Speckdäne · @Speckdaene
401 followers · 5163 posts · Server nrw.social

.org In gehen Behörden hart gegen Kritiker von -Projekten vor. Neun Studenten stehen in vor Gericht, weil sie gegen die Pipeline protestiert haben. Die jungen Männer sind lediglich auf Kaution frei und warten auf ihren Prozess. Der Vorwurf: ihre Demo habe öffentliches Ärgernis erregt. Dahinter stehen die Ölkonzerne aus und National Offshore Oil Corporation (). regenwald.org/petitionen/1269/

#regenwald #uganda #erdol #Kampala #EACOP #TotalEnergies #Frankreich #china #cnooc

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Marco Di Leo · @toscanafoto
5 followers · 81 posts · Server photog.social
Rabi'a Elizabeth · @rabia_elizabeth
184 followers · 1482 posts · Server mefi.social

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"Early developed as a pidgin from both and . Its writing, pioneered mainly by religious teachers of Malay origin, was in the script. Over time, the script was modified in parts to suit the needs of spoken Afrikaans. Arabic was the script of early Afrikaans from the 18th century. The first two written texts in Afrikaans were commentaries on the Qu'ran, their publication funded by the empire."

Why does this matter?

"Research on the written tradition in is relatively recent. Part of the reason lies in the wide acceptance of two assumptions: that Africa is an oral civilization, and that the literature written in Arabic is not part of African civilization."

"Reading Ibn Khaldun in ", Mahmood Mamdani, Journal of Historical Volume 30, Issue 1: Ibn Khaldun - Theory and Methodology. March 2017, pages 1-106.

#TIL #afrikaans #dutch #Malay #arabic #Ottoman #africa #Kampala #sociology

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
971 followers · 1243 posts · Server aus.social
amyfallon · @amyfallon
967 followers · 1225 posts · Server aus.social

If you are on , people in are currently doing an online - an example of amazing when things get even harder for people there

#twitter #uganda #kampalapotholeexhibition #activism #eastafrica #africa #Kampala #cities #infrastructure

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
946 followers · 1181 posts · Server aus.social

Latergram but (taken in of course)

#happyeaster #Kampala

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
946 followers · 1181 posts · Server aus.social

Latergram, but - ! Taken in , of course 😅)

#happyeaster #Kampala

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
921 followers · 1086 posts · Server aus.social
amyfallon · @amyfallon
913 followers · 1057 posts · Server aus.social

Here’s my updated story that I filed just before I left .Was in transit when I got a message from an activist friend saying it had gone through, hadn’t even arrived back. It’s lightning speed for this bill and lightning speed for legislation in , sadly.

Uganda’s LGBT activists fight law making it illegal to be gay: ‘I’m not scared of going to prison’

inews.co.uk/news/world/uganda-

#Kampala #uganda #gayrights #humanrights

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
911 followers · 1045 posts · Server aus.social

(across so many large, open drains 😂😱)

#run #Kampala #uganda #cities #running #runners

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
911 followers · 1040 posts · Server aus.social
amyfallon · @amyfallon
911 followers · 1038 posts · Server aus.social

Happy . By me for The Guardian. Thanks to Michael Flatley for the quote.☘️

Céilí in Kampala: the children learning Irish dancing in the slums of Uganda

theguardian.com/global-develop

#stpatsday #uganda #ireland #dancing #Kampala #africa

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
909 followers · 1007 posts · Server aus.social

8k Hash run - past some racy lingerie and more. Don’t @ me for being slow, as we had to stop and I nearly had to be carried across a drain (Someone had a good game of cards)

#Kampala #uganda #run #running #runners #eastafrica #africa #cities

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
908 followers · 999 posts · Server aus.social

Breakfast at Tiffany’s style

#Kampala #uganda #cafes #africa

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
908 followers · 998 posts · Server aus.social

Can’t evoke a Land Down Under any more, but good to see

#Kampala #uganda

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
908 followers · 994 posts · Server aus.social

Such a good around earlier with a Ugandan mate - up a few hills

#run #Kampala #running #runners #eastafrica #uganda

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
907 followers · 989 posts · Server aus.social
amyfallon · @amyfallon
907 followers · 988 posts · Server aus.social

Happy International Women’s Day 2023! Lovely 10k this morning with Activate Uganda in

#run #Kampala #africa #runners #eastafrica #women #running

Last updated 2 years ago

amyfallon · @amyfallon
905 followers · 981 posts · Server aus.social

Service at the temple in this morning . Beautiful temple, one of only seven global Baha’i temples, and the only one in

#bahai #Kampala #uganda #africa #eastafrica #religion #faith #culture #design #buildings

Last updated 2 years ago

ZGoldenReport · @ZGoldenReport
924 followers · 31359 posts · Server brighteon.social

The army raided less than 25 villages on the border of and , burned down more than 500 homes, and burned down many villages in the western part of the country, as well as in the western part of the country.

#crimesagainsthumanity #WarCrimes #kenya #Kampala

Last updated 2 years ago