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africandiversity: Ethiopian man belonging to the Banna ethnic...

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:46:37 -0400

Ethiopian man belonging to the Banna ethnic group.

Ethiopia is a diverse nation comprised of several regions. The Banna people reside in the Omo region of Ethiopia. They speak Hamer or Hamer-Banna, which belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Arabic, Amharic, Beja, Somali, Oromo, Hebrew, Arabic, among other languages.

vthebookworm: anarcho-queer: newyorkisforlovers: nyc-in-myhear...

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:39:10 -0400

vthebookworm:

anarcho-queer:

newyorkisforlovers:

nyc-in-myheart:

Rockefeller Center, NYC

New York only! Follow this blog if you love NYC.

Quick history lesson: The family whom this building was built for is known mostly for their wealth but hardly for the secret experiments they help conducted on Puerto Ricans.

During the early 20th century, the Rockafeller family secretly sterilized men and (mostly) women in Puerto Rico with the help of the U.S. government. By 1974 35% of the Puerto Rican women were sterile and this number reached 39% by 1981.

In 1931, the Rockefeller Institute assigned Cornelius Rhoads to a research commission in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While in P.R., Rhoads purposely infected Puerto Ricans with cancer cells which killed at least 13.

In a letter to another doctor, leaked to the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Rhoads wrote: “the Porto Ricans are beyond doubt the dirtiest, laziest, most degenerate and thievish race of men ever inhabiting this sphere. It makes you sick to inhabit the same island with them.… What the island needs is not public health work, but a tidal wave or something to totally exterminate the population. It might then be liveable. I have done my best to further the process of extermination by killing off eight and transplanting cancer into several more. The latter has not resulted in any fatalities so far…. The matter of consideration for the patients’ welfare plays no role here - in fact, all physicians take delight in the abuse and torture of the unfortunate subjects”.

He later goes on to establish the U.S. Army Biological Warfare facilities in Maryland, Utah, and Panama, and is named to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. While there, he begins a series of radiation exposure experiments on American soldiers and civilian hospital patients.

My grandma told me about this.

eritrea-rubato-il-mio-cuore replied to your post: Happy Eritrean Independence Day! Thank you!...

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:37:24 -0400

eritrea-rubato-il-mio-cuore replied to your post: Happy Eritrean Independence Day!

Thank you! :)

You’re welcome!

extremelywonderfulplaces: Eritrea

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:30:17 -0400

extremelywonderfulplaces:

Eritrea

Happy Eritrean Independence Day!

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:36:14 -0400

Though I myself am not Eritrean, I’d like to wish all a happy independence day full of family, friends, joy, and remembrance!

May the next 22 years be even more brighter!

Cheers!

This is a mix of folkloric and outer-regional music of Ethiopia,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:47:00 -0400

This is a mix of folkloric and outer-regional music of Ethiopia, all 45s, records that I feel need to be heard. Less of breakbeats & wah wah and this time more of krar, claps, howling organs and trad melodies. For fans of previous mixes ‘Axum to Addis’ and ‘Addis Sheckla Explosion’.

Guys, this is amazing! If you like old Ethiopian or Eritrean music, I definitely recommend this! A mix of Amharic, Tigrinya, and Tigre (I believe it’s the second and fifth songs but I could be wrong).

themonsoonchild: fattytea: Mosque in Addis Ababa Is that...

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:49 -0400

themonsoonchild:

fattytea:

Mosque in Addis Ababa

Is that Anwar Masjid?

No, this is the Qera Mosque.

"We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody’s."

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:09 -0400

“We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody’s.”

- Kifah Shah (via nohasah)

houdawouldashoulda: Genius. I can definitely see this working...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:03:30 -0400

houdawouldashoulda:

Genius. I can definitely see this working for Eritrea and Ethiopia.

#eritrea #ethiopia #habesha #peace #coke #india #pakistan

This is awesome, brought tears to my eyes!

eritrea-rubato-il-mio-cuore: WHAT THE FUCKERY IS THIS...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:52:01 -0400

eritrea-rubato-il-mio-cuore:

WHAT THE FUCKERY IS THIS SHIT?!?!?! WHICH ONE OF YOU “EAST AFRICAN GIRLS” TAUGHT WALE THIS FUCKING SHIT?!?!?!?!

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

And these girls think its cute too…

themonsoonchild: callmebeardo: humansofnewyork: “After this I...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:42:51 -0400

themonsoonchild:

callmebeardo:

humansofnewyork:

“After this I go to work at a pizza shop. My wife and I were college professors in Bangladesh. I taught accounting. But one dollar in America becomes eighty dollars when we send it back home.”

Anyone have a source for this?

I think humansofnewyork is the source

"So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:51:34 -0400

“So you plant your own garden and
decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

- Jorge Luis Borges (via Swanfeather Songs)

diggys-daily: Truth…

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:32 -0400

diggys-daily:

Truth…

barentu: thatonesomali: Naag Oromo oo video taajuudin Ahmed...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:50 -0400

barentu:

thatonesomali:

Naag Oromo oo video taajuudin Ahmed heestiis.

She’s so pretty wow

thepeacefulterrorist: Libyan Tuareg

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:53:49 -0400

thepeacefulterrorist:

Libyan Tuareg

dekierey153: The seventh annual Aroni Awards gala is on May...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:33:54 -0400

dekierey153:

The seventh annual Aroni Awards gala is on May 25, 2013.

The Aroni Awards was created in honour of Aron Y. Haile as he was exemplary in creating opportunities for people in diverse backgrounds. Aron Y. Haile, an African Canadian who died in 2003, at the young age of 30. He was an accomplished student, entrepreneur, software developer, event planner, theater arts enthusiast and adventurer. His willingness to mentor gave him an avenue to forge many meaningful relations while giving back to his community.

http://anancymag.com/aroni-awards-gala-provides-scholarships-for-black-students-may-25/

.The gala is named after the late Aron Y. Haile, a jazz-loving free-spirited Software Developer. He died tragically in a bus crash on December, 2003 while on vacation in his hometown Eritrea, East Africa, just days short of his 30th birthday.Last year, Haile’s dream of having an awards ceremony inspiring Black youth to strive to achieve their goals, became reality. Brother Mesfun and sisters Helen and Lia, along with Harmony Movement, volunteers and sponsors, created a very successful inaugural awards ceremony.

http://wemagonline.blogspot.com/2008/01/we-entertainment-aroni-awards-inspiring.html

cartographymaps: John George Bartholomew, 1922, Africa

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:42 -0400

cartographymaps:

John George Bartholomew, 1922, Africa

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:13 -0400

"That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the ‘war on terror’ will last at..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:06:19 -0400

“That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the ‘war on terror’ will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week’s big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined. The military historian Andrew Bacevich has spent years warning that US policy planners have adopted an explicit doctrine of ‘endless war’. Obama officials, despite repeatedly boasting that they have delivered permanently crippling blows to al-Qaida, are now, as clearly as the English language permits, openly declaring this to be so. It is hard to resist the conclusion that this war has no purpose other than its own eternal perpetuation. This war is not a means to any end but rather is the end in itself. Not only is it the end itself, but it is also its own fuel: it is precisely this endless war - justified in the name of stopping the threat of terrorism - that is the single greatest cause of that threat.”

- Glenn Greenwald (via nexistepas)

ae5alid: Rashaida Tribe Kids In A Coranic School, Kassala,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:01:36 -0400

ae5alid:

Rashaida Tribe Kids In A Coranic School, Kassala, Sudan

I didn’t know the Rashaida lived in Sudan too.