gina mamavi

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters - Antonio Gramsci

[Seamus Heaney @HeaneyDaily]

A great Irish poet and singer left us today.

She was beautiful, courageous and wore her heart on her sleeve. She was before her time.

Nothing will ever compare to Sinéad O’Connor.

Rest easy Sinéad.

[gina mamavi @GMamavi]

@AfricaInstitut2 Dancing and wishing you a fabulous birthday @AfricaInstitut2
Joyeux anniversaire et tous mes vœux de santé.
https://t.co/ow7PHog8mn

[gina mamavi @GMamavi]

Was at the bus stop today in 🇫🇷, a young Russian greeted me politely. He was listening to a Russian song, a language I studied long ago in 🇧🇯. I immediately "shazamed" the music and showed him the result: Иван Кучин/Ivan Kuchin. He smiled. https://t.co/HnzlwAPB3s
👏🏿👍🏿 @Shazam

[gina mamavi @GMamavi]

@dolawanle @dolawanle, you're right. My children who were born abroad have decided to take African languages courses and they are paying for it. They want to know their roots better. They see themselves as European and African. 👏🏾 4 making us, parents, aware of our responsibilities.

[Dele Olawanle @dolawanle]

IMMIGRANTS: LET YOUR CHILDREN KNOW YOUR ROOTS

Sometimes, I wake up and weep over the stories I heard and the cases I dealt with the day before. The story of a man or woman who is now old and is abandoned by the children he/she spent their whole life raising.

The children became an adult, got married and moved away from the family house and they never looked back. Some of the children in this generation can be so selfish and unforgiving sometimes over petty family squabbles.

I spent my early years in Nigeria and self-sponsored myself to the UK. I have spent the last 33 years in the UK and counting. I was on the floor. I was on the dunghill. Life was terrible but it is getting better. So I mixed with the poor and the rich. I have been a pastor for close to 21 years and have been a lawyer for longer than that. I feed on people’s private information which they voluntarily share with me. Please hear me out.

I want to appeal as an elderly immigrant in the UK to fellow African immigrants, let, your children know where you come from. Take them to your country of origin. Take them to your old schools. Take them to some rich suburbs. Take them to the ghetto. Let them know that the UK is not the world. Once these children grow up here, they will not remember that they are Africans. Most of them! Their mentality is unusually narrow and rigid.

It is okay now. You are young. Everything is working. You are making money. Your favourite holiday destination is America, Canada, Mainland Europe, Dubai, Turkey and the rest but your home country is a no-go area. You are a careless parent. You will find out as you grow older that you need your country. You need your people. You will be lonely and frustrated.

For example, if you are from Nigeria like me, you will realize that there is no place like home. I can afford to travel anywhere in the world but my experience of Nigeria is unique. I was there five times last year. There is serious hardship there and there is also abundance. Being among your people is different. Positioning makes the difference.

There is suffering in the UK and there is also discrimination based on race and colour. There is also stylish suppression. It takes a strong will to succeed here. I can tell you that from experience. What is making you happy today will soon become burdensome.

Many old people who spent their life and resources raising their children are confined to an old people’s home at the end of their lives. They approach me to write their will but they spend the majority of their time with me talking of their regrets. They said their children did not look back and they think like English people. They also confess that it was their fault because they did not let them know about Africa, did not say anything good about their country of origin and they did not take them home once. What a shame!

Hear me younger people, no matter how rich you are in the UK, have a property in a secure area in your home country that you can take your children to from time to time. Talk to them about your country. I do that with young Africans including my children. They came back to thank me. Don’t get carried away. Things do change.

Whilst reading this, you may embrace it or dismiss it but don’t discard this post. May you remember me with thanksgiving in your heart tomorrow.

Dele Olawanle is my name. I write and speak to make lives better. If you have been inspired, follow me for more brain-jangling writings.

[gina mamavi @GMamavi]

Une amazone. Une très belle performance. Bravo !
https://t.co/JoY0y5F5np

[Africa Institute in Ireland @AfricaInstitut2]

The woman bucking the trend in 🇬🇭Ghana to embrace her grey hair
https://t.co/5N0dU3JfTS
@joan_baxter 🪶🖊️📚🎙️📻 @thewildgees @FinnClodagh @GMamavi @m_gilmartin

[Africa Institute in Ireland @AfricaInstitut2]

Massive🙏🏼thanks to🇨🇦@joan_baxter🪶🖊️📚🎤📻for listening👂[respectfully] to her hosts during her 30 years of living in🇳🇪����🇲🇧🇫🇬🇭🇰🇪🇲🇱🇸🇱🌍
Very much appreciated🙏🏼🌻🍁
https://t.co/LkHrbTzbFk
@pippa_hackett
#SevenGrainsOfParadise #SierraLeone #DustFromOurEyes #TropicalAgriculture

[NHS Nurses @SocialistNHS]

We are refusing to pay Elon Musk for a blue tick

However we need more followers to ensure people keep seeing our message about the NHS

Please RT and follow if you support us
#OurNHS

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Today Elon took my Blue Tick away.
As an experiment to see if my reach has been affected, can you please do me a favour?🙏
If you follow me, and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it.♥️
To make it worth sharing, here's my photo of a rare Black Redstart after a fly🐦

[GullahMuseumSC @GullahSc]

This evening, Muslims around the world will celebrate Eid al-Fitr--“the feast of breaking the fast." This marks the end of Ramadan and a month of fasting. Many are unaware that the first Muslims in America were enslaved Africans, including the ancestors of some Gullah Geechee.

[gina mamavi @GMamavi]

@fasc1nate https://t.co/l4X3FYV1jO

[Belinda Otas @BelindaOtas]

The joy of childhood.

I have memories of playing in the sand in Benin City that looks just like this.

Love this for these kids 😍

[gina mamavi @GMamavi]

@AfricaInstitut2 @nanodo2001 @AfricanCJGroup @FoodSovereignGH @womensassembly @LVCSEAf @MVIWATA @Miss_MVeronique @GRAIN_org @kebetkachewomen @WoMin_Africa @FoEAfrica @ERAFoEN1 @Lsdsenegal @landcoalition @UNCCD @ExtinctionR @senalouka @WanyekiJedidah @mama_ember @joan_baxter Grateful to you for sharing.

[Wunpini F. Mohammed, Ph.D @wunpini_fm]

Dasiba!

I am happy to announce that my latest publication which examines the erasure of ethnicity, language and cultural identity in Ghanaian social movements has been published.

Please DM for a copy. 🩵

https://t.co/m7SDpW55kE

[Lolwe KE @LolweBooksKE]

Hello good people of Kisumu!
We are excited to host our very first book launch with author Troy Onyango.
Come one, come all!

[Billy Monama @BillyMonama]

I have an independent & conscious mind, I like song because I have ears not because social influence, I don’t listen music with eyes but ears. Today music is listened through the ear of the influencer, people have lost their ears, please help them to find their ears.

[gina mamavi @GMamavi]

#EricMasson. Merci et bravo aux 344 femmes et hommes qui faisaient leur sortie d'élèves à fonctionnaires de police. Cannes-Écluse, 17 février 2023

[Police nationale @PoliceNationale]

#ÉricMasson est l’éponyme de la 27e promotion des officiers, en hommage à ce #Policier exemplaire tué par balle le 5 mai 2021 alors qu'il contrôlait un trafiquant de #stupéfiants à #Avignon. La cérémonie est empreinte de sa mémoire. La chorale chante son nom devant sa famille

[Doulfikar @PolitikEtTak]

@BFMTV Bravo BFM, encore un bon titre pour exciter les fachos qui évidemment ne liront pas l'article et se contenteront comme à leur habitude d'aboyer..
Alors que si l'on lit l'article on peut tomber sur cette déclaration qui ne reflète en rien ce qui peut être suggéré par votre titre .