Tag: intelligentsia
STOFFE: Not Just Fabric, but Memory, Legacy, and the Reclaiming of a Warped Story
I sat in the cinema watching STOFFE, and 88 minutes later, I walked out with more than emotion. I walked out carrying truths that had ... Read More
Empire: Kush, Ancient Nubia’s Golden Empire That Ruled Egypt
Rulers of Kush (Image: Wiki Commons) Introduction: Africa's Forgotten Superpower Long before the modern world knew their names, the rulers of Kush commanded an empire ... Read More
Ancient African Medicine’s Blueprint for Modern Healthcare
Ancient African Neurosurgery Wiki Commons http://www.esns.org.eg/history.htm) Ancient African Medicine: The Unsung Blueprint of Modern Healthcare Long before the first hospitals, African communities were practicing medicine ... Read More
Willendorf to Baartman: Venus, BBLs and the African Body
Venus of Willendorf is an 11.1-centimetre-tall (4.4 in) Venus figurine estimated to have been made c. 30,000 years ago, and found in Austria in 1908 ... Read More
Boko Haram & Cultural Erasure: Reclaiming Lost Heritage
Sacked communitites are repopulated with occupiers and renamed (Image: Natasha Latinovska @Pexels) When Communities are Displaced and Lose Their Identities Extremism, Erasure, Displacement Boko Haram ... Read More
Vanishing Echoes: Black Populations Are Disappearing
African Identity is being erased (Image: Seun Adeniyi @Pexels) Vanishing Echoes: Understanding the Erasure of Black Populations Around the World. Across continents and centuries, Black ... Read More
Reconstructing the Symbolism and Meaning of Black
Black, proud, and thriving (Photo by Kiptoo Addi, Pexels) Reconstructing Black: Reclaiming the Colour of Power and Pride For centuries, Black has carried a ... Read More
Etched by Tradition: My Village Break and Skin-deep Identity
Identity etched into skin (Photo by VICTOR JOSEPH @Pexels) I Didn’t Know My Face Was Missing Something Until I Got to the Village When ... Read More
Africa’s Forgotten Scripts: 10 Indigenous Writing Systems
Meriotic script (Image: Wiki Commons) Africa Wrote First Africa is the cradle of humanity, and it is also one of the world’s earliest cradles of ... Read More
The Power of Thorns: A Story of Healing and Thanksgiving
The Power of Thorns: A Story of Healing and Thanksgiving Adanna felt as low as her gele after a restless, tear-stained night. As wind whipped ... Read More