Africa history made (Marejeo)

"A warrior fights with courage not anger" - African Proverb
 
The stràngest marriage in the world was in the 80s, the Swiss Corina Hoffman, on a visit to Kenya [emoji1139]

In 1986, Hofmann and her boyfriend Marco made a trip to Kenya. There, she met a Samburu warrior named Lketinga Leparmorijo and instantly found him irresistible. She left Marco, went back to Switzerland to sell her possessions, and, in 1987, returned to Kenya, determined to find Lketinga, which she eventually did. The couple moved in together, married, and had a daughter.

Hofmann moved into her mother-in-law's manyatta (compound) and learned to live as a Samburu woman, fetching wood and water. She opened a small shop in the village, to sell basic goods.

Hofmann suffered several hardships, including diseases (mainly malaria) and marital problems. Increasingly paranoid jealousy from her husband, possibly a side effect of his addiction to the d.rug khat (miraa), severely damaged her relationship, and in 1990 she decided to return to Switzerland for good, taking her daughter with her. Later on, she wrote a book about her experiences. The book, titled Die weisse Massai, became a phenomenal success. It has been translated into several languages, and in 2005, made into an eponymous movie starring Nina Hoss and Jacky Ido.

She returned to visit her Samburu family for the first time in 2004. Another visit followed, this time in the company of the daughter she had with Lketinga. The reunion is described in Afrika, meine Passion.

 
Joe Biden apologized for the ‘unimaginable cruelty’ of slavery, which he referred to as America’s ‘original sin’, and promised to invest $55 billion on the continent.

Biden expressed regret for the past while speaking at a conference of practically all African leaders in Washington, DC. This was the first such gathering since Barack Obama called a summit in 2014.

In an address at the D.C. Convention Center on Wednesday, President Joe Biden informed the dozens of African leaders assembled in Washington that the United States is "all in on Africa's future."

In an address at the D.C. Convention Center on Wednesday, President Joe Biden informed the numerous African leaders gathered in Washington that the United States is "all in on Africa's future."

The $55 billion announced by the White House was earmarked for Africa in the fields of women's empowerment, trade, health, and climate change, but some people rejected the funding.

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Ikulu iliyotelekezwa iko Nsele, kilomita 40 nje ya mji mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo Kinshasa...

Muonekano wa jumla wa jumba lililochakaa la rais wa zamani wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (Zaire ya zamani), Mobutu Sese Seko mnamo Mei 15, 2017 huko Nsele, takriban kilomita 40 nje ya Kinshasa. Sese Seko alifukuzwa na vikosi vya waasi wakiongozwa na Laurent-Desire Kabila mwaka 1997 baada ya miaka 32 ya utawala kamili. Alikufa nchini Morocco miezi mitatu baadaye Mei 1997
 

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81-year-old ex goalkeeper, Sebastião Luiz Lourenço saved Pele’s penalty on May 12, 1971 when his team Sao Bento lost to Santos in the Paulista Championship.

He’s been keeping the ball since the end of the game. He is the only goalkeeper alive who took a kick from Pelé. He and Pele started playing at the same time, at the age of 15.
 

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Menelik II
(Mfalme wa Ethiopia kutoka 1889 hadi 1913)
Siku ya kuzaliwa: Agosti 17, 1844 (Leo)

Alizaliwa: Angolalla Tera

Menelik II alikuwa Mfalme wa Shewa (1865–89), na Mfalme wa Ethiopia (1889–1913). Mmoja wa wafalme maarufu waliowahi kutawala taifa la Afrika, alianza kampeni kubwa za upanuzi na kusababisha kuundwa kwa dola ya kisasa ifikapo 1898. Akiwa shujaa na shujaa, aliongoza jeshi lake kuzima jaribio la uvamizi la Waitaliano ambao walimletea umaarufu mkubwa na utukufu. Menelik alikuwa mwana wa Haile Melekot, Mfalme wa Shewa, na mtumishi wa mahakama. Ingawa wazazi wake hawakuoana wakati wa kuzaliwa kwake, babu yake alimtangaza kuwa mrithi halali. Mababu zake walikuwa wametawala ufalme wa Shewa kuanzia karne ya 17. Baba yake alikufa katika vita wakati Menelik alipokuwa mvulana mdogo na Menelik mwenyewe alichukuliwa mateka na maadui. Hatimaye alitoroka na kurudi katika nchi yake ambayo tangu wakati huo ilikuwa imetwaliwa na Bezebeh. Kijana shujaa, Meneliki alifaulu kumfukuza Bezebe na kuwa mtawala wa ufalme ambao ulikuwa wake. Kwa miaka mingi alipata sifa ya kupigana na wavamizi wa Italia na kwa kupanua maeneo yake. Pia alijulikana kwa kuifanya Ethiopia kuwa ya kisasa na aliheshimiwa kwa kuwa mfalme mwadilifu na mkarimu
 

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Never forget when Micheal Jackson decided to do a feature film that show cased the greatness of Black Afrikans in ancient Egypt, in the 90s!!This is the most accurate depiction of the Kemetyu Afrikans ever put in the mainstream media. His friends Steven Spielberg and David Geffen refused to help Micheal because of this, so he decided to finance the music video himself.

Read more here: www.theafricandreamsl.com

#TheAfricanDream
 

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Mwanahistoria Mwingereza kwa jina Godfrey Higgins anaeleza katika kitabu chake Anacalypsis (1836) jinsi Buddha alivyotoka kwa “weusi” wa kiasili wa India ya kale:

“Wapanda milima [wa India] wengi hufanana na Weusi katika nyuso zao na nywele zao. Wenyeji wa wilaya zenye vilima za Bengal na Bahar hawawezi kutofautishwa na sifa zao kutoka kwa Waethiopia wa kisasa. Haya yote yanaafikiana vizuri sana na nadharia yangu inayomheshimu Buddha Mweusi. Imeonekana kuwa takwimu katika mapango yote ya zamani ya India zina muonekano wa Negroes. Hii inaelekea kuthibitisha sio tu ukale uliokithiri wa mapango hayo bali pia tabia asili ya Weusi ya wenyeji.”
 

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