houseofhaleth:

joyful-serenity:

afro-politan:

the president of nigeria is about to fuck boko haram up and cut his own salary in half and criminalized female genital mutilation

the president of guinea built/is building infrastructure and school and wells all over the country and is decreasing youth unemployment exponentially

the president of cote d’ivoire made school mandatory of children ages 6-16 and banned plastic bags while also building ultra modern trasportation infrastructure

the future is for real in africa 

I think this should have a hell of a lot more notes on it than it does. This is what good news looks like folk, and the continent of Africa surely deserves a shed load of it.

Today (April 7th) is Remembrance Day for the Rwandan genocide. While Rwanda still faces challenges, their recovery has been incredible. They now have the highest percentage of women in parliament around the world (one of only two countries to have over 50% women), their gross national income has risen each year, and life expectancy has risen from  48 in 1990 to 65 in 2013.

skrytch: slippedrib: thegestianpoet: stream: Thor: Ragnarok (2017) the strapon metaphor was neither missed nor unappreciated from @thehumon I didn’t see the strapon metaphor when I watched Thor Ragnarok, but after someone pointed it out to me I can’t unsee it. I have however not seen anyone point out that after Ragnarok it has become obvious […]