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Fulani Bandits posted a recording of children in their captivity. You can hear the recorder saying, "call them if there is" before codeswitching into fulani language.
The children look malnourished... ⤵️
Did you know that despite his unspeakable crimes, King Leopold II was buried with full royal honors in the Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Brussels ?
A church !
You cannot separate Christianity from Colonisation.
Unlike the black roofed square boxes with tiny windows our people build across this continent, this house is 150 years old and still standing because someone built it with the right materials, the right roof and the right relationship to its climate. The renovation in 2023 did not replace it. It continued it.
Muthana House. Vadakara, Calicut, Kerala. Designature Architects. 3,500 sq ft. Completed 2023.
The house was crafted 150 years ago in harmony with its natural surroundings. When renovation became necessary, the goal was to breathe new life into the structure while preserving its original charm, addressing termite proofing, concealed wiring and updated spatial layout without touching what the original builders understood correctly. The terracotta tiled sloped roofs were retained and extended. Large openings were kept because the original architect understood ventilation. The columns were redesigned but the veranda remained because the original architect understood how people actually live.
A home is where we spend most of our lives. It should be built like it is part of us, not a flashy box that costs everything and lasts nothing. The people who built this house 150 years ago knew that. The question is why we stopped knowing it.
Designature Architects | Muthana House | Vadakara, Calicut, Kerala | 2023
I want people to notice how a lot of these are done naturally by children. Especially the arm swings (as is done when skipping, and some others are done when stimming). Turns out longevity is connected to channeling the mannerisms of the inner child. How cool!
Next up, letter N: “Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)” #JayZ30#JayZ
Timbaland: “…When we did ‘Jigga What,’ I did a beat at first. He [Jay-Z], like, ‘Nah, I need…’ [Timbaland starts mimicking Jay’s flow and lyrics]. I said, ‘Give me five minutes.’ ‘Cause he had the rap already ... the first beat I did wasn’t it.”
Jay-Z: “I got a whole new respect for Timbaland, for real. You know, you listen to his tracks, and [he’s] like a very innovative producer. ...He brought that sound to the game, like you hear that, it’s either his joint or you think it’s his joint. ...When he got in there, he had a track up, and I was like, ‘That’s cool ... but I want it [to feel like] Timbaland.’ Like, two minutes later, he came back with something even crazier. Then, after I laid the vocals, he just kept adding on to it … I was like, ‘Wow, got a new respect for him.’ ”
In 2019, a Nigerian man called Gerald “Sunny” Okafor died in a Japanese detention center after a 4-week hunger strike. Detained for immigration issues, he begged to be sent home, but the Japanese authorities refused.
The Japanese are extremely hostile to Africans.
1900. Wife and daughter of French colonial governor Paul Doumer casually throwing rice and pennies to Vietnamese children — forcing them to crawl and fight like animals for scraps.
This is how the West brought ‘civilization.’
Humiliation as entertainment. Supremacy as policy.
We remember every scar.
We will never bow again.