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ISS

issafrica

Looking back at 2020: An ISS thread#SAInTheWorld #AfricaInTheWorld After being elected to the Security Council in June 2018, the ISS debated key expectations and opportunities for SA’s two-year term that

Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Tinu

Or a Black person. Because, you know, history. Hernrietta Leakes. Tuskegee. The mutilation of enslaved Black women to create the field of gynecology. Ongoing neglect of us. Textbooks that still

charles a. murray

ChiefRocka77

The studio system is a shitty system. There are good people in it, but a lot of these “diversity” attempts are mostly lies to satisfy egos. As much money as

Bhakti Shringarpure

bhakti_shringa

There’s always critique about lazy acacia-sunset book cover for African books. I don’t get when/how the fertile acacia period occurred but older covers of #Africanlit are just extra extra extra

emily

emilywritesgood

Remember when Rush called a woman raped by members of the Duke University lacrosse team a “ho”? Remember in the 80s when Rush had a regular segment called The AIDS

Micere Nyaga

ThunderKaat

For the last 4yrs or so I've strictly read African Authors or Authors of African descent. This year end and as promised to @AbigailArunga I said I'd review the books

Shadowhull🏴‍☠️

realShadowhull

(THREAD) You know if @JoeBiden wanted to do some good work & get brownie points from literally everyone here's something he could do to make up for the death of

Pepper's Library

PeppersLibrary

Annnnd just added this to my calendar for today, too https://twitter.com/theLindashow/status/1359127222246907909 Ooh this weekend is Ms. Bev's birthday! Happy birthday, Ms. Bev! Jen: What do you hope for romance?Bev: That

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Some examples of Critical Race Theory (generalist) talking about Jews. This is the usual routine: arguing that they are, in fact, white (privileged), saying they deny it, and suggesting anti-Black

Ben See

ClimateBen

African Rainforests will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2025 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth. The most intact rainforests cover 6 countries.

TheNortherner

alaminkimathi

There's a big story here for good story tellers to tell. The Silverbeck Hotel, smack on the equator as you enter Nanyuki town from Nairobi. Dilapidated cottages inside overgrown bushes

BLM now and forever

_delicateheart_

I love Nicaragua. It's so rich in history and culture. Last night I was just researching the country and started from the very beginning and I learned some things I

New Year, New Jasmine 🤩🎉2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

astro_jaz

We’ve been highlighting current Black people in Astronomy and Astrophysics during #BlackInAstro week, now it’s time to highlight those that history suppresses. Those that have made contributions that have paved

Black women & girls are precious.

EndAllMisogyny

How many blonde women worry they're being fetishised for their hair?Do red-haireds reject men attracted to red hair?So WHY do BW insist on rejecting men who love your hair, skin,

William Large

LargeWlarge63

Another thread on Labour and antisemitism, but this one is interesting I promise you, and please share. I read a few convoluted threads from those on the left claiming that

🇧🇧 Ethereal Bisexual Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

Thinking about hidden figures this morning and how one of the ways white supremacy works in astro/physics is hiding the work of people who opened doors for the students of

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