For more than 15 years, cameraman and ecologist John D. Liu has been working on his worldwide mission to green deserts and to restore biodiversity.It all started in 1995 when Liu filmed the Loess-plateau in China. He witnessed a local population who turned an area of almost the same size as The Netherlands from a dry, exhausted wasteland into one green oasis. This experience changed his life. From that moment on, Liu has been travelling all over the world to convince and inspire government leaders, policy-makers and farmers with his film material and knowledge. Liu diligently spreads the message that restoration of ecosystems is not only possible, but also economically very meaningful.Backlight accompanies Liu on his mission in Jordan and shows on the basis of Liu’s own film material that a green future is possible worldwide.Originally broadcasted by VPRO in 2012.

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Credits:Composition: Jeroen van den Berk / Gijs Meyer SwanteeDirected by: Rob van Hattum / John D. LiuResearch: Gerko WesselProduction: Marie SchutgensSenior editors: Henneke Hagen / Jos de PutterEnglish, French and Spanish subtitles: Ericsson.French and Spanish subtitles are co-funded by European Union.

Prof Adomako Ampofo and Dr. Kambon: Black=African Lives Matter and Decolonizing the Academy
4 October 2016
IAS Weekly Seminar Series

Note that Afrika (n.)/Afrikan (adj.) is preferred to “Africa” as the word is consistently spelled in various Afrikan languages with a /k/ (cf. Yorùbá Áfríkà; Akan Afrika; Kiswahili Afrika; isiZulu iAfrika; Kikongo Afelika; Hausa Afirka; Kirundi Bufirika; Gĩkũyũ Abĩrika; Igbo Afrịka; Luganda Afirika; Lingála Afríka; Malagasy Afrika; Sesotho sa Leboa Afrika; Oromoo Afrikaa; Fulfulde Afirik; Setswana Aferika; Tsivenda Afurika; Tsisonga Afrika; Siswati Í-Afríka; Soomaaliga Afrika; Kinyarwanda Afurika, etc.) noting that Afrikan languages by-and-large do not use a /c/ for a hard /k/ sound.

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What is the Relevance of Afrocentricity inn Black History Month

Abibifahodie Asako (Capoeira) Light Sparring at Legon Botanical Gardens

Poetry

Tramadol is known as the poor man’s cocaine. We travel to Liberia and Ivory Coast, where we meet a drug dealer, a user and a doctor who tell us why more and more young people are taking the painkiller and are struggling with addiction.

#DWAfrica #IvoryCoast #Tramadol

great black women in history

North Koreans speak their own language, have their own names, their god is in their image, they can walk the streets of North Korea without having to worry about racism, racist cops, their money isnt going to feed some redneck Sheriff, racist Judges or racist DAs.

Muhammad Ali on daytime talk show The Phil Donahue Show in Fall 1977, a few months after his title defense against Ernie Shavers in September 1977.

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Muhammad Ali (/ɑːˈliː/; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time.Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and turned professional later that year. He converted to Islam and became a Muslim after 1961, and eventually took the name Muhammad Ali. He won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset at age 22 in 1964. In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. He was arrested, found guilty of draft evasion, and stripped of his boxing titles. He appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, but he had not fought for nearly four years and lost a period of peak performance as an athlete. His actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation, and he was a high-profile figure of racial pride for African Americans during the civil rights movement. As a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI). He later disavowed the NOI, adhering to Sunni Islam, and supporting racial integration like his former mentor Malcolm X.Ali was a leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century, and he remains the only three-time lineal champion of that division. His joint records of beating 21 boxers for the world heavyweight title and winning 14 unified title bouts stood for 35 years. Ali is the only boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times. Ali fought Ken Norton for the third time in September 1976. The bout, which was held at Yankee Stadium, resulted in Ali winning a heavily contested decision that was loudly booed by the audience. Afterwards, he announced he was retiring from boxing to practice his faith, having converted to Sunni Islam after falling out with the Nation of Islam the previous year. - Wikipedia

Baba Jedi reviews the ASCAC World History Project and introduces Dr. Anderson Thompson.

All about OPERATION REVERSE MODE and how the struggle for African LIberation was sabotaged from inside by means of PAID INFILTRAITORS.