katrintheresa · @katrintheresa
45 followers · 687 posts · Server cyberplace.social
beSpacific · @bespacific
923 followers · 1779 posts · Server newsie.socialback to the future 3/9/22 - #Wagner — seen by US as a covert extension of the #Kremlin arrived in #Mali after a 2020 coup d’etat isolated the #WestAfrican country from its democratic partners. As Russia invades #Ukraine, the Kremlin is pushing to amplify influence worldwide, and ostensibly #privatemilitary groups like #Wagner offer a deniable way to advance its goals. Since 2016 Russian #mercenary footprint has grown from 4 to 28 nations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/09/mali-russia-wagner/
#wagner #Kremlin #Mali #westafrican #ukraine #privatemilitary #mercenary
Brandon S. Pilcher · @tyrannohotep
22 followers · 99 posts · Server mastodon.art
Aja, Yoruba orisha (divine entity) of the forest and herbal medicines.
#art #DigitalArt #goddess #blackwoman #westafrican #african
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1305 followers · 12546 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Adamorobe , a #village in the #WestAfrican nation of #Ghana is known as the ‘#DeafCommunity ’ due to a high incidence of a #hereditary form of #deafness. The community has found an #innovative way to normalize their #HereditaryCondition by #developing their own #SignLanguage which has been adopted by both the #deaf # hearing people in the village. This is quite different from the formal standard sign language used in the school of the deaf.
#adamorobe #village #westafrican #ghana #deafcommunity #hereditary #deafness #innovative #hereditarycondition #developing #signlanguage #deaf #inspirational #poc #africa
Laceys House · @LaceysHouse
10 followers · 358 posts · Server econtwitter.net#Ghana #ghananews #news #Africa #Africans #Ashaiman #Military #OnAMilitary #GonnaArmy #Police #Brutality #HumanRights #Journalism #Travel #GotATourism #MilitaryRule #Ghanians #WestAfrica #WestAfrican #Discrimination
#Ghana #ghananews #news #Africa #africans #ashaiman #military #onamilitary #gonnaarmy #police #brutality #humanrights #journalism #travel #gotatourism #militaryrule #ghanians #WestAfrica #westafrican #discrimination
Laceys House · @LaceysHouse
10 followers · 346 posts · Server econtwitter.net#Ghana #ghananews #news #Africa #Africans #Ashaiman #Military #OnAMilitary #GonnaArmy #Police #Brutality #HumanRights #Journalism #Travel #GotATourism #MilitaryRule #Ghanians #WestAfrica #WestAfrican #Discrimination #Xenophobia
#Ghana #ghananews #news #Africa #africans #ashaiman #military #onamilitary #gonnaarmy #police #brutality #humanrights #journalism #travel #gotatourism #militaryrule #ghanians #WestAfrica #westafrican #discrimination #xenophobia
Poetry News · @haikubot
557 followers · 3737 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
West African roots
Rewriting New Orleans' story
Shared flavors of fame
#neworleans #westafrican #caribbean #cuisine #haiku #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/dining/black-chefs-new-orleans-history.html
#haiku #neworleans #westafrican #caribbean #cuisine #poetry
Christopher-J 🇨🇦 he/him/his · @ChrJCarlson
226 followers · 3274 posts · Server mas.to
#NashvillePredators wear special warmups to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth — #Jerseys inspired by #WestAfrican design
#westafrican #Jerseys #blackhistorymonth #nashvillepredators
Djembe Orchestras Of Colorado · @Djembe_Orchestras_Of_Colorado
8 followers · 46 posts · Server universeodon.com
“I can change the world-with my own 2 hands”
#JAMAICAN RHYTHMS + POP SONG + #WESTAFRICAN DRUMS = #WORLDMUSIC!
“inna Colorado Style” -
ARRANGEMENT NOTES: w/Gregg Hansen
Strictly #Reggae! I took Ben’s version - which is very Marley-esque - and transferred it to the drums.
The djembes & #shakers play what the #guitar would play in a Reggae band.. I call it a “swinging skank”..
The “#Skank” is a term used for the offbeat “chicka” figure found in every reggae song. It is commonly played by the guitarist and/or keyboardist.
This is a 12/8 kind of feel.
For the Bridge - I employed what’s called a “#mixdown.” In the reggae style - the whole band would play this figure in unison just as we do. It creates a very nice musical tension.
After the Bridge - the djembes switch to a
“ bubble” rhythm which is what the organ would play in a Reggae band. This is the musical release from that tense “mixdown”.
VIDEO LINK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFvbZQJax5Y
Click on “#SUBSCRIBE" !
#jamaican #westafrican #worldmusic #reggae #shakers #guitar #skank #mixdown #subscribe
RAHstory · @RAHstory
939 followers · 263 posts · Server toot.community
Cliff of Bandiagara - Land of the Dogons. Mali (Mopti region). Founded: 1770
A UNESCO World Heritage site
"The Bandiagara site is a landscape of cliffs & sandy plateaus with some beautiful architecture (houses, granaries, altars, sanctuaries and Togu Na, or communal meeting-places). Several age-old social traditions are still practiced in the region (masks, feasts, rituals, & ceremonies involving ancestor worship) by the Dogon."
#Mali #WestAfrica #WestAfrican #Africa #Homes #Tradition #UNESCO
#mali #WestAfrica #westafrican #Africa #Homes #tradition #Unesco
jcekan · @jcekan
4 followers · 18 posts · Server mastodon.worldMay all #grandmothers get to rest this year. Here, #WestAfrican ones are raising grandchildren alone: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/02/retirement-ivory-coast-grandmothers-abandoned-baby
Laura aka LoboTC · @lobothecat
107 followers · 665 posts · Server mastodon.worldEpisode 40: Who inspired #Wakanda’s #women warriors? – #Marvel found inspiration in #history when it used tales of #WestAfrican women warriors as the basis for the fearsome #DoraMilaje in #BlackPanther: Wakanda Forever
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/podcasts/overheard/article/who-inspired-wakandas-women-warriors
#wakanda #women #marvel #history #westafrican #doramilaje #blackpanther
RAHstory · @RAHstory
863 followers · 164 posts · Server toot.community
The Yoruban Orisha (Spirit) Aja is the protectress of the forest and all living things that dwell within it. A herbal healer. But the more you seek her, the less likely you are to find her. So, how do ones find her? You don't. Get lost in the forest and she'll find you.
Learn more from this article (Writer: Princella Talley): https://princellatalley.medium.com/remembering-goddess-aja-to-heal-ecological-heartbreak-da3e437bdbf1
#WestAfrica #WestAfrican #Nigeria #Africa #Nature #Forest #Folklore #Legend #Lore #Myth #Myths #Spirituality #Healing #Protection
#WestAfrica #westafrican #Nigeria #Africa #nature #forest #folklore #legend #lore #myth #myths #spirituality #healing #protection
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
563 followers · 2507 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgTwenty-one precious #artefacts that were #looted by #British soldiers from the former #WestAfrican kingdom of #Benin 125 years ago have been handed over by Germany to #Nigeria amid laughter, tears, and some audible #frustration with the ongoing #silence of the country that first #stole them.
#colonialism #UnitedKingdom #theft #colonizers #POC #Africa #Germany #Overdue #GiveItAllBack
#artefacts #looted #british #westafrican #benin #nigeria #frustration #silence #stole #colonialism #unitedkingdom #theft #colonizers #poc #africa #germany #overdue #giveitallback
Mihailik 🌼🌼🌼🏃🏿♀️🌼🌼🌼 · @486timetable
132 followers · 1193 posts · Server mastodon.greenThen await for the majestic entrance of #NaijaTwitter.
Where #BlackMastodon get power, #NaijaMastodon will have twice.
Check out how it is on #Twitter. #WestAfrican folks don't play with nonsense.
#naijatwitter #BlackMastodon #naijamastodon #twitter #westafrican
RAHstory · @RAHstory
813 followers · 138 posts · Server toot.community
Among the Yoruba (Nigeria), ancestral spirits of the community are invoked into local initiates during Egungun festival. They serve to keep the community in line morally, impart their collective wisdom & act as messengers of the recently deceased.
Read ethnographer A.B. Ellis's account on the Yoruba in 1894:
(Chapter VI: EGUNGUN, ORO, ABIKU, AND VARIOUS SUPERSTITIONS)
https://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/yor/yor07.htm
#WestAfrica #WestAfrican #Nigeria #Folklore #Folktale #Legend #Stories #Lore #Myth #Myths #Mythology
#WestAfrica #westafrican #Nigeria #folklore #folktale #legend #stories #lore #myth #myths #mythology
RAHstory · @RAHstory
456 followers · 121 posts · Server toot.community
The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (or 90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births. This is possibly due to high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may stimulate the ovaries to release an egg from each side.
(Read more in caption,
including about twins in Yoruban folklore)
#WestAfrica #WestAfrican #African #Africa #Nigeria #Folklore #Legend #Stories #Lore #Twins #Twin #Birth #Biology
#WestAfrica #westafrican #african #Africa #Nigeria #folklore #legend #stories #lore #twins #twin #birth #biology
RAHstory · @RAHstory
339 followers · 116 posts · Server toot.community
In the south of Burkina Faso lies a small village called Tiébélé. It's home to the Kassena people; one of the oldest ethnic groups that settled in the region in the 15th century.
Tiébélé is known for their amazing traditional Gurunsi architecture and elaborately decorated walls of their homes.
Dating back to the 16th century, wall decorating has always been a community project done by the women.
#Africa #African #WestAfrica #WestAfrican #BurkinaFaso #Architecture #Houses #Homes
#Africa #african #WestAfrica #westafrican #burkinafaso #architecture #houses #Homes
Jonokli · @Jonokli
38 followers · 57 posts · Server mas.toIs there any kind of community on here around #WorldMusic particularly #WestAfrican #Mali #Senegal - thinking Fatamatou Diawara, Oumou Sangare, Songhoy Blues, Tinariwen, Amadou & Mariam?
Love listening to those guys and would love to hear other recommendations.
#senegal #Mali #westafrican #worldmusic
Jonokli · @Jonokli
42 followers · 93 posts · Server mas.toIs there any kind of community on here around #WorldMusic particularly #WestAfrican #Mali #Senegal - thinking Fatamatou Diawara, Oumou Sangare, Songhoy Blues, Tinariwen, Amadou & Mariam?
Love listening to those guys and would love to hear other recommendations.
#senegal #Mali #westafrican #worldmusic