Maria-Motunrayo Ayinke Adebisi🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩✊🏿
@MariaMotunrayo
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🇳🇬 Author of the Kòkú Àkànbí MG fantasy series published by @hachettekids rep by HG Literary/ & Doctoral Researcher in African Art History @unibirmingham.
Birmingham, England
Joined August 2019
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨 I’m a second-born child, so of course I put even more heart into the sequel. Also, big up @WaterstonesKids for the reveal, the incredible team at @HachetteKids & my new illustrator Flavio who is responsible for this Spiderman X Marvel movie poster cover💪🏾🔥🔥
Demon dads. Flaming warriors. Ghostly powers. Welcome back to Olori... This August @MariaMotunrayo's thrilling Jujuland series continues with Kòkú Àkànbí & The King of Lost Souls, with stunning cover art by Flavio B. Silva! Preorder your copy: https://t.co/S6PXpO4CJL
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Namibia 🇳🇦 is the emptiest country in Africa. During the early 20th century, Germany 🇩🇪 committed a genocide that killed hundreds of thousands of people in what is today Namibia.
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This is how Patrice Lumumba was arrested by the Belgian army, the US and the UK 💔💔😭😭
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Also I’m an Ro subtype which means my blood is especially great for donating blood to people with sickle cell 🙏🏾 I’m having an extra dose of spinach today so I’ve got enough iron to be able to donate🙌🏾
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Always remember British invention means theft.
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I will definitely be there repping the O+ blood type. One of the best things about being a donor is finding out what blood type you are, I had no clue until I started donating 😅🙏🏾
Come & Give blood this weekend🥰❤️ @ITAV_campaign is a regional and I am working with The University of Birmingham to host a blood drive this Saturday 29th November to get more blood donors of Black heritage registering! See you soon Book your slot here: https://t.co/DRHO8UKKGe
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Shoutout to Dreamworks for giving Egyptian royalty the melanin they actually had 👑
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Word!! Time to decolonise the curriculum.
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Israel bombed Lebanon's historic Saint George's Church — built in 1867, long before Israel even existed. It sits in downtown Beirut. Israel bombed a holy site that withstood empires and centuries. For what? What military objective was served by destroying a landmark of peace?
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Louisa Jenkins smoking a cigarette as the police try to question her at a protest in 1957.
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Please continue to support and share our ongoing relief efforts 🙏🏾🙏🏾 https://t.co/iwcEhc7Q24
gofundme.com
When Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica, hundreds of thousands o… My Friend Jen CIC needs your support for Hurricane Melissa Sickle Cell Relief by My Friend Jen
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A sickle cell charity My Friend Jen is accepting donations for Hurricane Melissa in the UK which can be given at the Legacy Centre of Excellence in Birmingham & the Brixton Soup Kitchen in London. Jenica Leah says, ‘I see people & I only give them enough food to last a week’
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This is inhumane. You survive a war or some catastrophe and you can’t bring your kids or partner with you? This is a monstrous unforgivable policy
🔴 Refugees will be barred from bringing their families to the UK unless they can show they are earning enough to pay for their upkeep without claiming benefits. Read the latest here: https://t.co/JlE9wDiA6J
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africa is not underdeveloped it is over exploited! africa is not underdeveloped it is over exploited! africa is not underdeveloped it is over exploited! africa is not underdeveloped it is over exploited!
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Get ready for another week of wall-to-wall dehumanising anti-immigration coverage which does nothing but create a hostile environment for those who aren’t white British. Look after yourselves & your mental health please.
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Context on why the US gov is framing this as such and why it’s wrong: via @NativeMag
Nicki Minaj is set to speak this Tuesday at the United Nations on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria
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Our ancestors are not just ordinary people. They are all Òrìṣàs that gave us the current Yorùbá Civilization we have today. BTW, Yorùbá Women are the most creative people in the world. See what they made and preserve for centuries. Aṣọ Òfì/Aṣọ Òkè is Yorùbá Pride 🌸🌼
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