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I am Everything | I am Nothing

[Ty Ngachira @anto_ty]

Ian Henderson led the colonial government operation that led to the capture Dedan Kimathi .
He wrote a book about it.

In the book, he makes it clear that capturing Dedan Kimathi was less about conventional military might and more about solving a massive intelligence problem. According to a CIA review of the book, Kimathi was shielded by an airtight grip on information and an unmatched mastery of the terrain within the dense Aberdare forest. To crack this defence, Henderson’s operation had to pivot completely, relying on four core realities.

First, the colonial forces had to admit that European soldiers were useless trackers in the deep bush. The success of the entire operation hinged on a network of surrendered or captured Mau Mau fighters, alongside Kikuyu police. These turned recruits possessed the jungle craft and intimate knowledge of Kimathi's movements that Henderson’s men simply could not replicate.

This reality forced the second major strategy, which was the use of pseudo-gang tactics. The CIA review notes that Henderson’s real breakthrough came from his ability to persuade former fighters to switch sides. Government-backed teams made up of these turned guerrillas went back into the Aberdares posing as active Mau Mau units, using their insider knowledge to locate and compromise real cells from the inside out

Third, Henderson turned the hunt into a granular study of Kimathi’s personal rituals. Intelligence gathered from the forest revealed that Kimathi regularly prayed, facing Mount Kenya beneath wild fig trees. By mapping these specific spiritual and personal habits, the trackers drastically narrowed their search zone, setting targeted ambushes at the exact landmarks Kimathi was bound to visit.

Finally, the operation was a gruelling war of attrition. Even with the broader Mau Mau movement heavily weakened by 1956, it still took ten agonizing months of constant tracking to corner him. Kimathi’s extreme caution and flawless bushcraft meant there were no shortcuts, making the hunt a slow, exhausting grind through the canopy.

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

Many Africans are proud of Ethiopia for being the only African nation that was never colonised.

However, they rarely say anything about how when Ethiopia defeated European colonial invaders at the Battle of Adwa in 1896, the Ethiopian army was actually marching under the banner of the Christian Orthodox Church.

This was not even a result of modern European colonisation either, as Ethiopia converted to Christianity 1200 years before transatlantic slavery and 1500 years before Africa’s colonisation, around the same time the Roman Empire was only just beginning to tolerate the faith.
In fact, Coptic Christianity in Ethiopia and ancient Egypt developed entirely independently of European colonial influence.

The Nubian kingdoms of Sudan converted to Christianity in the 6th century AD, influenced by Egyptian Coptic and Ethiopian Christian missionaries. The resulting Nubian Christianity persisted for nearly 1000 years, only gradually giving way to Islam after the 13th-14th centuries.

It was actually Islam that prevented Ethiopia and Egypt from spreading Christianity across the Sahel and into West Africa.

It’s true that Western/Protestant Christianity spread through colonial missionary activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. In places like Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, the modern religious landscape was shaped by European missionaries and colonial institutions. But that doesn’t take away from 1500 years of indigenous African Christianity.

So, while Christianity is not originally African, it’s also not originally European, having originated in the Levant in West Asia. In fact, large parts of Africa were Christian before many parts of northern and eastern Europe were.

So, when we focus on just one screenshot of Christianity’s spread by European colonisers as the whole story, it erases a rich chapter of African history while attempting to defend it.

The bigger picture is that there was a continuous tradition of African Christianity that existed for centuries as an African phenomenon, completely independent of Europe.

[#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia @wmnjoya]

The doctors wanted her as PS because of the work she did in prisons.

The PS is incompetent even as an English graduate, not just because she didn't study medicine. Someone saying "let's not politicize matters" didn't understand her theory class. The decision of the US to bring ebola here was political. So the PS should not be telling us not to politicize matters. The matters are already political.

Two, Oluga is pushing the same agenda and he has a masters in medicine. Is he competent, then?

Kenya's problem is political education, not technical expertise. Educated Kenyans are gloriously ignorant and proudly lacking in what Yvonne Owuor called (yes, she's a writer) "historical intelligence." It's a problem across all professions in Kenya. The ebola quarantine in health is conservation in ecology and CBC in education. Educated Kenyans, especially in the government, lack philosophical knowledge and are competently pro-imperialist.

The tragedy here is that Jaramogi spotted the problem with the civil service in 1965 when he and other politicians started the Lumumba Institute. It was quickly shut down through the scheming of Mboya and the Americans. That's how we got Sessional Paper no 10 of 1965 to make Kenyan civil servants solidly capitalist. Capitalism is solidly anti-intellectual. That's why the civil servants have no clue about the geopolitical arena they're operating in.

[Tamale @256Rootyherman]

Sunlight is going to affect players

Africans are at advantage

Morocco. France

[Bartłomiej Pejo @bartlomiejpejo]

❌ Australian Open 2020 – porażka w 1. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ Australian Open 2021 – porażka w 1. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ Roland Garros 2021 – porażka w 1. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ Wimbledon 2021 – porażka w 1. rundzie kwalifikacji
✅ Wimbledon 2022 – awans do 2. rundy turnieju głównego
❌ US Open 2022 – porażka w 2. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ Roland Garros 2023 – porażka w 2. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ Wimbledon 2023 – porażka w 1. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ US Open 2024 – porażka w 1. rundzie kwalifikacji
✅ Australian Open 2025 – awans do turnieju głównego, porażka w 1. rundzie
❌ Roland Garros 2025 – porażka w 2. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ Wimbledon 2025 – porażka w 1. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ US Open 2025 – porażka w 2. rundzie kwalifikacji
❌ Australian Open 2026 – porażka w finale kwalifikacji
🏆 Roland Garros 2026 – FINAŁ

Maja Chwalińska przez lata próbowała przebić się do światowej czołówki. Na 14 wcześniejszych prób aż 12 razy kończyła grę jeszcze przed turniejem głównym Wielkiego Szlema.

Wielu zawodników po takiej serii niepowodzeń odpuściłoby marzenia. Ona nie odpuściła.

Dziś, choć finał Roland Garros zakończył się porażką, Maja osiągnęła coś, co jeszcze kilka lat temu wydawało się bardzo odległe – zagrała o tytuł na jednej z najważniejszych tenisowych aren świata.

To nie jest historia o jednym meczu. To historia o determinacji, konsekwencji i wierze w siebie mimo kolejnych przeszkód.

Ogromne gratulacje dla Mai Chwalińskiej za fantastyczny turniej i osiągnięcie, które zapisze się w historii polskiego tenisa. 👏🇵🇱

A dla nas wszystkich to również powód do dumy, bo dziś Polska ma nie jedną, lecz dwie tenisistki na światowym poziomie. Przez lata symbolem polskiego tenisa była Iga Świątek. Teraz do grona zawodniczek rywalizujących z najlepszymi dołączyła także Maja Chwalińska.

Brawo Maja. Finał Wielkiego Szlema to nie koniec historii. To początek kolejnego rozdziału.

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Maja Chwalinska after losing to Mirra Andreeva in Roland Garros final

“I’d like to thank all of you guys who came today. Not only today but these 3 weeks. Thank you for supporting me. I really felt your love. I’m very grateful. I wish you could see a better match today, but Mirra was just too good for me so I guess it’s her fault. 😂 I tried my best I’m sorry”

“Thank you so much. Paris will stay forever in my heart.” ❤️

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[bodom rules @Children_bodom_]

@PrezLives2022 Wow her father must be so disappointed. If there's one thing that defines the Trump family its their honesty and respect for the truth

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

“When people want to conquer you, they first attack your culture. We’re reviving our culture, and all the traditionalists will also have May 15th as their holiday.”

~ Capitaine Ibrahim Traoré, President and Military Head of State, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫

[DB_Kae @DB_Kae]

💯 True. Lost a great grand Aunt to this event.

[Lukorito @Lukorito_]

In 1975, Radio Uganda broadcast an announcement inviting people who were blind, lame, or physically disabled to report to police stations for jobs, housing, and food.

Thousands responded, believing they would receive assistance.

Instead, they were loaded onto military trucks and taken to Jinja, a city on the Nile River.

Once there, they were thrown alive into the Nile. Those who tried to cling to the truck or riverbank were shot.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

Each circle has a different story

[DB_Kae @DB_Kae]

@4Real_KE @ImJoyMungai @SuzukiCFAOKE 👏👏👏

[Wayward🧸 @Hustleorbeg7]

I finally found the square root.

[miia @miiagarro]

told my mom she was invading my privacy and she told me i came out of her privacy

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

And wrestlers are from Wrestlemania.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

It’s the youngest country he could think of

[yogesh @yogeshtwet]

How Bones Heal After a Fracture

[Nipho Madondo @niphomadondo]

except morocco.

fuck morocco as a staff, record label and as a motherfucking crew.

[goma @soigomaa]

cool, cant wait to never hear about it again

[David AttenBruh @AlHendiify]

White people are always confused when they see something capable of violence not using violence at every opportunity.