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[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

⁦@Cautiousclayton⁩ worth the 3hr trip , yet to miss any of his shows when he comes to Vancouver. Always brings a next up star as an opener and his sets are some of the best I’ve ever seen 💯💯 and sticks around for the fans . 💪🏽🤎👏🏽💐 https://t.co/CbeDucchnx

[Alessandra Salinas @itbealessandra]

felt so insane to sing to you last night nyc❤️

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

36 years ago today, Thomas Sankara, a revolutionary African leader, was assassinated by French imperialists.

Sankara drove out French imperialism from Burkina Faso and withdrew from IMF and made the country non-reliant on foreign aid.

He was assassinated in a coup led by his close ally, Blaise Compaoré supported by French imperialists

As far as African leadership goes, Thomas Sankara was cut from a different piece of cloth.

Here are some of his accomplishments, ONLY 4 YEARS in power (1983-87):

– He vaccinated 2.5 million children against meningitis, yellow fever and measles in a matter of weeks.
– He initiated a nation-wide literacy campaign, increasing the literacy rate from 13% in 1983 to 73% in 1987.
– He planted over 10 million trees to prevent desertification
– He built roads and a railway to tie the nation together, without foreign aid
– He appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave during education.
– He outlawed female genital mutilation, forced marriages and polygamy in support of Women’s rights
– He sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers.
– He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets.
– He redistributed land from the feudal landlords and gave it directly to the peasants. Wheat production rose in three years from 1700 kg per hectare to 3800 kg per hectare, making the country food self-sufficient.
– He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.”
– He spoke in forums like the Organization of African Unity against continued neo-colonialist penetration of Africa through Western trade and finance. • He called for a united front of African nations to repudiate their foreign debt. He argued that the poor and exploited did not have an obligation to repay money to the rich and exploiting
– In Ouagadougou, Sankara converted the army’s provisioning store into a state-owned supermarket open to everyone (the first supermarket in the country).
– He forced civil servants to pay one month’s salary to public projects.
– He refused to use the air conditioning in his office on the grounds that such luxury was not available to anyone but a handful of Burkinabes.
– As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer.
– A motorcyclist himself, he formed an all-women motorcycle personal guard.
– He required public servants to wear a traditional tunic, woven from Burkinabe cotton and sewn by Burkinabe craftsmen. (The reason being to rely upon local industry and identity rather than foreign industry and identity)
– When asked why he didn’t want his portrait hung in public places, as was the norm for other African leaders, Sankara replied “There are seven million Thomas Sankaras.”
– An accomplished guitarist, he wrote the new national anthem himself

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[Chakabars @chakabars]

Unpopular facts:
The war in DR Congo is statistically 800x deadlier than the conflict between #Palestine and #Israel, but there no outrage, no sustained media coverage.
This is because they are Black and in Africa. The phones you are reading this on come from Congo.
Racism 101

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@ManuelVeth If @hulloferries would work with @WhitecapsFC us Islanders would attend far more
Games!

[Dissect Podcast @dissectpodcast]

Had to dissect J Cole’s incredible rhyme scheme in “The Secret Recipe” w/ Lil Yachty.

[Songs // ᔑamples @songsandsamples]

Majid Jordan got back in their bag heavy with this single

[Ruben || Check the Rhyme @checktherhyme1_]

32 years ago today, A Tribe Called Quest dropped Low End Theory.

A short thread of trivia to celebrate one of my favorite albums of all time.

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@H0PtheD0N Nice meeting y’all’s !! 👴🏽👴🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@bcplace Good thing I didn’t catch the 2hr ferry from nanaimo! WAy to late of notice for something like this super disappointing .

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@DoubleDickie @sinaneza @EdwardRamirez30 @CanadaSoccerEN @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom Fake news :/

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@sinaneza @EdwardRamirez30 @CanadaSoccerEN @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom Waiting to catch a 2hr ferry then a 1hr bus ride ..

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@GarethWheeler Do we know if the game is on? A 3hr trip from the island ahead

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@RegimbalMorgan Looks like it was circling protection/ Newcastle islands . Now it’s just hovering in one spot pointing its spotlight

[Toronto Raptors @Raptors]

All-Star Energy

#PascalSiakam | #NBAAllStar

⭐️ 1 RT = 1 Vote ⭐️

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@Matt__Devlin city shout outs never get old 🤟🏽💪🏽 @Raptors #nanaimo @TourismNanaimo

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

It’s probably been said but just in case , why @desusnice @THEKIDMERO @BodegaBoys dressing like a #hiphop #bronxtale version of #sexinthecity ? So many useless pockets and zippers 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ @Showtime #ghettochic

[Waldofosho @waldofosho]

@KathleenElaine5