Africa history made (Marejeo)
Africa history made (Marejeo)
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AFRIKAN BLOOD PEOPLE
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.”
WE are free to speak as long as no one listens
WE are Free to explain as long as no one understands
WE are Free to sing and dance as long as you entertain
those who would have you sing and dance
on a tightrope above an open grave .
WE are Free to think as long as you think feelings
WE are Free to love as long as it is your tormentors
and not yourself that you love
WE are Free to assemble as long as you gather together
to screw each other
WE are Free to kiss as long as you kiss the ass of the one
who offends you
You are free to spend your money as you like
as long as you like to spend it
with those who spitefully use you
who use it to finance your execution
and to bury you in your store-bought finest.
Dr. Amos Wilson
What would it be like if we were free—not enslaved by their europain conditioning.”
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.”
WE are free to speak as long as no one listens
WE are Free to explain as long as no one understands
WE are Free to sing and dance as long as you entertain
those who would have you sing and dance
on a tightrope above an open grave .
WE are Free to think as long as you think feelings
WE are Free to love as long as it is your tormentors
and not yourself that you love
WE are Free to assemble as long as you gather together
to screw each other
WE are Free to kiss as long as you kiss the ass of the one
who offends you
You are free to spend your money as you like
as long as you like to spend it
with those who spitefully use you
who use it to finance your execution
and to bury you in your store-bought finest.
Dr. Amos Wilson
What would it be like if we were free—not enslaved by their europain conditioning.”
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Today, we look to the future calmly, confidently, and courageously. We look to the vision of an Africa not merely free but united. In facing this new challenge, we can take comfort and encouragement from the lessons of the past. We know that there are differences among us. Africans enjoy different cultures,
distinctive values, special attributes. But we also know that unity can be and has been attained among men of the most disparate origins, that differences of race, of religion, of culture, of tradition, are no insuperable obstacle to the coming together of peoples. History teaches us that unity is strength.....
distinctive values, special attributes. But we also know that unity can be and has been attained among men of the most disparate origins, that differences of race, of religion, of culture, of tradition, are no insuperable obstacle to the coming together of peoples. History teaches us that unity is strength.....
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Rwanda [emoji1206] has a strong cultural connection with cow, as cow is the most valuable assets of every family. Traditionally cow is a symbol of wealth, social status, source of milk, blood cake etc and the best gift a Rwandan could give a fellow countryman is cow.
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WHEN THE ZULUS DEFEATED THE BRITISH EMPIRE
In January 1879, the British army in South Africa invaded the independent and previously friendly Zulu kingdom, which had been founded by the formidable Nguni warrior Shaka Zulu in 1818. Shaka had been the first proper king in South Africa, in that he managed to unite almost 800 Eastern Nguni–Bantu clans under his rule, displacing the rest. He was also the first to establish a proper army, which he divided into regiments called impis armed with assegais and iklwas – the former a traditional long-poled spear to use from a distance, the latter a remodelled short-poled version which was lethal in hand-to-hand combat.
Leading the British troops was Lord Chelmsford, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath who had already fought in Crimea, India, and South Africa, winning skirmishes with Xhosa chieftains which no doubt influenced his low opinion of the Zulus. He commanded 4,700 highly-trained soldiers equipped with the latest Martini-Henry rifles, assisted by armed colonial volunteers and many field guns of the Royal Artillery. He attacked the kingdom on three fronts, expecting an easy victory and national fame.
Facing him on the vast, baking-hot plain at Isandlwana was a Zulu army of 350,000 warriors wielding deadly spears and an assortment of ancient muzzle-loading firearms, divided into 34 regiments of which 18 were made of married men, and 16 of unmarried ones. However, since 7 of the married regiments were made of men over 60 years old, there were only 27 Zulu regiments fit to take the field, amounting to some 44,000 warriors.
News of the attacking force reached the Zulu court while it was getting ready to host the annual First Fruit Festival, attended by all the regiments, smaller chiefs, and the best isangomas of the land –who immediately started manufacturing protective amulets and invigorating potions. What was supposed to be a harvest celebration turned into a three-day pre-war ceremony, at the end of which all warriors were sprinkled with protective medicines and sent to the border.
When the Zulus first appeared in the distance Lord Chelmsford divided his force to meet them, leaving over 1,500 men in the main camp beneath the Isandlwana hill. It was this reserve force that the Zulus attacked, leaving Chelmsford’s main regiment stranded miles away and unable to help.
The Zulu plan was simple, but efficient, developed over hundreds of years while hunting large herds of game. It was called the “horns of the bull”, with the horns made of fast-moving younger regiments whose primary job was to encircle the enemy, leaving the killing to the more seasoned warriors who would bear the brunt of a frontal attack.
The tactic was most successful if the two horns completed the encirclement of the enemy before the main body of warriors had been seen, and in this battle they not only encircled the British position but also the hill of Isandlwana itself. When the circle was closed, they advanced at a steady jogging speed, then broke into a run.
The battle raged for less than an hour, at the end of which all but 100 British men had been killed – and that’s because they ran away before the Zulus attacked. When Lord Chelmsford entered the shattered camp strewn with corpses he famously said: “But I left a strong force here! How was this possible?”
It was the worst defeat ever suffered by British troops at the hands of indigenous people equipped with vastly inferior military technology. It was also the greatest victory the Zulus were ever going to achieve.
Simonetta Gatto
Photo of a Zulu warrior taken in 1860
In January 1879, the British army in South Africa invaded the independent and previously friendly Zulu kingdom, which had been founded by the formidable Nguni warrior Shaka Zulu in 1818. Shaka had been the first proper king in South Africa, in that he managed to unite almost 800 Eastern Nguni–Bantu clans under his rule, displacing the rest. He was also the first to establish a proper army, which he divided into regiments called impis armed with assegais and iklwas – the former a traditional long-poled spear to use from a distance, the latter a remodelled short-poled version which was lethal in hand-to-hand combat.
Leading the British troops was Lord Chelmsford, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath who had already fought in Crimea, India, and South Africa, winning skirmishes with Xhosa chieftains which no doubt influenced his low opinion of the Zulus. He commanded 4,700 highly-trained soldiers equipped with the latest Martini-Henry rifles, assisted by armed colonial volunteers and many field guns of the Royal Artillery. He attacked the kingdom on three fronts, expecting an easy victory and national fame.
Facing him on the vast, baking-hot plain at Isandlwana was a Zulu army of 350,000 warriors wielding deadly spears and an assortment of ancient muzzle-loading firearms, divided into 34 regiments of which 18 were made of married men, and 16 of unmarried ones. However, since 7 of the married regiments were made of men over 60 years old, there were only 27 Zulu regiments fit to take the field, amounting to some 44,000 warriors.
News of the attacking force reached the Zulu court while it was getting ready to host the annual First Fruit Festival, attended by all the regiments, smaller chiefs, and the best isangomas of the land –who immediately started manufacturing protective amulets and invigorating potions. What was supposed to be a harvest celebration turned into a three-day pre-war ceremony, at the end of which all warriors were sprinkled with protective medicines and sent to the border.
When the Zulus first appeared in the distance Lord Chelmsford divided his force to meet them, leaving over 1,500 men in the main camp beneath the Isandlwana hill. It was this reserve force that the Zulus attacked, leaving Chelmsford’s main regiment stranded miles away and unable to help.
The Zulu plan was simple, but efficient, developed over hundreds of years while hunting large herds of game. It was called the “horns of the bull”, with the horns made of fast-moving younger regiments whose primary job was to encircle the enemy, leaving the killing to the more seasoned warriors who would bear the brunt of a frontal attack.
The tactic was most successful if the two horns completed the encirclement of the enemy before the main body of warriors had been seen, and in this battle they not only encircled the British position but also the hill of Isandlwana itself. When the circle was closed, they advanced at a steady jogging speed, then broke into a run.
The battle raged for less than an hour, at the end of which all but 100 British men had been killed – and that’s because they ran away before the Zulus attacked. When Lord Chelmsford entered the shattered camp strewn with corpses he famously said: “But I left a strong force here! How was this possible?”
It was the worst defeat ever suffered by British troops at the hands of indigenous people equipped with vastly inferior military technology. It was also the greatest victory the Zulus were ever going to achieve.
Simonetta Gatto
Photo of a Zulu warrior taken in 1860
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Chinua Achebe at his house in Enugu, Nigeria. 1959
He is one of Africa's most acclaimed authors and considered by some to be the father of modern African literature. His early novels, including the groundbreaking Things Fall Apart (1958) and No Longer at Ease (1960), describe poignantly the effects of European colonialism on Igbo society, Nigeria, and newly independent African nations.
He taught at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1976-81), and was founding editor (1971) of the influential journal Okike. Achebe returned to the novel form with Anthills of the Savannah (1987). He has also written numerous short stories, children's books, and a book of essays, Home and Exile (2000), reflecting on his and his nation's coming of age.
He is one of Africa's most acclaimed authors and considered by some to be the father of modern African literature. His early novels, including the groundbreaking Things Fall Apart (1958) and No Longer at Ease (1960), describe poignantly the effects of European colonialism on Igbo society, Nigeria, and newly independent African nations.
He taught at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1976-81), and was founding editor (1971) of the influential journal Okike. Achebe returned to the novel form with Anthills of the Savannah (1987). He has also written numerous short stories, children's books, and a book of essays, Home and Exile (2000), reflecting on his and his nation's coming of age.
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𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗘 𝗠𝗰𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟
1895 – 1952
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗱?
𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁, 𝗜’𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲”
Born on June 10, 1895, in Wichita, Kansas, Hattie was one of 13 children and the daughter of former slaves Henry and Susan McDaniel. Hattie’s father Henry McDaniel fought in the Civil War with the 122nd USCT and his mother, Susan Holbert, was a singer of religious music. In 1900, the family moved to Colorado, living first in Fort Collins and then in Denver, where Hattie graduated from Denver East High School.
After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932).
#𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 #𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗢𝘂𝗿𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 🤎 [emoji1478]
1895 – 1952
“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗱?
𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁, 𝗜’𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗲”
Born on June 10, 1895, in Wichita, Kansas, Hattie was one of 13 children and the daughter of former slaves Henry and Susan McDaniel. Hattie’s father Henry McDaniel fought in the Civil War with the 122nd USCT and his mother, Susan Holbert, was a singer of religious music. In 1900, the family moved to Colorado, living first in Fort Collins and then in Denver, where Hattie graduated from Denver East High School.
After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932).
#𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 #𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗢𝘂𝗿𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 🤎 [emoji1478]