Sharing this cool docu-short I found today: https://films.nationalgeographic.com/akashinga It's free to stream at NatGeo. #Zimbabwe #Zimbabwean #AntiPoaching #AntiPoachers #Wildlife #Rangers #Africa #African #Women #AllWomenUnit

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The One-Eyed #African Queen Who Defeated the #RomanEmpire

Cocky male monarchs underestimated #QueenAmanirenas for her gender, her race, and her disability. Each time, they did so at their own peril.

Adhiambo Edith Magak
Sep 22, 2021

Excerpt: "The legendary Roman emperor #CaesarAugustus was on the Greek island of Samos, preparing for an important expedition to Syria, when he received envoys from the Kingdom of #Kush, in present-day #Sudan. Journalist Selina O’Grady records in her book And Man Created God that the ambassadors presented Augustus with a bundle of golden arrows and relayed this message: 'The Candace sends you these arrows.' (Candace was the Latinized spelling of #Kandake, the Kushite term for 'queen.')

"They added that the emperor had two options for how to view the offering: 'If you want peace, they are a token of her warmth and friendship. If you want war, you will need them.'

"For an African queen to give such an ultimatum to the most powerful man in the world would have been considered a serious insult. After all, #Augustus had almost single-handedly transformed #Rome from a republic to an empire, and the territory he now reigned over stretched from as far as northern Spain, through to parts of central Europe, and all the way to Egypt. His legions wore bronze breastplates and wielded spears, swords and javelins, all much superior to the hatchets the #Kushites carried as weapons. In addition, Kush had many natural resources — such as gold mines, iron and ivory — that could have enriched the treasuries of Rome, enticing Augustus to attack, even without the insult.

"But this Kushite queen — whom the Greek geographer and historian Strabo of Amasia described as 'a masculine sort of woman and blind in one eye' — had proved to be a formidable foe for the 'son of god,' the title given to Caesar Augustus on Roman coins. He received the bundle of arrows from the envoys and promptly signed a peace treaty.

"In truth, this was not so much a treaty as it was a surrender. Augustus submitted to all of the demands made by Queen #Amanirenas, including that the Romans withdraw from all Kushite territories they had occupied and pledge that they would never again seek to collect taxes or tributes from her kingdom.

"It was a remarkable concession for the world’s most powerful man, demonstrating just how feared and respected the one-eyed queen truly was."

Read more / listen:
https://www.narratively.com/p/the-one-eyed-african-queen-who-defeated-the-roman-empire

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PGd0v

#AfricanQueen #RomanHistory #PowerfulWomen #AfricanHistory

#AbuDhabi #News: #AbuDhabi Stem Cells Centre develops adva https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/cities.html#1a

#Commodities #News: #AbuDhabi's oil giant eyes bigger rol https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#2

#Pakistan: #African players in #Europe: Burkina Faso stars on t https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Pakistan

#Alabama: #Alabama lawmaker pushes for semi-monthly pay for t https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc-states.html#1

#Canada: #Amazon #Canada Cyber Monday: Your ultimate guide to https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Canada

I love this story so much. This video is worth a minute and a half of your time. "Solar Mamas" are #African women from villages trained to install #solar panels so their neighbors can stop using harmful oil lamps to see in their homes at night. https://youtube.com/shorts/VwuwxSoxHlI?si=4DJm8bKP8eF9Q7ie

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🟡Per @semafor : #African leaders gathered in Algiers to push for the recognition of #colonial-era crimes through reparations. At least 12.5m people were enslaved and forcibly transported from Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/12/01/2025/shells-new-investment-in-nigeria?utm_source=nowshare&utm_medium=africa&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered3#d

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From #Greenpeace email:

"The last 50 years have seen a #catastrophic 73% decline in average monitored wildlife populations.

...here is what that means in real life:

A 78% loss of #African #forest #elephants
A 57% decline in nesting female hawksbill turtles
A 51% loss of chinstrap #penguins

This devastating loss is being fueled by powerful, #profit-chasing interests, from destructive industrial #fishing to #fossil #fuel giants who treat #wildlife as #disposable."

From #Greenpeace email:

"The last 50 years have seen a #catastrophic 73% decline in average monitored wildlife populations.

...here is what that means in real life:

A 78% loss of #African #forest #elephants
A 57% decline in nesting female hawksbill turtles
A 51% loss of chinstrap #penguins

This devastating loss is being fueled by powerful, #profit-chasing interests, from destructive industrial #fishing to #fossil #fuel giants who treat #wildlife as #disposable."

Hold On To Faith by Roberto Pazzi

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#portrait #people #street #outdoors #looking #camera #culture #man #ethiopia #hand #cross #orthodox #hands #priest #face #africa #photography #holy #beard #place #glance #lalibela #wrinkles #african #elderly #old #one #person #ethnicity #nikon

African fighters with no documents flood Donetsk city with Cold War–era bunkers

“Everything is blurred and unclear.”

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/27/african-fighters-with-no-documents-flood-donetsk-city-with-cold-war-era-bunkers/

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #African #Donetsk #Africa #warfare #army #explosions #war #Russia #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

#Cats are among the most successful #domestic mammals; they are widespread throughout the world, even in the most remote areas around the globe. Their estimated number is around one billion. Earlier studies have shown that the domestic cat Felis catus descended from the North #African wildcat Felis lybica lybica.
#Archeology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/arch11282501.html

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Links: Monument voor karavaandragers, Mpozo, Belgisch-Congo (tegenwoordig Congo-Kinshasa); rechts: witte bladzijde met door Van der Elsken zelf gecalligrafeerde hoofdstuktitel 'Afrika/Africa', Ed van der Elsken, 1959

#Mpozo #Belgisch-Congo #rechts #VanderElskenzelf #Afrika/Africa #EdvanderElsken #Africa #Kinshasa #CentralAfrica #African #Elsken #fotografie #photography #EdVanDerElsken #EdvanderElsken

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-F-2019-242-1-1(R)

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Theatre in Leland, Mississippi

#Leland #Mississippi #TARZAN #LelandElectricCo #American #African-American #DorotheaLanges #LelandTheatre #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

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