The Nzinga Effect

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[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

“Being a black woman is resisting and surviving all the time.” RIP Marielle Franco, the Afro-Brazilian councillor who was shot dead, along with her driver, last night. We will remember you. #MarielleFrancoPresente

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Useful thread: Writer/reader recommendations for feminists

[Lesley Agams ♈♑♋⚧🔮 @MzAgams]

@NFF2008 @Lolo_cy Lolo do you know @naijadesires? @PriscillaBHI @bisiafayemi @FunmiB @BibiBakareyusuf @floridauzoaru @Egoyibo_ @ can all give excellent guidance on what a young feminist eager to learn should read. You can also google & read their writing to get to know them better #Afrifem

[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

10 years ago @nas009 set up @adventurefrom to provide "a safe space where African women can openly discuss...sex and sexuality."

Today, that community is changing how people understand womxn's bodies and desires.

Read @ElizaTalks' story in @cnni

https://t.co/UPnVTDPsS3

[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating. Wishing you much peace and joy.

[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

The work we have been making with a @journagrants is getting its first showing!

Not Yet Satisfied was picked from hundreds of submissions to be screened at this year's @WomenDeliver Film Festival!

Are you going to #WD2019? Go see it!

[Eliza Anyangwe (elizatalks.bsky.social) @ElizaTalks]

I've been working on a short film with @adeyemimichael about sex positivity in Accra and Joburg.

On Thursday Not Yet Satisfied will be screened (either in part or in full) at @WomenDeliver in Vancouver!!

If you're attending #WD2019 please go see it.

[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

Happy women's day sisters.

image from @AfricansRising brilliant newsletter profiling "African sisters who breathe change" https://t.co/6u0SJ6borK

#IWD2019

[Michele Catanzaro @mcatanzaro]

@NzingaEffect We are trying to collect in our blog all the opportunities available for African women scientists in the move. If you know any one we have missed, we would love to hear about it. Thanks! https://t.co/SGvnLoKD10

[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

Congratulations to firebrand and @CassavaRepublic co-founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf!

#NzingaWoman💪🏾

[BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper]

Cassava Republic Shortlisted for Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards
https://t.co/QiGDW3bRbH via @@brittlepaper

[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

"We are not going to tell the stereotypical story..."

We'll be following this series, from @ogdabaum & @mcatanzaro, looking at the impact African women scientists are making

https://t.co/r8fB9W41FR

[1st stories in Spanish though. Imperfect Google translation possible]

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Stories from East Africa I (meet me) Outside: https://t.co/obzWmuUn4r via @YouTube

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Congratulations to Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, UN Female Police Officer of the year, who works in our Mission in Somalia. She is a shining example of how women contribute directly to peace and impact the communities and people we serve. https://t.co/4233IK4aq4

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Some say she's a myth, others say she's a true historical figure.

Queen Nanny is a Jamaican National Hero 💪🏾and this why:

[World Wide Web Foundation @webfoundation]

Now at #TechWomenAfrica: Women advancing #STEAMD

Watch live:

English Webcast: https://t.co/X81eoWAcx4
French Webcast: https://t.co/HzPsK1Ltch

[The Nzinga Effect @NzingaEffect]

Today we're following the #TechWomenAfrica. So much interesting insight!

[Dana Eljuzuli @Daljuz]

We are looking for a gender expert to cover our #WestAfrica operations on agriculture, energy and transport. Do you know someone? @GenderNetworks @tundeidrc @Sohnasi @gorioem https://t.co/mwIhoNY2eW

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"Africa's future begins when girls know that they are equal to boys."

Congratulations to gynaecologist, Dr Denis Mukwege, who today won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nzinga founder, @elizatalks got to interview him last year. Read it here https://t.co/R7ciAC9rUM

#RDC #EndVAWG

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Stories from East Africa I The Salooni Project: https://t.co/h1pxdBuvft via @YouTube

[Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy]

Two stories about girls and #Australia you should pay attention to: Suicidal 12-year-old refugee on Nauru will die if not removed, doctors say https://t.co/wXgArWf502

[Cassava Republic @CassavaRepublic]

“I grew up in a ‘white’ environment and my mom didn’t really know what to do with my afro hair. She used to cut it really short, which made me very sad.” -Mylo Freeman talks about her latest children’s book, ‘Hair, It’s a Family Affair’
Read full interview https://t.co/yKG0RruXg3