After the world is done raving about 🇨🇩 DR. Congo’s grand arrival and fashion look for the World Cup, please also take the time to educate yourselves about our issues and amplify our voices. DR. Congo is currently undergoing a genocide and one of its worst Ebola outbreaks.
Africa’s most honest architecture is increasingly coming from its women.
Nzinga B. Mboup grew up between Mozambique, Cameroon, South Africa and Senegal. She saw what colonial urbanism did to African cities. Then she decided to build differently.
Her practice Worofila works with compressed earth bricks, typha plant fiber, and self-supporting earthen vaults, materials that have kept people cool in West Africa for centuries. In Dakar, where concrete dominates because it’s cheap and politically convenient, that is a radical act.
She puts it plainly: “Why did we ever stop building with earth?”
Nobody has a good answer.
Nzinga B. Mboup | Worofila | Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳
#OnThisDay in 1944 Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama. A leading voice of Black liberation, feminism, and prison abolition, she continues to shape debates on racism, capitalism, and intersectional justice worldwide.
Four white men have more wealth than half the planet… & you still think a brown immigrant is why you’re struggling? 😭😭 Explain that to me like I’m five.
o negócio eh viver tudo que tem pra viver msm, irmas. enquanto existir vida existe possibilidade. tarde nao existe pra quem sabe aproveitar o privilégio de tá vivo
unpopular opinion but a lot of “mental health issues” disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. peace is expensive and pretending money doesn’t affect mental health is privilege.
Adult friendships require grace. People are very busy. People are healing. People are growing. People are taking time for self care just like you. Less communication isn’t less love. Check in not out.