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Feb 26 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
I'm going to start a thread of these incidents of insidious racism in the media coverage of the Ukrainian crisis, because I've just been seeing so damn many.
Going to add incidents of racism towards Africans in Ukraine to the thread, too.
My God.
This is a WHOLE LONG THREAD of Ukrainians getting in the way of Africans seeking help. How can you find time/space for racism in the midst of a fucking war?
Honorary mention to this thread. It’s the historical erasure for me.
Ugh.
A thread worth following.
One good thing about these times is that it's hard to not be able to see these things. It's all there, and people who would usually not have megaphones are able to tell their stories, too.
A thread from a Punjabi online medium. Sikh students have been trying to cross the border for days now as well.
Civilized, huh?
“They look like any European family you would live next door to.” Lol.
😂😂😂😂
Sigh.
I’m glad about this
🥴🥴🥴
Worth reading this thread of a Nigerian student chronicling her experience of trying to find safety.

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Scenes from a Marriage s1e1, and I’m once more confident that there’s nothing more embarrassment-inducing than being around a couple arguing.
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Dec 5, 2020
Alright, quick thread.
So I spent the morning yesterday visiting project sites in village communities outside of Yola where there are informal banking clusters. These clusters have been in operation at least 3 years, at most 5. This particular 3yr one has 25 women in it. Ave. loan repayment? 100%.
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You people on here make having feelings for other people sound like a disease sha.
I think that one of the reasons many Nigerian marriages are a sham is because we have made giving a shit about someone sound like the worst thing. I get it, people can be shitty. But I think it also stops people from being as emotionally invested as they should.
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Sep 29, 2020
So I want to talk about something that’s bothered me since I read about it. It’s about the 13yo boy in Kano sentenced to 10yrs in prison for blasphemy.
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