Jules · @afewbugs
316 followers · 787 posts · Server social.coop

Ah, good old journalistic standards, I see is doing the rounds again 😔

"The fabrics that Bridget uses are all 100% cotton. They are sourced from various regions in Africa, either directly from the country, or from suppliers based in the UK that trade with Africa, which is Bridget’s home country."

plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/

#africaisacountry

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Ian Hunt · @ianhunt
256 followers · 890 posts · Server mastodon.green

Amber Sweat at on the question of which children's childhoods are protected and idealised, and which are not.'The idea of the child as a universally protected figure requires a critical eye, especially as the dimensions of childhood have been ever-plastic and fluid, molded by colonial histories that empires are nowadays seeking to erase.' africasacountry.com/2023/07/th

#africaisacountry #france #racism #colonialism #literature #nahelm

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Bieke Machiels · @biekemachiels
505 followers · 489 posts · Server climatejustice.social

We hebben, helaas, opnieuw een winnaar voor

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Last updated 2 years ago

Ian Hunt · @ianhunt
134 followers · 313 posts · Server mastodon.green

William Shoki making a spirited defence of the in an unusual context: Tourism Dept's sponsorship deal with Tottenham Hotspur. 'Sooner rather than later, South Africans must accept that confronting our time’s biggest challenges—energy security and climate change especially—requires a bigger, not smaller government [...] What we need to fight for, is the democratization of the South African state, not its rollback.' africasacountry.com/2023/02/ev

#africaisacountry #state #southafrica #africanpolitics

Last updated 2 years ago

Ian Hunt · @ianhunt
60 followers · 110 posts · Server mastodon.green

Tsogo Kupa's video essay on Ousmane Sembène (soon to be 100!) is first in a series on African filmmakers. africasacountry.com/2022/12/se

#africaisacountry #sembene

Last updated 2 years ago

Aliette de Vries · @Aliette
80 followers · 57 posts · Server mastodon.social

Buitenkleed met Malinese Bogolanpatroon heet bij Leenbakker 'Malawi'

#africaisacountry

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christina d-h · @inquiline
1613 followers · 266 posts · Server union.place

"Gregg Mitman’s 'Empire of Rubber' is less a historical reading of Liberia than a history of America and through the lens of a US corporate giant."

africasacountry.com/2022/11/th

#RacialCapitalism #liberia #mitman #rubber #africaisacountry #empireofrubber #envhist

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