Malcolm in Accra, Ghana, May 1964, holding the Koran given to him by Alhaji Isa Wali, Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana (right).
Photo by Alice Windom.
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You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?
It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift
holy shit!
fucking COOL
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Somali Couple
Our culture is NOT for sale. Stop Disney from trademarking Day of the Dead!“That Disney intends to make money off the name of a cultural holiday celebrated by millions of people of Mexican and Central American heritage is awful enough. That they intend to file for ownership of the name and tradition is downright unacceptable and incredibly offensive.”
Spread this like wildfire, guys.
WHAAAAAAT
(Source: inriri, via rematiration)
After years of listening to bombs exploding on the other end of the phone, she worried constantly about her mother, Fartun Adan, who had returned to Somalia years earlier to carry on with the work of Ilwad’s late father, the legendary peace activist, Elman Ali Ahmed.
Ilwad booked her…
