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Here are the 2014 Traveler Photo Contest winners from National Geographic. We like this one best … because it’s a giraffe eating off a plate.

A herd of aligned giraffes walk across savanna grass in Africa, May 1910.Photograph by A. Dugmore, National Geographic

diasporicroots:

AN EXAMPLE OF AFRICAN MEDICAL SCIENCE. ILLUSTRATION OF AFRICAN DOCTORS IN 19TH CENTURY (1879) KAHARA,UGANDA PERFORMING A CAESARIAN SECTION. SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF THIS OPERATION WERE VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN IN EUROPE AT THE TIME.

Africans were performing many advanced medical procedures long before they had been conceived in Europe this is just one of many examples.

The British traveler R.W. Felkin who reported this noted that the healer used banana wine to semi-intoxicate the woman and to cleanse his hands and her abdomen prior to surgery. He used a midline incision and applied cautery to minimize hemorrhaging. He massaged the uterus to make it contract but did not suture it; the abdominal wound was pinned with iron needles and dressed with a paste prepared from roots. The patient recovered well, and Felkin concluded that this technique was well-developed and had clearly been employed for a long time. Similar reports come from Rwanda, where botanical preparations were also used to anesthetize the patient and promote wound healing.

Reference: “Notes on Labour in Central Africa" published in the Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 20, April 1884, pages 922-930.

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afrikanspaceprogram:

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and I be blasting mutha/daddyfuckas!

Ever wondered how you can dedicate yourself to making art without ignoring the struggles of oppressed people? Fela is probably the best example out there

diasporicroots:

black-history:

A Maroon village on the Suriname River. Maroons were escaped slaves who founded towns and villages, continuing to live the way they did in Africa.

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1972 Mogadishu, Somalia: Women in the streets protesting the imprisonment of Angela Davis.

Liberation movements are global.

I won’t even caption this one cause it’s self-explanatory. Not even animals should ever be treated like this.

Credits to: Anarchist People of Color

African skies!
Stay home and be safe.

#africa #southafrica (at Johannesburg)
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sirjosbanks:

astronomy-to-zoology:

Secretary Bird(Sagittarius serpentarius)

…a unique species of bird related to raptors, found throughout the grasslands of Sub-Saharan Africa. Secretary birds are nomadic and are usually found on the savanna or in grasslands where they spend their time hunting for snakes, insects, birds, and mammals (they also have reportedly taken young gazelles). Using their long legs to deliver the killing blow, they will also user their legs to stomp on vegetation in attempt to flush any potential prey out. Although they are primarily terrestrial secretary birds are surprisingly accomplished flyers. Secretary birds have immense cultural significance in Africa and are featured on many symbols throughout Africa.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Falconiformes (Accipitriformes)-Sagittariidae-Sagittarius-serpentarius

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They have a kick like a mule. This fascinating bird stands alone amongst all the birds of prey, in its own family. It was first described in 1779 by my dear friend, colleague and esteemed artist, John Frederick Miller, who accompanied me with Captain Cook on Endeavour.

Aluel Bol Kuanyin
Photo by Lawrence Agyei

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I Love Giraffe’s