AfrikaMzuri

01/09/2024

Its a tragic moment home, losing one of our founding members brother Serugo Kent
He loved JUSTICE, MANDELA, AFRICA, CULTURE and a Fair World. We feel indebted even more to share our Africaness by your passing away. Rest in Power brother

24/03/2024

Ethiopia🇪🇹, Horn of Africa

A group Ethiopians having a raw meat lunch.

This popular dish among the Ethiopians is called "Tere siga".The meat mostly comes from the cow and served with a powdered hot spice blend called mitmita,a hot dipping sauce called "awaze", and senafich (mustard sauce).

A famous theory behind Ethiopians taste for raw meat comes from the Abyssinian-Adal war in 1600.It is believed that Ethiopians began to eat this food during the battle.It was a war between Ethiopians and Somalians.It is believed that every time the Ehtiopian army prepared meat, the enemy easily fish them out and kill them in their sleep.They later came to the realization that the attackers were using the fire that they mostly build to roast or cook the meat to locate them. To avoid being attacked in such a manner again, they chose to consume their meats raw rather than roasting or cooking them.

This was later incorporated into Ethiopian culture and developed into a popular delicacy in honor of the occasion.

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24/03/2024

The summit of Mount Sabyinyo, at 3,669 meters (12,037 ft), marks the intersection of the borders of the DR Congo 🇨🇩, Rwanda 🇷🇼, and Uganda 🇺🇬.

24/03/2024

In 1958, Nigeria's🇳🇬 Chinua Achebe wrote his first novel book "Things Fall Apart" at the age of 28, which has sold over 20 million copies and has been translated to over 50 languages.

• It was ranked as one of the Greatest Books Ever Written in a list by Encyclopedia Brittanica in 2018.

• It was on number 5 on BBC's 100 Stories That Shaped The World.

• It was also among the 100 books that were featured on the TV series, The Great American Read.

• In Uganda, it's included in the literature in English syllabus.

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13/05/2023

A warrior

Loonkiito 2004 - 2023

It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Loonkiito, the oldest male lion in our ecosystem and possibly in Africa.

He died yesterday, on the 10th of May 2023 at 19 years old. He was a symbol of resilience and coexistence.

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26/04/2023

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PETER TOSH TO RECEIVE AWARD
Peter Tosh is one of five non-South Africans who will be honored with the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo. It is given to non-South Africans who have promoted South African interests by way of cooperation, solidarity and support.

Tosh is being recognized for his contribution to South Africa’s liberation struggle “using his musical talent to advance the liberation cause worldwide through incisive and awareness-raising lyrics in his music”.

Tosh was a vocal critic of South Africa's Apartheid regime and penned the scathing song Apartheid on his 1977 Equal Rights album.

18/04/2023

History....

The Lost Medieval City of Benin and its Remarkable Design: The Great Wall of Benin was indeed the the Great Wall of Africa!

Benin City, once the capital of a pre-colonial African empire in southern Nigeria, was one of the oldest and most developed states in West Africa dating back to the 11th century. The Guinness Book of Records recognized the city's walls and surrounding kingdom as the largest earthworks constructed before the mechanical era. These walls extended for some 16,000 km and separated the surroundings of the capital into around 500 distinct villages. However, little of these walls remains today.

Benin City was also renowned for its planning and design. The city's layout followed the principles of symmetry, proportionality, and repetition, known as fractal design. The city and its surrounding villages were purposely arranged to form perfect fractals, with similar shapes repeated in each house's rooms, the houses themselves, and clusters of houses in mathematically predictable patterns.

The city's urban planning and architecture were so advanced that when the Portuguese "discovered" the city in 1485, they called it the "Great City of Benin," one of the most beautiful and best-planned cities in the world. The city had metal lamps, many feet high, fueled by palm oil and lit at night to provide illumination for traffic to and from the palace. It was also known for its lack of theft and the high degree of security that the residents felt.

In contrast, at the same time, London was described as a city of thievery, prostitution, murder, bribery, and a thriving black market. Today, the city's remarkable design and planning continue to inspire awe and curiosity, a testament to the ingenuity and brilliance of the Edo people who built it.
Happy World Heritage Day!

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18/04/2023

Sons of Africa