“Jasmine Revolution”
Symbol of peace: Flowers placed on the barrel of a tank
in very much calmer protests than in recent days in Tunisia

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011
Mannoubia Bouazizi, the mother of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi. "Mohammed suffered a lot. He worked hard. but when he set fire to himself, it wasn’t about his scales being confiscated. It was about his dignity." (Peter Hapak for TIME)

1 - TUNISIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


How eyepatches became a symbol of Egypt's revolution - Graffiti depicting a high ranking army officer with an eye patch Photograph: Nasser Nasser/ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 - EGYPT Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


''17 February Revolution"

3 - LIBYA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

5 - SYRIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

"25 January Youth Revolution"
Muslim and Christian shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -
(Subjects: Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" (without a manager hierarchy) managed Businesses, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
"The End of History" – Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)
(Subjects:Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

"If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening."


“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."



African Union (AU)

African Union (AU)
African Heads of State pose for a group photo ahead of the start of the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/ Zacharias ABUBEKER)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Few words can describe Nelson Mandela, so we let him speak for himself. Happy birthday, Madiba.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina declares: 'I am homosexual'

Wainaina, one of Africa's leading literary figures, outs himself in response to wave of homophobic laws across continent

The Guardian, Daniel Howden in Nairobi, Tuesday 21 January 2014


Binyavanga Wainaina said: 'I have received thousands of messages from
Africans telling me "you have my support".' Photograph: Jerry Riley

Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Africa's leading literary figures, has responded to a wave of recent anti-gay laws on the continent by publicly outing himself in a short story.

The Kenyan author and founder of the influential Nairobi-based literary journal Kwani said he would continue to travel to Nigeria, where gay and lesbian people face arrest and up to 14 years in prison under new legislation; and Uganda, where MPs passed a bill imposing life sentences for homosexual acts.

"I'm a pan-Africanist; I belong to this continent," said Wainaina. A regular visitor to Nigeria, where he said he had "lots of fun", the writer added that returning now would be an "adventure".

One of the most high-profile Africans to announce his sexuality, he published I Am a Homosexual, Mum, at the weekend to coincide with his 43rd birthday. Calling it the "lost chapter" of his 2011 memoir, it is a re-imagining of the last days of his mother's life in which he goes to her deathbed and tells her the truth about his sexuality.

The piece, which cuts back and forth between different ages, as well as real and imagined memories, confused some readers, prompting the author to tweet: "I am, for anybody confused or in doubt, a homosexual. Gay, and quite happy."

A documentary, featuring the writer discussing his revelation and issues around sex and identity in conversation with friends was due to be released on Tuesday.

A host of Kenyan and other African media outlets have contacted him since the story was published but he has deferred interviews, he said, until the documentary is online.

"I have received thousands of messages from Africans all over the continent from diaspora Africans telling me: 'You have my support'."

The timing of the move was not accidental, Wainaina admitted. Persecution of gay and lesbian people in Africa has been in the headlines since Nigeria passed new laws criminalising homosexuality and launched a wave of arrests; and Uganda's parliament in December passed a draconian ban on homosexuality that called for life sentences, which was vetoed by the president, Yoweri Museveni.

The winner of the Caine prize for African writing in 2002 and the author of the widely read satire How to Write About Africa in 2005, Wainaina returned to live in Kenya last year after a long absence.

He has been conscious of his comparative freedom in artistic circles in Nairobi and contrasted it with that of a gay friend in the city of Kisumu in western Kenya who died last month. The family of the deceased were thrown out of their church for trying to hold a memorial. Their son – "because he had what hateful people call mannerisms" – was not safe to walk the streets, he said.

The writer acknowledged that politicians in some countries were using popular prejudices to deflect attention from other issues: "Homosexuality [in Africa] came out of the box a long time ago and it will be used by populists."

Despite bans on homosexuality now in place in more than half of Africa's 54 nations – including Kenya, where gay men can face prison terms of 14 years but arrests are relatively rare – the author said he was optimistic about gay rights.

"There will be setbacks but the reaction wouldn't be as extreme if the movement had no traction. This is not a fatalistic battle – it's part of the things that happen when a continent is coming up."

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