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I don't feel hopeless. I feel vindicated that for the last 5 years, my analysis about the Kenyan state was correct. This is the time to invent new ideas and dismantle old colonial logics instead of wallowing in self pity. GoK is not God.
I also dont get what about WSR makes middle class feel hopeless. The only answer I seem to arrive at is class snobbery. WSR is no different from the last 5 characters we have had in State House except in one small and important detail: he appealed to the Kikuyu poor as a class.
But surely, for 5 years some of us went over the Swynnerton plan and talked about how the British violently imposed class politics in Kikuyuland, splitting the community into the rich and poor and hoping that the cleavage would be sealed by ethnic bigotry. Why are we surprised?
As part of #BlackHistoryMonth, we take a lyrical journey from Western Sudan to Naija to reclaim & celebrate our history with #Sankofa by M.anifest.
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Intro
Uhuh, go back…
Go back and reclaim it…
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The breakdown
Sankofa
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Intro
Uhuh, go back…
Go back and reclaim it…
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The intro is just an interpretation of the title—Sankofa; or more properly "San kɔ fa"—Go back & take. It's from the proverb, "Sɛ wo werɛ fi na wo san kɔ fa a, yɛnkyi"—It's not a taboo or an abomination to go back for something you've forgotten.
Whenever we realise we've made a bad judgement call, we should reverse the process & make the right one, if it's possible. "It encourages learning from the past to inform the future, reaching back to move forward, and lifting as we climb".
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1 #BlackTwitterGermany: Alle wissen wie wichtig Demos sind. Wie werden Forderungen der Demos umgesetzt? @EOTOBerlin @GomisSaraya @KMTaylorBerlin @JeffKwasiKlein und viele mehr arbeiten kontinuierlich an einer #BlackPolicyAgenda #SchwarzePolitischeAgenda; learnings:
1 #BlackTwitterGermany: Alle wissen wie wichtig Demos sind. Wie werden Forderungen der Demos umgesetzt? @EOTOBerlin @GomisSaraya @KMTaylorBerlin @JeffKwasiKlein und viele mehr arbeiten kontinuierlich an einer #BlackPolicyAgenda #SchwarzePolitischeAgenda; learnings:
2 #SchwarzePolitischeAgenda = WER (politische Akteur:in) muss WAS GENAU (politische Maßnahmen) bis WANN (greifbar!) mit wie viel BUDGET (make them pay!) für welche institutionelle und strukturelle Veränderungen machen? Wir müssen die Politiker:innen zur Verantwortung ziehen!
3 Anerkennung: @BMFSFJ Min. Giffey und @IntegrationBund @AWidmannMauz müssen sich im #Antirassismusausschuss dafür einsetzen, dass #AntiSchwarzerRassismus #ASR #RassismusGegenPAD und intersektionale spezifische Wirkungen mehr als lediglich auf die Agenda kommen.
