#African

My ancestors fought alongside Andrew Jackson before he became president. They didn’t know that Jackson & his business partner Gen. John Coffee had been illegally engaged in secretive Native land
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It’s my birthday!! so here’s a thread of things that have happened every year I’ve been alive and pictures of me in that year (for the years I have
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Alright everyone, as sort of an act of boredom I'm just going to summarize some of the various documents I've downloaded in the past few months.Feel free to take from
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So in last few days, both Russia & China have been flooding the US w/ digital propaganda, looking to hijack the nationwide protests/violence for their own agenda.There’s a lot to
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In 2000, US FDA declared that mercury should be removedfrom vaccines.However, it is still rampantly used in India because of cheap cost. Ye india hai... Yahaan sab chalta hai. If
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1) Time for a #genealogy THREAD on #BlackHistory #BlackGenealogy resources. The following is an incomplete list of the people I’ve learned from, great projects/initiatives & useful resources for educating beyond
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Same on timely labour market information.Yet we know from census stats (and some epidemiological data in public health) that low-income is associated with shorter life expectancy and greater risk of
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Part of the reason why I never pursued publishing any of longish ramblings as books is the terms publishers offer writers. Esp. first time authors. You read one of those
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Thread of UK Snapchat stories or UK vids I’ve got I’m tryna know what he did to piss off uncle Someone’s dad has just about had enough with my
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China is interested in Nigeria and the West is MAD !! But why? In 2018, the White House criticised Chinese engagement in Africa, claiming that China was using bribes, opaque
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“You got to be a fighter all the time, every step of the way,”- George GibbsGeorge W. Gibbs Jr. was a Navy Mess Attendant, Gunner, Chief Petty Officer, civil rights
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Box Braids , Dreadlocks, and Cornrows and why it’s not “just hair “ . A thread *remake* since my original acc @xziondestinyx got s worded . Hair braiding began in
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My dad passed one year ago around this time so if y'all dont mind im just gonna talk about him and stuff I’ve thought about in the time since he
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Food Opinion Thread (Mostly Nigerian foods)#MTVHottest BTS @BTS_twt Jollof Rice Egusi Soup #MTVHottest BTS @BTS_twt Okra Soup#MTVHottest BTS @BTS_twt Vegetable Soup#MTVHottest BTS @BTS_twt Fried plantain and Egg#MTVHottest BTS @BTS_twt Abac
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It was good to discuss this with @HelenBranswell. Patents aren't a constraint to access. These things are:Lack of capacity at originators to support more tech transfers;Partners w/proven global vaccine manufacturing
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THREAD: On this weekend of #fathersday and #JUNETEENTH2020 I have thoughts about George Floyd's horrific lynching and #blackromance (something that people have also been discussing, that is a
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