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Our Daily Africa

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The African motivation seeks to reshape western media narratives by telling African stories through African Voices.

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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nina Simone believed the Black freedom struggle had won important battles but stopped short of what was possible. “I was very disappointed that we didn’t take over the world.” #NinaSimone #BlackHistory #BlackLiberation #BlackPower #OurDailyAfrica
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Long before the modern Black Lives Matter movement, Marcus Garvey traveled widely and spoke about the conditions of African people. His ideas would become deeply connected to the development of Rastafari and generations of Black liberation thought.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are no European, American, Chinese, or whoever else thinks they have solutions to African problems. There are only African solutions to African problems. Just simple as that.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are no European or American solutions to African problems. There are only African solutions to African problems.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
THE BLACK HOLOCAUST 246 years of slavery 1619-1865 99 years of Jim Crow Laws 1865-1964 144 years of lynching 1882-To Date 14 years of Civil Rights fight 1954-1968 Police Brutality -To Date
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
THE BLACK HOLOCAUST 246 years of slavery 1619-1865 99 years of Jim Crow Laws 1865-1964 144 years of lynching 1882-To Date 14 years of Civil Rights fight 1954-1968 Police Brutality -To Date
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Independence is not a gift from Belgium, but our right—earned by the blood of martyrs. We will not settle for less. The revolution is our promise of full liberation!”- Patrice Lumumba‬
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“If you’re going to be non-violent, be non-violent with the people who are non-violent with you. But when a dog is biting you, or a Klan is bombing you... you should be able to do whatever is necessary to stop that.” — Malcolm X
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?" —Angela Davis
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Imagine if African schools started the year with Sankara's speeches instead of Bible verses. If our children learned Kimathi's defiance before Churchill's lies. If we replaced "missionary heroes" with our revolutionaries. In one generation, Africa would no longer need saviors.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A powerful photo of a Black Queen confronting a member of the Klan with a lone raised fist at a KKK rally in Tulsa, 1996. This is a testament that, The greatness of a Nation lies not in its wealth but in the courage and determination of its people
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
35 years ago today, Latasha Harlins, 15, was fatally shot by a 49-year-old Korean shop owner, Soon Ja Du, over a bottle of orange juice.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“You will find more traitors than colonizers at the root of Africa’s suffering.” — Patrice Lumumba
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“I’m writing for Black people. I don’t have to apologize.” — Toni Morrison
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” — Assata Shakur
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“99.9% of what you know about Africa is wrong.”— Fela Kuti A single sentence that challenges generations of stereotypes and colonial narratives. To understand Africa, we must be willing to question what we’ve been taught and listen to African voices. #FelaKuti #Africa #PanAfricanism #AfricanHistory
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." —Marcus Garvey
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“The first world was made out of the blood and sweat of the third world.” — Winnie Mandela
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“We are Africans first and last, and as Africans our best interests can only be served by uniting within an African Community.” — Kwame Nkrumah
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“I’m not an American. I’m one of the 22 million Black people who are the victims of Americanism.” — Malcolm X
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Napoleon was one of the greatest generals who ever lived. But at the end of the 18th century a self-educated slave with no military training drove Napoleon out of Haiti and led his country to independence. His name was: TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Today we remember one of Africa’s greatest writers, Chinua Achebe. Through his words, he told our stories, challenged colonial narratives, and gave African voices the power to be heard. His legacy lives on in every story that refuses to be silenced.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
On March 21, 1960, in Sharpeville, peaceful protest was met with deadly force. Unarmed Black South Africans stood against unjust pass laws—and paid with their lives. More than 80 were killed, over 186 wounded. Their only crime was demanding freedom. This became known as the Sharpeville M*ssacre.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
In March 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of people on a 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery in the fight for voting rights. After two attempts were met with violence (“Bloody Sunday”), the final march began on March 21—ending with 25,000 people at the state capitol.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“If you can only be tall because somebody else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem.” —Toni Morrison
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“When any white man in the world says, ‘Give me liberty or give me death,’ the entire white world applauds. When a Black man says the exact same thing, he is judged a criminal and treated like one.” — James Baldwin (1969)
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Who is Africa really developing for?
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
On this day in 1965, civil rights leader and the loudest voice against racism in the United States was assassinated in Audubon Ballroom. He was shot 21 times. May his soul rest in power.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
On this day in 1957, Kenyan freedom fighter, Dedan Kimathi, was executed by the British. He led the KLFA (MauMau) revolution against the brutal British occupation of Kenya.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
"The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?" —Angela Davis
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
If you had just 10 minutes, who would you choose to sit with and why?
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
“If you’re going to be non-violent, be non-violent with the people who are non-violent with you. But when a dog is biting you, or a Klan is bombing you... you should be able to do whatever is necessary to stop that.” — Malcolm X
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
“We are anti-nobody. We are pro-Africa. We breathe, we dream, we live Africa; because Africa and humanity are inseparable” —Robert Sobukwe
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Ntsiki Biko, widow of anti-apartheid leader Steve Bantu Biko (December 18, 1946 – September 12, 1977), stands with two of their children, Samora (2) and Nkosinathi (6), outside their home in King William’s Town, South Africa, 1977.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Julius Malema argues this plainly Africa despite its fertile land cannot even protect its own agriculture. Europe and the so-called developed world use Africa especially South Africa as a dumping ground for surplus low-grade food deliberately undermining local farmers and destroying food sovereignty
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. —Angela Davis Happy 82nd Birthday to Angela Davis.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Today we honor Muhammad Ali, a man who was far more than a boxing champion. He was courage in human form — someone who showed the world that greatness is not only measured by titles, but by principle.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Today marks 65 years since Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. We honour his memory not with silence, but with truth, courage, and remembrance. We are no longer your monkeys. —patrice Lumumba
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Justice cannot exist where those in power are the ones breaking the law.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I stand in solidarity with Venezuela, because no nation’s pain should be ignored and no people should be reduced to silence.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Once you know: Africa was deliberately misrepresented. civilizations were erased from textbooks. exploitation required lies to survive. You can’t accept shallow narratives anymore.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Africans did not go to war for democracy. They went to war for their land. Because without land, there is no freedom, no democracy, and no peace. Today, the struggle for land continues— and it will not end until what was taken is restored.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
African Americans — drop ONE thing you love about African culture. 🌍❤️ Africans — drop ONE thing you love about African American culture. 🖤✨ Let’s hype each other up today!
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the handmaiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors and used as the framework to control their minde. “ — John Henrik Clarke.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Imagine if African schools started the year with Sankara’s speeches instead of Bible verses. If our children learned Kimathi’s defiance before Churchill’s lies. If we replaced “missionary heroes” with our revolutionaries. In one generation, Africa would no longer need saviors.
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓 246 years of slavery 1619-1865 99 years of Jim Crow Laws 1865-1964 86 years of lynching 1882-1986 14 years of Civil Rights fight 1954-1968 Police Brutality -To Date
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
DEFEND BLACK WOMANHOOD 🖤🤎💐 #Africa #blackwoman #weloveyoublackwomen #blackqueen❤️ #__african__motivation #africanwomen #blackwomen #blackwomenlivematter
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“Yes, I’m an extremist. The Black race here in North America is in extremely bad condition. You show me a Black man who isn’t an extremist and I’ll show you one who needs psychiatric attention.” —Malcolm X
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” - Assata Shakur #assatashakur #politics #Liberation
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Our Daily Africa @ourdailyafrica.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Those who colonized and enslaved your ancestors still control your education, they control what you think about yourself, that’s why you believe the worst about yourself.
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