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05/10/2024

The Matobo District in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland South province is distinguished by its Colorful Huts, which are meticulously designed by women using an array of earthy materials including charcoal, ash, water, and soil to enhance their living spaces🌍

19/06/2024

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FYI: Changes are soon to follow...

12/04/2024

Ethnologic | Or So Shall It Be...

Welcome to Botswana 🇧🇼

In Botswana, citizens get free land, free healthcare and free education.
University students receive $154 in allowances monthly.
It has low debt.
It has Africa's best Police service.
It is an upper-middle-income country.
It has Africa's highest credit rating.
It is one of the safest countries in Africa.
Citizens have visa-free access or visa-on-arrival status to 87 countries including the UK.

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15/10/2023

Ethnologic | "...until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned:

That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race;

That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bo***ge have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will;

Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil..."

-H.I.M. Haile Selassie I Speech to the United Nations (excerpt) New York City, NY October 4, 1963

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08/10/2023

Travel | Onikan, Lagos 🇳🇬

29/09/2023

Architecture | Tubali: Hausa Architecture

High curved walls, intricately colorful design, and thousands of years old. Northern Nigeria represent.

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29/09/2023

[LIVE CHAT] Tonight we'll host Ex- Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation of Guinea Bissau🇬🇼.

Lady Suzi Barbosa is contesting for a AU chairmanship position.

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SUZI BARBOSA (Bafatá, 1973) is Senior Minister and Minister
of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities of Guinea-Bissau, since April 2021, being the first Woman to bear this Honorable Title in the history of Guinea-Bissau.
Before, she was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communities from July 2019 to January 2020 in the Government led by Aristides Gomes and from March 2020 to April 2021 in the Government led by Nuno Gomes Nabiam.

She holds a degree in International Relations, a Master in
Development and International Cooperation, speaks six
languages and won the Pan-African Humanitarian Award in
2017 for her work on women's empowerment, social leadership and gender advocacy in Dar-Es-Salam, Tanzania, and has received, as the first woman as well, the National Order Medal Colinas de Boé in the history of Guinea-Bissau.

Suzi Barbosa was Political and Diplomatic Adviser for the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Dr. Aristides Gomes, from 2018 to 2019. Suzi Barbosa was a member of the Government led by Domingos Simões Pereira between 2015-2016, having served as Secretary of State for Cooperation and Communities.

At Parliament level, she was the vice-chair of the PAIGC parliamentary group and chair of the Parliamentary Women's Network (REMP-GB).
Elected to the Guinea-Bissau Parliament in 2014, and re-elected both in 2019 and 2023.
As Member of the Parliament, Suzi Barbosa defended the Women's Quotas Law, which aimed to increase the presence of Bissau Guinean women in the sphere of decision-making in Guinea-Bissau in 2018.Member of the Executive Committee of the PGA since November 2017, she was the Chair of the national group of
this parliamentary organization, which consists of 142 parliaments.

From July 2022 and July 2023, she was the Chairperson of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, the first time the Republic of Guinea-Bissau as a Portuguese speaking
country has assumed this community responsibility.

28/09/2023

Travel | Ìbàdàn, Ọ̀yọ́ Nigeria

26/09/2023

Ethnologic | Ghanaian 🇬🇭 Innovator, Danny Manu has developed wireless earbuds, that can auto translate over 40 languages.

04/09/2023

Nigeria's 🇳🇬 Blue Line Rail in Lagos is expected to commence commercial operations today.

01/09/2023

Travel | Banana Island, Lagos , Nigeria 🇳🇬

29/08/2023

Architecture | The patterns used in African vernacular architecture are often complex and symmetrical, creating a sense of continuity and harmony. They are inspired by natural elements such as plants, animals and geometric patterns to represent growth and prosperity. Deities, ancestors and religious symbols are often used to protect buildings and the communities that inhabit them.

22/07/2023

Good morning Africa from the beautiful streets of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 🇹🇿

21/07/2023

Food | Names Of Yorùbá foods you may like to try.

Amala

Semo

Fufu

Ẹgusi

Ẹfo riro

Ewedu

Gbẹgiri

Ata dindin

Ẹran igbẹ

ẸJA ARO pẹlu pepper soup

Ẹran ewurẹ pẹlu pepper soup

Ẹran agbo

Ẹran ogunfe

Ifọkọrẹ

Asaro Pẹlu ẹja titus

Tuwo pelu obẹ ila

ẸJA odò dindin pelu Ẹko tutu
Pepper soup oni Inú Ẹran

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20/07/2023

Travel | Lakowe lakes and Resort, Lagos, Nigeria.

18/07/2023

Travel | Olumọ rock, Abeokuta.

17/07/2023

17/07/2023

BENIN KINGDOM

An ancestral commemorative head of an Oba (king), known as “uhunmwun-elao”, copper alloy, Benin City, Nigeria, 16th to 17th century.

Created somewhere between the mid-1500’s to early 1600’s by members of the “Igun Eronmwon”, or the royal guild of bronze casters of the Edo Kingdom, centered on the medieval city of Benin, in southern Nigeria. This was one of many thousands of pieces looted from the royal palace during the British Benin expedition of 1897, when the 900 year old city was razed to ground. This particular Benin Bronze found its way to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1938 and has been there ever since.

“This head of an Ọba wears layered necklaces of royal coral beads. Tubular beads adorn both the netted cap and slender braids alongside his temples. While representing an individual, his facial features and calm expression are idealized. The thickly cast head once supported a tusk. Immune to corrosion, brass symbolizes royal permanence. A personal religious object, this head sat on an ancestral altar in the Ọba’s palace.”
-The Cleveland Museum of Art

“The first task of any new king (Oba) of Benin City is to create an altar dedicated to his deceased father who reigned before him. The altar (a semi-circular mud platform onto which altar objects are placed) is used to honour the previous Oba's legacy and serves as a point of communication with the deceased Oba.

The new Oba commissions the casting of a commemorative head (uhunmwun elao) which is usually placed on the altar together with other altar pieces such as the ukhurhe rattle staff and the aseberia altar tableau. It is believed among the Edo that the head is the driving force in human nature and is ultimately responsible for a person’s success in life. As such, uhunmwun elao are used to also signify the success and status of previous Obas. Each altar usually contains a number of uhunmwun elao heads (always in pairs) supporting carved ivory tusks.”