africa

A thread on the multitude of cuisine on the continent. Nigerian, Somali, Senegalese, Gabonese, Zimbabwean, Moroccan, Zambian etc. From Jollof Rice to Kenkey to Sadza to Nyama Choma to Tajine. Post some of the different dishes and where they from.

Margot Gibbs 22 Jul 2020 Leaked documents and an affidavit from a whistleblower working at a major Western fishing company operating in African waters have given rare insight into how food multinationals can shift profits around the world to avoid paying taxes in developing countries. Full...

Link: Jeffrey Wright’s Gold Mine Actor Jeffrey Wright Is Trying To Create A Sustainable African Goldmine

Early last year:

Nigerians Are Taking Over Our Economy, Kenyan Professor Says As Access Bank Buys Kenya's Transnational Bank | Sahara Reporters JUL 23, 2020 XN Iraki, an Associate Professor at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, has expressed concerns over Nigeria's growing influence on the Kenyan economy...

Lingala:

AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY Feel free to discuss any topic relating to African philosophy in this thread. --x-- Once I'm done with the books I'm reading right now, I'm about to dive in this colossus-> A Companion to African Philosophy Edited by Kwasi Wiredu Advisory editors: William E. Abraham...

Cuomo Announces Partnership with Bill Gates to “Revolutionize” NY Schools in Wake of Coronavirus New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will use the COVID-19 virus as an opportunity to “revolutionize” the state’s school system, inviting Bill Gates to implement his controversial ideas about...

"OPEC For Cocoa"?The Kings Of Cocoa: The Ivory Coast and Ghana, Which Produce Over 60% Of The World’s Cocoa, Join Forces to Raise The Commodity’s Price, A Move That Will Boost Farmer Incomes, Reduce The Incidence Of Child Labor & Give Farmers a More Equitable Cut of Global Chocolate Profits...

The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses Conceptualising Gender: Eurocentric Foundations of Feminist Concepts and the Challenge of African Epistemologies (pdf) https://knowledge4empowerment.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/oyewumi_gender-as-eurocentric.pdf

This is the first of a new series on rating quotations. Occasionally I will post a quote, be it insightful, controversial, or just funny and you can rate and comment on it. I will also include a short bio of the source of the quote as well. Many will be quotes by Black people, some will not. See...

Hundreds of Elephants Found Dead in Botswana 1 July 2020 BBC World Service Mystery surrounds the "completely unprecedented" deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months. Dr Niall McCann said colleagues in the southern African country had spotted more than 350 elephant...

Thoughts?

This happened yesterday in London. Surprised who the perpetrators were. People on twitter he was a murdering scumbag. This is from yesterday in Ethiopia Always thought he was loved in Ethiopa for fighting off European colonisers

24 June 2020 Leading Scientists Conclude Elephant Poaching in Africa Has Not Decreased in Past Decade By Environmental Investigation Agency A new scientific paper warns that the world cannot lower its guard on protecting elephants. The paper, published yesterday (24 June), presents...