Let’s reclaim our food sovereignty and transform the industrial food system! African organisations, including the African Centre for Biodiversity, participating in the Autonomous people's response to the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), coordinated this event, as part of the three days of global mobilisation, which took place during the UNFSS pre-summit, from 25 to 28 July 2021.

We Africans reject the UNFSS, as a continuation of the neocolonial development and agrarian extractivist agenda on our continent. The UNFSS paints African food systems as deficient, and in need of more Western saviour technology, productivity and competitive enhancement. Yet this will only serve to further weaken systems already eroded by decades of state neglect and economic subordination.

Strengthening African food systems, and food producers needs to be grounded in human rights, biodiversity and broader socio-ecological wellbeing. This event brings together small-scale food producers, agricultural workers and vulnerable consumers, to launch the African common position and collectively voice our priorities and solutions for the continent’s food systems and ecologies. Together, we can begin to outline a people’s pan-African vision for food system transformation, from the ground up.

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Moderators: Mariam Mayet, African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and
Mateus Santos, La Via Campesina (LVC)

Presentation of the common position:
Introduction to the vision: Mateus Santos
The vision we defend: Mariam Mayet
What we denounce: Elizabeth Mpofu, Zimbabwe Small Holder Organic Farmers' Forum (ZIMSOFF)/ LVC
What we call for (FR): Dieudonné Pakodtogo, Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA)

Voices from the Ground:
Youth and women: Nzira Deus, World March of Women
Fisherfolk: Christiana Saiti Louwa, World Forum of Fisher Peoples
Small-scale family farmers / Peasants: David Otieno, Kenyan Peasant League
Urban food insecure: Samuel Ikua, Habitat International Coalition (HIC)
Indigenous people: Ali Aii Shatu, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee
Agricultural workers (FR): Mohamed Hakech, Fédération Nationale Du Secteur Agricole (FNSA/MAROC)

Closing performance: “Tell the children”, a poem by South African Poet Khadija Tracey Heeger

You can read the declaration (and please sign your organisations on to endorse it) here: https://docs.google.com/docume....nt/d/e/2PACX-1vTVDdM

To find out more about this event, click here: https://www.acbio.org.za/africa-responds-unfss
Follow the social media conversation: #FoodSystems4People
For more information on the counter mobilisation, please click here: https://www.foodsystems4people.org/

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What looked like a simple tomato ban quickly turned into something much bigger. In this video, we break down how Burkina Faso’s decision hit Ghana at a painful moment, why this tomato dispute is really about power, food sovereignty, and economic control, and why all of Africa is watching closely. This is not just a story about trade. It is a story about survival, national dignity, and the growing fight over who controls Africa’s future. If you want to understand Burkina Faso, Ghana, tomatoes, African food security, and the deeper political message behind this crisis, stay until the end.
Disclaimer: This video is a fictional narrative inspired by real figures and events. It is not intended to incite violence or hatred but to encourage awareness and respectful dialogue

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⁣This video discusses the existence of a true master whose life and works
were used to predicate the biblical accounts of Jesus. It obvious the name of
that master was not Jesus. This existence is proven by the use this master and
his disciples made of divine scientific truths in the context of the Hebrews. Now,
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This master could not be Osiris, since this one is not a human being, but the
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Dive into this riveting exploration of Time as we traverse the vibrant African landscape. Through the eyes of Tariro, a young girl deeply entwined in her African roots, we scrutinize the traditional concept of time.

This video unveils how time in Africa isn't merely a set of ticking hands or a digital display but it is akin to a flowing river, shaped by community events and shared experiences.

We will delve into the fascinating works of African philosophers like E.J. Alagoa and Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony, exploring the harmonic interplay of spirituality, environment, and society in the African concepts of time and causality.

The effect of globalization and the advent of Western time values are also discussed, exhibiting how it subtly fuses with the African rhythm, reshaping societal behavior.

Our journey concludes with a vital introspection: Is life trapped within the divisions of time, or is it time that is framed by life and culture its rhythm?

Was this evolution beneficial or has it steered us away from the heartbeat of life?

Discover how time metamorphosizes from a measurer into a storytelling entity of shared experiences and shifts in realities across African landscapes.

References:

1. African Concept of Time, a Socio-Cultural Reality in the Process of Change.
Sunday Fumilola Babalola* and Olusegun Ayodeji Alokan Ph.D
Department of Religious Studies, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, PM

2. An African Philosophy of Time.
E.J. Alagoa, Port Harcourt

3. Causality in African Ontology.
Kanu, Ikechukwu Anthony (OSA)
Department of Philosophy, Augustinian Institute, Makurdi

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