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we do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.

[𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥 @SankaraDispatch]

These men were the Senegalese Tirailleurs—African soldiers recruited from across France's West African colonies, including present-day Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

When Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940, they fought and died defending a country that was not their own.

Thousands served on the front lines, facing the same artillery, machine guns, and tanks as their white comrades.

Many were captured by the Nazis and endured years of imprisonment under brutal conditions.

But for many survivors, the greatest betrayal came not from Germany, but from the very nation they had fought to defend — France !

After the war, African veterans returned expecting the pay, pensions, and respect promised to them for their service.

Instead, they encountered discrimination, delayed wages, and unequal treatment.

On 1 December 1944, a group of demobilized Tirailleurs at the Thiaroye military camp near Dakar protested over unpaid salaries and benefits.

French colonial forces opened fire on them, killing 500+ veterans. Historians are convinced that the true death toll was likely much higher than this.

They fought for France against fascism, survived Nazi captivity, and came home only to be met with bullets from the French colonial state.

It did not end there. In 1945, 34 of the Senegalese veterans, who were thought to be the instigators of the protest, were tried and given sentences of upto ten years.

They were later pardoned as French President Vincent Auriol visited Senegal in March 1947, but they were not exonerated, and their widows were never awarded the veteran pensions usually granted to widows of fallen soldiers.

The Thiaroye massacre is not taught in schools in France, and a Senegalese film about the massacre released in 1988, Camp de Thiaroye, was both banned in France and censored in Senegal.

[AwakenWith-Chi @AwakenChirp]

5 books by African authors that will decolonize your mind. 📚

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Maya Angelou Speaks On The Difference Between Black Vs. White Womanhood, 1973.

[Zoom Afrika @zoomafrika1]

A picture from 1955 during the Belgian occupation of the Congo, when a father brought an African child in a cage to his children at home for entertainment. 💔💔😭😭

[Idris @7signxx]

What they did to your forefathers/ancestors.

Know your history...

[Vanessa Jaye @vanessajaye]

This is the danger of only learning Eurocentric history

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

"We're not outnumbered. We're out-organized "

— Malcolm X

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

"People visit the rich with gifts, but they visit the poor with advice."

— African Proverb

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

African proverb…

[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.” Octavia Butler

[LabourWomen’sDeclaration @LabWomenDec]

Storming speech from @joannaccherry in the #IWD2022 Commons debate. "What you cannot define, you cannot protect and what you cannot name cannot be properly discussed and debated". If no-debate was weakening before, Joanna's finished it off. #SexMatters
https://t.co/utUanZ6WIF

[lovelieshere @ampetrinab]

@KansiimeDrare 😂😂😂😂

[lovelieshere @ampetrinab]

@Spade37295887 @Ruraltarain @owakwaNdosi Just like you gave space to white people to subjugate you and take your country from you? Y'all forget how other African states helped you guys during apartheid but you are here talking as if you don't live on the same continent.

[Nengi’s Sister 🤭🤭🥺 @PriyeDiri]

A migrant cannot take your job if you’re qualified.

#SecureTheTribe https://t.co/yP5Nh1B9Qe

[ChrisHaze Arts 🎨 @PrinceChrisMUFC]

Nigerians on that space listening to Tariq
#SecureTheTribe

[Billionaire🔥 @DOFFISHAL]

This👇🏾, dear Tariq, is the reason why Nigerians have all the juicy jobs

#SecureTheTribe

[DerykKabango😎 @DerykKabango]

Ppl: M7 is a dictator who rigs elections

Eritrean president: Hold my beer😂

[lovelieshere @ampetrinab]

@lawandordertv are we going to talk or what? I've been dying to get on SVU for 10 years. @Mariska queen, I cannot wait to work with you.

[lovelieshere @ampetrinab]

@SimuLiu 👏🏾👏🏾yesssss and on that note, @Marvel then let's do a Storm story with this African girl! #stormxmen

[lovelieshere @ampetrinab]

It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see. - Thoreau