pgLang signed an artist, developed her for years behind the scenes, dropped her debut off-cycle on a Tuesday, and used the signing announcement as a promotional vehicle. This approach is so rare it's breaking people's brains 😂
American-born French dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker was born #OnThisDay in 1906. This cut-out mesh costume, embellished with a scalloped design of metal beads, textured sequins and rhinestones, was worn by Baker in the 1930s. Sold by @KerryTaylorAuct. #fashionhistory
UHURU & CENTRAL PARK UNDER THREAT AGAIN!
Reports indicate plans to take parts of these public parks for Uhuru Highway expansion. Survey beacons are already on site. Kenyans deserve answers. Once public land is lost, it is rarely recovered. #HandsOffUhuruPark#HandsOffCentralPark
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This kid went missing yesterday around TASSIA next to Summit Hospital.
If you have any info about her or a lost 4-year-old girl in a grey sweat pant kindly call 0722137283 or 0728975614.
Tonight, Shaggy spoke at the Brooklyn Public Library.
The best part was while he was on stage, they played a video of him singing dancehall at a Brooklyn nightclub before he got really big. He was all emotional, looking back. Man the 90s. What a TIME🥹❤️
BATUK: BRITAIN'S COLONIAL GRIP IN KENYA
BATUK: The White Man’s Burden in Kenya is not just a documentary about a British military base where soldiers roll around in the dirt for six months before returning home to the UK. It is a documentary about abuse of power, occupation of indigenous land and the unfinished business of colonialism.
For decades, ordinary Kenyans living around BATUK have raised allegations of abuse, sexual violence, ecological destruction and impunity, while one of the world’s most powerful former colonial powers continues to operate freely on Kenyan soil, handing out small amounts of compensation whenever evidence of alleged crimes reaches the media.
At the centre of the documentary is the story of Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-old Kenyan woman who was tortured, killed and dumped in a septic tank, while British soldiers mocked and ridiculed her death on social media. One soldier posed in front of the septic tank and posted, “If you know, you know.” Others joked about the five-month-old daughter she left behind, posting imagery of a baby beside a gravesite.
But the story goes beyond Agnes and her tragic killing and the shocking behaviour of British troops thereafter. The documentary asks deeper questions:
How did Britain maintain a military presence in Kenya, the very same year the country supposedly gained independence?
Why are foreign troops still training on stolen land while local communities continue to suffer?
And above all, why does the Kenyan government allow all of this?
Laikipia County, currently in the spotlight because of plans for an Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens, is the very same county where the BATUK military base is headquartered. This documentary helps connect the dots about why Kenya’s political elite remain so willing to cede sovereignty to foreign powers like Britain, and why they may be willing to do the same again with the United States.
This is Sovereign Media’s first-ever documentary. We are a small, independent team with a brand-new YouTube channel and no corporate backing. We need your support now more than ever.
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When an economy grows fast, it builds fast. And fast building in Africa usually means cheap concrete, no thought for climate, no thought for community.
Tete province in Mozambique sits on one of the largest coal reserves in Africa. As mining investment poured in, workers and families arrived. The demand for housing exploded. The question was what kind of housing would be built to meet it.
Kéré Architecture answered that question with the Benga Riverside Residential Community, at the convergence of the Revúboé and Zambezi rivers. Up to 100 housing units, a primary school, sports facilities, a restaurant, a public square, a residents’ clubhouse. Affordable housing for both local and migrant families of diverse cultural backgrounds, built to last.
Local rock, wood and clay. Exposed brick walls and ceilings. Passive ventilation through the openings. Old-growth baobab trees preserved on site for shade. The building material is the landscape itself.
Economic growth does not have to mean disposable architecture. Kéré proved that a fast-growing industrial region can still be built with intelligence, dignity and local material.
That is the standard this project sets.
Kéré Architecture | Tete, Mozambique 🇲🇿 | 2015
We are still trying to raise funds to purchase the master moulds needed to train unemployed youth and expand local skills transfer. Without these moulds, the pottery skills development cannot happen.
A small contribution can really help. https://t.co/p9Tb3cyB3V