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West Africa gets pretty bad coverage in the mainstream media - itās all Monkeypox, coups and conflicts!
And that includes Senegal.
#Senegal #African #Africa #westafrica #panafricanism
West Africa gets pretty bad coverage in the mainstream media - itās all Monkeypox, coups and conflicts!
And that includes Senegal.
#Senegal #African #Africa #westafrica #panafricanism
But Senegalās actually never had a coup and never waged war against its neighbours.
Itās one of the safest places you can visit.
Itās one of the safest places you can visit.
Did you know that it will become the first African nation to host an Olympic event?
The Youth Olympic Games are coming in 2026 - an 18-day bonanza featuring 35 sports.
The Youth Olympic Games are coming in 2026 - an 18-day bonanza featuring 35 sports.
The MESSAGE Not The Messenger
One thing I've noticed about our people is that we have a hard time receiving the message. The messenger can't be to ugly or to short, to light skin or to dark skin, Christian like Marcus Garvey, or Muslim like Malcolm X.
One thing I've noticed about our people is that we have a hard time receiving the message. The messenger can't be to ugly or to short, to light skin or to dark skin, Christian like Marcus Garvey, or Muslim like Malcolm X.
Historical African kingdoms that we deemed to be of the "wrong faith" are dismissed. Despite lessons to be learned from them. African history is not perfect or flawless but we have to be open to a non biased reflection of it.
The 17th century Kongo queen Dona Beatriz was Christian, but she practiced a Black Nationalist form of Pan African Christianity to expel the Europeans and end the slave trade.
In 2007, Black U.S. chattel slavery descendants (African Americans/ BAs) won an EEOC āsame raceā suit against an Ethiopian-owned company in Houston that discriminated against BAs in favor of native African drivers. Black ethnic specificity is already understood ā federallyā¦
In the EEOC complaint, Andrew Cooper ā a black American working for Ethio Express reveals how he was told by Ethio Express management that,
"you blacks are happy as long as whites give you food stamps."
"you blacks are happy as long as whites give you food stamps."
Cooper explains how Black American drivers āwould be dispatched on āghost trips,ā in which a driver would arrive at a destination to find no passenger waiting, while routes with paying passengers were assigned to drivers of Ethiopian origin.ā
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#HopingAgainstHope: Panafricanism and the fight for Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
1/ Between 1970-73, the UK & US vetoed 5 resolutions against white minority dictatorship in S. Rhodesia. The proceedings of the UNSC meeting are eerily reminiscent of our current situation.
#HopingAgainstHope: Panafricanism and the fight for Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]
1/ Between 1970-73, the UK & US vetoed 5 resolutions against white minority dictatorship in S. Rhodesia. The proceedings of the UNSC meeting are eerily reminiscent of our current situation.
2/ In 1972, OAU held a meeting in Addis opened by HIM Hailesselassie to strategize further with regard to the situation in S. Rhodesia & the role of the UN. In 1973, a UNSC resolution was tabled by Kenya & Guinea calling for action against the illegal white minority gov't of SR.
3/ Odero-Jowi, representing Kenya gave a very elegant and moving speech against this debacle and rebuked the members of the UNSC[UN & UK] that consistently stop resolutions against the white minority govt of SR through what he aptly called "velvet vetoes."
.@nimaelbagir
#BlackPawns vs. #ProudBlacks
1/ Taking the conflict in N. Ethiopia as an opportunity, #African and #Ethiopian elites who despise #Ethiopia and #panafricanism have come out of the woodwork in droves.
#BlackPawns vs. #ProudBlacks
1/ Taking the conflict in N. Ethiopia as an opportunity, #African and #Ethiopian elites who despise #Ethiopia and #panafricanism have come out of the woodwork in droves.
2/ These are people who grew up convinced that it was a great miscarriage of justice that they were born black. Deep inside they keep thinking they should have been born white. The injustice of it all!
2/ They spend their whole lives chasing after the illusory dream of being as light skinned as possible. They work hard, they cajole and beg and suck up to their bosses. They even pray! And yet, they wake up every day bound in that black skin.
#NoMore
šÆ U.S. Based and many European news outlets like @cnn @cnnafrica , @bbcnews @bbcafrica , @reuters and @france24_en have reported the war in Ethiopia without the context of decades of atrocities that faced the Ethiopian people under the TPLF led government.
šÆ U.S. Based and many European news outlets like @cnn @cnnafrica , @bbcnews @bbcafrica , @reuters and @france24_en have reported the war in Ethiopia without the context of decades of atrocities that faced the Ethiopian people under the TPLF led government.
#NoMore
U.S. Based and many European news outlets like #CNN, #Bloommberg, #BBC, #Reuters and #France24 have reported the war in Ethiopia without the context of decades of atrocities that faced the Ethiopian people with the former ruling government under the TPLF.
U.S. Based and many European news outlets like #CNN, #Bloommberg, #BBC, #Reuters and #France24 have reported the war in Ethiopia without the context of decades of atrocities that faced the Ethiopian people with the former ruling government under the TPLF.
The lack of context and bias in these coverages has emphasized on the violence and atrocities in Tigray and paints the nature of the conflict as a genocide. This reporting provides the narrative of African countries that is easier for the West to swallow and easier to dismiss
Nigeria-Ghana traders laud Speaker @femigbaja over intervention in Trade dispute
The Nigeria-Ghana Business Council & the Nigeria Union of Traders Association Ghana have commended the Speaker @femigbaja over his intervention in the trade disputes with the government of Ghana.
The Nigeria-Ghana Business Council & the Nigeria Union of Traders Association Ghana have commended the Speaker @femigbaja over his intervention in the trade disputes with the government of Ghana.
Members of the Nigeria-Ghana Business Council said through their President, Omoba Bambo Ademiluyi, that Gbajabiamilaās visit to Ghana has made positive impact and paved the way for an amicable resolution to the trade dispute.
In a letter of appreciation and commendation dated September 5 and addressed to the Speaker, Mr Ademiluyi said: "It is on record that your trip brought about the highest involvement of both governments in this dispute that has been on since 2007.
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila urges Ghana to revisit law on $1m business capital
...seeks bilateral trade law between the two countries
...advocates application of ECOWAS protocols
#FreeTrade #Africans4Africa #Ecowas #AFCTA #PanAfricanism #AJointTask
...seeks bilateral trade law between the two countries
...advocates application of ECOWAS protocols
#FreeTrade #Africans4Africa #Ecowas #AFCTA #PanAfricanism #AJointTask
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. @femigbaja has made some far-reaching proposals that would bring an end to the attacks on Nigerian traders doing business in Ghana.
During a 'Legislative Diplomacy' bilateral meeting with Ghanaian lawmakers/some top government officials as part of his ongoing visit to @ghanagov to resolve the crisis, the Speaker advocated for an amicable settlement of trade disputes through arbitration/fair judicial processes
When the Obote clique seized power on Dec 12,1980,a no of patriotic 4ces started considering the qn of armed struggle 2remove the dictatorship.
2lines of thought emerged on the strategy that shd be adopted:
Some advocated a coup dāetat others advocated a protracted peopleās war
2lines of thought emerged on the strategy that shd be adopted:
Some advocated a coup dāetat others advocated a protracted peopleās war
They,later formed the Popular Resistance Fighters [and went on] to form the National Resistance Movement and Army,rejected the strategy of a coup.The main point against staging a coup was the presence of Tanzanian troops in Uganda which could always be reinforced from TZ . 2/20
By trying to capture the radio station and take power in one day, they would have been making a gift of theseselves to the Tanzanians, since they had already decided to become backers of Obotesās dictatorship. 3/20
#WhyNRAFougtPotractedPeopleWar
#NRAWar
@MrHilari
#WhyNRAFougtPotractedPeopleWar
#NRAWar
@MrHilari
