James Hallさんのイラストまとめ

Colonial POV. 1897 photo of Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II shows a man whose resolve and intelligence are etched onto a handsome face beneath a white headband & black hat. Europe couldn't defeat him, so the French made photo into racist image of him doing something to a white woman

Moor art was hugely popular in Europe in the 19th century - idealised almost mythical images of warriors and royal men from North Africa fascinated Europeans and filled art galleries and salons, even as anti-black racism was a way of life for Europeans.

Congrats (in this order):

Seychelles
Botswana
Cape Verde
Rwanda
Mauritius
Sao Tome and Principe
Namibia
Senegal
South Africa
Benin

Ranked Africa's least corrupt countries in Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 2020. All have corruption woes, so it's relative.

Congrats Rwanda's Pierra Ntayombya: CEO of leading fashion house Haute Baso, she headed team that boosted both the agriculture and textile industries by innovating an eco-fibre made of recycled sugar cane by-product. #AfricaInnovation #AfricaGreenSolution. https://t.co/B5FXa8scFT

Nigeria writer & slavery abolitionist Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), once a slave himself, has his communicator legacy remembered. The new submarine cable connecting Africa's West coast with Europe will have his name. The Equiano Cable has 20x more network capacity than current one

Africa's most spoken indigenous language, Kiswahili, to be taught in South Africa schools as part of basic curriculum. Kiswahli originated in East Africa and Kenya's education minister signs MoU with SA's education minister to assist with lesson formation. https://t.co/0kYC96inI1

One reason 90% of tourists to Africa go to Egypt is good job Egypt does publicising each new find of ancient Egyptian treasures, once a month. Archaeologists now displaying artifacts from newly-discovered 3500 year-old tomb of Shedsu-Djehuty in Luxor, 700 km south of Cairo.

Out of curiosity, if you are African and had to move to live in another African country, which country would that be?