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[Baby @Baby76072967]

I have never heard about any woman
who wrote a will for her husband and
kids, is it men duty to die first.🥺😲🤔

[Baby @Baby76072967]

While others are upgrading lifestyles, the smarter move is to upgrade your position. Build cash reserves, earning power, assets, networks, health and options.

These things rarely look impressive at first, but they compound quietly.
The goal is not to avoid spending forever; it is to reach a point where what you have built can comfortably pay for the life you want.

[Baby @Baby76072967]

@stardomjohnson @dammiedammie35 Those are musicians , what the does the peller whatever his name is , what does he do ?

[BlackHistoryStudies @BlkHistStudies]

"Ultimately, the wealth of African people is not in their land. The wealth of African people is in OUR mind, in OUR consciousness" - Dr Amos Wilson ❤️💚🖤

[Baby @Baby76072967]

@Thebiglade They don't interject when someone is talking ,

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@Universalglitsh Reset

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@rirokpik Religion helped them .

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@Faffiedzashe Your environment determines your success 🙌 — and if you're from a country like Zimbabwe, you know this truth firsthand.

[kalmzy🦅 @kalmzy12]

Never judge someone by it's appearance
Watch and learn

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@Randomt23460179 @AMTrForYou @SamLeach1195 Thats a misrepresentation of facts , the Whiteman came to Africa with weapons , black leaders were coerced into submission . The choice was either obey or die .

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@TinasheYithroh @ciphar_blue Life isn't fair after all

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"Africa" is not a single place. It's 54 countries with vastly different economies, living standards, and social conditions. The poorest Africans in, say, rural South Sudan or the Central African Republic face severe deprivation — but so do the poorest Americans in deep poverty, homelessness, and untreated medical crises. Meanwhile, millions of Africans have better living standards comparable to or better than many working-class Americans. Comparing "the poorest American" to "the poorest African" is not an argument — it's a stereotype dressed as a statistic.

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The irony is hard to miss. A lot of mainstream Black American culture that gets promoted globally is centered around hip-hop, the NFL, NBA, and the music industry. When entertainment is pushed as the main path to success, education and business ownership get less attention.

That's part of why you see an economic gap. While other groups are focused heavily on degrees, STEM, and entrepreneurship, a lot of talent and energy in the Black American community is channeled into entertainment industries where only a tiny percentage make it. A circus 🎪.

[Baby @Baby76072967]

@soulaanprincesa You lie

[Historical Facts @HistoryFactou]

HISTORICAL RELATEDNESS BETWEEN KARANGA AND KALANGA

Kalanga (TjiKalanga/Ikalanga) is an independent language within the broader Shonic (Shona-Nyai) group of Bantu languages, not a derivative of Karanga (ChiKaranga).

Both belong to the Niger-Congo family. Kalanga forms the Western Shona branch closely related to Nambya), while Karanga is part of Central Shona alongside dialects like Zezuru). They share a common Proto-Shona ancestor, significant vocabulary, grammar (e.g., noun-class systems and verbal extensions), and phonological features—most notably an r/l correspondence (Karanga often uses “r” where Kalanga uses “l”). Lexical overlap is high (around 75% with Standard Shona in some estimates), but they are not fully mutually intelligible in the same way as closer Central Shona dialects.

Linguists treat Kalanga as a distinct language (recognized as official in Zimbabwe’s 2013 constitution, taught in relevant schools, and used in media), with varieties including TjiKalanga (Zimbabwe) and Ikalanga (Botswana), plus dialects such as Lilima. Claims that one derives directly from the other exist in local historical debates, but the mainstream classification is of parallel branches from a shared ancestral stock that diverged over centuries (estimates around 500+ years for Kalanga-Karanga separation in some glottochronological work).

Historical Background of the Kalanga (BaKalanga)
The Kalanga are a southern ethnic group primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe (especially Bulilima and Mangwe districts in Matabeleland), northeastern Botswana, and parts of South Africa’s Limpopo Province. Their ancestors are linked to early Iron Age farming communities.

Early origins (roughly AD 400–1100): They descend from Leopard’s Kopje (or related Zhizo) farming cultures in the Shashe-Limpopo region. These communities practiced mixed farming, pottery traditions, and early metalworking/trade (gold, copper, iron, ivory). By around AD 1000–1100 they occupied northeastern Botswana, western/southern Zimbabwe, and adjacent areas, often in terraced hilltop villages near rivers.

Links to Great Zimbabwe, Khami/Butua, and later polities (13th–19th centuries): Some scholarship associates Kalanga dynasties or language with Mapungubwe leadership and notes parallel developments with Karanga-linked groups at Great Zimbabwe. After Great Zimbabwe’s decline (around the mid-15th century), power shifted west to the Torwa dynasty’s Butua state centered at Khami (near modern Bulawayo), with Kalanga populations as a core element. The Rozvi/Changamire (Lozvi) later took over (late 17th century), moving capitals (e.g., Danangombe/Naletale). Kalanga language and identity persisted as a major presence in these western territories.

19th-century disruptions and later periods: Nguni (Ndebele under Mzilikazi) invasions during the Mfecane period (1830s onward), along with earlier pressures, disrupted Kalanga chiefdoms. Many were incorporated, paid tribute, or displaced; language shift toward Ndebele (Zimbabwe) or Tswana (Botswana) occurred under colonial and post-colonial pressures, though Kalanga identity, language, and cultural markers (e.g., Mwali/Ngwali religion, chieftaincy, totems) endured.

Post-independence Zimbabwe has seen activism for greater recognition amid perceptions of marginalization relative to dominant Shona and Ndebele languages/identities.

Kalanga and Karanga peoples share deep historical and linguistic roots in the same regional Bantu continuum and early Zimbabwe culture traditions, but Kalanga developed as a distinct Western branch with its own trajectory tied to the western plateau states, rather than deriving from the Central Shona Karanga dialect. Oral traditions, archaeology (pottery, settlement patterns, stone architecture), and comparative linguistics support this picture of related but independent development.

[African Revolt @Africarevolt]

A stolen watch doesn't become yours just because you pass it down to your children. So why apply a different rule to stolen labour, wealth and land?
Reparations are about inherited benefit and inherited loss. Time doesn't erase injustice.

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Lovemore Majaivana’s music was deeply shaped by language and regional barriers. Because he performed primarily in isiNdebele, his shows, recordings and live performances were largely confined to Matabeleland, while mainstream performance platforms in Mashonaland reportedly remained less accessible to him. His music was played mainly in Matabeleland—especially around Bulawayo—where his lyrics, vocal style and stage presence resonated strongly with Ndebele-speaking audiences. As a result, his live circuit and audience base became concentrated in that region, even though his artistry had wider significance. His case is often cited as an example of how language politics, radio airplay, regional media structures and urban entertainment circuits shaped the circulation of Zimbabwean music, limiting cross-regional exposure for artists who did not perform in Shona or English.