Alternate African Reality – Electronic, electroacoustic and experimental music from Africa and the diaspora

WODE MAYA: I Visited The North Korea of Africa!(Eritrea)!

CGTN Africa - Talk Africa: Decolonizing Africa’s identity

  

Across Africa today, a deeper conversation about decolonization is unfolding—one that goes beyond politics into memory, identity, and who gets to define Africa’s story. Some countries have moved to scrap colonial names in public spaces. Others are working to reclaim cultural artifacts taken and held in Western museums. But these shifts go beyond objects and signposts. They speak to how Africans see themselves, their history, and their place in the world. This week on the program, we ask: To what extent are these initiatives reshaping Africa’s consciousness in a globalized world?

Too many ignorant people hide behind racial classifications. 

I say i am an African. 

I am not Black, mulatto, or a Negro, and much less a nigger (Preto).

You can be whatever you want anyway.

Since when did i care about you?

Regarding Africa

Check out this video featuring my conversation with CNN's Jim Sciutto: https://t.co/YrcSwDQPM0

— Carlos Lopes (@LopesInsights) November 9, 2025

 

ISAAC SAMUEL: TheʿAjamī script of Africa and the Sorabé manuscripts of Madagascar.

TheʿAjamī script of Africa and the Sorabé manuscripts of Madagascar. by isaac Samuel

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Some of the ʿAjamī literature produced by African scholars has been digitized, with copies available at the African Ajami Library, the Endangered Archives Programme, the Hill and Manuscript Library, and the SOAS library, among other institutions.https://t.co/UgUUwx8OgK

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) October 26, 2025

 

The West Africa Vernacular Architecture

Architecture Ouest-Africaine XI https://t.co/kzO9CYf0xp pic.twitter.com/vSgd8CCMxc

— Bakou (@Baakouu) April 13, 2025

Maison du patrimoine africain au Kenya pic.twitter.com/homo832PRi

— Bakou (@Baakouu) November 13, 2024

 

Isaac Samuel: A complete history of Mogadishu (ca. 1100-1892)

Mogadishu in 1517:

“a very great Moorish town called Magadoxo; it has a king over it; the place has much trade many ships come hither from the great kingdom of Cambaya.
The men are for the most part brown and black, but a few are fair.”https://t.co/DGXG1SlKhC pic.twitter.com/iRYW7iFKGZ

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) March 9, 2025

 

A complete history of Mogadishu (ca. 1100-1892) by isaac Samuel

Journal of African cities: chapter 16.

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Architecture in Africa

Architecture Malgache II https://t.co/c06FBEHHrV pic.twitter.com/FOGt69Qydp

— Bakou (@Baakouu) February 16, 2025

Art Architecture

-Maison Al Hamra au Sénégal
-Temple d’Hatchepsout
-une Maison à Agadez
- une Maison a Tozeur

— Bakou (@Baakouu) February 2, 2025

 

isaac Samuel: On the spread of Traditional African religions during the pre-colonial period.

"The inclusion of Nubian priests in Roman frescos depicting Isiac ceremonies suggests that these African missionaries successfully reached the Roman heartland, and transplanted an African religious tradition to distant places beyond the continent"https://t.co/uKKkIGSqzR pic.twitter.com/ufZTW63JrV

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) February 2, 2025

On the spread of Traditional African religions during the pre-colonial period. by isaac Samuel

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ISAAC SAMUEL (JAN 05, 2025) : The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa

The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa by isaac Samuel

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ISAAC SAMUEL: The Nsibidi script ca. 600-1909 CE: a history of an African writing system

The Nsibidi script ca. 600-1909 CE: a history of an African writing system by isaac Samuel

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via

Nsibidi records, transmits, and conceals various kinds of information using a fluid vocabulary of geometric and naturalistic signs depicted on a wide range of mediumshttps://t.co/8P2eQdn0TH

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) January 26, 2025

TechCabal: How Africa Is Building Tech Economies to Compete Globally

 

Africa is rising as a hub for technology and innovation, and its nations are building competitive digital economies to make a mark on the global stage. In this insightful panel discussion from Moonshot 2024, experts from across the continent share how their countries leverage technology to drive growth, foster innovation, and compete regionally and internationally.

ISAAC SAMUEL OCT 20, 2024: An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.

An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903. by isaac Samuel

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African Architecture.

Architecture Ouest-Africaine VIII - Fin https://t.co/AABvodMRel pic.twitter.com/x2SuLKJfFy

— Bakou (@Baakouu) October 18, 2024

Isaac Samuel: A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of twenty countries across four continents.

In antiquity, African travelers and diasporic communities began appearing across several societies in the eastern Mediterranean world and beyond, mostly coming from the kingdom of Kush in various capacities as rulers, diplomats, charioteers and mercenarieshttps://t.co/PHAU9z0gpz

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) October 13, 2024

subscribe to read about the remarkable journey of the world explorer Muhammed Ali ben Said
⬇️https://t.co/Q2l3CSGfG1

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) October 13, 2024

 

Design, Art Architecture: Vernacular African Architecture

Musgum dwelling units constructed out of earth, sun dried mud and lashed reeds for thatch, by the Musgum of Cameroon. Geometric designs are part of the traditional structures that are often in a large dome shape. pic.twitter.com/iWndXvBy3o

— ߝߊߡߊ ߛߏߙߌ߬ߓߊ߫ (@PrinceCamaraSL) October 7, 2024

Baskets woven from cane, leaf palm and vegetable fibre string handles, late 19th -early 20th century,

Democratic Republic of the Congo pic.twitter.com/FiziocIj1p

— ߝߊߡߊ ߛߏߙߌ߬ߓߊ߫ (@PrinceCamaraSL) October 8, 2024

Architecture Ouest-Africaine V https://t.co/QTWM6DqHxS pic.twitter.com/8C4oDF4Cy8

— Bakou (@Baakouu) August 30, 2024

An entrance of a Hausa palace, post 19th century pic.twitter.com/4krTjvySwg

— ߝߊߡߊ ߛߏߙߌ߬ߓߊ߫ (@PrinceCamaraSL) September 6, 2024

♥️ https://t.co/ZOfKLSfXyl pic.twitter.com/Ycqyd5mtRN

— ߝߊߡߊ ߛߏߙߌ߬ߓߊ߫ (@PrinceCamaraSL) October 9, 2024

Art Architecture, Africa.

- Maison traditionnelle, loam construction, Agadez, Niger
- Mzab Ghardaïa Algerie
- village touareg dans la région des Lacs Ubari Libye
- Temple D’Amon de Debod

— Bakou (@Baakouu) September 29, 2024

 

Case Soussou, Boffa, Guinée pic.twitter.com/9X67eS8hOg

— Bakou (@Baakouu) September 29, 2024

Architecture Est-Africaine III https://t.co/geWlKFf5W2 pic.twitter.com/CKtG0mIwt8

— Bakou (@Baakouu) September 11, 2024

Architecture Est-Africaine pic.twitter.com/kpgyJjixqz

— Bakou (@Baakouu) July 6, 2024

Architecture Nigeria 🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/ylIB8tfwY7

— Bakou (@Baakouu) June 12, 2024

Palais de Gbon Coulibaly chef de Korhogo
Ville en Côte d'Ivoire pic.twitter.com/bQI8BbzigG

— Bakou (@Baakouu) July 12, 2024

Architecture Camerounaise pic.twitter.com/hGkyEjwc2v

— Bakou (@Baakouu) July 2, 2024

Tata Somba pic.twitter.com/446EsFdGTy

— Bakou (@Baakouu) June 29, 2024

Architecture Burkina Faso pic.twitter.com/BTDESKhQk2

— Bakou (@Baakouu) July 22, 2024

Architecture Côte d’Ivoire pic.twitter.com/rkKVeOhRqh

— Bakou (@Baakouu) July 22, 2024

Views of Mali

Mopti, San, Ségou, Bandiagara pic.twitter.com/COnwrw7jL8

— ߝߊߡߊ ߛߏߙߌ߬ߓߊ߫ (@PrinceCamaraSL) June 3, 2024

Architecture de Ségou Mali pic.twitter.com/IEjvLQ8Fpm

— Bakou (@Baakouu) July 19, 2024

 

Isaac Samuel: A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.

A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.https://t.co/OSSlSvaokU

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) September 12, 2024

ISAAC SAMUEL - Journal of African cities: chapter 13: A complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.

Sections of Old Town Mombasa and other streets, ca. 1927-1940,

Mombasa island was home to four towns during the late Middle Ages; the pre-Islamic town of Kongowea, and the later towns of Mvita (inset), Kilindini, and Tuaca. pic.twitter.com/Q8v1S4OwH2

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) September 8, 2024

Lithographs and photos of Swahili men from the East Africa coast and Mombasa, ca. 1846-48, 1900-1914

the Swahili community of Mombasa was made up of multiple social groups of diverse origins that coalesced into 12 groups between the 15th-17th centurieshttps://t.co/iVYmAvRC7J pic.twitter.com/E1E4Y8pCYE

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) September 8, 2024

street in Mombasa Kenya showing the 16th-century Mandhry Mosque

The island of Mombasa was home to one of the oldest Swahili settlements on the East African coasthttps://t.co/iVYmAvRC7J pic.twitter.com/IqQCytiPsz

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) September 8, 2024

By the late 19th century, the expansion of British colonialism on the East African coast eroded the Zanzibar sultan’s authority, with Mombasa eventually becoming part of the British protectorate in 1895.https://t.co/iVYmAvR4ib

— isaac Samuel (@rhaplord) September 8, 2024