Good timezone fediverse,
Today's song is Bandits are doing bad deeds by Comorian
Comorian is a duo of the musicians Soubi and Mmabi from Comoros. The song's album is a field recording by visiting producer Ian Brennan on which Soul and Mmabi sing and play ndzenze and gambussie. The album "We are an island, but we're not alone", released in 2021, was the first album of original songs to be released from the region.
#music #comoros #comorian #traditional #songoftheday
today is #Comoros Independance Day
this is the flag of the Comoros during the socialist revolution lead by Ali Soilihi which inspired Thomas Sankara
the color red for African socialism
the crescent and color green for Islam and Muslim People
the four stars for the four islands of the archipelago
A workfare programme increases migration by loosening households’ liquidity and risk constraints.
Today on VoxDev, Jules Gazeaud, Eric Mvukiyehe and Olivier Sterck outline new evidence from #Comoros on constraints to migration: https://voxdev.org/topic/labour-markets-migration/constraints-migration-evidence-comoros
Learn about open-source tech and technologists from Comoros: https://workdojos.com/Comoros (#opensource #comoros)
"At least 22 countries have depicted them on their postage stamps, particularly the #Comoros, which has issued 12 different sets of #coelacanth stamps. The coelacanth is also depicted on the 1000 Comorian franc banknote, as well as the 5 CF coin." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth
95.2% of voters out of 61% of #Mayotte residents who took part in the vote voted "for." This is already the second referendum on Mayotte's ownership. The first was in 1974, when the #Comoros archipelago chose the path of independence. Then, too, 63% of the population of Mayotte wished to remain #French subjects.
And there are only #British military personnel in #Chagos now. I wonder how they would vote if a referendum were held here as well?
2/2
#mayotte #comoros #french #british #chagos
#Lavrov is concerned about the territorial integrity of the #Comoros:
"#France still maintains control and sovereignty over the island of #Mayotte, which is separated from the #Comoros". http://twitter.censors.us/nexta_tv/status/1621437794638864386#m
#Lavrov #comoros #france #mayotte
According to pre-Islamic mythology, a jinni (genie) dropped a jewel, which became the Karthala volcano...And created the island of Comoros (An island country off the coast of East Africa).
#EastAfrica #EastAfrican #Comoros #MythologyMonday #Folklore #Legend #Lore #Myth #Myths #Jewels
#EastAfrica #eastafrican #comoros #mythologymonday #folklore #legend #lore #myth #myths #jewels
https://archive.org/details/ocean-of-letters
Ocean of Letters: Language and Creolization in an Indian Ocean Diaspora by Pier M. Larson
Topics
#IndianOcean, #history, #Africanhistory, #historyofAfrica, #Madagascar, #Comoros, #theComoros, #SouthAfrica, #Azania, #Malagasydiaspora, #Malagasy, #Africanliterature, #literatureofAfrica, #imperialism, #colonialism, #antiblackness, #slavery, #slavetrade, #blackchattelslavery, #linguistics, #sociolinguistics, #Africanlanguages, #languagesofAfrica
#indianocean #history #Africanhistory #historyofAfrica #madagascar #comoros #theComoros #southafrica #azania #Malagasydiaspora #Malagasy #AfricanLiterature #literatureofAfrica #imperialism #colonialism #antiblackness #slavery #slavetrade #blackchattelslavery #linguistics #sociolinguistics #AfricanLanguages #languagesofAfrica