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I have so abused my body clock e.g

- Bosnia, USA and Canada in Sept.
- Netherlands, UK, Nigeria, Canada in Oct.
- Australia, USA in Nov.
- South Africa in Dec.

- In addition to perimenopause.

So it is no surprise that I’m wide awake at 4am.

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On the plane back home (Accra to DC), I fought for and succeeded in getting a row to myself and slept for 7 hours straight as we flew over the Atlantic.

That was the longest I’ve slept continuously in a while.
I love the travel and the public speaking, love meeting new people and ideas, and I especially love being outside of the US and seeing first hand issues that concern other countries. All massive privileges.

My sleep is fucked though.
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My goal for 2020: to get the half-sleeve tattoo done on my upper left arm - Arabic calligraphy of women’s erotic and love poetry.
I don’t have 5yr plans. Or 10yr plans. Just every day plans of the fuck-the-patriarchy kind.
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My #2019ReadingGoal was to read a book per week. Yesterday I finished book #50. I’m now trying to decide on the two books to take me to my goal. I will write about it all at the beginning of the year. I have LOVED it.
I have focused on writers of colour, especially queer womxn. Next two books will probably be by Nigerian and Omani women. #2019ReadingGoal
I’ve collected all the books I’ve read this year together on a shelf and I’m excited to post a picture of the pile! #2019ReadingGoal
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Mona Eltahawy
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Hey @ABCaustralia - you praise #PromisingYoungWoman 👇🏽

Its premise is what I asked on @QandA: How many rapists must we kill before men stop raping women?

You’ve banned episode of Q&A I was on because I asked that. Is it because I’m not white & blonde? mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-1…
Should I dye my hair blonde next time @ABCaustralia?
Is it because I’m not white and blonde @ABCaustralia?
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Class, Colonialism and Whiteness in Oxbridge and Beyond #CCW (11/11/19)

Anti-racism work is easier to talk about what it doesn't look like. We avoid the word racism and for a lot of white liberals "diversity, equality, acceptance and belonging" are more palatable terms.
The money and ideologies upon which these institutions are built on are so closely linked to colonialism, oppression, genocidal regimes, and economic policies of violence and exploitation.

Representation politics become tokenistic.

#CCW
Racist oppression won't end by numbers - these issues are structural and institutional.

Universities are just as racist as the police force.

From even before we arrive at university, minority racial groups are already at a disadvantage.

#CCW
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Daniel Ade Sodimu
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#Nigeria's #GDP growth remains just above 2% YoY in Q1 2019, albiet lower than in Q4 2018.
#Nigeria: Real #GDP continues to grow at slightly more than 2% YoY in Q1 2019 (+2.01%). However, this represents a slowdown from 2.38% growth in Q4 2019, and is still well below growth levels before the 2014 oil price crash.
#Africa
The slowdown came from both lower non-oil growth (+2.47% vs +2.70% in Q4) and a deeper contraction of oil #GDP (-2.40% vs -1.62% in Q4). It was the 4th consecutive quarter of decline in the #oil sector.
#Nigeria #Africa
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Peri Hankey
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It is a historical fact, as @Jonathan_K_Cook points out, that in 1975 much of the world broke ranks with the United States and Europe at the United Nations general assembly to declare that Zionism, #Israel’s founding ideology, "is a form of racism and racial discrimination”.
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#Nigeria’s GDP slowly picking up since the oil price crash of 2014-16 - up 1.9% in 2018 (0.8% the year before). And last quarter of 2018 was best in years at 2.4% - but not fast enough to deal with Unemployment
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#Nigeria does not make or like #toys smh.

Africa exported $183.4m worth of toys led by the ff:

1. Tunisia: $70.3m
2. SA: $65.2m
3. Kenya: $11.2m
4. Morocco: $11.1m
5. Mauritius: $7.4m
6. Uganda: $5.8m
7. Madagascar: $4m
8. Chad: $1.2m
9. C.Verde: $1.1m
10. Zim: $936,000
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#Nigeria doesn't even like #toys smh.

Africa imported $1 billion worth of toys led by the ff:
1. SA: $459.4m
2. Morocco: $86.5m
3. Algeria: $78.5m
4. Egypt: $61.9m
5. Tunisia: $53.3m
6. Angola: $31.9m
7. Mauritius: $25.2m
8. Namibia: $20m
9. Djibouti: $18.5m
10. Libya: $15.4m
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140m Nigerians couldn't be #1.

Africa imported $40.1b worth of electronics led by the ff:
1. South Africa: $8.5 b
2. Egypt: $4.8 b
3. Morocco: $4.6 b
4. Algeria: $4 b
5. Tunisia: $2.7 b
6. Nigeria: $1.7 b
7. Ethiopia: $1.3 b
8. Ghana: $1.2 b
9. Kenya: $1.1 b
10. Angola: $1 b
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