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South Africa drought: Eastern Cape province fears taps running dry • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE 24 English Jul 14, 2022 #South #droughts In South Africa, the Eastern Cape province is seeing repeated droughts since 2016.

Africana Section (African and Middle Eastern Reading Room, Library of Congress)

African Section Unusually rich and extensive research materials on sub-Saharan Africa are available to the researcher at the Library of Congress. The African Section, one of three units of the African and Middle Eastern Division, is the focal point of … Continue reading

Cyclone Freddy continues to wreak havoc in Southeastern Africa

NBC News Mar 14, 2023 #NBCNews #Africa #Cyclone Tropical Cyclone Freddy is continuing its path of destruction in Southeastern Africa, hitting the continent twice in one month which has led to over a hundred deaths and many more injured. NBC’s … Continue reading

Eastern Europe Before Muslim Slavery and Colonization

SLAVIC WORLD Dec 21, 2015 Life of Eastern European people before the Muslim (Tartars, Ottomans, Arabs….) occupation and slavery

Islam’s Eastern European slave trade by Muslim Turks (Ottoman) and Arabs

SLAVIC WORLD Nov 13, 2015 The Ottoman penetration into Europe in the 1350s and their capture of Constantinople later in 1453 opened new floodgates for slave-trade from the European front. In their last attempt to overrun Europe in 1683, the … Continue reading

Africa, GMOs and Western interests | DW Documentary

DW Documentary Dec 21, 2022 Across Africa, lobbyists, philanthropists and businesspeople are working to open up the continent to GMOs. They argue that GMOs can provide a miracle solution to two of Africa’s biggest problems: famine and malaria. One of … Continue reading

Ghana Fiery President Affirms African Wisdom is More Powerful than Western Propaganda

2nacheki Jan 7, 2023 In today’s Candid Africa speech late Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings asserts that African wisdom is more important that Western Propaganda

Debunking claims that Western media is “exaggerating” Covid-19 in Shanghai • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE 24 English – Jan 3, 2023 As China eases its zero-Covid policy amidst international fears of a new wave, an anglophone journalist in China’s report from late December is being used online as “proof” that the coronavirus figures in … Continue reading

Morocco’s Occupation of Western Sahara Is at Center of Growing European Parliament Bribery Scandal

Democracy Now! – Dec 19, 2022 A corruption scandal involving Qatar and Morocco is rocking the European Union, with authorities in Belgium earlier this month raiding the homes and offices of multiple European Parliament lawmakers for allegedly accepting bribes from … Continue reading

Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature (Western African Studies): Laura T. Murphy

Metaphor and the Slave Trade provides compelling evidence of the hidden but unmistakable traces of the transatlantic slave trade that persist in West African discourse. Through an examination of metaphors that describe the trauma, loss, and suffering associated with the … Continue reading