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Halloween at Desperados Club in Campbell, California, 1982. Photo by Ted Sahl.

(San José State University)

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Two leatherdyke couples photographed by Ted Sahl, 1980s. archive

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you okay babe? we're a week into June and you haven't reblogged Hula’s Bar & Lei Stand, Honolulu HI 📸 : Ted Sahl, c. 1985.

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Love Y’all

I love Jeff Wall Mac Mall Lucille Ball France Gall  Mort Sahl  RuPaul Ted Rall Oates and Hall Michael C. Hall C.W. McCall The band the Fall The show the Fall Hall of Famer Pau Gasol Jazz legend Kim Catrall But mostly I love y’all

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New Year’s Eve at Desperados Club, Ted Sahl, 1986

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New Year's Eve at Desperados Club, Ted Sahl, 1986

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Hula’s Bar & Lei Stand, Honolulu HI 📸 : Ted Sahl, c. 1985

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Hula’s Bar & Lei Stand, Honolulu HI 📸 : Ted Sahl, c. 1985

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Larry Tucker is a sort of forgotten figure in the history of comedy. He was Mort Sahl’s writer when Sahl first started doing stand-up as an unknown comic at the Hungry i. Mort eventually fired him. 

Tucker became the manager of the famous club the Upstairs at the Downstairs. The venue is notable for giving future stars like Lily Tomlin and Joan Rivers their first big break and a home room to work at.

Tucker then teamed with a coffee house comedian named Paul Mazursky. Together they became a comedy writing duo, working as staff writers on The Danny Kaye Show and eventually creating The Monkees.

Larry Tucker also wrote the screenplay to I Love You, Alice B. Tolkas (1968) and Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice (1969) with Mazursky. His place in comedy history should be assured, but most people don’t know who he was.

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10 Most Influential African Women

Africa has many influential women who have greatly aided in putting Africa on the globe in leadership, business, sports, arts, and other spheres and domains.

Discover more: 10 Richest Black Women in the World

We are going to look at those self-made women who rose to influential position mainly through their own efforts rather than being heirs or beneficiaries of undue favors. Here we go!

10. Lupita Nyog’o – Kenya

Lupita Nyong’o is an Oscar-winning actress who came to fame due to her role in the “12 Years A Slave”. She is the first Kenyan actress to have won an Oscar Academy Award in Film and Theater.

She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in this film in 2013. She has also acted in several films, including East River, My Genes, Steve McQueen’s, Star Wars, The Jungle Book, and lately, Black Panthers.

She has been an inspiration for African women interested in entering the entertainment industry. Apart from acting, she has been an inspiration to women who would like to keep their appearance as natural as possible.

Unlike most African female stars in the entertainment industry, she has not had the urge to bleach her skin. This has led her to appear in several international magazines as an “authentic African woman.” We know, sad but true.

9. Salwa Akhannouch – Morocco

Salwa Akhannouch is a leading Moroccan female entrepreneur. She is not only one of the most influential African women but also one of the most influential Arabic women.

Her great influence emanates from her entrepreneurial prowess. She is the head of Akwa Group which specializes in fashion brands. She owns the exclusive franchise rights in Morocco for brands such as Zara, Gap, and Banana Republic.

She is also into real estate with an impressive portfolio. Through her enterprises, she has a 50% holding stakes in Morocco Mall – a prestigious mall that is Africa’s largest. The mall attracts over 50 million visitors from across the globe with key clientele coming from Africa, Europe and Asia.

8. Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu – Ethiopia

Founder of soulRebels, Bethlehem Alemu is a household name in Ethiopia. She cut out her niche in the soles of the African shoes – making shoes out of recycled materials.

soulRebels is largely a social enterprise that not only generates profits but also helps to sustain a clean environment through recycling of materials that would have otherwise added to the increasing mountain of garbage in Addis Ababa and characteristic of most African cities.

Further, than that, soulRebels has helped relieve the acute unemployment crisis is Ethiopia by providing income opportunities to those living in poor slums of Addis Ababa. Thus, through her enterprise, she has profitably participated in alleviating poverty.

As Ethiopia’s un-announced cultural ambassador, Bethlehem Alemu, she has promoted Ethiopia’s traditional shoes, namely, “selate” and “barabasso” to international fame by adding to them a stylish dose of modern appeal.

Her ingenious entrepreneurship has led her to establish international stores in many parts of the world, including Switzerland, Taiwan, and Singapore.

7. Caster Semenya – South Africa

Born in 1991, in South Africa, Caster Semenya is a world-renowned athlete. She has won several international medals in athletics, including the most prestigious one – 800m Olympic Gold Medal.

Semenya began her international athletics career in 2008 by participating in 2008 World Junior Championship which she successfully won a gold medal in the 800m race.

In 2009 African Junior Championships, she won a double – 800m gold medal, and 1500m gold medal. She participated in several other international races, capping it up with 2012 Olympic Gold Medal. Her latest great win was in 2017 World Championships in London where she won gold in 800m race.

Caster Semenya has survived all odds when it comes to controversies surrounding her rather successful and exemplary performance in athletics. Some have questioned her gender and even damaging rumors on her personal life which would have otherwise caused great mental, emotional and psychological anguish to many haven’t deterred her.

6. Divine Ndhlukula – Zimbabwe

Divine Ndhlukula was born in Gatu, Zimbabwe. She is one of Zimbabwe’s most celebrated women entrepreneurs. She is the founder and CEO of Securico Security Services.

She entered this male-dominated field by offering customized security services. Due to her exemplary corporate and social leadership, she stands as one of Zimbabwe’s the most decorated women leaders, if not the most.

She has won over 18 Awards both local and international with regard to leadership, entrepreneurship, mentoring, and philanthropy.

5. Ama Ata Aidoo – Ghana

Ama Ata Aidoo has had an influence on Africa spanning over 50 years. She was born in 1942 in Ghana. As a playwright, author, and academician, Aidoo has inspired not only African women but also men in the world of literature, drama, and poetry.

Apart from being an accomplished author, poet, playwright, and academician, Aidoo has also participated in public service as a Minister for Education under the fourth government of Jerry Rawlings.

As an academician, Aidoo has served in many universities straddling Africa, America, and Europe. She has written many pieces of literary works that have continued to impart knowledge to millions across Africa.

She has over a dozen pieces of such works in her name.  The Dilemma of A Ghost being her debut piece and Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories, being her latest. At, 76 years of age, she still finds the energy to continue mentoring young African women through her Mbaasem Foundation.

4. Folorunsho Alakija – Nigeria

Billed as Nigeria’s richest woman, Folorunsho Alakija was born in 1951 in Nigeria. She worked in many companies before beginning her entrepreneurial journey. Her entrepreneurial debut was Supreme Stitches, a tailoring company.  Later on, it became Roses of Sharon House of Fashion, which became a national brand.

Later on, Folorunsho ventured into the lucrative oil industry by applying for prospecting license in 1993. She carried oil prospecting under the flagship company, Famfa Limited. Later on, after oil discoveries, she converted from prospecting into mining.

Apart from entrepreneurship, she has also participated in the academic field having become the first Nigerian woman to be a Chancellor of a university. She achieved this by becoming the Chancellor of Osun State University.

She is one of Nigeria’s leading women philanthropists as well as the Chief Matron of Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs.

3. Sahle-Work Zewde – Ethiopia

Sahle-Work Zewde has broken history to become Ethiopia’s first female president. This is a big fete considering that Ethiopia is a predominantly patriarchal society. She has thus broken the ceiling to inspire not only Ethiopian women, but African women at large.

Sahle-Work was unanimously elected by Ethiopia’s Federal Parliamentary Assembly to take up this coveted position. She had previously worked in diplomatic circles as UN Special Representative to the African Union (AU).

She has also served in various other ambassadorial positions including Djibouti, IGAD, UNESCO, and ECA (Economic Commission for Africa).

2. Fatou Bom Bensouda – Gambia

Born in 1961 in the Gambia, Fatou Bom Bensouda is the most influential woman from this tiny West African country.

Bensouda has served in various public capacities both locally, regionally and internationally. Currently, she is the second Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the first and only woman to have held that position.

She also served as Gambia’s first female Attorney General and Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Prior to her appointment at ICC, she worked as Legal Adviser and Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

1. Dr. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Nigeria

Dr. Adichie is a writer and novelist. She was born in Nigeria, in 1977.

She is an acclaimed feminist renowned for her speech “We Should All Be Feminists”, delivered on TED program.  She has won about a dozen prized Awards in by various literary organizations including Caine, Booker, PEN, Orange, among others.

Some of her great literary works include Purple Hibiscus, Half of A Yellow Sun, The Thing Around Your Kneck, among others.

She was inspired by Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and considers him her literary mentor. She hasn’t disappointed her mentor. She too has become a mentor not only to young and upcoming female talents but also to male talents.

Conclusion

When it comes to the most influential women, Africa shines on the global scene. It has powerful influential women across various professional, entrepreneurial, artistic, sports, political, and leadership domains.

They compete effectively with women across the world. They have contributed to raising Africa’s profile, even in domains that their male counterparts have been dwarfed. They are the true spirit of Africa’s 21st Century renaissance.

Discover more: 10 African Social Entrepreneurs – Proudly Leading Africa’s Transformation

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Back to your roots (zpet k tvym korenum)

Dnes budu sepisovat neco malo o byti. Aby se nezapomelo, ze ke svym korenum a respektu sam k sobe take neco citim. Pokud totiz sledujete me nynejsi cestovani po Kiwilandu, muze to vypadat jako jeden velkej mejdan. Coz taky posledni ctyri mesice je. Potkal jsem totiz “Halloo team” jenz jsou nejvice mad people ktery jsem tady na ostrovech mel moznost poznat. Ale k veci. Moje prace je opet na samote se dvema dalsimi lidmi jenz je jeden brit pro kteryho stavim tiny house a jedna kiwanda postarsi gypsi woman Beth, ktera zije ve velkym tyraku uz devatenact let a brazdi silnice novyho zelandu. Je to super baba. Hned z kraje me dostala, kdyz jsem zjistil, ze se venuje kamenum a dnb festivalum. To je vlastne tak trochu rozdil mezi zelandem a cechama. Jako kdybyb si cesky starsi generace mysleli, ze kdyz poslouchas dnb musis zakonite hned brat drogy. Ano, kourim travu, ale nepovazuju to za nikterak tvrdou drogu. Myslim si naopak, ze mi to taky trochu zmenilo mindset a hlavne ma pro me travka dost velky postaveni co se poji s umenim a sledovanim. Kazdopadne je obcas taky fajn vypnout aby se clovek z tohohle sveta neposral a k tomu to je taky skvely. Pojdme pomalu k tematu protoze bych tu mohl zase vypisovat moc dlouhy clanky. Nedavam moc velkou nadeji tomu, ze bych tu vubec nekoho vlastne nudil. Pro me tyhle vsechny clanky maji predevsim zastoupeni co se tyce pamatky. Jednou totiz zapomenu jakej byl tok mych myslenek v roli backpackera a vratim se opet do stereotipniho stylu zivota, nebo ne. Uvidime.  K tomuto tematu jsem se chtel dostat hlavne proto, ze zacinam opet pocitovat, ze vsechno to pojidani masa, popijeni onamnych drinku a pokurovani travky ma taky svych koncu nebo jinak rici mi to prestava jiz delat tak dobre a konecne si uvedomuju, ze je cas taky na nejakej ocistec. Hey jak ja se tesim na severni ostrov, kdy vsechno tohle necham za sebou a zacnu na sobe zase trochu makat. Muj zivot je ted tvrdej punk.  Nekdy mi prijde, ze cloveku opravdu musi zacit byt poradne spatne aby se vymanil ze sparu, kdy se jednak hrozne bavi, ale vi, ze takhle to proste na furt nejde. Tim nechci rict, ze bych umiral. I kdyz posledni sobota byla hodne krusna, ale vyznamenani pro halloo team. Byti s nimi v lese za vln rozkose bylo dost zajimavy.  Je cas makat a to predevsim proto, ze jsem ted jasne rozhodnutej, ze tu vlastne brzy zustanu sam a vetsina backpackers 2019/2022 poleti domu jelikoz nam prestanou platit viza. V mym planu je tu drtit surf a vydelat nejaky prachy. Chtel bych se podivat do statu, kde neni potreba neoprenu k tomu chytat vlny. Takze tropy. Tohle si zatim necham pro sebe. Ne vsechny sny se musi vyslovovat.  Surf je taky dost pekna drina a to si nemysli, ze je to jen tak. Ono by asi mohlo byt. Jde o to jakou cestu si zvolis. Me ty longboardovky moc neberou. Me to tahne na vyssi vlny a trochu agresivnejsi styl pojezdu. A to nechci naznacovat, ze jsem nejakej profik, ale na druhou stranu diky Filipovy a progresu jenz jsme podstoupili spolupraci v Christchurch. Navzdy v srdci surf bro.  Mam teda v planu zmenit jidelnicek, coz uz se dost deje. Nevim, kdy jsem si naposledy koupil maso abych si ho pripravil. Ano, dam si nekdy z fast foodu, ale to uz musi bejt a v porovnani s par mesici zpet ted jim maso dost malo. Chtel bych do jidelnicku dodat vic lustenin a zelene. Na tom jeste trochu pokulhavam. Dost mi ted chutna sea food. A to je ten zlom. Maso jsem dost omezil, ale ten sea food, to je proste ted trochu moje past.  Do soboty hrotim jeste celkem dost praci. To abych tu dodelal co nejvic na tom tiny housu. Potom bych si rad dal nejakej plan s dennim cvicenim. Nerikam, ze to bude joga. Muze to bejt jeden den behani s rozhejbanim, druhej plavani a tak. Jen jsem ted dost rozsezelej bohem. Coz mi nesvedci protoze me taky moje telo celkem tuhne a poboliva.  Zpet ke korenum jsem tuhle sekci nazval protoze jsem si ve vsech tehle myslenkach taky vzpomnel na to, jakej byl rok 2014, kdy bych to nazval, ze jsem si sahl na svoje dno. Po tomhle zazitku jsem byl schopnej nakrocit na raw stravu a makat na sobe. Doufejme, ze to nevzdam i tentokrat. Rikam si, ze bohemskej zivot byl dostatecne dlouhej a mohl bych ted maknout. A k tomu me tahne hlavne ten surf pro kterej mam ted pocit ziju. I kdyz fotky taky vychazi skvele a bere me to. Sledujte dale. Dobrodruzo nekonci.  @berryontheroad

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Halloween at Desperados Club in Campbell, California, 1982. Photos by Ted Sahl.

(San José State University)

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Globalization Is Ending - What’s Next?

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Globalization Is Ending - What’s Next?

The Lagos Panel Of Inquiry Visits Lekki Toll Gate on October 30, 2020, scene for inspection and to … [] make more findings concerning the shooting which occurred on October 20, 2020, hearing of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government to look into allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the panel visit the scene for inspection and to make more findings concerning the shooting which occurred on October 20, 2020. (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Around about this time last year I was lucky to get a call from TED – as in TED Talks. It was somewhat unexpected and flattering as I enjoy watching TED Talks. The topic I was proposed to speak on was the impending end of globalization and a sense of what might possibly come after it.

Globalization ends

Little did I know at the time that globalization would be dealt a fatal blow by the coronavirus. Not only has it begun to produce severe self-limiting side effects such as indebtedness and climate damage, but trade, travel and the flow of ideas have been decisively changed in the last year. Furthermore, what is worrying is that in past international crises – most of them economic or geopolitical, there has usually, ultimately been a sense of a committee to save the world – that leaders and leading nations would come together. This time, uniquely, there has been little collaboration.

In the end, the chaos and tragedy wrought by the coronavirus meant that my Talk changed several times, but in the end the thesis that globalization is dead and is giving away to a multipolar world is still clear, in my view.

Emerging world

One element of the debate on the new world order, and what happens after COVID-19 that worries me is that we spend far too much time talking about the US, Europe and China – especially when there is a huge amount of exciting things going on in fast growing emerging economies – Nigeria, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil for example. Economically and socially they are also stressed by what has happened through 2020, and in most cases do not have large, powerful central banks to cushion the financial blow.

With 2021 in mind, the question for them in the new world order is what model do they follow and what alliances do they build?Most of these countries – during the age of globalization – were used to being told what to do, by the likes of the IMF – but the age of condescension is over now.

 Age of condesension is over

The tangible opportunity in a less uniform, more values driven world is that countries have a greater choice in the path to follow. Arguably, they also face greater pressure to get it right.

 So, should Belarus and Lebanon follow Ireland’s model, that of Dubai? Does Nigeria still feel it has some shared values with the Commonwealth or is it better allying its large, growing population to China and its model…and think of one of the few female leaders in Africa Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia, how she might inspired by Jacinda Arden and Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland’s approach and how tangibly, she might implement their approach in Ethiopia.

 It may also be that in the post globalized world, countries like Kenya, Indonesia and Egypt decide to go their own way, and build out their own value systems and economic infrastructure.

2021 challenge

In this way, the arrangements, institutions of the future won’t be crafted in Washington or Beijing, but rather by countries like Tunisia, Cambodia and Brazil swapping notes on how to curb corruption, build healthcare and education systems for exploding demographics and ensure that their voices are represented on the world stage.

 As globalization ends, and chaos seems to reign, these countries and their young populations, the scope they have to grow and shape their societies, are the future and the promise of the next world order. That’s the great challenge for 2021 and beyond!

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Doubtful. Read below, please. • • #lgbtqrights #suprecourt #october8 #contactyourrepresentatives #transgenderrights #translives #resist #therainbowtimes #rainbowtimesmagazine #independentmedia • • #Repost @lgbt_history ・・・ On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in three cases regarding whether it’s legal to fire (or not hire) someone because that person is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Beyond the terrible impact a negative outcome could have on every queer person, the court’s decision could fundamentally alter the course of queer activism for generations. . This is bigger than marriage. . If you’re able, join us at the Supreme Court tomorrow morning in solidarity. No matter what, pay attention, get informed, and spread the word. . Picture: “IF GOD WERE MY BOSS, WOULD SHE FIRE ME BECAUSE I’M GAY?” National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 1979. Photo by Ted Sahl, c/o San José State University Special Collections & Archives. (at Back Bay, Boston) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3W7cdbgKiB/?igshid=1aqngw30q9vh4

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New Year’s Eve at Desperados Club, Ted Sahl, 1986

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New Year's Eve at Desperados Club, Ted Sahl, 1986