Yes, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is impressive.

Climate activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim standing in a field with cattle in the background

"The Future Will Prove Us Right." These are not easy times for climate activists. An interview I did in 2023 with the Chadian activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.
Happy Earth Day.
#Greensky #Africasky #climate
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And consummation of ties between techno-entrepreneur elites and state elites on the marriage bed.

Interesting. What is Senegal doing that the other countries are not? Especially Nigeria? With its constant power outages, you would expect high incentive for solar uptake.

Nigeria Will Have 400 Million People by 2050. Who Will Publish for Them? - The New Publishing Standard Nigeria imports 90% of its printing paper, losing its own mills to policy failure. With 400 million people by 2050, the cost of inaction is existential.

The writer in me loves keeping up with the literary side of African publishing. The economist in me loves deep dives into the nitty-gritty of African publishing - existence of paper mills, cost of paper imports, etc. l1nq.com/dsj23nl
#Africanlit #Africasky #booksky #nigeria

I suspect Adeoye Adekunle and Einar Felix Hansen are colleagues of Blake Whiting. They have published an astonishing number of History of (X African country) in the past two years.

Fascinating read. I wasn't familiar with the southern Mossi states.

Brennan added that Trump was too much of a liability to be allowed to continue to be commander in chief. He had immense firepower at his disposal, including the US nuclear arsenal. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Excellent piece. I found the term "content" jarring (no pun intended) when it started being used. Now, like many, I've grown used to it. Your essay reminds us of what is insidious in that framing.

Made in Kenya EV bus in Nairobi traffic

Spotted in Nairobi traffic: Made-in-Kenya EV bus. My ride driver was very proud of them. In Mombasa also took many (Strait of Hormuz immune) EV tuk-tuks #Green #climate #africasky

Japanese investors back new VC fund targeting African startups The backing by large firms underscores the growing interest from the nation in African companies as they contend with a shrinking market and relatively low interest rates at home.

Nairobi-based Novastar used the latest fund to invest in electric bus company BasiGo and the fleet manager for Uber’s two-wheeler EV fleet. #africasky #green #goodnews
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The Year So Far in African Literature: Talking Points of the First Quarter of 2026 - Afrocritik African literature in 2026 did not start with a bang, but there are already enough incidents to suggest that much literary water has passed under the proverbial bridge

One of the milestones of the year was the Cairo International Book Fair. Attracting 6.2 million visitors, it's easily the largest book fair on the planet, which makes it even more impressive as a cultural event held in Africa, outside the cultural establishments of the global West
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There's also a fascinating chapter about how US meat consumption, now seen as culturally entrenched, was a deliberate agric policy choice, as a solution to grain surpluses. Feed grain to cattle rather than directly to humans, the former being less efficient. Literally in those terms.

March is often full of performative declarations on women's rights. Here is a lobby fighting for something concrete. #africasky #womensrights

Biomass, Capitalism, and Hegemony How did Europeans achieve global dominance and continue to satisfy their ever-growing needs? How do we explain the effects this has on the rest of the world? In…

Book I translated has section on how nightsoil contributed to the rise of the United Provinces (Netherlands) - the first global hegemon.
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I wonder to what extent the fact that learning in South Asia is mostly in local languages, as opposed to SSA where former colonial languages dominate in education, accounts for the slower literacy progress in the latter region. #language #Africasky

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Agree. Find it annoying that jollof wars tend to focus on just English speaking West African countries, completely forgetting the origin of the dish, implied in the name itself: Jollof = Wolof = main ethnic group in Senegal.

I'm African, came to Bsky just 2 mths ago. Agree, too little African content and engagement. Won't go to X for moral reasons, though. (PS. I did post about the incomprehensible Afcon decision).

CAF strips Senegal of AFCON title, Morocco declared African champions Governing body's appeal board rules Senegal forfeited final after players walked off pitch over referring decision.

Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/ PIRR-ik): A victory gained at such a cost to the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. A victory that negates any true sense of achievement or damages long-term progress.
Morocco, is this worth it?
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#Africasky #Maroc #Afcon

UK creative industry stats generally include the significantly big software sector, which makes it difficult to make any serious analysis. Not to say that there is no exploitation in the arts, but the numbers may be a bit off.

Opportunity for #writers. I have published some poetry with The Weganda Review, and I always enjoy their issues. #Africanlit #Africasky

Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof.

That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy.

The dealer needs to keep you addicted.

Fantastic. The lack of this data, despite all the tech we have, has always baffled me. Google Search personalisation is so bad that it didn't show the French translation of a book, which existed, just 'cos my default Google language is English.

I got Queen Bee! How many words can you make with 7 letters?

I read some Epstein White supremacist waffle about inferior Black minds this morning. And then, I aced the NY Times Spelling Bee puzzle. Coincidence?
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Ghana had the good sense to immediately drop the name Gold Coast. I wonder what Ivory Coast is still waiting for...

Jihadi videos, Hollywood style.

This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”

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#USAggression #Iran #Israel

The very base of the world’s instability is linked to the non-respect of the principle that all human lives are equal." - Serge Aime Coulibaly, choreographer, #BurkinaFaso in "Being an Artist Is a Mission"