Kagumire

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Pan-African feminist writer and activist. Editor at Africanfeminism.com

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Disco Demolition: the night they tried to crush black musicwww.theguardian.com When a DJ called on listeners to destroy disco records in a Chicago stadium, things turned nasty – and 40 years on, the ugly attitudes behind the event ring out loud and clear

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What really bothers me is when people have rage as their response when their ableism is pointed out or they’re asked to do better. Abled people turn hostile just being asked to care about disabled people as people in basic ways.

A lot of people have an unexamined relationship with ableism and they get really upset when anyone asks them to question that relationship a little bit.

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Extremely pleased to see that Narendra Modi is almost certainly having a really bad day www.cnn.com/asia/live-ne...

Early results show Modi might fall short of outright majority and need coalition partners to form governmentwww.cnn.com Early results from the Indian Election Commission show Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is struggling to secure an outright majority, and may be reliant on longstanding coalition allies to form a ...

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Happy pride month to African queers! I hope you find kindness! it is a difficult thing to exist in most our countries as a fugitive when the ancestors are of the land. May you continue to defy colonial and anti Black nation states! From the ancestors we are born,as ancestors we return.

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All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 164 of The Continent Say what you like, but one thing is not up for debate: in his first year as president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been busy.

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Gotta say all of Bluesky is on a heater right now with the Trump conviction shit. Loving it all. Keep that shit up.

Gotta say all of Bluesky is on a heater right now with the Alito wife flag shit. Loving it all. Keep that shit up.

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Anyway tiktok suspended Bisan's account

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What the holy fuck is this

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Beatings, brandings, suicides: life on plantations owned by Church of England missionary arm Documents from Lambeth Palace archives show how one of Welby’s predecessors approved the purchase of enslaved people for the notorious Codrington sugar estate www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

Beatings, brandings, suicides: life on plantations owned by Church of England missionary armwww.theguardian.com Documents from Lambeth Palace archives show how one of Justin Welby’s predecessors approved the purchase of enslaved people for the notorious Codrington sugar estate

New column in the New Internationalist newint.org/campaigns/20...

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But an endless barrage of such images is a prostitution of the essence of that suffering, it is the use of that suffering as a kleenex and not genuine sharing which involves recognizing how our lives might have to change in response to that suffering.

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For Lorde, how we integrate that pain into our lives is the beginning of social activism. In integrating that pain, we are led to ask “why do these people suffer in this way,” or “how am I complicit in their suffering,” and ideally, we’re less willing to accept conditions that enable that suffering.

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The simplest part of this poem is the truth in each one of us to which it is speaking. How much of this truth can I bear to see and still live unblinded? How much of this pain can I use? - Audre Lorde

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"The voices of ordinary Africans were missing in the stories because global reporting still privileges the voices of powerful elites, both local and international. These include experts, politicians, national leaders, international organisations and others." www.africanofilter.org/our-research...

New media Index measures how 20 of the world’s most influential and leading news providers cover Africa - Africa No Filterwww.africanofilter.org The Global Media Index for Africa assesses and ranks *online news stories of the 20 leading news providers that offer primary coverage of Africa for the world. The monitoring tool aims to hold a mirro...

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George Floyd was killed on 25 May 2020. In this essay I remind us that 'Racism is a thief. Of breath. Of peace. Of time. Time we could spend doing other things. Laughing. Dancing. Dreaming... Living. Lives that never will be lived. Thief.' folukeafrica.com/we-were-witn...

We Were Witness to an Executionfolukeafrica.com On ‘race relations’, defunding the police and things I am willing to accept.

Absurd absurd!

Addis is being positioned as the Dubai of Africa. Which means Piassa must change – dramatically.

The complex history of Addis Ababa’s Piassa is being erasedopen.substack.com City planners want to make it shiny, modern and tourist-friendly.

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Bobrisky is hard to define: socialite, social media influencer, transgender woman, queer icon and, now, guest of the Nigerian Correctional Service. For years her hyper-popularity protected her. Until it didn’t.

For years, Bobrisky’s hyper-popularity protected her. Until it didn’t.open.substack.com The most popular – and controversial – transgender celebrity in Africa has been jailed in the male section of a Nigerian prison.

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RIP George Floyd. May 25, 2020.

Saly, Senegal 🇸🇳🩵

Lovely meeting with fellow cofounders of African Feminist Collective on Feminist Informed Policies for a working session in Nairobi

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"What we are doing now is trying our best to resuscitate it. Despite numerous technical challenges facing the station, we are proud of our only radio station, Sogoot FM, that has partnered with us as elders to promote our language and culture.” minorityafrica.org/indigenous-d...

“A game changer”: How a Kenyan radio station is reviving a dying indigenous language - Minority Africaminorityafrica.org A community radio station within the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya teaches Ogiek, preventing the language and culture from going extinct.

International Women’s Day reflections.

Island girl St.Thomas Abbey, Barbados 🇧🇧💜🌴

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Analysts and people on the street echo each other in saying Macky Sall’s postponement of Senegal’s presidential election has a lot to do with the fact that Senegal is on the verge of becoming an oil and gas giant. More in this week’s issue of @thecontinent.bsky.social

Macky Sall’s latest choice is less murky when seen through oil and gasopen.substack.com The president’s official reason for postponing the upcoming election has been met with suspicion. Analysts say: follow the money

Proud that two women are officiating the #AFCON2023Final #AfCON2023 Diana Chicotesha from #Zambia🇿🇲 . And #Morocco's 🇲🇦Bouchra Karboubi serving as the fourth official.

May the best team win this #AFCON2023Final 🇨🇮 vs 🇳🇬