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Tag Archives: Africa
The Himba Baby Song
I was thinking today of the famous quote by David M. Eagleman that each person suffers three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is … Continue reading
Posted in geography, Heritage, Life
Tagged Africa, Death, Himba Baby Song, Himba Tribe, Life, Namibia
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Ayuba Suleiman Diallo – The remarkable story of an African slave.
The story of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo is one of the most interesting and incredible verified accounts of an African slave during the 18th Century, Whilst it is incredible, it also illustrates well the complexities of the slave trade and some … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life
Tagged Africa, Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, Ghana, Maryland, Rev. Thomas Bluet, Royal African Company, Slavery
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The Robocops of Kinshasa
Central Africa might not be your first guess when it comes to thinking of robocops but for the last 5 years or so in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been using them in increasing numbers in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News, Science and Engineering
Tagged Africa, Cars, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, Life, Police, Robocop, Robots
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Black Panther Movie Review
Earlier this week I went to see the Black Panther movie. Some of you may know that I despise comicbook based movies. Just going from the trailers they seem very generic, derivative and not very deep; I like science-fiction but … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Opinion, Popular Culture
Tagged Africa, Black Panther, Erik Killmonger, Film Review, M'Baku, Movie Review, Shuri, T'Challa, Wakanda
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Sport brings people together – How Cricket is creating a new future for Rwanda
We all know that sport has a unique ability to bring people together from all around the world and those of us who have travelled to places a little less ordinary know that there are few better ways to make … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News, Popular Culture, Travel
Tagged Africa, Cricket, genocide, Kigali, Long reads, Rwanda, Rwanda Cricket, Sport
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When WW1 came to East Africa
As we approach Armistice Day, it’s become something of a blog tradition for me to write some posts related to WW1. I thought this time to pick a little bit of an unusual subject and a little discussed arena … Continue reading
Posted in history, WW1
Tagged Africa, Empire, Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson, Lake Tanganyika, Lest We Forget, Royal Navy, The African Queen, war, WW1
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The story of the first Black Man in the British Army
A few weeks in a new episode of Dr Who, there was something of a story about one of the characters in that weeks episode. It involved a platoon of Victorian British soldiers who ended up working on some alien … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, television
Tagged Africa, Battle of Ginnis, Dr Who, Durham, First Black man in the army, history, Khartoum, Life, Mahdi, Mars, Sudan
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Musa I of Mali – The richest man you may never have heard of
You might never have heard of Musa Keita I of the Mali Empire but it is fair to say that no-one alive today will ever make such an impact on the world today. Born in 1280 AD, Musa grew up in … Continue reading
Posted in history, Religion and Faith
Tagged Africa, Empire, Hajj, history, Islam, Life, Mali, Mecca, Must Keita, Sahara, Timbuktu, Travel
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Do Chimps Believe in God?
As Good Friday nears and Easter beckons to many as well as Passover to many others, it might come as a surprise to you that recent studies have indicated that a group of Chimpanzees have been studied and a series … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Faith, Science and Engineering
Tagged Africa, Animal rituals, Anthropology, Chimpanzees, Chimps, Death, Do animals believe in God, Easter, God, Laura Kehoe, Life, religion
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Band Aid 30
There are many problems with the world at the moment and certainly with our country but one thing that we can be proud of is our record of charity and giving to countries that are poorer than our own. In … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Popular Culture
Tagged Africa, Band Aid, Band Aid 30, charity, Do They Know Its Christmas, Ebola, Foreign Aid, iTunes, Life, Music, News, Politics, Sir Bob Geldof
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