African Descendants ✊🏿 Black People - Americas, Africa, Caribbean Culture Discussion

[layziegunts]

"This romance and the obstacles it encountered say a lot about the mentality of a part of newly decolonised Africa and the realities of life in Gabon at the time. Above all, it reveals the relationship that the black populations of Jamaica, the Caribbean and perhaps even the US had with an idealised continent, which was fantasised about but generally very little known."

Bob Marley’s relationship with dictator Bongo’s daughter helped him strengthen his African roots

In “Bob Marley and the Dictator’s Daughter”, journalist Anne-Sophie Jahn looks back at the passionate love affair between Bob Marley and Pascaline Bongo.

www-theafricareport-com.cdn.ampproject.org

Never knew that, thank you

 

[layziegunts]

GM people on NTWT

 

[layziegunts]

GM people on NTWT

lol wrong thread

 

[marikomorose]

 

[layziegunts]

 

[wr]

DONATIONS

 

[layziegunts]

DONATIONS

wow you’re so funny

 

[everynowandthen]

I knew of my Portuguese ancestry on my maternal grandfather's side (he was 1/4 Portuguese), but I only recently discovered that it goes back as far as 1831. One of my great granduncles looks at least 80% European. My maternal grandmother was also 1/4 Chinese, and I likely have British ancestry on both sides of my family. I think my maternal side only started getting predominantly Afrikan in the twentieth century.

 

[DripNick]

Great interview, totally bugging about Naomi Osaka tho.

 

[layziegunts]

Great interview, totally bugging about Naomi Osaka tho.

Nah he stated he loved Naomi and respects here, but he said she should be representing Haiti instead of Japan. Which is a fair thing to say

 

[DripNick]

I see where he's coming from but he's omitting that it's competitive sports and (unfortunately) Japan's just way more advanced when it comes to professional sports infrastructures etc. Moreover, Japan already invested in Osaka's career and training. Don't get me wrong tho, i would LOVE for her to be an haitian champ but it's just not realistic imo.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[gry60]

Hopefully the roads get built before they start importing EVs. Gotta give Fally Ipupa something to drive his supercars on



Fingers crossed though...

 

[Nouss]

Not looking good in East Africa:

‘We’re here to make you HIV positive’: Hundreds of women rush to Tigray hospitals as soldiers use rape as weapon of war

‘We’re here to make you HIV positive’: Hundreds of women rush to Tigray hospitals as soldiers use rape as weapon of war

Doctors say victims of conflict-related sexual violence are seeking emergency contraception and HIV prevention drugs in northern Ethiopia

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Nouss]

Nigerian teen gets 19 scholarship offers worth over $5M in US and Canada

A Nigerian teenager, Victory Yinka-Banjo, has received full-ride scholarship offers worth more than $5 million from 19 universities across the United States and Canada.

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Spoiler

gry60 How does this (below) work when Nigeria is an Anglophone country?

"Months earlier, the Nigerian teen had been rated as the "Top in the World" in English as a second language (speaking endorsement) by the University of Cambridge International Examination (CIE). Victory aced the Cambridge IGCSE exam -- acquiring A* in all six subjects she sat for."

 

[marikomorose]

Within the Black community, who perpetuates colorism the most?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Hopefully the roads get built before they start importing EVs. Gotta give Fally Ipupa something to drive his supercars on



Fingers crossed though...

This was good. Finally got a chance to watch it last night. Rapper dude looking out for his folks was a good look.

KHUFU blastercombo THere was a preacher dude selling Gasoline Lemonade that cures aids, epilepsy, and blindness. Yall's christian brothers.

 

[Nouss]

Sign the Petition

INDUCT MAE JEMISON INTO THE ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME

chng.it

This is wild and yet not unbelievable cuz....Murica. She's the only female astronaut I even know of.

 

[blastercombo]

This was good. Finally got a chance to watch it last night. Rapper dude looking out for his folks was a good look.

KHUFU blastercombo THere was a preacher dude selling Gasoline Lemonade that cures aids, epilepsy, and blindness. Yall's christian brothers.

Poison or emptying your bank account for Jesus....... how do grown adults still subject themselves to organized religion?

 

[KHUFU]

This was good. Finally got a chance to watch it last night. Rapper dude looking out for his folks was a good look.

KHUFU blastercombo THere was a preacher dude selling Gasoline Lemonade that cures aids, epilepsy, and blindness. Yall's christian brothers.

To try and THINK like Jesus is an effort in righteousness. To be a christian is to be a member of a cult.

 

[gry60]

Nigerian teen gets 19 scholarship offers worth over $5M in US and Canada

A Nigerian teenager, Victory Yinka-Banjo, has received full-ride scholarship offers worth more than $5 million from 19 universities across the United States and Canada.

amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org

Spoiler

gry60 How does this (below) work when Nigeria is an Anglophone country?

"Months earlier, the Nigerian teen had been rated as the "Top in the World" in English as a second language (speaking endorsement) by the University of Cambridge International Examination (CIE). Victory aced the Cambridge IGCSE exam -- acquiring A* in all six subjects she sat for."

I don't know. It looks like she registered for that particular subject because the IGCSE exam also includes several "English as a first language" subjects.

Cambridge IGCSE subjects

There are 70 subjects available at Cambridge IGCSE including 30 languages and schools can offer them in any combination.

www.cambridgeinternational.org

 

[Mark Antony]

Sign the Petition

INDUCT MAE JEMISON INTO THE ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME

chng.it

This is wild and yet not unbelievable cuz....Murica. She's the only female astronaut I even know of.

That is wild. Space is such a small group I don't get the point of nomination, just salute them all.

 

[Nouss]

South Africa has the highest level of income inequality in the world.

 

[DripNick]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAGegQICRAC&usg=AOvVaw3zYdwCwpCXtZArtuExKA3r

 

[deusavertat]

I don't know. It looks like she registered for that particular subject because the IGCSE exam also includes several "English as a first language" subjects.

Cambridge IGCSE subjects

There are 70 subjects available at Cambridge IGCSE including 30 languages and schools can offer them in any combination.

www.cambridgeinternational.org

English is the official language of countries like Nigeria and Ghana. There are like 200 or so traditional languages spoken there but in their formal education everyone who lives in a nonrural area learns English first and usually their traditional language at home. So a lot of African anglophones are bilingual which is dope.

It reminds me of this comedian who said he had to educate people who said they were surprised his English was so good not knowing Nigeria was controlled by the British and they use very British words to describe things.

Cookies are biscuits in Nigeria. The trunk of the car is called a boot.