Tag: africa
Out of Africa to the World: A Long History of Extraction
From antiquity, Africa has given the world its best - without reciprocity or acknowledgement. (Imagined by Gemini AI) Africa has been the fulcrum of a ... Read More
Happy Wedding Anniversary To Me: When Marriage Feels Lonely
When Marriage Feels Lonely: A Reflection on Love and Absence Happy Anniversary to me. But here I am, alone. Well, not technically alone. There’s a ... 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
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
Famous People of African Descent: Thomas Dumas, France
Dumas, France's Black General (Image: Wiki Commons) Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: The Black General of France Long before France knew Napoleon as its military genius, another name ... Read More