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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

The Father of African Literature.

Joevic Africa

Chinua Achebe was born in Albert Chinualumogy Achebe on 16th November 1930 and unfortunately died on 21 March 2013. He was a great Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart is considered as his masterpiece and the most widely read book in modern African Literature. His first novel Things Fall Apart was translated into 50 […]

The Father of African Literature.

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Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo! — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Reflita:” EU NUNCA OUVI TANTO LIXO NA MINHA VIDA.” Quero convidar você a refletir sobre os nossos direitos, sobretudo a admissão da mulher na política, na sociedade como todo, o respeito as suas ideias, formas de tratamento e outras situações que citarei ao longo desse texto. Como cidadãs, nós mulheres temos os nossos direitos respeitados […]

Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo! — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

A View From North Of The Border

Filosofa's Word

Last week I did a post based on Charles M. Blow’s column titled “Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0” about the history of racism in this nation and how, with the current wave of voter suppression laws targeting mainly Blacks, this nation seems to have made a U-turn and is heading back to the days of slavery, of segregation, of “separate but equal”, of “sit in the back of the bus”, of racist horror.

My post inspired our friend rawgod, a Canadian, to not only share my post, but to share his views from a Canadian perspective.  Y’know … I have often said that those who live outside the U.S. can often see our situation more clearly than we ourselves do, and … well, rawgod’s post gives voice to my claim, I think, as well of giving us some insight into racism in his own country.  Please give his words some…

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Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal — Children’s Books Heal

Barbara Crane Navarro

Zonia’s Rain Forest Juana Martinez-Neal, Author and Illustrator Candlewick, Fiction, Mar. 30, 2021 Suitable for ages: 4-8 Themes: Amazon rain forest, Indigenous people, Wildlife, Nature, Environmental dangers Opening: “Zonia lives with those she loves in the rain forest, where it is always green and full of life.” Synopsis: Zonia’s home is the Peruvian rain forest.[…]

Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal — Children’s Books Heal

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