February 2012
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African History: February 29
1988: Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu is arrested for demonstrating outside the houses of parliament in contravention of South African law.
46664 Fashion
It was February 1991 when Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island after serving a 27 year prison sentence during apartheid South Africa. Nelson Mandela set up a not-for profit organisation 46664 (the prison number given to Mandela when he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964).
46664 partnered with clothing and textile manufacturer Seardel to create a South African clothing...
CONTEST on Beautiful Afrique - CLOSED
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Vintage Africa: East Africa Swahili men natives...
African History: February 28
1900: General Sir Redvers Henry Buller’s troops relieve British forces at Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal – they have been under siege by the Boers since November 2, 1899
1922: Egypt is declared a sovereign state by Britain
1964: Three hundred missionaries are deported from the Sudan for alleged support for anti-government forces
1974: In a futile attempt to appease widespread strikes and army...
Afrikards
AFRIKARDS is a line of note cards and fine art prints to send a greeting, or frame for your personal space. Each item is created by Ibironke Lawal, with meticulous attention to detail and reproduced on quality paper or card stock.
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Watchdynamicafrica:
Al Jazeera asks and investigates: How relevant is the #African Union?
As the continent continues to experience social, political and economic upheaval, we ask if African unity is achievable.
Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011 on the cover of...
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African History: February 8 1917
Senussi campaign in Egypt and Sudan is successfully ended by the British on February 8, 1917.
The Senussi Campaign took place in north Africa, from November 1915 to February 1917 during the First World War. The combatants were the British Empire and the Senussi, a religious sect composed of tribesmen based in Libya, supported by the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire. (The British Empire...
“African women in general need to know that it’s OK for them to be the way they...”
– (via afwny)
Ktefa
Ktefa is a traditional Moroccan dessert made by layering crispy warqa pastry with sweetened fried almonds and custard sauce (creme anglaise) scented with orange flower water.
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How Africa tweets
Fantastic data visualisation here visualising how Africa tweets. Uploaded by the Guardian,
Tweetminster and Portland have analysed more than 11.5m geo-located Tweets from the last three months of 2011. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, use of Twitter is dominated by Africa’s richest country South Africa.
South Africa sent twice as many Tweets (5,030,226) as the next most active Kenya (2,476,800)....
Forbes Africa February cover
Amolo Ng’weno, the first lady to brace the FORBES AFRICA cover. Read how she is using computer to fight against poverty in the Feb issue. On sale now!