The government of Tanzania is currently planning to evict more than 80.000 indigenous Maasai people from their ancenstral land
Africa, a new hashtag reveals the continent that doesn’t make the headlines
We’re used to seeing Africa portrayed in the news as a hotbed of conflict, disease and poverty. Africans are rebelling against the image of the troubled continent through #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou. Under this hashtag you can find over 42,000 tweets and retweets covering topics ranging from architecture to fashion, landscapes to social initiatives, history to modern innovations.
We’re used to seeing Africa portrayed in the news as a hotbed of conflict, disease and poverty. Africans are rebelling against the image of the troubled continent through #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou. Under this hashtag you can find over 42,000 tweets and retweets covering topics ranging from architecture to fashion, landscapes to social initiatives, history to modern innovations. All proving that Africa is a hotbed of creativity, resourcefulness and beauty instead.
[frame]
Snow at the equator on top of Mt. Kenya. #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou pic.twitter.com/qbEQlPyGQ8 via @KENYAPICS #travelpics
— Green Adventures (@GreenTravelMag) July 16, 2015
[/frame]
The campaign to fight media stereotypes of Africa was started by Twitter user @WestAfricanne on the 26th of June 2015, with the following tweet:
[frame]
#UnseenAfrica #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou please use these HT’s so we can show the world what the media won’t. pic.twitter.com/xszQBth8Pe
— Ray (@WestAfricanne) June 26, 2015
[/frame]
@WestAfricanne, identified as a 17 year-old from Ghana, told Mashable in an interview:
“I started this Campaign because I felt that it’s time the world knew the truth about Africans, to hear our stories and to see the Africa we know and see rather than what some/most media outlets show to them. Being in Ghana, and being an African as well, I know there is so much more than the poverty, ethnic wars, and the disease. The world deserves to know there is something behind that.”
[frame]
The Pearl Of Africa, UGANDA. #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou pic.twitter.com/zp9UBGm1Wf
— This Is Uganda (@ThisIsUganda_) June 24, 2015
[/frame]
Siamo anche su WhatsApp. Segui il canale ufficiale LifeGate per restare aggiornata, aggiornato sulle ultime notizie e sulle nostre attività.
Quest'opera è distribuita con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
A new UNU-INWEH report on the global bottled water industry reveals the massive scale of this market and the lack of strict quality controls.
Isatou Ceesay founded a social enterprise that is helping to fight plastic pollution and empowering women and young people to gain economic independence.
In 2020, Mihela Hladin made a radical decision that many, in recent times, have probably considered. This is her story, with photos by Matt Audiffret.
The Brazilian government has started evicting illegal gold miners, responsible for the health emergency that has hit the Yanomami people.
Asur culture and tradition in West Bengal are on the brink of extinction due to age-old religious stigma and the apathy of the state government.
Oxfam report reveals that since 2020, for every dollar earned by those in the poorest 90 per cent of humanity, a billionaire has earned 1.7 million.
In an extraordinary example of women’s empowerment, a market in India’s Manipur state has been run entirely by women for the past 500 years.
With all eyes currently fixed on the war in Ukraine, Paralympians competing in Beijing can show us the bright side of international cooperation.