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Baba Fela & Baba Ngozi. Associate Prof @UGent. P I: ERC Project YORUBAPRINT. Author:African Literature in the Digital Age. Publisher & Journalist. Nigeria & UK.

Brussels, Belgium
Joined March 2009
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He call them monkeys for being black, they acted accordingly.
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The cops murdered a 1-year-old baby in Mississippi after someone falsely accused his mother of shoplifting from Walmart. Even if the diapers were stolen that is no justification for cops to murder anyone let alone a child, but she had a receipt. A baby is dead because of a shoot-first, murderous cop AND a racist person who profiled a Black mother and called the police over diapers that she didn’t even steal.
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Shola Adenekan retweeted
Julius Malema drops a bombshell, but many South Africans aren’t ready for the conversation.
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The people of Sudan are enduring unimaginable suffering - and the world is watching. I have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding the suspension of arms sales to the UAE.
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🟥 “Silence is the language of the oppressor.” 🔳Sudanese journalist Naji-Al Kurshabi breaks down mid-interview, saying he wishes he could write the stories instead of speak them because the pain of saying them aloud is unbearable. 🔳What’s happening in Sudan is not distant. It’s the same story as Gaza, as Syria the world watching while entire families are starved into silence and cities reduced to ash. Oppression has no borders. No colour. No excuse. If you care about justice in Gaza, you must care about Sudan too. 🔴Watch this man’s voice crack then ask yourself why those responsible are still met with handshakes, not handcuffs. @MENAUncensored @waladkosti
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Trump & his ilk want a religious civil war in Nigeria. He doesn’t care about Nigerians. People wake up - Nigerian Christians & Muslims share the same enemy - it’s not a religious war - it’s religious violence against Christians AND Muslims. But it’s Christian Genocide trending. Trump is exploiting Nigeria with half-truths in order to push the West geopolitical narrative that ‘Islam is the Enemy and Muslims are terrorists’. It’s bullshit. The corrupt & inept Nigerian govt is responsible & should be accountable for the ongoing persecutions, killings & displacement of Nigerians by Boko Haram, ISWAP & other militant groups.
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Shola Adenekan retweeted
Replying to @akada
You stopped tweeting why
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As #BlackHistoryMonth comes to an end, we hear from our Chancellor, Professor @SirGeoffPalmer, on how it plays an important role in inspiring positive change for generations to come. #HeriotWattUni
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On this day in 1968, Shirley Chisholm became first black woman elected to the United States Congress.
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A missing person report is being filed. He was last seen at Mbiabong by Oron Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibong. Help me find my brother. Breaks my heart afresh to be sending this out. I just want Sam back.
I don't know what to do. My elder brother is missing. My body and mind are collapsing
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'NEVER RETURN': Trump campaign fires back at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after the Democratic lawmaker claims the former president's brain is "deteriorating" and that he's unfit to serve four more years in the White House. The full response. trib.al/OFVkUX5
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"Every Black person that you see is a walking miracle."
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African countries queued up “in a corridor” in Washington to ask the IMF for loans, Kenyan Finance Minister John Mbadi revealed, adding that he felt embarrassed and demeaned. “Then you’re called in one by one: Nigeria! Rwanda!”
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The FBI is investigating the death of a Black man found hanging in an abandoned house in Alabama, miles away from his home Dennoriss Richardson’s wife fears her husband’s death was related to a lawsuit he filed against the local police department apnews.com/article/alabama-b…
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Shola Adenekan retweeted
Kamala Harris visits Philly Cuts for a conversation about her Opportunity Agenda for Black men. A must watch.
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Pregnant teen died agonizing sepsis death after Texas doctors refused to abort fetus trib.al/Vcqb2Tg
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See what Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing, charging Minors for saying they were hungry and things need to change In Nigeria during #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests ….This is a huge show of shame to Nigeria.
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The government of @officialABAT is a disgrace, arraigning under age children for capital punishment for protest after starving them for months. Look how malnourished and unkept they look. This is an egregious crime against humanity. #TinubuMustGo!
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We are proud to join several of our colleagues next week to honour the Mother of the House, Diane Abbott MP. Our Chair, David Weaver, will be one of the speakers on Monday and we hope to see you there. Sign up for the event here: future-edgroup.com/events/ac…
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These are underage kids; the inhuman, barbaric, and unjust regime of @officialABAT brought to the Federal High Court, Abuja, today to be tried for treason allegedly for participating in the August 2024 #EndbadgovernanceInNigeria protest. #revolutionnow
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