Hi! I was passing by... And wondering if this event will happen again in 2021?

Thank you ❤️

I can organise for it to happen- but when, I don't know.

Last year the organisation was a mess and I take full responsibility for it. With Covid, it slipped my mind and I would just like to apologise now(sorry)

But yeah, if you're interested let me know- maybe we can do a secret santa or something :)

Alt-talia: Two Swahilis, Different Ideals

So, I’m finally submitting something for @hetaliaafrica2020! …Aaaand it’s a repost. Yaaaay… I frankly should have done this earlier. This is a fic I posted for an earlier event, which used to be part of a compilation (This one: https://cooltrainererika.tumblr.com/post/190719625451/alt-talia-compilation-family) . As you can see from the title, this is for Day 4-Family and Friends. 

I wanted more time to think about my African characters to flesh them out since fleshing them out is hard, but… School got in the way. Hopefully people still are watching this blog and this comes up in someone’s feed… Please reblog if you life what you see.

Sadly, I haven’t developed any of these characters much yet. I pretty much had to conduct research in the span of a few days and hope it’s accurate. As such, nothing established here about these characters is set in stone, including characters who appear here as female staying that way.

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Hello, will late submissions be allowed? I missed the submission dates!

Of course they will! Send in anything you like, whenever!

quick fadia for @hetaliaafrica2020 freestyle day

love is stored in the senegal

[ @hetaliaafrica2020 Day 7: Freestyle 

What’s better than taking a swim after a long day at work? Mauritius is known as a tourist destination due to its beaches, ecosystem, and landmarks. As Mark Twain said, “Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.” And surely, he was right. Here’s a little painting of Mauritius in the sunset, for a good last day! ]

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Day 7: Freestyle

//I’ll end this with a questionable painting (?) of Nami as a mermaid because mermay

//Thank you so much for putting up Africa Week :) It got me a chance to draw Nami more and explain more about her as well as see what other people have in store with their own ocs/canon characters. Hope we can do this next year!

Day 5 of @hetaliaafrica2020 (AU of your choice) which I’m also counting for the free day 7 because this took like twice as long as the others lmao

So yeah metal band AU! My Botswana OC you’ve got as the frontman there was already inspired by the badass heavy-metal subculture in Botswana which is 10/10 worth a google search, so this was an easy logical leap. Seychelles’ look was meanwhile inspired by Babymetal, and @ask-mauritius‘ ridiculously handsome Mauritius OC there on the right is based off James Hetfield and other nice simple classic metalhead looks

This is riffing off a 2009 Rolling Stone cover which featured Green Day, who, while neither African nor a metal group, have some a+ magazine covers. This one specifically was great because it had a flag in it - the one Mauritius is holding is the flag of the African Union, which all three are member states in.

Thanks again to the organizers of Africa Week for giving us all the chance to spread some love for the Africa squad!

[ @hetaliaafrica2020​  Day 6: Childhood

A good portion of Mauritius’ childhood was under French colonization. Formerly being a Dutch settlement, Mauritius was abandoned after futile attempts to live there by the Dutch.Their efforts unfortunately caused much physical and ecological damage to the island. Upon finding him, France took Mauritius under his wing and renamed him Isle du France (French Island), and did much restoration to the island. France wasn’t around often, due to other colonial expats, and placed Isle Bourbon (Present-day Reunion Island) responsible for the projects occuring on Mauritius. Later, France, would give Mauritius the same responsibility over Seychelles. Although he didn’t necessarily agree with all of France’s decisions, he still greatly favours France out of his past colonizers. French is one of the official languages of Mauritius.

This post is a redo of this very old one!

Coloured ver. under the cut!]

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seychelles: im a bit busy at the moment, but i hope i’m allowed to participate for day 3 of @hetaliaafrica2020 which is daily life!

seychelles: as you can see here, i’m giving a tour to @ask-namibia, cameroon, and egypt of my home! that is only a mere example of what i do on the daily! tourism! most days are spent showing people only the best places of seychelles! mauritius could never compete >:)

(according to multiple sources, tourism is one, if not the most important sector of seychelles’ economy. about 15 percent of the work force is directly employed in tourism, and employment in construction, banking, transportation, and other activities are all closely tied to the tourist industry. seychelles gets a little ambitious about her place as a result!)

Michelle? Let me see what you have?

A KNIFE!!! 

@hetaliaafrica2020 day 6 - childhood

I had all sorts of elaborate plans for big dramatic historically inspired pieces about various young up-and-coming African countries buuuuuuuuut kids are kinda hard to draw so have this meme of babby Seychelles being France’s Problem Child instead

[ @hetaliaafrica2020 Day 5: AU Day!

I’ve been watching Pokemon XY while I draw so this naturally came to mind 

Notes about his team down below!!

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[ @hetaliaafrica2020 Day 4: Family/Friends

Mauritius absolutely adores spending time with family and friends! He often considers those in close proximity to him as familial. This is especially true with members of the Indian Ocean Commission, whom his free time is mostly spent with. ]

Day 4 for @hetaliaafrica2020 - friends and family

Words cannot express how much I adore @ask-namibia‘s ADORABLE Namibia OC (and her bro S. Africa’s pretty cool too I guess)

A bit late again, but day 3 of @hetaliaafrica2020 - daily life 

South Africa is the only place in Africa I’ve ever visited, and I liked it a lot. We didn’t spend much time in Cape Town, but we visited a few markets while we were there that were pretty nice - I can’t have gluten so a lot of the snack food in South Africa was stuff I couldn’t eat, but what I could have was consistently really really good (along with all the rest of the food there tbh, I always love places whose cuisine has taken influence from a whole bunch of different styles of cooking, and South Africa definitely counts)

Design for South Africa by the lovely @ask-namibia!

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Day 2: Holiday

//In Namibia, the 26th of December is Family Day. It’s as the name suggest; it’s about appreciating families and spending time with them. In addition, this day is also to appreciate one’s cultures and ancestors. No doubt Nami will take the time to talk to many of the ethnic groups’ personifications and talk to them. She will also invite her friends over to just hang out because she considers them family as well. Here, well… this happens every year. RIP Lesotho for being small :’) Yes she’s wearing high heals. Despite Southern African countries having debates and tensions, it’s a day after Christmas, so they get along better that day, especially since Namibia invited them. She’s has those chill vibes.

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Day 1: The Past/History

It wasn’t.

Ever since the 1800s, I was told to be more “civilized”, whatever that meant. It made me ashamed of who I was and what I believed, especially when they tried to destroy my cultures. As I was colonized for a hundred years, I longed for the girl I was before all this. All these years, I was taught to be like the white people. Do what they say. Be like them. They failed at this. That only taught me that I shouldn’t be mad at myself for being genuine. I love my cultures. They’re what make me me. It took years but I love my skin, my cultures, and how I look.

I can finally tell myself in the mirror “Ondikuhole”.

//A day late. I am so sorry. 

[ @hetaliaafrica2020 Day 2: Holidays/Celebrations

Mauritius’ national holiday in on March 12, to commemorate their independence since 1968! Much of Mauritius’ other holidays are borrowed from India. ]