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Climate Solutions or Land Theft?

Globally, several Indigenous communities are being displaced from their lands to make way for carbon capture and forest conservation projects. These initiatives, often presented as climate solutions, have led to land grabs and violations of Indigenous rights in various regions. Here are some indigenous peoples across the globe going through various forms of evictions: * […]
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GMOs AND TOXIC CHEMICALS

The issue of GMOs and the war against indigenous seeds are major issues that we need to pay more attention to. We cannot keep allowing GMOs and toxic agrochemicals to take over our food systems and by that destroy the health of our people. What we are dealing with is more serious than just seed […]
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Orangutang Self-Heals and Punitive Seed Laws

It does not make any sense for any government to make laws that inhibits its farmers from sharing indigenous seeds amongst themselves, just so they promote patented seeds from foreign seed companies. It is immoral and evil. In Africa, indigenous seeds represents culture, the people’s way of life, a rich tradition that has been handed […]
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Were the Ancient Africans Literate or Illiterate?

As an African, have you ever heard the statement that Africans were illiterate before Europeans came here? Or that there were no reading and writing systems before the arrival of the white man to the shores of Africa? I bet you might have heard that. So, the question is, were ancient Africans illiterate? Were there […]