20 November 2023The South African human rights NGO Africa4Palestine welcomes the sudden departure of Israel’s Ambassador from South Africa. The Israeli ambassador has fled South Africa ahead of this week’s vote by the Parliament of South Africa to expel the Israeli ambassador and shut down the Israeli Embassy. South Africa now has no Ambassador in Israel, and Israel has no …
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The African Union’s back door invite to Israel has betrayed the Palestinians by Yvonne Ridley
Protesters gather and hold Palestinian flags in central Johannesburg, on May 23, 2021, as they take part in a counter protest in solidarity with Palestinians in response to a demonstration organised by the South Africa Zionist Federation. [MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images] The plans to sneak Israel quietly into the African Union as an observer state appear to have …
Read More »Islam and Formation of Identities in Africa (P.5)
Editor’s note: In the first four parts of this Series, the author has explored some significant features of the formation of Islamic identities in Africa.. Here, he draws important conclusions from his in-depth study. The names of tribes, like the Manding/Jula, Fulbe, Hausa, Wolof .. Tribes delving deep into Islam have become synonymous to Islam The real link between the …
Read More »Islam and Formation of Identities in Africa (P.4)
Editor’s note: In the first three parts of this Series, the author has explored some significant features of the formation of Islamic identities in Africa.. Here, he continues to trace and study other important features. “Hakuri” or patience and forbearance: Greene pointed out that many of Hausa customs, as well as their language, reveal the status of such moral value …
Read More »Spread of Islam in Kanem and Bornu Empires By :- Sadiq Salawudeen
Kanem and Bornu were two ancient Islamic empires mainly populated by the ethnic majority, the Kanuri. The empire was located in modern-day Nigeria, covering a vast expanse of areas including Lake Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Libya. An area of more than 300,000 square miles. The empire was amalgamated and separated in different times but this never stopped its link to …
Read More »Islam and Formation of Identities in Africa (P.3) By :- Adam Bumba
Editor’s note: In Part 1 and Part 2 of this Series, the author has explored some significant features of the formation of Islamic identities in Africa.. Here, he continues to trace and study other important features. Based on this accurate system, we find that the name – for Basari tribes and the likes – bears a constant relation to the …
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