Continued……President William Ruto has approved the establishment of the Gates Foundation’s operations in Kenya, stating that the creation of a hosting centre for the Foundation would attract investors and encourage further collaborations.
The activities of the Gates Foundation in Africa have caused concern in some quarters, particularly its investment into GMO crops, which critics say has pushed traditional farmers out of the market. Do you side with the activists who made life more difficult for the Foundation in Kenya?
Sources
https://thekenyatimes.com/breaking-news/gates-foundation-withdraws-from-diplomatic-immunity-agreement-with-kenya/
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/controversial-vaccine-studies-why-is-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-under-fire-from-critics-in-india/articleshow/41280050.cms?from=mdr#google_vignette
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=81838
https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/tabletop-exercises/event-201-pandemic-tabletop-exercise#scenario
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)11593-5/fulltext
https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/44425
https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/why-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-has-so-many-public-health-critics#:~:text=The%20Bill%20and%20Melinda%20Gates,changing%20its%20position%20on%20abortion
The activities of the Gates Foundation in Africa have caused concern in some quarters, particularly its investment into GMO crops, which critics say has pushed traditional farmers out of the market. Do you side with the activists who made life more difficult for the Foundation in Kenya?
Sources
https://thekenyatimes.com/breaking-news/gates-foundation-withdraws-from-diplomatic-immunity-agreement-with-kenya/
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/controversial-vaccine-studies-why-is-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-under-fire-from-critics-in-india/articleshow/41280050.cms?from=mdr#google_vignette
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=81838
https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/tabletop-exercises/event-201-pandemic-tabletop-exercise#scenario
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)11593-5/fulltext
https://theecologist.org/2020/aug/14/gates-failing-green-revolution-africa
https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/44425
https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/why-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-has-so-many-public-health-critics#:~:text=The%20Bill%20and%20Melinda%20Gates,changing%20its%20position%20on%20abortion
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Gates Foundation Withdraws from Diplomatic Immunity Agreement with Kenya
The Gates Foundation has withdrawn from the Host Country Agreement with Kenya after uproar and legal hurdles. In a statement,
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NYERERE: 'SELF-RULE IS NOT A FAVOUR'
Today, we celebrate the 103rd birthday of Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-99), the first president of Tanzania.
Born in 1922 in the village of Butiama, Nyerere grew up in Tanganyika, under British control per a League of Nations mandate, before it united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form what we now know as the United Republic of Tanzania.
Fondly referred to as 'Mwalimu,' meaning teacher in Swahili, Nyerere was not just a leader but a passionate anti-colonialist and political thinker, serving as president from 1964 until 1985.
Today, we celebrate the 103rd birthday of Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-99), the first president of Tanzania.
Born in 1922 in the village of Butiama, Nyerere grew up in Tanganyika, under British control per a League of Nations mandate, before it united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form what we now know as the United Republic of Tanzania.
Fondly referred to as 'Mwalimu,' meaning teacher in Swahili, Nyerere was not just a leader but a passionate anti-colonialist and political thinker, serving as president from 1964 until 1985.
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Continued….. His journey was far from straightforward. Nyerere emerged as a symbol of determination, challenging the imperialist narrative that claimed Africa was unprepared for self-governance. This powerful moment from a 1960 interview showcases a young Nyerere firmly rejecting colonialist assumptions, stating that Europeans granting independence was them restoring a right that had been unjustly taken. He argued that the question of African readiness for self-rule was irrelevant, as we had successfully managed our affairs long before colonisation.
Nyerere joined our ancestors on 14 October 1999 in London, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire.
Sources
https://www.eac.int/about-ncpr/julius-nyerere-biography
https://www.pambazuka.org/nyerere-nationalism-and-pan-africanism
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2019-11/the-legacy-of-mwalimu-julius-kambarage-nyerere.html
https://www.workers.org/2009/world/julius_nyerere_1105/
Nyerere joined our ancestors on 14 October 1999 in London, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire.
Sources
https://www.eac.int/about-ncpr/julius-nyerere-biography
https://www.pambazuka.org/nyerere-nationalism-and-pan-africanism
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2019-11/the-legacy-of-mwalimu-julius-kambarage-nyerere.html
https://www.workers.org/2009/world/julius_nyerere_1105/
www.eac.int
Julius Nyerere Biography
The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of eight (8) Partner States, comprising the Republic of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Kenya, Republic of Rwanda, Federal Republic of Somalia, Republic of South…
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REMEMBERING FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI
Revolutionary Nigerian activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti joined the ancestors on this day in 1978. She was 77.
During the struggle against colonial rule, she established the Abeokuta Women's Union. This grew to include over 20,000 members. It fought to secure political representation and educational opportunities for women.
Her son, the pan-African revolutionary and Afrobeats creator Fela Kuti, remembered his mother spearheading marches against the British authorities. He recalled how, on one occasion - when a pompous colonial official insulted her - she stood her ground, referring to him as a ‘rude little rat’ and a ‘b*stard.’ Fela reminisced, 'Can you believe she insulted the highest representative of the British imperial crown in Abeokuta? I was filled with pride. That incident was the talk of the town in Abeokuta.'
Rest in power, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.
Revolutionary Nigerian activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti joined the ancestors on this day in 1978. She was 77.
During the struggle against colonial rule, she established the Abeokuta Women's Union. This grew to include over 20,000 members. It fought to secure political representation and educational opportunities for women.
Her son, the pan-African revolutionary and Afrobeats creator Fela Kuti, remembered his mother spearheading marches against the British authorities. He recalled how, on one occasion - when a pompous colonial official insulted her - she stood her ground, referring to him as a ‘rude little rat’ and a ‘b*stard.’ Fela reminisced, 'Can you believe she insulted the highest representative of the British imperial crown in Abeokuta? I was filled with pride. That incident was the talk of the town in Abeokuta.'
Rest in power, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti.
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‘GO HOME? RETURN THE LOOT FIRST!’
Social-justice advocate and writer Ishmahil Blagrove has always been vocal about the mistreatment of immigrants in the UK and the British-state negligence that led to the deaths of 72 people in Grenfell Tower in West London. Right now in the UK, there is anti-migrant sentiment being flamed by South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who is constantly sharing and retweeting disinformation about migrant communities. But, as you can see from this flashback clip of Blagrove at London’s famous Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, the racism and xenophobia in the country started long before Musk began tweeting.
Social-justice advocate and writer Ishmahil Blagrove has always been vocal about the mistreatment of immigrants in the UK and the British-state negligence that led to the deaths of 72 people in Grenfell Tower in West London. Right now in the UK, there is anti-migrant sentiment being flamed by South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who is constantly sharing and retweeting disinformation about migrant communities. But, as you can see from this flashback clip of Blagrove at London’s famous Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, the racism and xenophobia in the country started long before Musk began tweeting.
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Continued……A heckler tries to silence Blagrove and shouts out, “Go back home!” - and, off the cuff, Blagrove destroys him with a witty tale to remind him that it was the enslaving, looting Brits who came uninvited to Africa, overstaying their welcome for hundreds of years - so that he (Blagrove) has got every right to stay on in the UK for at least another 360 years, according to his calculations.
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Thomas Sankara was a revolutionary who terrified the West, not because he had armies, but because he had anti-imperialist ideas. As president of Burkina Faso, he rejected foreign aid, resisted French influence and demanded that Africa produce, transform and consume its own goods. Our Facts of the Week breakdown why he was hated and seen as a threat, not just to France, but to the entire neo-colonial order.
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