Thread by @EyalaBlog

It's the 1st Sunday of the 2nd half of the mess of a year that is 2020! Not something I would've ever thought to celebrate but in 2020 we to snatch joy wherever we can.

So let's celebrate by doing our #EyalaReads thing, shall we? Reads about #WomensRights #Africa #Feminism 👇🏾

"I have probably been thinking about dead black people more than the police and politicians whose decisions kill them."

This essay by @Okwonga in @BylineTimes did things to my heart I don't have words to explain. Read it.

#EyalaReads #SundayReads
bit.ly/2YZXhfK

Historians' erasure of women's contributions to African independence struggles is beyond infuriating.

Grateful for @AnnetteJosephG's wonderful tribute to anti-colonial activist Andrée Blouin who fought for Congolese independence: bit.ly/2ZSjGen
#EyalaReads @AJEnglish

@AyodejiOsowobi, founder of @StandtoEndRape in #Nigeria. I remember meeting her last year and thinking: she is quiet and petite but she is a giant, I can see it in her eyes.

Please @Otosirieze @folionigeria unlearn the "giving a voice" narrative though.
bit.ly/2ZCKM94

Speaking of #Nigeria: @DamiOyedele shares her l conflicted reaction to the portrayal of Nigerian identity by Yvonne Orji and other Nigerian-American members of the #ProudlyNaija squad. Thought-provoking.

bit.ly/31JsJAy @brittlepaper
#EyalaReads #SundayReads

There's something magnetic about @JustDerby. Don't ask my what - all I know is I love the energy that oozes from the work she does and how she does it. Anyway, read her piece in @adventurefrom about coming to terms with her asexuality.
bit.ly/3isTDmi
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@Drsaalajeng's interview series with African feminists on @africasacountry is my favorite thing on the internet this year. Don't miss this conversation with @MayThior & @BaeAdash.

(@OumarKBa's translation is a work of art)
bit.ly/3e2bLQm #EyalaReads #SundayReads

As we enter the 2nd half of the year, let me share this reminder that #selfcare is a political, collective endeavour. By #feminist activists Priya Dhanani, @dignityUnites & my friend @sharasekaram for @COFEM_EVAW

bit.ly/3gr5IXb #EyalaReads #SundayReads

Happy reading, happy Sunday, friends. My wish for you (and myself) is to ditch the guilt that haunts you when you choose yourself for once. (As I did this morning by slipping out of the house while the family was still asleep to go read in peace).
#EyalaReads