Phakela has turned the traditional Zulu attire into a violence xenophobia uniform.
A traditional attire that was respected internationally has been ruined by hate for fellow Africans.
You know how respectful umqhele was ?
Workers use trolleys to transport bars of pure gold between buildings at a gold refinery in the city of Johannesburg in Transvaal Province (later Gauteng) of South Africa in May 1946. Credit: James Jarche/Popperfoto
The International Commission of Jurists calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African police and relevant government agencies to protect non-citizens, dismantle vigilante networks and uphold South Africa’s constitutional and international human rights law obligations.
Do Africans elevate Western culture over their own? Content creator Yara Mel sees it in fashion and appearances, from skin lightening to traditional clothes being relegated to special occasions only. She reckons there's still a lot of "mental unlearning" to be done. Agree?
#Decolonize #Africa #PanAfricanism #Freedom #Identity #Decolonisethemind
"I want to be a South African, which i am. And I am artificially prevented to be one. I am born here, I've got all the rights to be here. To enjoy all the privileges of my birth country." - From the documentary South Africa Tales of Two Cities, c 1970s
K*llings and unrest in Nigeria are fuelled by poverty and bad governance, not religion. Nigerian politician Peter Obi says widespread hardship makes “recruitment easy” for all forms of criminality.
Nigeria’s battling an extremist insurgency while over 60% of its population faces multidimensional poverty. Obi, a presidential candidate for next year’s elections, says leaders must focus on education, healthcare and lifting millions of people out of destitution.
He gave this speech at the European Parliament.
#PeterObi #Nigeria #Leadership #Africa #Poverty #Accountability #Governance #Education #Development
Black people have really killed BMW and Mercedes as a status symbols in the USA
20 years ago you’d see a lot of wealthy white moms or successful businessmen in BMWs or Mercedes, now it’s almost exclusively fat older black ladies with government jobs
Give Julius Malema his Flowers while he can still smell them 😭😭🙏🏾🙏🏾💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
Siyabulela Nkunz' ay' baleki @Julius_S_Malema for giving us a Home called the EFF ❤️🖤💚
South African exceptionalism from fellow blacks is soo stupid. how are you laughing at slums of Kenya when we have our own with no end in sight. We forget the black conditions of our country?