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Are you aware of the Fashoda Complex?
My African Cliches (English) - December 19, 2022 10:32 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHello friends, I am back again, finally, after more than 5 months of a forced absence. Thank you to those who have taken news! don't worry, my prolonged absence is not due to a lack of inspiration, of topics to share with you, or a breakdown of our Sankofa, it was really a much more prosaic reas...
S7 E13: Are you aware of the Fashoda Complex?
My African Cliches (English) - December 19, 2022 10:32 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHello friends, I am back again, finally, after more than 5 months of a forced absence. Thank you to those who have taken news! don't worry, my prolonged absence is not due to a lack of inspiration, of topics to share with you, or a breakdown of our Sankofa, it was really a much more prosaic reas...
S7 E 12: Searching for Mary: African Queen of Copenhagen
My African Cliches (English) - March 14, 2022 04:52 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThis woman, Mary Thomas, a courageous 19th-century slave from St. Croix (now part of the U.S. Virgin Islands), rebelled against indignity, along with two other women leaders, Agnes and Mathilda, "the three queens," to spark the largest labour revolt in Danish colonial history, an uprising known ...
Searching for Mary: African Queen of Copenhagen
My African Cliches (English) - March 14, 2022 04:52 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThis woman, Mary Thomas, a courageous 19th-century slave from St. Croix (now part of the U.S. Virgin Islands), rebelled against indignity, along with two other women leaders, Agnes and Mathilda, "the three queens," to spark the largest labour revolt in Danish colonial history, an uprising known ...
S7 E11: The Nana Benz story: the harder they fall...
My African Cliches (English) - March 10, 2022 15:06 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsJoin us in Part 2 to learn how the reign of the Nana Benz ended and the efforts of their daughters, ( the Nanettes) who actually went to business schools in the US and Europe to try and keep the sun shining! Enjoy!
The Nana Benz story: the harder they fall
My African Cliches (English) - March 10, 2022 15:06 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsJoin us in Part 2 to learn how the reign of the Nana Benz ended and the efforts of their daughters, ( the Nanettes) who actually went to business schools in the US and Europe to try and keep the sun shining! Enjoy!
The Nana Benz: The quicker they rise...
My African Cliches (English) - March 04, 2022 21:02 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe Nana Benz is first and foremost a collective adventure that refers to the economic mutations of an entire continent, from the early days of the colonial age to the arrival in force of China. To understand their story, we have to go back a long way, to the middle of the 19th century, and take...
S7 E10: The Nana Benz: The quicker they rise...
My African Cliches (English) - March 04, 2022 21:02 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe Nana Benz is first and foremost a collective adventure that refers to the economic mutations of an entire continent, from the early days of the colonial age to the arrival in force of China. To understand their story, we have to go back a long way, to the middle of the 19th century, and take...
The Nana Benz: The quicker they rise...
My African Cliches (English) - March 04, 2022 21:02 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThe Nana Benz is first and foremost a collective adventure that refers to the economic mutations of an entire continent, from the early days of the colonial age to the arrival in force of China. To understand their story, we have to go back a long way, to the middle of the 19th century, and take...
S7 E9: What are you the name and the color of?
My African Cliches (English) - December 13, 2021 05:03 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsWho are you? What are you the name of? Where are you going? and what are you looking for?
What are you the name and the color of?
My African Cliches (English) - December 13, 2021 05:03 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsWho are you? What are you the name of? Where are you going? and what are you looking for?
What are you the name and the color of?
My African Cliches (English) - December 13, 2021 05:03 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsWho are you? What are you the name of? Where are you going? and what are you looking for?
The unbearable authenticity of Kojo T Houenou, the francophone Marcus Garvey
My African Cliches (English) - October 14, 2021 03:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsTo close this third season, whose frequency of episodes has been somewhat disturbed by the writing of the book on African pioneers, I would like to tell you about an article, that was published in the New York Times in August 1923, which dealt with the movie “ The Birth of a Nation ” by D. W Gri...
S7 E8: The unbearable authenticity of Kojo T Houenou, the francophone Marcus Garvey
My African Cliches (English) - October 14, 2021 03:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsTo close this third season, whose frequency of episodes has been somewhat disturbed by the writing of the book on African pioneers, I would like to tell you about an article, that was published in the New York Times in August 1923, which dealt with the movie “ The Birth of a Nation ” by D. W Gri...
Munich1972: the olympic births of John Akii Bua, Uganda and the tradition of the lap of honor.
My African Cliches (English) - July 21, 2021 03:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsYes, it is an African guy who was the first to perform a lap of honor in the history of the Olympics! And so logically, every time an athlete does a lap of honor, we should say they did an Akii Bua! it's not that complicated, and yet none of the Tokyo TV consultants will say it, it doesn’t matte...
S7 E7: Munich1972: the Olympic birth of John Akii Bua, Uganda and the tradition of the lap of honor.
My African Cliches (English) - July 21, 2021 03:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsYes, it is an African guy who was the first to perform a lap of honor in the history of the Olympics! And so logically, every time an athlete does a lap of honor, we should say they did an Akii Bua! it's not that complicated, and yet none of the Tokyo TV consultants will say it, it doesn’t matte...
Show us your love: order a copy of your "50 African pioneers book"!
My African Cliches (English) - June 17, 2021 15:41 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAs you know, we have been working hard on compiling in a nicely illustrated book, the lives and stories of 25 women and 25 men, who were the first to achieve feats hitherto unattainable in the African continent. Read more about this book at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821165653/50...
S7 E6: Show us your love: order a copy of your "50 African pioneers' book"!
My African Cliches (English) - June 17, 2021 15:41 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAs you know, we have been working hard on compiling in a nicely illustrated book, the lives and stories of 25 women and 25 men, who were the first to achieve feats hitherto unattainable in the African continent. Read more about this book at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821165653/50...
S7 E5: Sierra Leone, 1961: Birth of a Nation
My African Cliches (English) - May 02, 2021 19:49 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIf you too are SL, then tell me about the cotton tree, Bunce island, Dublin in Banana island, York, St John’s Maroon Church, Old Fourah Bay College, the Martello tower, the 3 old city boundaries guns, the Wharf steps, and old guardhouse, yes do justice to your amazing country, probably the most ...
Sierra Leone, 1961: Birth of a Nation
My African Cliches (English) - May 02, 2021 19:49 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIf you too are SL, then tell me about the cotton tree, Bunce island, Dublin in Banana island, York, St John’s Maroon Church, Old Fourah Bay College, the Martello tower, the 3 old city boundaries guns, the Wharf steps, and old guardhouse, yes do justice to your amazing country, probably the most ...
Sierra Leone,1789: the rise and fall of a British colony!
My African Cliches (English) - April 27, 2021 15:23 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIt’s a country whose recent history was overshadowed by a brutal civil war, but with a rich history, with one of the largest natural deep-water harbor in the world; it’s the first country to appoint a woman as a cabinet minister within Sub-Saharan Africa, in 1962, the first country in the world ...
S7 E4: Sierra Leone,1789: the rise and fall of a British colony!
My African Cliches (English) - April 27, 2021 15:23 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIt’s a country whose recent history was overshadowed by a brutal civil war, but with a rich history, with one of the largest natural deep-water harbor in the world; it’s the first country to appoint a woman as a cabinet minister within Sub-Saharan Africa, in 1962, the first country in the world ...
Sierra Leone,1789: the rise and fall of a British colony!
My African Cliches (English) - April 27, 2021 15:23 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsIt’s a country whose recent history was overshadowed by a brutal civil war, but with a rich history, with one of the largest natural deep-water harbor in the world; it’s the first country to appoint a woman as a cabinet minister within Sub-Saharan Africa, in 1962, the first country in the world ...
S7 E3: The epic of rumba: Part 2- The African gift to Cuba and the world.
My African Cliches (English) - April 13, 2021 08:16 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMy African cliché of the day is a date. November 30, 2016. On that day that, UNESCO acknowledged Cuban rumba to the list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. And that same day, on the same list, the same honor was given to another historical monument called hahaha, Belgian beers! Don...
The epic of rumba: Part 2- The African gift to Cuba and the world.
My African Cliches (English) - April 13, 2021 08:16 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMy African cliché of the day is a date. November 30, 2016. On that day that, UNESCO acknowledged Cuban rumba to the list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. And that same day, on the same list, the same honor was given to another historical monument called hahaha, Belgian beers! Don...
The New Moscow: The birth and death of a Russian colony in Africa
My African Cliches (English) - March 25, 2021 16:46 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMy African cliché of the day is that of certain Ethiopian friends, who do not hesitate to brag to other Africans, that they have never been colonized. This is obviously not true, since Mussolini's Italy well settled in Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941, avenging in the humiliating defeat40 years earlie...
S7 E2: The New Moscow: The birth and death of a Russian colony in Africa
My African Cliches (English) - March 25, 2021 16:46 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMy African cliché of the day is that of certain Ethiopian friends, who do not hesitate to brag to other Africans, that they have never been colonized. This is obviously not true, since Mussolini's Italy well settled in Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941, avenging in the humiliating defeat40 years earlie...
My African female pioneers from Sao Tome to Zimbabwe
My African Cliches (English) - March 08, 2021 03:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMy African cliche of the day is a book! the first bilingual book that lists African pioneers. I didn't say heroes, and I didn't say black, I said pioneers and Africans. The combination of these 2 words suffers to appear in Google and other search engines. Why ? for many reasons, but mostly becau...
S7 E1: My African female pioneers from Sao Tome to Zimbabwe
My African Cliches (English) - March 08, 2021 03:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMy African cliche of the day is a book! the first bilingual book that lists African pioneers. I didn't say heroes, and I didn't say black, I said pioneers and Africans. The combination of these 2 words suffers to appear in Google and other search engines. Why ? for many reasons, but mostly becau...
Exploring African philosophy: Life and Works of Ahmed Baba ( Part 3)
My African Cliches (English) - February 11, 2021 02:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsAhmed Baba is not known to the general public. In reality, only a small number of people (mostly researchers) know of its existence. Most of them are researchers interested in the scholarly works of the so-called medieval African era that we were talking about earlier, in particular Timbuktu. Bu...
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