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Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa Mamadou Koulibaly, leader of LIDER (LIberty and DEmocracy for the Republic), running candidate for the 2020 presidential election in Ivory Coast

12 May 2020 Madagascar Slams WHO for Not Endorsing Its Herbal Cure President Rajoelina said WHO has shut eyes, as a drug to combat COVID-19 has been discovered by a poor African country By Felix Tih Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has slammed the World Health Organization for not...

COVID-19 and Class Collaboration MAY 6, 2020 Link: COVID-19 and Class Collaboration — The Black Alliance for Peace

Still looking A1 :ahh:

I honestly think it's one of the best video on YouTube. It's an 22 min extract (cut in two parts) from a 4 hour conference Pr Theophile Obenga gave in 2012 in Kinshasa. The main reason is because it encompasses so precisely what it is to do history, or any science for that matter, in a world...

I want to keep on the Africa theme this week. I read up on Russia, pre-WW1. They looked exactly like the continent looks right now. They had a sht ton of unused, unrefined minerals and oil. Their populations were mostly agricultural just like every country on the continent (except SA). They...

More evidence is being found on this discovery. Was Columbus not the first? How did Afrikans reach the Americas? Why is this coming out now? Stay tuned. Turn your volume up

As the title says. Taken from the channel's playlist: This series of 20 programmes is based on a unique project, overseen by UNESCO known as the GHA: the General History of Africa - Africa’s history, culture and heritage written and told by Africans themselves. Zeinab Badawi travels across more...

The Nigerian Army Chased Italian Forces Like "Cheetahs Hunt a Bull": Forgotten World War 2 History Map in a newspaper reporting on British progress in the war against Italian forces in North and East Africa. Brigades of Black African soldiers including Nigerians, Ghanaians and Kenyans fought...

Coronavirus: Africans Accuse Europeans of ‘Coronising’ the Continent 16 March 2020 Many of Africa's cases have been brought by Europeans By Amandla Thomas-Johnson The large number of Europeans being diagnosed with coronavirus in Africa has sparked debate and ridicule, with one Senegalese...

Health officials prepare to vaccinate residents of the Malawi village of Tomali, where young children are test subjects for the world’s first vaccine against malaria. Image: AP A scathing opinion piece in the BMJ is accusing the World Health Organization of conducting a pilot program in Africa...

Scientists are coming to the conclusion that the Niger River Basin is the equivalent to the Fertile Crescent when it comes to plant/crop domestication. Here's a couple of sites on the research paper: (PDF) Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication Yam genomics...

Scientists are coming to the conclusion that the Niger River Basin is the equivalent to the Fertile Crescent when it comes to plant/crop domestication. Here's a couple of sites on the research paper: (PDF) Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication Yam genomics...

:leostare: I know we don't all have Passports, but keep in mind breh this: NAIROBI, Kenya is POPPING. Might be the #1 city/market on the entire continent going forward. This is no "savage bush/outback" we're talking about. Read the comments on that tweet. :ld: I see some of the locals got some...

CNN article: Young Black Americans who want to explore their roots can take a free birthright trip to Africa. Here's how - CNN It's with a non-profit called Birthright Africa Birthright AFRICA "This isn't about validating black identity. It's about providing an opportunity for people to...

Communities in Africa fight back against the land grab for palm oil by Alliance Against Industrial Plantations in West and Central Africa | 19 Sep 2019 Gathering of leaders from African communities affected by oil palm plantations, Ndian, Cameroon, 2016 Co-authored by: ADAPPE-Guinée, Bread...

Is Dakar, Senegal the Flyest City on the Planet? I dig their steeze :ehh: Dignified, black, handsome, beautiful people. Lemme rock that pullover with the brown and white leopard print tuxedo shoes ya heard?