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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

15/04/2023

Africa is just the same, all over

Mozambique road to village 🇲🇿 😍
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15/04/2023

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07/04/2023

Nigeria

05/04/2023

Uhhh

04/04/2023

What the pyramid of Khafre looked like 4,500 years ago compared to today. The pyramids of Giza were originally covered with highly polished white limestones, with the capstones at the peak being covered in gold.

31/03/2023

30/03/2023

The history of dreadlocks can be traced back to ancient civilizations such as Egypt, India, and Greece. In Egypt, dreadlocks were worn by the priests of the god Ptah, and they were also worn by members of the Rastafarian religion in .
Dreadlocks became a popular hairstyle among the Rastafarians in the 1930s. The Rastafarian movement was founded in Jamaica and is based on a combination of Christian and African spiritual beliefs. The Rastafarians believe that the hair is a symbol of the strength and vitality of their African heritage, and they wear dreadlocks as a way to express this belief.

In addition to its religious significance, dreadlocks have also become a symbol of rebellion and counterculture. During the 1960s and 1970s, dreadlocks were popular among hippies and other groups who rejected mainstream society.
Throughout different cultures, people have worn locs for various reasons. For instance, the Maasai warriors of Africa have been known to wear long, thin, red dreadlocks which they dye with red root extracts or red ochre. Meanwhile, in Nigeria, there are children born with naturally locked hair who are referred to as "Dada" by the Yoruba in Nigeria.

The Rastafari movement sees dreadlocks as a symbol of the Lion of Judah, which is sometimes featured on the Ethiopian flag.
The followers of the Rastafari believe that Haile Selassie is directly related to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba through their son Menelik I. They were inspired to wear dreadlocks by the Nazarites mentioned in the Bible.

Today, dreadlocks are worn by people of all races and backgrounds, and they have become a popular hairstyle in many parts of the world. While they still hold religious and cultural significance for some, many people simply wear them as a personal expression of style.

Despite their growing popularity, dreadlocks have also been the subject of controversy and discrimination. In some workplaces and schools, they have been banned, and some people have faced discrimination because of their hairstyle.

Overall, the history of dreadlocks is a complex and multifaceted one, with deep roots in ancient civilizations and a continuing significance in modern culture.

18/07/2022

Remembering Nelson Mandela
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18/07/2022

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150 Years From Now

150 years from now, none of us reading this post today will be alive. 70 percent to 100 percent of everything we are fighting over right now will be totally forgotten. Underline the word, TOTALLY.

If we go back memory lane to 150 years before us, that will be 1872, none of those that carried the world on their heads then are alive today. Almost all of us reading this will find it difficult to picture anybody's face of that era.

Pause for a while and imagine how some of them betrayed their relatives and sold them as slaves for a piece of mirror. Some killed family members just for a piece of land or tubers of yam or cowries or for a pinch of salt. Where is the yam, cowries, mirror, or salt that they were using to brag? It may sound funny to us now, but that is how silly we humans are sometimes, especially when it comes to power or trying to be relevant.

I remember those days in my secondary school, how some people fought and did so many unimaginable things just to have their names shortlisted among those to be made school Prefects. Ordinary school Prefects o! It is just about 18 years since I left secondary school, nobody in that school right now remembers that I even schooled there despite my popularity then. Now, imagine what happens after 150 years?

Even when you claim the internet age will preserve your memory, take Michael Jackson as an example. Michael Jackson died in 2009, that was just 13 years ago. Imagine the influence Michael Jackson had all over the world when he was alive. Gosh, he was like a god. How many young people of today remember him with awe, that is if they even know him? In 150 years to come, his name, when mentioned, will not ring any bell to a lot of people. This is even because he was popular, imagine the majority of people who will never be known worldwide like him?

Let us take life easy, nobody will get out of this world alive. . . The land you are fighting and ready to kill for, somebody left that land, the person is dead, rotten, and forgotten. That will also be your fate. In 150 years to come, none of the vehicles or phones we are using today to brag will be relevant. Biko, take life easy!

Let love lead. Be genuinely happy for each other. No malice, no backbiting. No jealousy. No comparison. It is not a competition. At the end of the day, we all have the same destiny in the grave. It is just a question of who gets there first, but surely we will all go there.

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12/07/2022

In a community of African village weavers (Ploceus Cucullatus Bohndorffi), some of Africa's best Architects, the males compete and will make sure each builds the best nest, for the female only waits for one and the best builder wins a marriage!

08/07/2022

Africa themed clothing for you the African traveller

08/07/2022

Ehhhh

The Dibaba Sisters, from Ethopia, the fastest family on earth. They are the only siblings in recorded history to hold concurrent world records, and have 4 Olympic gold medals, 2 silvers, 3 bronze and 15 world championship

08/07/2022

Wonderful people sharing our beautiful African story, big job you guys do... The African Encounters

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19/06/2022

Muvumba for one, Mivumba for more... Uganda

Second-hand clothes go by different names in different parts of Africa. In Ghana, they are called Obroni wawu, meaning dead white men’s clothes or clothes from those who died in Europe. What do you call second-hand clothes in your country?
https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/dead-white-mans-clothes-the-language-of-second-hand-clothes-in-africa/

06/06/2022

Kasooli in Luganda, Uganda

What do you call maize in your native language??

29/05/2022

This is a scientific reconstruction of what the world's first modern human looked like. It is in a museum in Denmark and estimated to be 160,000 years old and from Morocco. Now what else is there to say? The first humanity was Black. The first humanity was African. We don't have to run from science. Embrace it. Africa is the birthplace of science and Black men and women were the first scientists. Don't run from it. Deal with it. Don't be like Chump and call what you don't like fake news. Study. Examine. Investigate. And, most importantly, learn to think critically. -Ronuko Rashidi

13/05/2022

Africa

Evening from South Sudan
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05/02/2022