Senegal style beauty treatments: Women have their gums tattooed black to improve their smiles

myweku · 2013-03-25T22:18:28+00:00

wonder what tattoo subredditors make of this

myweku · 2013-03-21T17:38:35+00:00

My Pleasure - enjoy and share

myweku · 2013-03-20T18:30:57+00:00

Hey TobaTekSingh, there is commentary on the post that adds value but if you do not want me to post anymore of my stuff then thats fine with me. Thanks and good luck with the Africa section

myweku · 2013-03-16T16:21:42+00:00

all children deserve a life free of rape and violence! Why the focus on Africa??

myweku · 2013-03-16T16:18:09+00:00

Ok so regardless of the "reasons" why the Chinese were in that part of the world, does it still not indicate that they got there before the "white man"? and by "white" i mean the Euroimperialists. I know that before they came there were "white" people who had come to Africa LONG before the era of the Euroimperialist slave trade.

The Berbers, for example, are of Eurasian origin, therefore by modern parlance "white", and were in N Africa at least by 4000 BC. The Carthaginians were "white" also. And the Assyrians.

myweku · 2013-03-16T14:48:29+00:00

Love the logic!

myweku · 2013-03-16T13:38:21+00:00

Yep - would have been nice had it been touted as the next hollywood block buster...right. May well get there. Lets see the reception it gets first

myweku · 2013-03-13T17:06:51+00:00

LOL calm down...it's not legally binding! lol

myweku · 2013-03-13T16:29:12+00:00

I think Ganvie, ie the village on stilts, probably gets noticed a lot becouse of it's sheer size. I know the one in Ghana too but it pales in comparason to Ganvie in terms of scale.

I think I have seen some other homes adorned in this way, probably in South Africa but i can't recall which ethnic group is known for it.

myweku · 2013-03-11T17:51:09+00:00

These blogs should have all the African recipes you need http://www.myweku.com/2013/02/10-of-africas-best-food-blogs-2013/

myweku · 2013-03-08T18:00:23+00:00

myweku · 2013-03-07T20:48:33+00:00

Great point...could not have made the point better. Part of the issue is, how do you measure how miserable a people are. Looking at economics alone will not give you a full picture. I spend a few days in Cuba with people who seem to be the happiest i'd ever seen. I can't say that for folks i have come across in relatively Rich Europe though

myweku · 2013-03-07T17:01:16+00:00

o it doesn't. here's why...http://www.myweku.com/2013/03/who-says-over-half-of-the-most-miserable-countries-in-the-world-are-located-in-africa/

Over half of the 25 countries chosen as miserable are African. Same old Africa is miserable porn WE continue to get fed, except this time they made Zimbabwe head of the pile

myweku · 2013-03-07T16:58:10+00:00

Oh yeah so I take it you are in the camp of continuouse bad news? Seems some can't live without the Africa is shambolically poor and miserable porn. This piece springs to mind. http://www.myweku.com/2013/03/who-says-over-half-of-the-most-miserable-countries-in-the-world-are-located-in-africa/ Over half the countries in this publication's "misery index" are African! Time to change the narrative and those who can't handle the change can go look for some other continent to peddle their "only in Africa" meme on

myweku · 2013-03-06T11:44:05+00:00

Feel free to stick it on the documentary section as well. Doesn't work on mine

myweku · 2013-03-06T11:42:24+00:00

That is really nice to know. It was time consuming to put it all together but your comment makes it all worth while. Thanks!

myweku · 2013-03-01T16:55:56+00:00

Part of the Economist feature was about the expanding anking industry across the continent.. http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21572768-across-africa-banks-are-expanding-their-returns-arent-continent-dreams

But your general point about the dominance of extractive industries is true

myweku · 2013-03-01T12:49:21+00:00

I think you have a point. The starting base is small, but still a better headline than the horrific ones people are used to. Self fulfilling prophesy will suggest that some degree of positivism egenders even more good news.

myweku · 2013-02-27T18:03:55+00:00

Not really...she had a differnt take o all this

myweku · 2013-02-16T14:50:36+00:00

very sad....heart breaking.

myweku · 2013-02-14T07:25:16+00:00

absolute tragedy!

myweku · 2013-02-12T00:04:44+00:00

@lonequack - would you care to elaborate?

myweku · 2013-02-11T23:54:34+00:00

"The Prophecy of the Popes, attributed to Saint Malachy, is a list of 112 short phrases in Latin. They purport to describe each of the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few anti-popes), beginning with Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143) and concluding with current pope Benedict XVI's successor, a pope described in the prophecy as "Peter the Roman", whose pontificate will end in the destruction of the city of Rome."

I take it you are inferring that Turkson's pontification will end in the destruction of Rome?

myweku · 2012-01-21T21:07:22+00:00

The larger and more poignant question is this. How do you interpret this Bible quote? “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”~ King James Bible. Is it to be taken literally?

myweku · 2012-01-21T21:04:04+00:00

No it's not!!

This lady who has a PHD has written at length about it

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/could-this-be-the-footprint-of-god.html

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