Continued……In his novel, 'Petals of Blood' (1977), the characters fight African elites who are aligned with colonial powers.
In another novel, ‘Matigari’ (1986), Ngũgĩ weaves the tale of a freedom fighter returning to a newly independent fictional country, only to find it still in the clutches of colonialism. Hoping for peace but confronted by institutional violence and betrayal, the main character’s story becomes a parable for generational resistance and the need for continuous struggle against oppression.
These works only scratch the surface of Ngũgĩ’s (@NgugiWaThiongo_ on X) literary legacy, which continues to resonate with their themes of justice, decolonisation and the betrayal of the postcolonial promise.
Video credits: @cccb_barcelona (IG) / @cececebe (X); 'Africa Addio,' Cineriz (1966)
Sources
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159334.Devil_on_the_Cross
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https://www.gradesaver.com/devil-on-the-cross/study-guide/summary
https://sujarithasaravanan.blogspot.com/2019/02/decolonising-mind-by-ngugi-wa-thiongo.html
https://www.gradesaver.com/matigari/study-guide/summary
In another novel, ‘Matigari’ (1986), Ngũgĩ weaves the tale of a freedom fighter returning to a newly independent fictional country, only to find it still in the clutches of colonialism. Hoping for peace but confronted by institutional violence and betrayal, the main character’s story becomes a parable for generational resistance and the need for continuous struggle against oppression.
These works only scratch the surface of Ngũgĩ’s (@NgugiWaThiongo_ on X) literary legacy, which continues to resonate with their themes of justice, decolonisation and the betrayal of the postcolonial promise.
Video credits: @cccb_barcelona (IG) / @cececebe (X); 'Africa Addio,' Cineriz (1966)
Sources
https://archive.ph/7GcKs#selection-805.10-805.28
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159334.Devil_on_the_Cross
https://www.businessradar.co.ke/blog/2025/05/28/the-ngugi-wa-thiongo-imprisonment-why-was-he-jailed-in-kenya-everything-you-need-to-know/
https://www.gradesaver.com/devil-on-the-cross/study-guide/summary
https://sujarithasaravanan.blogspot.com/2019/02/decolonising-mind-by-ngugi-wa-thiongo.html
https://www.gradesaver.com/matigari/study-guide/summary
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IVORY COAST SIGNS MARIE ANTOINETTE DEAL WITH FRENCH CARRIER
On May 15, 2025, French airline Corsair signed a deal with several Ivorian institutions to offer preferential treatment to Ivorian officials, including reduced travel and healthcare costs at the American Hospital in Paris. The opposition party PDCI-RDA criticized the agreement, stating that it grants undue privileges to officials while neglecting the needs of ordinary citizens. The party also questioned the promotion of a foreign airline over the national carrier, Air Côte d'Ivoire.
The Ivorian political elite's desire to seek healthcare abroad instead of investing in the Ivorian healthcare system is starkly reflected in the country's low life expectancy of 62 years, relative to France's 83 years.
Does this move by Cote d'Ivoire's political elite mirror Marie Antoinette's infamous "Let them eat cake"?
Have a read, and let us know what you think.
On May 15, 2025, French airline Corsair signed a deal with several Ivorian institutions to offer preferential treatment to Ivorian officials, including reduced travel and healthcare costs at the American Hospital in Paris. The opposition party PDCI-RDA criticized the agreement, stating that it grants undue privileges to officials while neglecting the needs of ordinary citizens. The party also questioned the promotion of a foreign airline over the national carrier, Air Côte d'Ivoire.
The Ivorian political elite's desire to seek healthcare abroad instead of investing in the Ivorian healthcare system is starkly reflected in the country's low life expectancy of 62 years, relative to France's 83 years.
Does this move by Cote d'Ivoire's political elite mirror Marie Antoinette's infamous "Let them eat cake"?
Have a read, and let us know what you think.
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Continued……Sources
https://www.incotedivoire.net/article-flash/Agreement%20signed%20between%20the%20Senate%20of%20C%C3%B4te%20d%E2%80%99Ivoire%20and%20Corsair%20Group
https://pressecotedivoire.fr/22479-convention-corsair-institutions-de-la-republique-les-deputes-pdci-levent-tout-equivoque-se-desolidarisent-de-ce-projet-indigne
https://x.com/marcus_herve/status/1924426211947597888
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=FR
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=CI
https://www.incotedivoire.net/article-flash/Agreement%20signed%20between%20the%20Senate%20of%20C%C3%B4te%20d%E2%80%99Ivoire%20and%20Corsair%20Group
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https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=CI
www.incotedivoire.net
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S.AFRICA LAWYER DISPELS LAND EXPROPRIATION MYTHS
South Africa's Land Expropriation Act, which was signed into law in early 2025 as part of efforts to provide redress for the country's historical land injustices, has generated considerable debate in recent months. The act allows the government to expropriate privately owned land for public purposes or in the public interest, with nil compensation in rare cases.
Some, such as the Donald Trump-led United States governments and right-wing organisations inside South Africa, claim the law is part of what they allege to be 'persecution' of the country's white settlers. However, a closer look at the act shows that this is far from the truth.
South Africa's Land Expropriation Act, which was signed into law in early 2025 as part of efforts to provide redress for the country's historical land injustices, has generated considerable debate in recent months. The act allows the government to expropriate privately owned land for public purposes or in the public interest, with nil compensation in rare cases.
Some, such as the Donald Trump-led United States governments and right-wing organisations inside South Africa, claim the law is part of what they allege to be 'persecution' of the country's white settlers. However, a closer look at the act shows that this is far from the truth.
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Continued……For instance, in this interview with Newzroom Afrika (@newzroomafrika5914 on YouTube), renowned South African lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi (Ngcukaitobi1 on X) highlights that the act will most likely not result in any active settler-owned land taken away by the state without compensation.
Ngcukaitobi explains that, despite right-wing elements portraying the act as radical, it is actually mild, as the nil compensation part will only apply to idle and abandoned land, implying that most settler farmers whose land is in active use will not be affected.
This explanation aligns with arguments that have been put forward by progressive organisations such as the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), who say the law does not go far enough to address the land dispossession that Black South Africans were subjected to during centuries of European settler colonialism, which ramped up into apartheid between 1948 and 1994.
They argue that the act will not alter the country's current land ownership structure, where white settlers own more than 72 per cent of the land according to a 2017 government land audit, despite making up only about 7 per cent of the population as per the 2022 national census.
Credit: Newzroom Afrika/YouTube
Sources
https://www.dw.com/en/south-africas-land-law-in-the-spotlight-amid-trump-row/a-72634031
https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/expropriation-act-a-legislative-copout-by-anc--eff
https://x.com/EFFSouthAfrica/status/1886359317021945948
https://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=16716
Ngcukaitobi explains that, despite right-wing elements portraying the act as radical, it is actually mild, as the nil compensation part will only apply to idle and abandoned land, implying that most settler farmers whose land is in active use will not be affected.
This explanation aligns with arguments that have been put forward by progressive organisations such as the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), who say the law does not go far enough to address the land dispossession that Black South Africans were subjected to during centuries of European settler colonialism, which ramped up into apartheid between 1948 and 1994.
They argue that the act will not alter the country's current land ownership structure, where white settlers own more than 72 per cent of the land according to a 2017 government land audit, despite making up only about 7 per cent of the population as per the 2022 national census.
Credit: Newzroom Afrika/YouTube
Sources
https://www.dw.com/en/south-africas-land-law-in-the-spotlight-amid-trump-row/a-72634031
https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/expropriation-act-a-legislative-copout-by-anc--eff
https://x.com/EFFSouthAfrica/status/1886359317021945948
https://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=16716
DW
South Africa's land law in the spotlight amid Trump row
Recent South African legislation allows for land expropriation, sometimes without compensation. What's behind the law and why is it so controversial?
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Protests erupted in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on 24 May over Israel training alongside 10,000 personnel from more than 50 states amidst its widely condemned military onslaught in Gaza.
Between 14 April and 23 May, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Golani Brigade participated in the US Africa Command's annual African Lion military exercises in Morocco. The joint drills featured advanced warfare tactics, including tunnel combat and surveillance technology. The brigade helped displace Palestinians in 1948 to create the state of Israel and has attacked Gaza and Lebanon since the 7 October escalation in the 77-year occupation.
Between 14 April and 23 May, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Golani Brigade participated in the US Africa Command's annual African Lion military exercises in Morocco. The joint drills featured advanced warfare tactics, including tunnel combat and surveillance technology. The brigade helped displace Palestinians in 1948 to create the state of Israel and has attacked Gaza and Lebanon since the 7 October escalation in the 77-year occupation.
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Continued….. African Lion exercises also took place in Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia.
This US military exercise comes despite the United States doing more harm than good by destabilising the Sahel region. Following the 2011 US-led NATO invasion in Libya that backed 'rebels' who murdered Pan-Africanist Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011), t*rrorist violence surged dramatically in the region, particularly in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Subsequent Western military occupations failed to curb this violence, contributing instead to growing instability and prompting the three Sahelian states to expel Western forces following recent people-backed coups d’état that ousted Western-aligned leaders.
Sources
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/05/25/idf-moroccan-army-collab-for-african-lion-training-exercise/
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1926577926075457751
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/sahel-now-accounts-43-global-terrorism-deaths
https://theintercept.com/2023/04/02/us-military-counterterrorism-niger
https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/our-corps-units-brigades/infantry-brigades/golani-serving-with-pride-since-1948
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241122-israel-army-alarmed-by-death-toll-among-golani-brigade-soldiers-report
https://www.army.mil/article/285824/african_lion_2025_concludes_showcases_us_ability_to_project_power_with_allies_and_partners_across_africa
This US military exercise comes despite the United States doing more harm than good by destabilising the Sahel region. Following the 2011 US-led NATO invasion in Libya that backed 'rebels' who murdered Pan-Africanist Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011), t*rrorist violence surged dramatically in the region, particularly in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Subsequent Western military occupations failed to curb this violence, contributing instead to growing instability and prompting the three Sahelian states to expel Western forces following recent people-backed coups d’état that ousted Western-aligned leaders.
Sources
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/05/25/idf-moroccan-army-collab-for-african-lion-training-exercise/
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1926577926075457751
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/sahel-now-accounts-43-global-terrorism-deaths
https://theintercept.com/2023/04/02/us-military-counterterrorism-niger
https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/our-corps-units-brigades/infantry-brigades/golani-serving-with-pride-since-1948
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241122-israel-army-alarmed-by-death-toll-among-golani-brigade-soldiers-report
https://www.army.mil/article/285824/african_lion_2025_concludes_showcases_us_ability_to_project_power_with_allies_and_partners_across_africa
Israel Hayom
IDF, Moroccan army collab for African Lion training exercise
The Israeli military's involvement in the multinational exercise sparked intense backlash across Arab social media platforms.
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ROBBED IN FRANCE, BUT LOOK AT THE HEADLINE
A British man on his way to Africa by skateboard got robbed in France, but where does the headline focus? Africa. Why doesn’t it mention France, the site of the robbery?
Intentional or not, it is not difficult to see how readers skimming headlines might assume an African robbed the Brit.
The key detail was stashed in the BBC article. Sam Allison, who is attempting to skate from Brighton, England, to Tangier, Morocco, was robbed, leaving him with only his phone and wallet while camping in France. BBC reports he is attempting to raise money for a charity to support wellness in the skateboarding community.
BBC’s headline framing isn’t just misleading. It subtly reinforces existing biases that associate Africa with danger or misfortune, even when it has nothing to do with the event in question.
A British man on his way to Africa by skateboard got robbed in France, but where does the headline focus? Africa. Why doesn’t it mention France, the site of the robbery?
Intentional or not, it is not difficult to see how readers skimming headlines might assume an African robbed the Brit.
The key detail was stashed in the BBC article. Sam Allison, who is attempting to skate from Brighton, England, to Tangier, Morocco, was robbed, leaving him with only his phone and wallet while camping in France. BBC reports he is attempting to raise money for a charity to support wellness in the skateboarding community.
BBC’s headline framing isn’t just misleading. It subtly reinforces existing biases that associate Africa with danger or misfortune, even when it has nothing to do with the event in question.
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Continued……. Sources
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxvrxkw97wo?xtor=AL-71-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_format=link&at_bbc_team=editorial
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Bbc
Man skateboarding to Africa has belongings stolen in France
Sam Allison jokes he is "kinda grateful" for the theft in France as he now has less to carry.
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DID EUROPE EDUCATE AFRICA?
Reacting to unfactual claims from a GB News panel about how colonisation improved Africa, African Stream Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo breaks down one of their false points that European colonisers imparted education to uncivilised Africans.
That's hard to believe, considering countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo had only 16 university graduates after decades of Belgian colonisation.
While we don’t defend the Moors’ occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, their 800 years in modern-day Spain and Portugal improved hygiene, sanitation and introduced mathematical concepts, among other technologies, when much of Europe lacked such things.
Have a watch, and please share your thoughts.
Reacting to unfactual claims from a GB News panel about how colonisation improved Africa, African Stream Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo breaks down one of their false points that European colonisers imparted education to uncivilised Africans.
That's hard to believe, considering countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo had only 16 university graduates after decades of Belgian colonisation.
While we don’t defend the Moors’ occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, their 800 years in modern-day Spain and Portugal improved hygiene, sanitation and introduced mathematical concepts, among other technologies, when much of Europe lacked such things.
Have a watch, and please share your thoughts.
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Continued……You can view the whole reaction on Kaballo’s YouTube channel (@ahmedkaballo4170).
Soundbite credit: @GBNEWS on X
Sources
https://mbbaglobal.com/historical-account-of-african-moors-and-how-they-civilized-europe
https://heavenleeandhbnynefer.com/bridging-cultures-how-the-moors-taught-europeans-about-bathing
https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/358/Democratic-Congo-HISTORY-BACKGROUND.html
Soundbite credit: @GBNEWS on X
Sources
https://mbbaglobal.com/historical-account-of-african-moors-and-how-they-civilized-europe
https://heavenleeandhbnynefer.com/bridging-cultures-how-the-moors-taught-europeans-about-bathing
https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/358/Democratic-Congo-HISTORY-BACKGROUND.html
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TRANSACTIONAL DIPLOMACY. KENYA THROWS WESTERN SAHARA UNDER THE BUS
Kenya has officially backed Morocco’s 'autonomy plan' for Western Sahara - a euphemism for occupation - marking a shift in policy announced during Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi’s visit to Rabat to open Kenya’s new embassy. Kenya had been aligning with Morocco since 2022, when President Ruto announced plans to withdraw recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in exchange for Moroccan fertilizer, produced from phosphate extracts from occupied Sahrawi land.
Ties deepened with the appointment of Kenya’s first ambassador to Morocco in 2024. Morocco, which invaded Western Sahara in 1975, controls key phosphate and fishing resources and has blocked UN-backed referendums.
Both countries share patterns of repression. Morocco jails Saharawis for peaceful protest, while Kenya cracked down violently on dissent after the 2024 Finance Bill, with multiple reports of police abductions, including one targeting a Member of Parliament.
Kenya has officially backed Morocco’s 'autonomy plan' for Western Sahara - a euphemism for occupation - marking a shift in policy announced during Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi’s visit to Rabat to open Kenya’s new embassy. Kenya had been aligning with Morocco since 2022, when President Ruto announced plans to withdraw recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in exchange for Moroccan fertilizer, produced from phosphate extracts from occupied Sahrawi land.
Ties deepened with the appointment of Kenya’s first ambassador to Morocco in 2024. Morocco, which invaded Western Sahara in 1975, controls key phosphate and fishing resources and has blocked UN-backed referendums.
Both countries share patterns of repression. Morocco jails Saharawis for peaceful protest, while Kenya cracked down violently on dissent after the 2024 Finance Bill, with multiple reports of police abductions, including one targeting a Member of Parliament.
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Continued…….Sources
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farmersreviewafrica.com/kenya-to-receive-first-batch-of-moroccan-fertilizers/
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Morocco World News
Kenya Turns Page on Sahara, Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan
Kenya has officially declared Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as “the only sustainable approach” to resolve the Western Sahara dispute, marking a major diplomatic victory for Rabat.
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