Patricia Amira
@patriciaamira.bsky.social
All for joy & a more inclusive humanity.
My craft [& graft] - 📻📺🎙️🎨
Header: Glenn Ligon Give Us A Poem '07
My craft [& graft] - 📻📺🎙️🎨
Header: Glenn Ligon Give Us A Poem '07
Thank you for your work! Legislation that bans toxicity in period products is long overdue. #humanrights #reproductiverights
What a day in Parliament. Wen took our call for toxic free period products to the House of Lords and Defra, handing in our petition with 76,000 signatures. Real momentum for change – let’s make every period product safe. Read more & sign: www.wen.org.uk/2025/...
#ToxicFreePeriods
#ToxicFreePeriods
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Thank you for your work! Legislation that bans toxicity in period products is long overdue. #humanrights #reproductiverights
Enough is enough. Let's get toxic chemicals out of period products! Protect women & girls! : action.eko.org/a/toxic-peri...
Get toxic chemicals out of period products!
An explosive new study by PAN UK and Wen (Women's Environmental Network) has just found toxic glyphosate in period products at *40 times* higher than the legal limit for drinking water.Glyphosate is l
action.eko.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Enough is enough. Let's get toxic chemicals out of period products! Protect women & girls! : action.eko.org/a/toxic-peri...
Well said.
BBC “Madams: Kenya’s Child Sex Trade” documentary is classic investigative journalism.
If “sex for sweets” is obscene, sex for safety is an abomination. Let government not betray their responsibility to protect.
www.irunguhoughton.org/post/how-ken...
#StandardSettingKE
The expose bbc.in/41181dy
If “sex for sweets” is obscene, sex for safety is an abomination. Let government not betray their responsibility to protect.
www.irunguhoughton.org/post/how-ken...
#StandardSettingKE
The expose bbc.in/41181dy
August 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well said.
“Development” should never come at the expense of Kenya’s forests, a source of clean water, livelihoods and the survival of endangered species. Sign the petition >> act.gp/4hZ9szf
Stop the attack on Kenya's forests now!
Our forests are under attack
act.gp
August 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Development” should never come at the expense of Kenya’s forests, a source of clean water, livelihoods and the survival of endangered species. Sign the petition >> act.gp/4hZ9szf
Personal stories, whole ways of life, about grandparents or parents as children, were passing away unknown. A kind of genealogical amnesia, eating holes in family histories as permanently as moths eat holes in the sweaters lovingly knitted by our ancestors.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
The Questions We Don’t Ask Our Families but Should
Many people don’t know very much about their older relatives. But if we don’t ask, we risk never knowing our own history.
www.theatlantic.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Personal stories, whole ways of life, about grandparents or parents as children, were passing away unknown. A kind of genealogical amnesia, eating holes in family histories as permanently as moths eat holes in the sweaters lovingly knitted by our ancestors.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
Massive Attack. #LIDOFestival. Victoria Park. London. As Louder put it, it was truly "Protest art at its finest!"
June 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Massive Attack. #LIDOFestival. Victoria Park. London. As Louder put it, it was truly "Protest art at its finest!"
Reposted by Patricia Amira
The quick answer is No!
Can the US afford to lose its 1.1 million international students?
International students contributed $43.8bn to the US economy last year and created 378,175 jobs nationwide.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Can the US afford to lose its 1.1 million international students?
International students contributed $43.8bn to the US economy last year and created 378,175 jobs nationwide.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Can the US afford to lose its 1.1 million international students?
International students contributed $43.8bn to the US economy last year and created 378,175 jobs nationwide.
www.aljazeera.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The quick answer is No!
Can the US afford to lose its 1.1 million international students?
International students contributed $43.8bn to the US economy last year and created 378,175 jobs nationwide.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Can the US afford to lose its 1.1 million international students?
International students contributed $43.8bn to the US economy last year and created 378,175 jobs nationwide.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Roberta Flack. Afro Blue. Originally written by Mongo Santamaria & lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr.
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Afro Blue
YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic
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June 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Roberta Flack. Afro Blue. Originally written by Mongo Santamaria & lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr.
youtu.be/ozOm2jhuz1E?...
youtu.be/ozOm2jhuz1E?...
If you know the languages of the world but not your mother tongue, or the language of your culture, that is enslavement. If you know your mother tongue or the language of your culture & add the languages of the world to it, that is empowerment. Choose empowerment over enslavement - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
June 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you know the languages of the world but not your mother tongue, or the language of your culture, that is enslavement. If you know your mother tongue or the language of your culture & add the languages of the world to it, that is empowerment. Choose empowerment over enslavement - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
"The Guerrilla Girls called attention to the inequalities & systematic discrimination. . ." " between artists of colour & women in comparison to white men". Just how did museums get away with celebrating the history of patriarchy instead of the history of art?
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
The naked billboard that shocked the establishment – and blazed a trail in the art world
It's been 40 years since the controversial activist group Guerrilla Girls formed. Their most powerful campaign, the "naked poster", broke new ground – and has had a lasting influence.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"The Guerrilla Girls called attention to the inequalities & systematic discrimination. . ." " between artists of colour & women in comparison to white men". Just how did museums get away with celebrating the history of patriarchy instead of the history of art?
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
A Sunday a.m relisten. Salgado about some of his most famous photo series, including those on the theme of manual labour, genocide, the stories of global migration, refugees from wars, natural disasters and poverty. #RIP
Lens, transforming, [human] nature.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Lens, transforming, [human] nature.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - This Cultural Life, Sebastião Salgado
Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado reveals the formative experiences of his career
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A Sunday a.m relisten. Salgado about some of his most famous photo series, including those on the theme of manual labour, genocide, the stories of global migration, refugees from wars, natural disasters and poverty. #RIP
Lens, transforming, [human] nature.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Lens, transforming, [human] nature.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Patricia Amira
"The lesson is clear: to genuinely move forward, we must be willing to constantly reflect on how colonial legacies continue to shape contemporary cultural and social norms and debates."
— #AJOpinion by Patrick Gathara ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Patrick Gathara ⤵️
The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap
Foreign forces continue to push conservative agendas on Africans under the veneer of ‘defending’ African tradition.
aje.io
May 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"The lesson is clear: to genuinely move forward, we must be willing to constantly reflect on how colonial legacies continue to shape contemporary cultural and social norms and debates."
— #AJOpinion by Patrick Gathara ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Patrick Gathara ⤵️
Reposted by Patricia Amira
In the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, the agency is holding its first major meeting. How will that affect WHO — and the United States?
For the first time, the U.S. is absent from WHO's annual assembly. What's the impact?
In the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, the agency is holding its first major meeting. How will that affect WHO — and the United States?
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
In the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, the agency is holding its first major meeting. How will that affect WHO — and the United States?
The short stories emerged “of the intersection of many conditions “ancient African worlds, colonial experience. . .post-independence disillusionment” “like an abstract novel of the great, strange, beautiful continent”, one story flowing into the next.
www.theafricareport.com/383419/ben-o...
www.theafricareport.com/383419/ben-o...
Ben Okri: ‘We rarely use an African text to illustrate the human condition’ - The Africa Report.com
In ‘African Stories’, award-winning Nigerian writer Ben Okri assembles a landmark collection – bringing 36 African short stories, diverse in language and perspective – on par with the global greats.
www.theafricareport.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The short stories emerged “of the intersection of many conditions “ancient African worlds, colonial experience. . .post-independence disillusionment” “like an abstract novel of the great, strange, beautiful continent”, one story flowing into the next.
www.theafricareport.com/383419/ben-o...
www.theafricareport.com/383419/ben-o...
It begins in the home. . .with those we love
#familylaw #EqualityNow #GlobalCampaignforEqualityinFamilyLaw
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#familylaw #EqualityNow #GlobalCampaignforEqualityinFamilyLaw
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Human rights do not end at the front door
YouTube video by Equality Now
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May 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It begins in the home. . .with those we love
#familylaw #EqualityNow #GlobalCampaignforEqualityinFamilyLaw
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#familylaw #EqualityNow #GlobalCampaignforEqualityinFamilyLaw
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I donot think heightened visibility of African contemporary art is dueto heightened interest inthe West. It is just dueto an increased savviness of African art professionals. There are more professionals in the fields, doing amazing things. And ultimately, this is the cause for attention- Koyo Kouoh
May 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I donot think heightened visibility of African contemporary art is dueto heightened interest inthe West. It is just dueto an increased savviness of African art professionals. There are more professionals in the fields, doing amazing things. And ultimately, this is the cause for attention- Koyo Kouoh
. . .because #IJD was yesterday but Dollar is for all time. youtu.be/-irE1AEH8Qg?...
Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) - Mannenberg ~ 'Is Where It's Happening'
YouTube video by Hugo
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May 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
. . .because #IJD was yesterday but Dollar is for all time. youtu.be/-irE1AEH8Qg?...
La Diva du blues touareg: BADI Lalla
YouTube video by Farida Sellal
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April 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"what we've faced about ourselves", therein lies the crux. . .the work this entails is not for the faint of heart. Yet, her message is a message for our time. . .& at all times. I needed to hear this.
“That’s our job right now, to keep hammering at the wall of injustice.” @heathercmcghee.bsky.social gives Jon, and the rest of us, a little taste of hope.
April 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"what we've faced about ourselves", therein lies the crux. . .the work this entails is not for the faint of heart. Yet, her message is a message for our time. . .& at all times. I needed to hear this.
Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck is a meditative film that draws on Cole’s own notebooks and letters in a bold attempt to have him tell his own story.
theconversation.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
theconversation.com/ernest-cole-...
Reposted by Patricia Amira
‘No longer on the margins’: how women are outperfoming men in Africa’s art market
‘No longer on the margins’: how women are outperfoming men in Africa’s art market
In 2024, the top five highest-priced sales of African art were all by women, according to research, reflecting increased recognition and demand for their work
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
‘No longer on the margins’: how women are outperfoming men in Africa’s art market
Reposted by Patricia Amira
The Guardian has today joined the creative industries in a nationwide campaign to highlight the risks around content being given away for free to AI firms.
You can read more about how to get involved here: newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/
You can read more about how to get involved here: newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/
February 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Guardian has today joined the creative industries in a nationwide campaign to highlight the risks around content being given away for free to AI firms.
You can read more about how to get involved here: newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/
You can read more about how to get involved here: newsmediauk.org/make-it-fair/
Copyright under threat. - "Make it fAIr" Unprecedented. Artists must be allowed to benefit from their craft.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK’s plans to let AI train on their work without permission
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Copyright under threat. - "Make it fAIr" Unprecedented. Artists must be allowed to benefit from their craft.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Morning outside my window.
". . .Rise up & play. . ."
". . .Rise up & play. . ."
February 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Morning outside my window.
". . .Rise up & play. . ."
". . .Rise up & play. . ."