from 1967-1970. There was an oil boom in the 1970s, but obviously the people did not see much of the profits from that as the military government had no interest in raising the standard of living. There was another coup in 1975, and then another in 1976. From the early 80s to 1999, the Nigerian government was a corrupt military dictatorship before democracy was reinstated (x).

In comparison, Senegal had a much more consistent government committed to democracy, diplomacy, and human rights. There was violent conflict and border tensions, but broadly things were more stable, and Wikipedia claims Senegal had "one of the more successful post-colonial democratic transitions in Africa" (x).

All this stuff could never be explored in the show for obvious reasons: it's a comedy (showrun by a white man and made almost entirely by Americans), but I'm still left wondering about it. What was it like for Emeka to move so far away from home? What was it like for Chidi to grow up both Wolof and Igbo, with an Igbo name? How did Emeka keep him in touch with his roots that were thousands and thousands of miles away, or did he encourage assimilation instead? Was this challenging at all for Chidi, growing up?

Also, and I'm going to preface this by saying I am in no position to write this arc/plotline, but I think there's something to be said here, and it could've fit really well into the story if there were west African writers in the writers room who wanted to explore this. Chidi's whole thing is about choice, and he is someone from two different cultures. They could've written a story about Chidi learning not to see himself as two separate halves, but one whole person. But tbh? I don't think they cared to. I'm not sure how much of this is intentional, how much of this implied story of an immigrant leaving his home for greener pastures, falling in love with a woman, and having a baby who then finds making a choice between two things the biggest challenge in the world was intentional, versus how much they just googled "African names." I know Chidi's name is somewhat intentional, given how they explicitly bring up its etymology in season 3, but do they care that the Igbo people are not from or in Senegal? They did seem to forget that Chidi says his native language is French in season 1. Plus they are sorta forced to gloss over the fact that Chidi's actor is American and has an American accent. Or maybe this was 100% intentional and hidden in there for people who either know all of this already or bother to google stuff. I don't know. I just remembered that the Igbo people are from Nigeria and Chidi has an Igbo name, and was pretty sure Chidi didn't say he was Nigerian, so I googled him and went to his fandom wiki page and fell down the rabbit hole from there.

(I am not west African nor do I know much about the histories and cultures of west Africa, so all my sources have been linked in this post, which were Wikipedia and name websites, my apologies if there are any errors in this post, and if there are, please feel free to correct me.)