Forty years ago, on 13 May 1985, Philadelphia police raided and bombarded the headquarters of MOVE, a Black liberation group founded in the early 1970s. MOVE advocated returning to nature, environmentalism, animal rights, communal living, and resistance against white-supremacist and imperialistic systemic oppression.
Founded in 1972 by John Africa, the group often fought city authorities over alleged housing and zoning violations.
In 1985, police accused the group of parole violations, contempt of court, illegal possession of firearms and making 't*rroristic' threats. Police then raided and bombed their home on Osage Avenue in Philadelphia, resulting in a fire that k*lled 11 people, including five children. The fire also destroyed 65 nearby homes. Only one MOVE adult and one child survived.
Founded in 1972 by John Africa, the group often fought city authorities over alleged housing and zoning violations.
In 1985, police accused the group of parole violations, contempt of court, illegal possession of firearms and making 't*rroristic' threats. Police then raided and bombed their home on Osage Avenue in Philadelphia, resulting in a fire that k*lled 11 people, including five children. The fire also destroyed 65 nearby homes. Only one MOVE adult and one child survived.
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Continued……. In 1996, a US federal court ruled that the city used excessive force and violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure. The court ordered the city to pay $1.5 million to a MOVE bombing survivor, Ramona Africa, and the families of two k*lled MOVE members. In 2005, a court awarded $12.83 million to residents of the Black working-class neighbourhood who had lost their homes, but an appeals court in 2008 reduced the amount to $150,000 per homeowner.
Then, in 2021, a controversy ensued when a Princeton University forensic anthropology course allegedly did a 'case study' using the remains of two of the k*lled children. After protests and public scrutiny, Princeton retired the course. The city stated the families had not claimed the remains. Yet, in May 2021, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley resigned following news that in 2017, he had ordered the cremation and disposal of victims' remains without identifying them or contacting family members. A day after Farley's resignation, staff at the Medical Examiner's Office found a box labelled 'MOVE' containing uncremated remains.
Sources
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/move-bombing-philadelphia-reflection-day-city-council
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/move-bombing
https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/long-shadow-move-fire
Then, in 2021, a controversy ensued when a Princeton University forensic anthropology course allegedly did a 'case study' using the remains of two of the k*lled children. After protests and public scrutiny, Princeton retired the course. The city stated the families had not claimed the remains. Yet, in May 2021, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley resigned following news that in 2017, he had ordered the cremation and disposal of victims' remains without identifying them or contacting family members. A day after Farley's resignation, staff at the Medical Examiner's Office found a box labelled 'MOVE' containing uncremated remains.
Sources
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/move-bombing-philadelphia-reflection-day-city-council
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/move-bombing
https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/long-shadow-move-fire
CBS News
1985 MOVE bombing to be remembered as Philadelphia City Council calls for "reflection" 40 years later
Philadelphia City Council members voted on a bill establishing May 13, 2025, as a day of reflection, 40 years after the deadly MOVE bombing.
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRIVILEGED SETTLERS WON’T LEAVE
On 7 February, former US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow the resettlement of white South Africans in the US despite a refugee ban on other countries. The move came under the guise of the so-called ‘unjust racial discrimination.’ Then, on 12 May, the US government welcomed the first group of Afrikaner ‘refugees’ on US soil.
The hard right’s outrage re-emerged after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a land expropriation bill in January.
On 7 February, former US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow the resettlement of white South Africans in the US despite a refugee ban on other countries. The move came under the guise of the so-called ‘unjust racial discrimination.’ Then, on 12 May, the US government welcomed the first group of Afrikaner ‘refugees’ on US soil.
The hard right’s outrage re-emerged after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a land expropriation bill in January.
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Continued…….. Trump advisor and South Africa-born tech billionaire Elon Musk also peddled unfounded claims of a ‘white g*nocide.’ Interestingly, during apartheid, the US government extended no such offer to Black South Africans for facing actual persecution at the hands of white settlers. In fact, the US supported the apartheid regime by blocking UN sanctions and maintaining strong economic ties with the regime. Further, many Afrikaners rejected this offer in February.
The legacy of the apartheid regime continues to disenfranchise Black South Africans today. Despite making up more than 80 per cent of the population, Blacks hold only about 4 per cent of private farmland. Meanwhile, white settlers, who make up less than 8 per cent of the population, own over 70 per cent of private farmland.
In his interview with BreakThrough News (@btnewsroom on X), Thapelo Mohapi explained to hosts @EugenePuryear (X) and @raniakhalek (X) that white settlers who refuse to take up Trump’s offer want to continue enforcing a system of white dominance, founded on the myth of white superiority. Mohapi, general secretary of Abahlali baseMjondolo (@abahlalibasemjondolo on Instagram and @abahlalibM on X), South Africa’s pro-democracy and land reclamation grassroots movement of over 150,000 shack dwellers, pointed out an irony: These settlers referred to themselves as ‘Europeans’ during the apartheid era (1948-94) to enforce systemic racial discrimination against Black South Africans and others. Yet, now, they want to establish ‘Afrikaner nationalism’ on South African soil.
Video credit: @btnewsroom (X)
Sources
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-administration-south-african-refugees
https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/president-cyril-ramaphosa-assents-expropriation-bill-23-jan-2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg9w4n6gp5o
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/06/23/US-and-Britain-block-UN-sanctions-against-South-Africa/8848519883200/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-03-10-land-ownership-in-sa-the-facts-and-figures/
https://www.reuters.com/world/stark-divide-that-south-africas-land-act-seeks-bridge-2025-02-09/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/9/no-thanks-white-south-africans-turn-down-trumps-us-immigration-offer
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/white-south-africans-to-arrive-in-us-under-exception-to-trump-s-refugee-ban-report/3562100
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/group-49-white-south-africans-leaves-us-after-121696684
https://za.usembassy.gov/president-trumps-executive-order-on-addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa/
The legacy of the apartheid regime continues to disenfranchise Black South Africans today. Despite making up more than 80 per cent of the population, Blacks hold only about 4 per cent of private farmland. Meanwhile, white settlers, who make up less than 8 per cent of the population, own over 70 per cent of private farmland.
In his interview with BreakThrough News (@btnewsroom on X), Thapelo Mohapi explained to hosts @EugenePuryear (X) and @raniakhalek (X) that white settlers who refuse to take up Trump’s offer want to continue enforcing a system of white dominance, founded on the myth of white superiority. Mohapi, general secretary of Abahlali baseMjondolo (@abahlalibasemjondolo on Instagram and @abahlalibM on X), South Africa’s pro-democracy and land reclamation grassroots movement of over 150,000 shack dwellers, pointed out an irony: These settlers referred to themselves as ‘Europeans’ during the apartheid era (1948-94) to enforce systemic racial discrimination against Black South Africans and others. Yet, now, they want to establish ‘Afrikaner nationalism’ on South African soil.
Video credit: @btnewsroom (X)
Sources
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-administration-south-african-refugees
https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/president-cyril-ramaphosa-assents-expropriation-bill-23-jan-2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg9w4n6gp5o
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/06/23/US-and-Britain-block-UN-sanctions-against-South-Africa/8848519883200/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-03-10-land-ownership-in-sa-the-facts-and-figures/
https://www.reuters.com/world/stark-divide-that-south-africas-land-act-seeks-bridge-2025-02-09/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/9/no-thanks-white-south-africans-turn-down-trumps-us-immigration-offer
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/white-south-africans-to-arrive-in-us-under-exception-to-trump-s-refugee-ban-report/3562100
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/group-49-white-south-africans-leaves-us-after-121696684
https://za.usembassy.gov/president-trumps-executive-order-on-addressing-egregious-actions-of-the-republic-of-south-africa/
the Guardian
Trump administration offers refugee status to 49 white South Africans
Group, including families and small children, departed for US after Trump order created relocation program
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IBRAHIM TRAORÉ CALLS OUT FRANCE’S RACIST VIEW OF AFRICA
France’s view of Africa is racist, paternalistic and based on a perception of Black people as sub-humans, at least according to Burkina Faso’s president Ibrahim Traoré. In a recent interview with RT France, he said Paris’ declining influence in Africa is its own doing.
On 6 January 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that African leaders ‘forgot to say thank you’ for his country’s previous military interventions on the continent. His comments came just weeks after Macron gave an offensive speech on the French-occupied island of Mayotte, which had just experienced a devastating cyclone that severely damaged the local infrastructure, stating, ‘If it weren’t for France, you’d be in 10,000 times deeper in sh*t.’
France’s view of Africa is racist, paternalistic and based on a perception of Black people as sub-humans, at least according to Burkina Faso’s president Ibrahim Traoré. In a recent interview with RT France, he said Paris’ declining influence in Africa is its own doing.
On 6 January 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that African leaders ‘forgot to say thank you’ for his country’s previous military interventions on the continent. His comments came just weeks after Macron gave an offensive speech on the French-occupied island of Mayotte, which had just experienced a devastating cyclone that severely damaged the local infrastructure, stating, ‘If it weren’t for France, you’d be in 10,000 times deeper in sh*t.’
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Continued……. More recently, on 23 April 2025, Macron claimed that the leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger do not represent their people because ‘there was no election.’ He then claimed that Gabon, which signed a business collaboration deal with France on 22 February 2025, was a better model for Africa.
However, the people of the Sahel are showing the world another form of people power: direct political engagement through daily organisation to protect and defend the revolution. In Burkina Faso, for example, this is demonstrated through the Citizen’s Night Watch - volunteers who come out every night as the eyes and ears of the struggle. It’s this kind of people power that, arguably, has been advancing the interests of Africans at a far greater speed than any previous election.
Video credit: @RTenfrancais (X)
Sources
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/frances-macron-insulting-all-africans-says-burkina-faso-president/3450047
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsVzbegPpWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxkk56oLpTk
https://www.liberation.fr/politique/si-cetait-pas-la-france-vous-seriez-10-000-fois-plus-dans-la-merde-les-propos-de-macron-a-mayotte-ne-passent-pas-20241220_TFRN3C54CJA6VE36Q7BO6MG7II/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OPppG79LSY
However, the people of the Sahel are showing the world another form of people power: direct political engagement through daily organisation to protect and defend the revolution. In Burkina Faso, for example, this is demonstrated through the Citizen’s Night Watch - volunteers who come out every night as the eyes and ears of the struggle. It’s this kind of people power that, arguably, has been advancing the interests of Africans at a far greater speed than any previous election.
Video credit: @RTenfrancais (X)
Sources
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/frances-macron-insulting-all-africans-says-burkina-faso-president/3450047
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsVzbegPpWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxkk56oLpTk
https://www.liberation.fr/politique/si-cetait-pas-la-france-vous-seriez-10-000-fois-plus-dans-la-merde-les-propos-de-macron-a-mayotte-ne-passent-pas-20241220_TFRN3C54CJA6VE36Q7BO6MG7II/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OPppG79LSY
Anadolu Agency
France's Macron ‘insulting all Africans,' says Burkina Faso president
Ibrahim Traore hits back at French president saying that African leaders had ‘forgotten to say thank you" to Paris for ‘helping to combat’ insurgencies
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NEW ATTACK ON TRAORÉ BUT COMMENTS PASS THE VIBE CHECK ✅
In February, Burkina Faso's government accused Human Rights Watch (HRW) of fabricating reports and was effectively banned. On 12 May, HRW published another report accusing ‘pro-government militia’ of ‘ethnic attacks against civilians’ in March. Various media outlets have circulated the allegation. However, many are suspicious, viewing this as another imperial manoeuvre.
Nearly four decades ago, a similar smear campaign targeted Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who was assassinated in October 1987. Journalist François Hauter revealed in 2008 that the French state had solicited him to write defamatory articles against Sankara.
In February, Burkina Faso's government accused Human Rights Watch (HRW) of fabricating reports and was effectively banned. On 12 May, HRW published another report accusing ‘pro-government militia’ of ‘ethnic attacks against civilians’ in March. Various media outlets have circulated the allegation. However, many are suspicious, viewing this as another imperial manoeuvre.
Nearly four decades ago, a similar smear campaign targeted Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who was assassinated in October 1987. Journalist François Hauter revealed in 2008 that the French state had solicited him to write defamatory articles against Sankara.
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Continued……This was allegedly part of a campaign orchestrated by France's foreign intelligence agency, which provided Hauter with discrediting information. His smear articles were published in 1986, about a year before Sankara’s murder. Hauter later said he felt used and culpable for his involvement in the plot against Sankara.
In 2011, misinformation and manufactured consent were employed to justify the NATO intervention in Libya and the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi. The US claimed that Gaddafi was planning mass killings of civilians, a lie that was later debunked. Similarly, the 2003 invasion of Iraq was justified by false claims that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction, which Washington later admitted were untrue.
Today, all means are being used to character assassinate Burkina Faso's president, Ibrahim Traoré. But it seems our people no longer fall for the same old tricks - at least judging by the Al Jazeera comments section below its article on the latest HRW allegations. Have a watch, and then let us know your thoughts.
Sources
https://www.thomassankara.net/who-killed-thomas-sankara-by-bruno-jaffre/?lang=en
https://www.thomassankara.net/relations-france-burkina-quand-la-france-detestait-sankara/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/07/usa.iraq1
https://www.sipri.org/commentary/essay/2023/twenty-years-ago-iraq-ignoring-expert-weapons-inspectors-proved-be-fatal-mistake
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/12/burkina-faso-army-directs-ethnic-massacres
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181025-how-the-world-was-misled-into-the-libyan-war/amp/
In 2011, misinformation and manufactured consent were employed to justify the NATO intervention in Libya and the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi. The US claimed that Gaddafi was planning mass killings of civilians, a lie that was later debunked. Similarly, the 2003 invasion of Iraq was justified by false claims that the country possessed weapons of mass destruction, which Washington later admitted were untrue.
Today, all means are being used to character assassinate Burkina Faso's president, Ibrahim Traoré. But it seems our people no longer fall for the same old tricks - at least judging by the Al Jazeera comments section below its article on the latest HRW allegations. Have a watch, and then let us know your thoughts.
Sources
https://www.thomassankara.net/who-killed-thomas-sankara-by-bruno-jaffre/?lang=en
https://www.thomassankara.net/relations-france-burkina-quand-la-france-detestait-sankara/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/07/usa.iraq1
https://www.sipri.org/commentary/essay/2023/twenty-years-ago-iraq-ignoring-expert-weapons-inspectors-proved-be-fatal-mistake
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/12/burkina-faso-army-directs-ethnic-massacres
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181025-how-the-world-was-misled-into-the-libyan-war/amp/
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Who Killed Thomas Sankara? by Bruno Jaffré | My Blog
This paper form Bruno Jaffré[1] has been published in a Certain Amount of Madness, The life, Politics & legacy of Thomas Sankara edited bu Amber Murrey, 20 mars 2018, Pluto press, 400 p..Host of the international network Justice for Sankara, Justice for Africa…
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On 8 March 1987, a few months before his French-backed assassination on 15 October 1987, Burkina Faso's revolutionary president, Thomas Sankara (1949-87), delivered a powerful International Women’s Day speech. In this address, Sankara emphasised that women's liberation was inseparable from the broader struggle for African freedom and must be prioritised as a fundamental part of the revolution.
With Mother’s Day falling on 11 May this week, Sankara’s words remain profoundly relevant nearly four decades later. As we continue the struggle to reclaim African sovereignty, we must remember that women are society’s backbone and possess leadership capacity under liberatory conditions.
Sources
https://jacobin.com/2022/03/international-womens-day-feminism-burkina-faso-sankara
https://unitedworldint.com/21668-how-thomas-sankara-africas-che-guevara-was-killed-to-fulfill-french-neocolonialist-ambitions
https://files.libcom.org/files/thomas-sankara-womens-liberation-and-the-african-freedom-struggle.pdf
With Mother’s Day falling on 11 May this week, Sankara’s words remain profoundly relevant nearly four decades later. As we continue the struggle to reclaim African sovereignty, we must remember that women are society’s backbone and possess leadership capacity under liberatory conditions.
Sources
https://jacobin.com/2022/03/international-womens-day-feminism-burkina-faso-sankara
https://unitedworldint.com/21668-how-thomas-sankara-africas-che-guevara-was-killed-to-fulfill-french-neocolonialist-ambitions
https://files.libcom.org/files/thomas-sankara-womens-liberation-and-the-african-freedom-struggle.pdf
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On 14 May 2022, a serene Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, turned into a nightmare when a white male clad in military gear unleashed t*rror with a rifle while streaming his actions on Twitch.
Payton Gendron went on a racially motivated rampage that k*lled 10 people and left three wounded. Most of the victims were Black and were shoppers, grocery workers and a security guard.
The shootings highlighted the legacy of racial tensions, gun violence and how the media frames hate crimes in the US. A 2017 article in the Fordham Law Review argued that flawed media coverage of mass shootings has led to a bias on who fits the identity of a t*rrorist: Almost always ‘Muslim’ and anything but white.
Payton Gendron went on a racially motivated rampage that k*lled 10 people and left three wounded. Most of the victims were Black and were shoppers, grocery workers and a security guard.
The shootings highlighted the legacy of racial tensions, gun violence and how the media frames hate crimes in the US. A 2017 article in the Fordham Law Review argued that flawed media coverage of mass shootings has led to a bias on who fits the identity of a t*rrorist: Almost always ‘Muslim’ and anything but white.
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Continued………Could that explain why the media has consistently referred to Gendron as a ‘gunman’ or 'shooter' instead of a t*rrorist? Indeed, the US government has used ‘t*rrorism’ charges to detain people who organise against police violence, disrupt dairy/egg/meat industry operations and allegedly threaten profit-driven health insurance companies that deny coverage.
Gendron had penned a r*cist manifesto online before he targeted the majority-Black neighbourhood. The first page featured the Sonnenrad, a sun wheel symbol popular in N*zi Germany and still used by white supremacists. The manifesto included a reference to a popular white supremacist theory known as The Great Replacement, which argues that non-European people will soon outnumber the European population in the West and must, therefore, have their numbers reduced.
In the aftermath, Black people mourned the tragedy, while Pan-Africanist organisations across the country reiterated the call for urgent principled and tactical unity amongst African people worldwide.
US federal prosecutors are seeking a death penalty charge against Gendron, sentenced to life in 2023.
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https://archive.ph/2uNv7
https://archive.ph/owfYJ
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https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/gc_etds/article/4348/&path_info=auto_convert.pdf
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https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g-s1-61177/luigi-mangione-indictment-united-healthcare-death-penalty
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/06/the-fbi-has-identified-a-new-domestic-terrorist-threat-and-its-black-identity-extremists
Gendron had penned a r*cist manifesto online before he targeted the majority-Black neighbourhood. The first page featured the Sonnenrad, a sun wheel symbol popular in N*zi Germany and still used by white supremacists. The manifesto included a reference to a popular white supremacist theory known as The Great Replacement, which argues that non-European people will soon outnumber the European population in the West and must, therefore, have their numbers reduced.
In the aftermath, Black people mourned the tragedy, while Pan-Africanist organisations across the country reiterated the call for urgent principled and tactical unity amongst African people worldwide.
US federal prosecutors are seeking a death penalty charge against Gendron, sentenced to life in 2023.
Sources
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/15/us/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-sunday/index.html
https://archive.ph/2uNv7
https://archive.ph/owfYJ
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5437&context=flr
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/gc_etds/article/4348/&path_info=auto_convert.pdf
https://abcnews.go.com/US/justice-department-pursue-death-penalty-buffalo-supermarket-shooter/story?id=106322955
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/us-shooter-jailed-for-life-4125686
https://www.congress.gov/109/plaws/publ374/PLAW-109publ374.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g-s1-61177/luigi-mangione-indictment-united-healthcare-death-penalty
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/06/the-fbi-has-identified-a-new-domestic-terrorist-threat-and-its-black-identity-extremists
CNN
Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket was a racist hate crime, police say | CNN
The 18-year-old suspected of opening fire at a Buffalo supermarket Saturday told authorities he was targeting the Black community, according to an official familiar with the investigation.
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TRAORÉ CHAMPIONS TRADITIONAL FABRICS
Burkina Faso’s revolution is not restricted to politics. The country is shedding colonial symbols in favour of genuine African culture - including when it comes to dress and grooming.
Judges and lawyers are now required to wear gowns made using locally produced fabrics. Similarly, school children are being encouraged to wear locally made uniforms.
According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Burkina Faso imported $35 million in used clothes and textile articles in 2023. It’s hoped that switching to local fabrics will support businesses and create jobs. Another aim is to instil national pride and a sense of shared identity.
The initiative harks back to when Burkina's late leader, Thomas Sankara (1949-1987), popularised the local Faso Dan Fani fabric as a revolutionary symbol.
Burkina Faso’s revolution is not restricted to politics. The country is shedding colonial symbols in favour of genuine African culture - including when it comes to dress and grooming.
Judges and lawyers are now required to wear gowns made using locally produced fabrics. Similarly, school children are being encouraged to wear locally made uniforms.
According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Burkina Faso imported $35 million in used clothes and textile articles in 2023. It’s hoped that switching to local fabrics will support businesses and create jobs. Another aim is to instil national pride and a sense of shared identity.
The initiative harks back to when Burkina's late leader, Thomas Sankara (1949-1987), popularised the local Faso Dan Fani fabric as a revolutionary symbol.
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Continued…….. With so many vibrant outfits all over Africa, we should heed Burkina Faso’s inspiring example and proudly wear our traditional attire.
Video credit: WODE MAYA
Sources
https://www.aib.media/regions/2023/04/29/burkina-adoption-dun-decret-pour-valoriser-les-tissus-traditionnels/
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2025/04/wait-it-is-not-about-wigs-the-story-of-faso-dan-fani-court-robes-in-burkina-faso/#:~:text=The%20New%20Look%20for%20Justice,made%20from%20Faso%20Dan%20Fani.
https://www.aib.media/boulkiemde-education-les-eleves-de-lecole-primaire-de-soula-sensibilises-au-port-du-faso-dan-fani/
https://ethicalfashioninitiative.org/stories/faso-danfani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAFMk1O6Ycs
https://www.si.edu/object/faso-dan-fani-marka-textiles-burkina-faso-genevieve-hill-thomas%3Asiris_sil_1083857#:~:text=Summary,into%20sets%20of%20striped%20cloth.
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/used-clothes-and-textile-articles/reporter/bfa
Video credit: WODE MAYA
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https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2025/04/wait-it-is-not-about-wigs-the-story-of-faso-dan-fani-court-robes-in-burkina-faso/#:~:text=The%20New%20Look%20for%20Justice,made%20from%20Faso%20Dan%20Fani.
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https://ethicalfashioninitiative.org/stories/faso-danfani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAFMk1O6Ycs
https://www.si.edu/object/faso-dan-fani-marka-textiles-burkina-faso-genevieve-hill-thomas%3Asiris_sil_1083857#:~:text=Summary,into%20sets%20of%20striped%20cloth.
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Burkina : Adoption d’un décret pour valoriser les tissus traditionnels
Burkina : Adoption d’un décret pour valoriser les tissus traditionnels Ouagadougou, 28 avril 2023(AIB)-Le gouvernement burkinabè a adopté vendredi, un décret portant promotion du port …
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The US has just welcomed a first batch of White South African ‘refugees.’ Donald Trump invited them over to escape an alleged gen*cide against the community back home. There are many ways to debunk this nonsense from the US president. Our image is a simple compare-and-contrast exercise. At the bottom, you can see the new arrivals to the US. Above that is a picture of real victims of gen*cide in eastern Congo.
The ongoing resource war in the DRC has persisted for three decades, involving over 120 armed groups, many backed by foreign powers, with the largest of them all backed by Rwanda. The human toll has been catastrophic. Between 1998 and 2010, approximately six million Congolese lives were lost.
The ongoing resource war in the DRC has persisted for three decades, involving over 120 armed groups, many backed by foreign powers, with the largest of them all backed by Rwanda. The human toll has been catastrophic. Between 1998 and 2010, approximately six million Congolese lives were lost.
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Continued……. More than seven million people have been displaced, and countless women and girls have been subjected to acts of sexual violence. According to Congolese activists, the conflict in Congo is the deadliest since World War II. In January 2025, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group launched a fresh offensive. Over 7,000 individuals have reportedly been killed this year alone.
Let’s compare that to the experience of White South Africans. Farmers in particular are said to be persecuted. In the past decade, there have been about 50 farm murders a year in South Africa. Police data reveals that, in 2024, there were 44 murders recorded on farms and smaller agricultural plots, with eight of the victims being farmers. White South Africans make up 7% of the country’s population, yet they own over 70% of its commercial farmland, largely acquired during the apartheid era. This disparity exemplifies privilege.
Trump's offer of asylum came after South Africa introduced a new expropriation law. This allows for land seizures in certain, very limited circumstances as part of efforts to address historical injustices faced by Black South Africans. When will Trump invite Congolese refugees stateside?
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crljn5046epo
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/a-guide-to-the-decades-long-conflict-in-dr-congo
https://x.com/trtworld/status/1891713201529585939?t=fzTl_dqH4ZpCPa3HtAkfwA&s=19
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/24/fighting-in-eastern-drc-kills-about-7000-people-since-january-pm-says
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1162991
https://archive.ph/dVv4T#selection-1985.451-1985.501
https://archive.ph/Ve1ow
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crljn5046epo
https://www.dw.com/en/white-south-africans-leave-for-us-under-trump-refugee-plan/a-72511336
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyj1198wy3o
Let’s compare that to the experience of White South Africans. Farmers in particular are said to be persecuted. In the past decade, there have been about 50 farm murders a year in South Africa. Police data reveals that, in 2024, there were 44 murders recorded on farms and smaller agricultural plots, with eight of the victims being farmers. White South Africans make up 7% of the country’s population, yet they own over 70% of its commercial farmland, largely acquired during the apartheid era. This disparity exemplifies privilege.
Trump's offer of asylum came after South Africa introduced a new expropriation law. This allows for land seizures in certain, very limited circumstances as part of efforts to address historical injustices faced by Black South Africans. When will Trump invite Congolese refugees stateside?
Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crljn5046epo
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/a-guide-to-the-decades-long-conflict-in-dr-congo
https://x.com/trtworld/status/1891713201529585939?t=fzTl_dqH4ZpCPa3HtAkfwA&s=19
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/24/fighting-in-eastern-drc-kills-about-7000-people-since-january-pm-says
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1162991
https://archive.ph/dVv4T#selection-1985.451-1985.501
https://archive.ph/Ve1ow
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crljn5046epo
https://www.dw.com/en/white-south-africans-leave-for-us-under-trump-refugee-plan/a-72511336
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyj1198wy3o
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White South Africans arrive in US under Trump refugee plan
Donald Trump says they are victims of "racial discrimination", which is strongly denied by South Africa.
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TRAORÉ: 'STOP USING BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE'
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré laid it out for US Africa Command (AFRICOM) General Michael Langley: Stop betraying Black people.
He gave such comments during an interview with news outlet Sputnik Afrique on 12 May in Moscow in response to Langley’s comments on 3 April to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services that Traoré was using recently reclaimed gold reserves to protect a ‘junta regime.’
Langley’s claim enraged Africans worldwide, prompting video messages on social media platforms. Then, solidarity protests broke out on 30 April in Burkina Faso and worldwide, including in cities such as London, Paris, and Accra.
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré laid it out for US Africa Command (AFRICOM) General Michael Langley: Stop betraying Black people.
He gave such comments during an interview with news outlet Sputnik Afrique on 12 May in Moscow in response to Langley’s comments on 3 April to the US Senate Committee on Armed Services that Traoré was using recently reclaimed gold reserves to protect a ‘junta regime.’
Langley’s claim enraged Africans worldwide, prompting video messages on social media platforms. Then, solidarity protests broke out on 30 April in Burkina Faso and worldwide, including in cities such as London, Paris, and Accra.
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Continued…….. However, as Traoré pointed out in this clip, Langley is not the first Black person to work in service of imperialism, as US President Barack Obama destabilised Libya with a 2011 US-led NATO invasion.
Have you noticed Black people working as agents of Western imperialism? What other examples can you think of?
Video credit: @sputnik_afrique (X)
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlGYXGxrIHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxXZneKick
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BKBRuoYF2/
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2025/05/01/ibrahim-traore/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/30/hands-off-aes-solidarity-protests-sweep-west-africa-in-defense-of-burkina-faso-and-captain-traore/
https://web.facebook.com/100082035526164/posts/-paris-place-de-la-république-ce-3002025-les-africains-ont-manifesté-leur-soutie/662563723154806/?_rdc=1&_rdr#
https://burkina24.com/2025/04/30/journee-mondiale-de-soutien-au-capitaine-ibrahim-traore-forte-mobilisation-au-burkina-faso/
https://www.cato.org/commentary/obama-administration-wrecked-libya-generation
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Have you noticed Black people working as agents of Western imperialism? What other examples can you think of?
Video credit: @sputnik_afrique (X)
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlGYXGxrIHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJxXZneKick
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BKBRuoYF2/
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2025/05/01/ibrahim-traore/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/30/hands-off-aes-solidarity-protests-sweep-west-africa-in-defense-of-burkina-faso-and-captain-traore/
https://web.facebook.com/100082035526164/posts/-paris-place-de-la-république-ce-3002025-les-africains-ont-manifesté-leur-soutie/662563723154806/?_rdc=1&_rdr#
https://burkina24.com/2025/04/30/journee-mondiale-de-soutien-au-capitaine-ibrahim-traore-forte-mobilisation-au-burkina-faso/
https://www.cato.org/commentary/obama-administration-wrecked-libya-generation
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Le Capitaine Ibrahim Traoré dénonce les mensonges du général américain - INTÉGRAL
Le général américain Michael Langley "doit se regarder dans un miroir, avoir honte, sortir et dire que, bon, on m'a fait un faux rapport, je regrette. Il doit le dire publiquement", a affirmé le Président du Faso exigeant un mea culpa sur les accusations…
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BLACK PEOPLE SILENT AT ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST IN ATLANTA
Imagine the audacity of Black people asking other oppressed people to be respectful as they dissent.
Such was the case at a recent town hall meeting hosted by Raphael Warnock, the first Black senator elected to represent the southern US state of Georgia.
The predominantly Black audience in Atlanta, the so-called ‘Black Mecca,' remained silent as pro-Palestine protesters intervened to point out Warnock’s hypocrisy in voting on 3 April for an additional $8.8 billion in arms sales to Israel, which has bombed Gaza and blocked aid deliveries since 7 October 2023.
The majority of our people are concentrated in the southern US, which has historically been at the forefront of the Black liberation struggle and anti-war activism.
Many refer to Atlanta as a ‘Black Mecca’ because so many of our people have found financial success there.
Imagine the audacity of Black people asking other oppressed people to be respectful as they dissent.
Such was the case at a recent town hall meeting hosted by Raphael Warnock, the first Black senator elected to represent the southern US state of Georgia.
The predominantly Black audience in Atlanta, the so-called ‘Black Mecca,' remained silent as pro-Palestine protesters intervened to point out Warnock’s hypocrisy in voting on 3 April for an additional $8.8 billion in arms sales to Israel, which has bombed Gaza and blocked aid deliveries since 7 October 2023.
The majority of our people are concentrated in the southern US, which has historically been at the forefront of the Black liberation struggle and anti-war activism.
Many refer to Atlanta as a ‘Black Mecca’ because so many of our people have found financial success there.
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