Emeka October Okoye

The show must go on #Life

[Variety @Variety]

Colman Domingo says he and Chadwick Boseman “burst into tears” on the set of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” after filming a scene where Boseman’s character questions God. The 2020 musical-drama turned out to be Boseman’s final project.

“I’ll never forget this moment. It’s a moment that I feel like will stay with all of us. I started asking him the question over and over again. And then he exploded with this rage about God. We went into this fight scene, and then George called cut, and then we just grabbed each other and burst into tears. I didn’t know he was ill, and we didn’t know what was going on, but we cried and held each other.”

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[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

"How come is everything white?"

— Muhammad Ali in 1971 Interview.

[Emeka October Okoye @OctoberOkoye]

@ammandev Think we have more chance with Camavinga. Cant see real ever selling Tchouameni - why would they...

[Kylian Mbappé @KMbappe]

Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

Naomi Osaka brings the kimono to Centre Court 🤍

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

“They brought me here to kill me. I don't see myself surviving. This is the end.”

These are the words of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the paediatrician who ran Gaza's last children's hospital. He has been held without charge by Israel for over 18 months, alongside at least 13 other Palestinian doctors from Gaza.

His lawyers say he has been held in solitary confinement, beaten, starved, and denied medical care. He is now in life-threatening danger and requires urgent hospitalisation.

Silence is complicity. @YvetteCooperMP must demand his immediate release and urgent medical treatment NOW.

[Bob Vylan @BobbyVylan]

We are suing The BBC for defamation.

[Jorja Smith @JorjaSmith]

ALIVE @wizkidayo 🦅

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[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Palestinian goalkeeper Saleem Al-Ashqar was shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza. Married just five months ago, he leaves behind a wife expecting their first child. The Palestinian Football Association says more than 1,000 Palestinian athletes have been killed since October 2023.

[Emeka October Okoye @OctoberOkoye]

@LADEig Loosing Rui is a bad move personally, I think the overhaul is a bit too aggressive. Apart from Luka and Austin it's a brand new team that will take time to gel.

[Emeka October Okoye @OctoberOkoye]

@CinemaTweets1 Damon was outstanding in Bourne, i can't fault him at all.
I am however not convinced with him as Odysseus, really hope he proves me wrong.

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, known as Lumumba Vea, gained fame during the Africa Cup of Nations for posing as a statue of Congo’s assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba for the entirety of games

Lumumba was an activist who helped to end Belgium’s colonial rule over Congo in 1960. He became the newly independent country’s first prime minister and was seen as one of Africa’s most promising leaders, but he was assassinated within a year during a struggle against a Belgian-backed secessionist movement in the mineral-rich Katanga region.

A Belgian court in March ordered a 93-year-old former diplomat to stand trial for the slaying. Etienne Davignon, who previously denied wrongdoing, is the last living among 10 Belgians suspected of involvement in the killing and has been charged with “participation in war crimes” for his role in the “unlawful detention and transfer” of Lumumba.

Find out about Lumumba Vea's appearance at the World Cup ⤵️
https://t.co/RcwIU6OcYV

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

FIFA’s broadcast cameras appeared to avoid showing this moment, likely due to rules around political gestures and protests.

But today, Lumumba covered his mouth and mimed a gun to his head in a powerful protest against the silence surrounding the conflict in eastern DR Congo.

One of the world’s most active crises has displaced thousands, and he used the World Cup stage to make sure people could not look away.

This is what true influence looks like. 🇨🇩👏

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

A UN commission has found that Israel is committing genocide through a "deliberate strategy to destroy the future of the Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children".

The truth always comes out in the end — and we must never, ever let it be forgotten.

[Emeka October Okoye @OctoberOkoye]

@ronnabe it's laughable that you mention Croatia but find it hard to say Ghana. Who aren't actually ranked as the second worst team at the World Cup according to FIFA. You guys need to do better. Rankings don't mean anything when team physicality and temp come into play. Point in case 0-0

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

History will judge Keir Starmer as a man who lied his way to the top of the Labour Party and then used that power to evoke Enoch Powell with “island of strangers”, keep children in poverty, attack disabled people, scapegoat refugees, strip back civil liberties, and hand our public services to Palantir.

A man who gave the top diplomatic job to the “best pal” of a convicted paedophile, said Israel has the right to cut off water and electricity to Gaza, rolled out the red carpet for Israeli war criminals, and kept the weapons flowing to the Israeli military as it committed genocide.

Good riddance.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

The most emotion Keir Starmer has shown is over losing his job, not enabling the genocide of the Palestinian people.

Good riddance.

His next stop should be The Hague.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Keir Starmer could have ended child poverty, homelessness and the grotesque levels of inequality in this country.

Instead, he abandoned those in need, destroyed our civil liberties and facilitated genocide in Gaza.

That is how this Prime Minister will be remembered - and that is the legacy of moral and political bankruptcy he leaves behind.

The crises in our society are not going away. Neither are we - and we will keep fighting for a more equal, peaceful and dignified society for all.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

It's obvious to point out attacks against Muslims get ignored - but still needs repeatedly calling out.

An Antisemitic attack should be reported and action taken.

But where is the same media outrage, cobra meetings and calling of national emergency when 5 Muslims are attacked?

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Where is the COBRA meeting, @Keir_Starmer?

Or does that not apply when Muslims are attacked?