March 2022, on #AIAC

"[...] with the demise of the international system and Russia’s desperate attempt to compensate for the isolation caused by the war, [...] this new scramble could easily turn Africa into the next center stage of imperialist struggles."

https://africasacountry.com/2022/03/the-war-in-ukraine-may-seem-far-from-africa-but-it-is-not

#Russia #Ukraine #Africa

Thread from last April on :birdsite: about the Evangelical churches in #Africa.

https://twitter.com/keguro_/status/1646015324284678146

#AIAC

#Zimbabwe - The dictatorship of the church

"From the enormously influential megachurches of Walter Magaya and Emmanuel Makandiwa to smaller ‘startups,’ the church in Zimbabwe has frightening, nearly despotic authority."

https://africasacountry.com/2023/05/the-dictatorship-of-the-church

#AIAC #LGBTQIA #LGBTQI2

About the links between #SouthAfrica and #Russia

Anti-imperialism for the ruling class by William Shoki #AIAC

https://africasacountry.com/2023/05/anti-imperialism-for-the-ruling-class

@Susan_Larson_TN

A few interesting posts on this specific matter on #AIAC :

1 - African homophobia and the colonial roots of African conservatism
https://africasacountry.com/2019/06/african-homophobia-and-the-colonial-intervention-of-african-conservatism

2 - From Kansas to Kampala
https://africasacountry.com/2013/10/exporting-homophobia-from-kansas-to-kampala

3 - Africa is more queerer than you think
https://africasacountry.com/2014/03/africa-has-always-been-more-queer-than-generally-acknowledged

There are many posts on Ghana too
https://africasacountry.com/search?query=ghana+lgbt

Hot off the press: #ChatGPT craze hits #infrastructureascode -- for better and for worse.

Featuring product news from @pulumicorp.

#LLM #generativeAI #Pulumi #Terraform #AWSCodeWhisperer #AIaC #IaC #DevOps #LLM #cloudautomation

Newshttps://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/365534950/ChatGPT-craze-hits-infrastructure-as-code

Why is Egyptian social media against black pharaohs?

The notion that black people were kings in Ancient Egypt is generating a social media backlash. Understanding the racialized legacy of Egyptology can explain why.

https://africasacountry.com/2023/03/why-is-egyptian-social-media-against-black-pharaohs

Via #AIAC

#BlackMastodon

#Nigeria: A country of spectacular stories

A few days after Nigeria’s presidential elections, with a disputed winner declared, here are some initial conclusions and prospects.

https://www.africasacountry.com/2023/03/a-country-of-spectacular-stories

Via #AIAC #NigerianElections

The temptation of a simple story

"In light of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, Africans again grapple with the histories of Soviet—and then Russian—connections."

https://africasacountry.com/2023/02/the-temptation-to-settle-on-a-simple-story

#Russia #Africa #AIAC