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thrdnarrative · 3 months

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Playtime in the water in Dakar, Senegal by Maïmouna Elle

#Dakar #Senegal #Africa #document Africa #travel Africa #Maïmouna Elle #@romanticizingafricancountries

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serialunaliver · 5 months

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I can't stop thinking about that video of cobalt miners in the congo with little to no protective gear struggling to pull other miners out of a collapsing mine

The fact that they're working to death LITERALLY for billion dollar corporations ran by CEOs who get to relax in mansions and on yachts makes my blood boil

This is violence of capitalism and colonialism

#I had a document in resources on my old blog that was a report on exploitation of western corporations in Africa #If I find it online i'll share it again

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itsbansheebitch · 9 months

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Today I learned (from a Jacob Geller video, but here's an article, too) that Al Qaida went on a rampage committing arson, destroying ancient scrolls and manuscripts (specifically in Mali). A librarian who was preserving a collection of PRICELESS manuscripts in Timbuktu knew that Al Qaida would be coming to their library sooner or later, so over the course of six months with the help of several volunteers, they would transport around 200,000 books.

(Some of the documents & books in the library didn't make it out/were destroyed around January 2013) In the beginning they drove 600 mile (checkpoint filled) round trip again and again to each house that has volunteered to put their life on the line to save the books.

Eventually, that method became impossible, and he discovered he (and the other volunteers) only have one choice: FLOATING THE REST OF THE BOOKS DOWN THE NIGER RIVER. BOOKS. DOWN A RIVER. Seven Hundred Ninety One (791) TRUNKS/"footlockers" of BOOKS were sent down a river. You want to know how many made it? How many were recovered? ALL SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY ONE TRUNKS WORTH.

These books are literal relics. "Some date back to the 13th Century, and have survived more than 700 years." Bro, you are awesome, but you are going to give me a heart attack. Anyway, this some wild history and the art in these manuscripts is beautiful.

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localwifipoacher · 10 months

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June 2023

#South Africa #KwaZuluNatal #Self portrait #Localwifipoacher #South African #June #2023 #Portrait #Zulu #Life #Documented #Womanhood

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thats-a-lot-of-cortisol · 3 months

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So maybe I'm just missing it or it hasn't reached my dash yet, or I didn't notice it in a post I have seen, but the actual write-up from the ICJ decision doesn't seem to be being passed around?

The English PDF can be found here. The French one is here (no other official translations as of writing this post). The English one has a summary of the proceedings that goes point by point through the reasoning for the hearing, South Africa's and Israel's arguments, etc., and has some examples that back up South Africa's claims. The French one has a much shorter write-up, mostly the official (?) layout of the ruling with the judges' votes.

For the English one, the long-form ruling & explanation begin at page 14, paragraph 41. The official ruling with the judges' votes begins at page 24, paragraph 86.

It's actually not that bad of a read, especially as far as legal jargon goes. They make it clear that the ICJ is limited in what it can do and call for, especially until the merit proceedings. They also state that Israel has to report back with, essentially, an itemized list of how they stopped their genocidal actions within a month of the order (1/26/24, so 2/26/24). South Africa will have a chance to submit its comments on Israel's report to the Court.

#I'm sorry if I'm repeating what someone else has done #i either haven't seen the document itself shared yet or i was too groggy to realize it was linked in a post i *have* seen #anyway. hopefully the post made sense. skimming the document isnt too bad and i say this as someone whose brain is currently mush #palestine #palestine resources #icj #south africa v israel #free palestine #free gaza #ceasefire now #icj hearing #genocide #my post

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leroibobo · 5 months

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oh if you ever are curious about non-maghrebi/egyptian african synagogues i highly recommend this website. they're unfortunately not as recorded in pictures as the other sorts of synagogues i post, but there is comprehensive information on them.

#jewish #info #my posts #also how interesting that there's such a marked difference between the ones for the 'black' and 'white' jews #like zimbabwe and south africa have synagogues for european jews that came but not one for the extant lemba jewish community #afaik they just didnt have them (and just prayed at peoples homes) but i could be wrong #(man the bullshit lemba jews have to go thru re: their 'legitimacy' reminds me of treatment of native americans w black ancestry in the us)#but ya synagogues in the maghreb and egypt are pretty well-documented so i dont include them #unfortunately info online on african synagogues everywhere that isnt those places is scarce

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forallineed · 4 months

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Camilip Week day 2 - Date

@enchantedchocolatebars

#belmila #belomila #camilip #camilos #philmila #With a hint of day 1 'animals' because I knew I wouldn't be able to participate every day #but I could NOT resist the idea of Philip learning Giraffes are real while on a date with Camila #Poor man is so confused #Demons banished them to the Human world in Africa but weren't documented until the 1760s #so Philip wouldn't have known about them #he's spent all these years thinking they were a myth but they've been real the whole time #get that man an aspirin it's gonna take him a while to sort this out

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blackbackedjackal · 11 months

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I study coyotes cause I can’t study jackals :<

#coyote research copium #trust me if i could be in Africa documenting jackals all day i would be #gotta look at American jackals instead #jackal's journal

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garadinervi · 8 months

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Steve Biko, Medical Students' Representative Council, University of Natal (Black Section), (pamphlet, 24 pages), n.d. (pdf here) [Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal. DISA – Digital Innovation South Africa]