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<p>Thando Hopa, model from Johannesburg</p><p>People living with albinism still face tremendous stigmatization, persecution and even murder in many African countries, including South Africa, due to traditional beliefs. </p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/thando-hopa-model-albinism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.didiermary.fr/thando-hopa-model-albinism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.didiermary.fr/thando-hopa-</span><span class="invisible">model-albinism/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/albinism/" rel="tag">#Albinism</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>From Tinariwen to al Qaeda</p><p>Whiskey-Drinking Rocker Transforms Into West Africa’s Most Dangerous al Qaeda Leader</p><p>&quot;A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed tens of thousands.&quot;</p><p>WSJ - archived: <a href="https://archive.ph/aObrx" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.ph/aObrx</a></p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/tuareg/" rel="tag">#Tuareg</a> <a href="/tags/westafrica/" rel="tag">#WestAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a></p>

<p>If you already watched &quot;Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat&quot;, or want to, this is a <a href="/tags/mustread/" rel="tag">#MustRead</a> interview with Johan Gimonprez</p><p>Making films against amnesia<br>&quot;The director of the Oscar-nominated film &#x27;Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat&#x27; reflects on imperial violence, corporate warfare, and how cinema can disrupt the official record—and help us remember differently.&quot;<br><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/04/making-films-against-amnesia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2025/04/making-films-against-amnesia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/04/ma</span><span class="invisible">king-films-against-amnesia</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/rdc/" rel="tag">#RDC</a> <a href="/tags/drc/" rel="tag">#DRC</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</a></p>

<p>When you&#x27;re on the road, you can see so many babies like this, when mama travels via zemidjan (Zem aka taxi-moto)...</p><p>Photo: Riozda Pictures</p><p>A few tributes to Zems in songs: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/taxi-moto-zemidjan-kekenon/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/taxi-moto-zemidjan-kekenon/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/taxi-moto-ze</span><span class="invisible">midjan-kekenon/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/benin/" rel="tag">#Benin</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a></p>

<p>A powerful storytelling tradition</p><p>The last great Fang bard, Eyí Moan Ndong fused myth, music, and sci-fi to create epic performances that defy Western categories—and demand global recognition.</p><p><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/04/a-powerful-storytelling-tradition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2025/04/a-powerful-storytelling-tradition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/04/a-</span><span class="invisible">powerful-storytelling-tradition</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lq0ToixpJo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lq0ToixpJo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lq0To</span><span class="invisible">ixpJo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/mvet/" rel="tag">#Mvet</a></p>

<p>In a &quot;previous&quot; life, 15 years ago, I worked with African musicians... and produced a few albums.</p><p>Here&#x27;s a video of Djeli Moussa Diawara rehearsing Yasimika in 2010. This is a song he first recorded in 1982 for his famous eponym album and that was revisited and rerecorded at the time.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnhXjmsLabU&amp;list=PLEC15F65D21EEBAB2&amp;index=2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnhXjmsLabU&amp;list=PLEC15F65D21EEBAB2&amp;index=2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnhXjm</span><span class="invisible">sLabU&amp;list=PLEC15F65D21EEBAB2&amp;index=2</span></a></p><p>There are more videos in this playlist and on DMD&#x27;s YouTube channel.</p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/balafon/" rel="tag">#Balafon</a> <a href="/tags/mande/" rel="tag">#Mande</a></p>

<p>Benin coup attempt...</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/7/benin-attempt-coup-live-soldiers-on-state-tv-claim-to-have-toppled-talon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/7/benin-attempt-coup-live-soldiers-on-state-tv-claim-to-have-toppled-talon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo</span><span class="invisible">g/2025/12/7/benin-attempt-coup-live-soldiers-on-state-tv-claim-to-have-toppled-talon</span></a></p><p>I live in Benin, in the suburbs far from Cotonou. All the churches around the house seem active as usual on Sundays, so I&#x27;d say no threatening activity is happening or visible right now... at least far from the political center.</p><p>Will tell you more if anything happens...</p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/benin/" rel="tag">#Benin</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#Coup</a></p>

<p>The trouble with “showing the real Africa”</p><p>iShowSpeed’s Africa tour is widely celebrated as respectful and refreshing, yet it operates within a long tradition of racialized spectacle that turns Africa into content and Blackness into performance.</p><p><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2026/02/the-trouble-with-showing-the-real-africa" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2026/02/the-trouble-with-showing-the-real-africa"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2026/02/th</span><span class="invisible">e-trouble-with-showing-the-real-africa</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a></p>

<p>Tracing Africa’s Photographic History in Books</p><p>The curator Oluremi C. Onabanjo speaks about Africa’s political transformations and the role of publishing in shaping artistic knowledge.</p><p><a href="https://aperture.org/editorial/tracing-africas-photographic-history-in-books/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aperture.org/editorial/tracing-africas-photographic-history-in-books/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aperture.org/editorial/tracing</span><span class="invisible">-africas-photographic-history-in-books/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/africannews/" rel="tag">#AfricanNews</a> accounts to follow:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecontinent</span></a></span> - Pan-African online newspaper run by non-profit based in South Africa<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TUKOcoke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TUKOcoke</span></a></span> - Kenyan online news site<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZekuZelalem</span></a></span> - Award-winning investigative reporter covering Ethiopia and Horn of Africa<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@beverly_ochieng" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beverly_ochieng</span></a></span> - Security &amp; media analyst focused on Africa<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@teachersupdates" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>teachersupdates</span></a></span> - Education news in Kenya<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.zitamar.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>index</span></a></span> - Business news in Mozambique</p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/african/" rel="tag">#African</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a></p>

<p>When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-usaid-kenya-humanitarian-aid-starvation-families-children?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/marciorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcioRubio</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.</p><p>Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ken</span><span class="invisible">ya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/hunger/" rel="tag">#Hunger</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a></p>

<p>UN COUPLE PANAFRICAIN<br>Miriam Makeba et Stokely Carmichael en Guinée<br>Elara Bertho</p><p>&quot;En 1968, Miriam Makeba et Stokely Carmichael quittent les États-Unis pour s’installer à Conakry, capitale de la Guinée socialiste. Réfugiés politiques en exil, la chanteuse sud-africaine mondialement connue et le militant révolutionnaire noir décident de se mettre au service du régime de Sékou Touré et de son ambitieux programme de décolonisation des esprits.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.rot-bo-krik.com/un-couple-panafricain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rot-bo-krik.com/un-couple-panafricain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rot-bo-krik.com/un-couple-</span><span class="invisible">panafricain</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/livre/" rel="tag">#Livre</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a></p>

<p>From the magazine L’Illustrazione Italiana, 1936 (or 39).<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Illustrazione_Italiana" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Illustrazione_Italiana"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Illu</span><span class="invisible">strazione_Italiana</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#Freedom</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/eritrea/" rel="tag">#Eritrea</a></p>

<p>What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid<br>---</p><p>Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kakuma-kenya-matenity-ward-foreign-aid-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kakuma-kenya-matenity-ward-foreign-aid-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kak</span><span class="invisible">uma-kenya-matenity-ward-foreign-aid-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="/tags/hunger/" rel="tag">#Hunger</a></p>

<p>When food becomes poison<br>In Nigeria, the drive to cut corners has turned food and drink into vectors of illness, sacrificing health and heritage at the altar of profit.<br><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/09/when-food-becomes-poison" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2025/09/when-food-becomes-poison"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/09/wh</span><span class="invisible">en-food-becomes-poison</span></a></p><p>&quot;[...] Fruits are forced to ripen with calcium carbide, a toxic substance that has no place near human consumption. Cooking oils are recycled endlessly, breaking down into harmful compounds long before they reach the plate.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#Food</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</a></p>

<p>Yesterday for Xmas Eve, water access was severely limited then cut. Came back later. <br>Today it&#x27;s electricity&#x27;s turn since about 6pm.<br>No comment but <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/masto.ai/angry_laugh.png" class="emoji" alt=":angry_laugh:" title=":angry_laugh:"></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#africa</a> <a href="/tags/benin/" rel="tag">#benin</a></p>

<p>Soweto youth honour their heritage with music <a href="https://groundup.org.za/article/soweto-youth-honour-their-heritage-with-music-concert/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="groundup.org.za/article/soweto-youth-honour-their-heritage-with-music-concert/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">groundup.org.za/article/soweto</span><span class="invisible">-youth-honour-their-heritage-with-music-concert/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/groundup/" rel="tag">#GroundUp</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>IR-Sankara Future Dub Resurgence</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ir-sankara-future-dub-resurgence/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ir-sankara-future-dub-resurgence/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ir-sankara-f</span><span class="invisible">uture-dub-resurgence/</span></a></p><p>Based in Uganda, East Africa, the musicians IR::Sankara Future Dub Resurgence like to describe their music as “Future Dub.”<br>They take elements of noise, non-metric riddims, experimental electronics, dub reggae and dub poetry, and djembe and nyabinghi drumming together to create the unexpected. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/dub/" rel="tag">#Dub</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/uganda/" rel="tag">#Uganda</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/reggae/" rel="tag">#Reggae</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#Anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a></p>

<p>Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. <br>---</p><p>Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usa</span><span class="invisible">id-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/marcorubio/" rel="tag">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/southsudan/" rel="tag">#SouthSudan</a></p>

<p>Special shoutout to journalist Zecharias Zelalem doing brilliant investigative work on a part of the world few are covering. This thread is amazing:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290520418428596" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290520418428596"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dair-community.social/@ZekuZel</span><span class="invisible">alem/115290520418428596</span></a> (Part 1)</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290922706015620" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290922706015620"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dair-community.social/@ZekuZel</span><span class="invisible">alem/115290922706015620</span></a> (Part 2)</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115291272349035871" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115291272349035871"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dair-community.social/@ZekuZel</span><span class="invisible">alem/115291272349035871</span></a> (Part 3)</p><p>You can follow Zelalem at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZekuZelalem</span></a></span> </p><p>You can follow the newspaper he was reporting for:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecontinent</span></a></span> </p><p>He also reports for Al Jazeera:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AlJazeera" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlJazeera</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/investigativejournalism/" rel="tag">#InvestigativeJournalism</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/hornofafrica/" rel="tag">#HornOfAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/djibouti/" rel="tag">#Djibouti</a></p>

<p>Have a nice week!</p><p>Photo: source unknown - Young Dinka people in South Sudan</p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/africanmusic/" rel="tag">#AfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>“If there is anything that projects Africa’s image positively, it is music.”<br>“People abroad are tired of hearing only Western sounds. They want something different, something African.”</p><p><a href="https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/28/why-africa-must-rebuild-its-music-education-system/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/28/why-africa-must-rebuild-its-music-education-system/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/28</span><span class="invisible">/why-africa-must-rebuild-its-music-education-system/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a></p>

<p>Imagine that, hypothetically, there was an idea to launch an instance / server dedicated to people from the African continent (+ diaspora) to join the Fediverse...</p><p>Let&#x27;s suppose it would use the &quot;.africa&quot; TLD.</p><p>How would you name it, so that people use it, understand what it is, memorize it, etc.</p><p>Please, do boost for max visibility. Thx.</p><p>CC <span class="h-card"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@ricci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ricci</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p> <div class="poll"> <h3 style="display: none;">Options: <small>(choose one)</small></h3> <ul> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="0 votes">0%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Ubuntu (ubuntu.africa)</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="1 votes">50%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Bantu (bantu.africa)</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="0 votes">0%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Afriko (afriko.africa) [Esperanto]</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="1 votes">50%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Something else... [add comment please]</span> </label> </li> </ul> <div class="poll-footer"> <span class="vote-total">2 votes</span> &mdash; <span class="vote-end">Ended 172d ago</span> <span class="todo">Polls are currently display only</span> </div> </div>

<p>Imaginez, de manière hypothétique, l&#x27;idée de lancer une instance / un serveur pour le continent african (+ diaspora) dans le Fédivers.</p><p>Supposons que l&#x27;extension TLD &quot;.africa&quot; soit utilisée.</p><p>Quel nom donneriez-vous pour que les utilisateur viennent, comprennent de quoi il s&#x27;agit, le mémorise, etc.</p><p>Merci de partager, pour une visibilité maximum. Merci.</p><p>CC <span class="h-card"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@ricci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ricci</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/afrique/" rel="tag">#Afrique</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p> <div class="poll"> <h3 style="display: none;">Options: <small>(choose one)</small></h3> <ul> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="0 votes">0%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Ubuntu (ubuntu.africa)</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="0 votes">0%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Bantu (bantu.africa)</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="0 votes">0%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Afriko (afriko.africa) [Esperanto]</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="0 votes">0%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Autre [merci de commenter]</span> </label> </li> </ul> <div class="poll-footer"> <span class="vote-total">0 votes</span> &mdash; <span class="vote-end">Ended 172d ago</span> <span class="todo">Polls are currently display only</span> </div> </div>