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talkbanterz · 6 months
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KANU MAY REGAIN FREEDOM BEFORE DECEMBER, SAYS OHANAEZE
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Leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed confidence in a possible release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, before the end of 2023, following ongoing confidential negotiations between the body and relevant authorities.
As a result, the body has urged all pro-Biafran agitators to stop hostilities against the Federal Government for 40 days,  starting from October 31.
In a statement on Sunday by its Secretary General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze said it was imperative that all pro-Biafra agitators exhibit discipline during this crucial period in order to ensure progress in the ongoing negotiations.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the preeminent socio-cultural organisation representing the Igbo people, is pleased to announce its foresight regarding ongoing confidential negotiations that indicate the possibility of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB, regaining his freedom by the end of the year 2023.
“However, in order to facilitate progress in this matter, Ohanaeze Ndigbo urges Biafra agitators to uphold a ceasefire for a period of 40 days, abstaining from any offensive aggression commencing on October 31, 2023. It is imperative that Biafra agitators exhibit discipline during this crucial period.
“The primary challenge we currently face is ensuring that the Biafra agitators cease all offensive aggression for 40 days, as this will pave the way for the desired solutions to secure the release of Nnamdi Kanu.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo firmly believes that engaging with all relevant authorities through diplomatic channels remains the most effective approach to achieve the desired results.
“We implore Ndigbo to exercise patience and understanding throughout this critical period. We acknowledge the pain and hardship endured by the people of the South-East since Nnamdi Kanu’s incarceration, and as custodians of our land, we assure you that positive outcomes are anticipated after the November 2023 Imo State governorship elections.”
Ohanaeze said it was confident that Kanu’s release would “undoubtedly serve as a resounding surprise to the South-East people,” while appealing to Nigerians whom Kanu might have offended to embrace forgiveness and prioritise the greater interests of Nigeria.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo remains committed to working behind the scenes, rallying and mobilising all relevant parties to achieve this crucial objective.
“We humbly beseech Biafra agitators to remain calm and observe a ceasefire for 40 days. This period of abstinence from offensive aggression will significantly contribute to ongoing negotiations and enhance the prospects of Kanu’s release.”
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newsoneng · 1 year
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Why People Want To Know About Biafra News
The Biafra News is a social media site that allows people to submit news about the ongoing conflict in Nigeria. The site is curated by an editor who picks stories that are the most relevant to readers. This news is often not found in mainstream media outlets, and the editor's decision-making process for what to publish is not always clear. The site's name is a reference to the separatist movement in Nigeria called Biafra, which was created during the Nigerian Civil War.
The Biafra News is a social media site that allows people to submit news about the ongoing conflict in Nigeria. The site is curated by an editor who picks stories that are the most relevant to readers. This news is often not found in mainstream media outlets, and the editor's decision-making process for what to publish is not always clear. The site's name is a reference to the separatist movement in Nigeria called Biafra, which was created during the Nigerian Civil War. The Biafra News is a social media site that provides news about the ongoing conflict in Nigeria. The site is curated by an editor who picks stories that are the most relevant to readers. The biafra news is often not found in mainstream media outlets, and the editor's decision-making process for what to publish is not always clear. The site's name is a reference to the separatist movement in Nigeria called Biafra, which was created during the Nigerian Civil War.
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theclosetedskeleton · 3 months
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How are we feeling about the new jello biafra song me personally im feeling GREAT. Anyhow oc for the song/album its from
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flibbertygigget · 1 year
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ok ok so the supernatural misha collins thing that's clogging up my dash reminds me of this absolutely buckwild Jello Biafra interview
where he goes on a tangent about the pros and cons of social media (as you do) and one of his points is that it allows gay and trans kids to figure out what's up with their gender/sexuality and find community
and he starts talking about how, in the 80s, people just started,,, assuming he was gay. probably because a) San Fran band, b) he talked a lot about queer rights, and c) he had a reputation for not sleeping around on tour. he also was married at the time, but that didn't really stop the rumors lol
and at first he was like "oh i gotta clear this up" but then he started getting fanmail that was like,,, straight-up Dear Abby-style letters. from bullied gay punk kids. and he was like "shit, i don't want to be that guy who's always denying that he's gay, it'll sound super defensive and maybe kinda homophobic and hurt people"
so he just. avoided addressing it. for like 15 years.
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lisamarie-vee · 6 months
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NEWT HATES YOU --NEWT HATES ME -- NEWT HATES US ALL.
Because only true Jello Biafra fans will ever really understand, and this is coming from someone who used to rock a "NEWT HATES ME" button/badge all throughout high school. Damn, wish I still had it, too! Oh, the memories, though.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on the infamous "Newt Hates Me" vintage T-Shirt shirt. Courtesy of the Jello Biafra Thought Crime Posse.
Source: lifted from my Facebook page (and in turn lifted off a now defunct Pinterest source).
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goodmelodiesmedia · 2 years
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Full Details Of Nnamdi Kanu's Court Proceedings Of September 13th, 2022 And New Adjourned Date
Full Details Of Nnamdi Kanu’s Court Proceedings Of September 13th, 2022 And New Adjourned Date
There was some sort of jubilation in the hearts of the members and supporters of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) as it suddenly appeared in the news few days back that the continued hearing of the charges against Maazi Nnamdi Kanu filed by the Federal Government Of Nigeria; which was supposed to hold on October 11th, 2022; had been brought forward to today the 13th day of September,…
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legendarytragedynacho · 8 months
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Holding Hands - Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix Backstage at a Benefit Concert for Biafra, New York City (1968)
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kemetic-dreams · 4 months
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Music of African heritage in Cuba derives from the musical traditions of the many ethnic groups from different parts of West and Central Africa that were brought to Cuba as slaves between the 16th and 19th centuries. Members of some of these groups formed their own ethnic associations or cabildos, in which cultural traditions were conserved, including musical ones. Music of African heritage, along with considerable Iberian (Spanish) musical elements, forms the fulcrum of Cuban music.
Much of this music is associated with traditional African religion – Lucumi, Palo, and others – and preserves the languages formerly used in the African homelands. The music is passed on by oral tradition and is often performed in private gatherings difficult for outsiders to access. Lacking melodic instruments, the music instead features polyrhythmic percussion, voice (call-and-response), and dance. As with other musically renowned New World nations such as the United States, Brazil and Jamaica, Cuban music represents a profound African musical heritage.
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Clearly, the origin of African groups in Cuba is due to the island's long history of slavery. Compared to the USA, slavery started in Cuba much earlier and continued for decades afterwards. Cuba was the last country in the Americas to abolish the importation of slaves, and the second last to free the slaves. In 1807 the British Parliament outlawed slavery, and from then on the British Navy acted to intercept Portuguese and Spanish slave ships. By 1860 the trade with Cuba was almost extinguished; the last slave ship to Cuba was in 1873. The abolition of slavery was announced by the Spanish Crown in 1880, and put into effect in 1886. Two years later, Brazil abolished slavery.
Although the exact number of slaves from each African culture will never be known, most came from one of these groups, which are listed in rough order of their cultural impact in Cuba:
The Congolese from the Congo Basin and SW Africa. Many ethnic groups were involved, all called Congos in Cuba. Their religion is called Palo. Probably the most numerous group, with a huge influence on Cuban music.
The Oyó or Yoruba from modern Nigeria, known in Cuba as Lucumí. Their religion is known as Regla de Ocha (roughly, 'the way of the spirits') and its syncretic version is known as Santería. Culturally of great significance.
The Kalabars from the Southeastern part of Nigeria and also in some part of Cameroon, whom were taken from the Bight of Biafra. These sub Igbo and Ijaw groups are known in Cuba as Carabali,and their religious organization as Abakuá. The street name for them in Cuba was Ñáñigos.
The Dahomey, from Benin. They were the Fon, known as Arará in Cuba. The Dahomeys were a powerful group who practised human sacrifice and slavery long before Europeans arrived, and allegedly even more so during the Atlantic slave trade.
Haiti immigrants to Cuba arrived at various times up to the present day. Leaving aside the French, who also came, the Africans from Haiti were a mixture of groups who usually spoke creolized French: and religion was known as vodú.
From part of modern Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire came the Gangá.
Senegambian people (Senegal, the Gambia), but including many brought from Sudan by the Arab slavers, were known by a catch-all word: Mandinga. The famous musical phrase Kikiribu Mandinga! refers to them.
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The roots of most Afro-Cuban musical forms lie in the cabildos, self-organized social clubs for the African slaves, and separate cabildos for separate cultures. The cabildos were formed mainly from four groups: the Yoruba (the Lucumi in Cuba); the Congolese (Palo in Cuba); Dahomey (the Fon or Arará). Other cultures were undoubtedly present, more even than listed above, but in smaller numbers, and they did not leave such a distinctive presence.
Cabildos preserved African cultural traditions, even after the abolition of slavery in 1886. At the same time, African religions were transmitted from generation to generation throughout Cuba, Haiti, other islands and Brazil. These religions, which had a similar but not identical structure, were known as Lucumi or Regla de Ocha if they derived from the Yoruba, Palo from Central Africa, Vodú from Haiti, and so on. The term Santería was first introduced to account for the way African spirits were joined to Catholic saints, especially by people who were both baptized and initiated, and so were genuine members of both groups. Outsiders picked up the word and have tended to use it somewhat indiscriminately. It has become a kind of catch-all word, rather like salsa in music.
The ñáñigos in Cuba or Carabali in their secret Abakuá societies, were one of the most terrifying groups; even other blacks were afraid of them:
Girl, don't tell me about the ñáñigos! They were bad. The carabali was evil down to his guts. And the ñáñigos from back in the day when I was a chick, weren't like the ones today... they kept their secret, like in Africa.
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African sacred music in Cuba
All these African cultures had musical traditions, which survive erratically to the present day, not always in detail, but in the general style. The best preserved are the African polytheistic religions, where, in Cuba at least, the instruments, the language, the chants, the dances and their interpretations are quite well preserved. In few or no other American countries are the religious ceremonies conducted in the old language(s) of Africa, as they are at least in Lucumí ceremonies, though of course, back in Africa the language has moved on. What unifies all genuine forms of African music is the unity of polyrhythmic percussion, voice (call-and-response) and dance in well-defined social settings, and the absence of melodic instruments of an Arabic or European kind.
Not until after the Second World War do we find detailed printed descriptions or recordings of African sacred music in Cuba. Inside the cults, music, song, dance and ceremony were (and still are) learnt by heart by means of demonstration, including such ceremonial procedures conducted in an African language. The experiences were private to the initiated, until the work of the ethnologist Fernando Ortíz, who devoted a large part of his life to investigating the influence of African culture in Cuba. The first detailed transcription of percussion, song and chants are to be found in his great works.
There are now many recordings offering a selection of pieces in praise of, or prayers to, the orishas. Much of the ceremonial procedures are still hidden from the eyes of outsiders, though some descriptions in words exist.
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Yoruba and Congolese rituals
Main articles: Yoruba people, Lucumi religion, Kongo people, Palo (religion), and Batá
Religious traditions of African origin have survived in Cuba, and are the basis of ritual music, song and dance quite distinct from the secular music and dance. The religion of Yoruban origin is known as Lucumí or Regla de Ocha; the religion of Congolese origin is known as Palo, as in palos del monte.[11] There are also, in the Oriente region, forms of Haitian ritual together with its own instruments and music.
In Lucumi ceremonies, consecrated batá drums are played at ceremonies, and gourd ensembles called abwe. In the 1950s, a collection of Havana-area batá drummers called Santero helped bring Lucumí styles into mainstream Cuban music, while artists like Mezcla, with the lucumí singer Lázaro Ros, melded the style with other forms, including zouk.
The Congo cabildo uses yuka drums, as well as gallos (a form of song contest), makuta and mani dances. The latter is related to the Brazilian martial dance capoeira
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onesettleronebullet · 4 months
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I saw this haunting piece of art in the constitutional court in SA today so I wanted to share.
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Pitika Ntuli (1942-)
Gaza: Lest We Forget (2015)
Hyena, zebra, springbok and kudu bones / 1560 x 2570 x 1520 mm
On loan from the artist and Antoinette Ntuli
The world has seen too many massacres. Black South Africans - young and old, male and female, but almost always poor - died under the brutality of the colonial and apartheid regimes. After a massacre in Gaza, the artist created this sculpture in remembrance of the brutal killing of people across the world. The bones, from animals who died of natural causes, are totems of those who have died during conflict or war. The carving of some bones symbolises those whose bodies are identifable after a massacre. The clean bones represent those left unidentifable, depriving their loved ones the closure of a funeral. Partial carving on some bones signifies the unfulfilled potential of lives cut short.
The artist wrote an accompanying poem to this work:
Gaza: Lest We Forget
Rwanda, Serbia, Iraq, Biafra, Sharpeville, Columbine
On and on and on and on
Like you we have bled where no wounds were seen
We rose against the nocturnal beasts
Who glory in death
We slipped on bars of soap in our prison cells
Drowned in basins in our prison cells
Hunted across borders
Betrayed by our own
Supported by cousins of those who kill us
We have seen strange things in our times
Now we ride on a crest of a wave of freedom in our land
You too will ride your wave
If we stand together
Compare our wounds our pains, our defiances, our dreams our love for freedom and peace
You too will live to sing new songs of freedom
In Your Land!!!
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theclosetedskeleton · 3 months
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What the FUCK was that dream scene in tcr
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kvetchlandia · 8 months
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Uncredited Photographer Joan Baez and Jimi Hendrix Holding Hands Backstage at a Benefit Concert for Biafra, New York City 1968
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secular-jew · 3 months
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Another 105 civilians from the Christian Mwagaful community, were murdered in Nigeria by Alfonja Jihadi Fulani militias who are ethnic cleansing Nigeria of its Christians in the state of Plateau and elsewhere. The UN and the world is ignoring Islamic Jihad in Nigeria.
This follows the news of 300 deaths during targeted attacks on Christian villages in Plateau State on Christmas Eve.
"40,000 Nigerians have been slaughtered and 3 million displaced. Why no protests?"
There are no protests because the victims are the wrong victims, and the perpetrators are the wrong perpetrators.
A report from Makurdi Diocese’s Foundation for Justice, Development and Peace has revealed there were 119 militant attacks targeting predominantly Christian communities in one state alone in 2023.
Islamists also murdered 414 people and injured, raped or kidnapped almost 100 more in Benue State last year.
The former Muslim President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari is Fulani. He orchestrated the Biafra massacre that resulted in the deaths mostly by starvation of some two million Christian Biafrans, after Biafra attempted to break away from Muslim controlled northern Nigeria.
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deadboyfriendd · 6 months
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Suspended
Summary: A blurb about shock-rock and body suspension.
Warnings: BODY SUSPENSION, Eddie x Fem!Reader though, I don't think I really specified the reader a lot in this, Rockstar!Eddie, Girlfriend!Reader, there's a big fat nod to H E A D L I N E R S. in this.
Alice Cooper once said that, in order to shock a crowd at this point in time, you would need to chop your arm off and eat it– and you could realistically only do that twice. 
The shock value had long worn off now, nearly everything had been done. The thrill and taboo of androgyny was a give-in. The boundaries of gross and unthinkable had been pushed to the point of desensitization. Ozzy had already chewed the head off of an unsuspecting bat, Jello Biafra had already run for the Mayor of San Francisco and lost by a significant margin. There were no stunts left to pull, no shock remaining for the masses, and nothing left to the imagination.
Sex still sold tickets, sure, but now, it was an expectation. What the crowds wanted– craved— was a show. Something new and shiny and never-before-seen. A rare, untouched delicatessen that took form in an obscure corner of the earth. 
That obscure corner happened to be a garage in Hawkins, Indiana, where four friends shredded their fingers on out-of-tune guitars and racketed noise off of second-hand drum sets. And that’s just what it had been for a long time– noise. Until there was a boom in Indiana’s underground metal scene, a spark caught flame, and the crowds pissed gasoline straight into the fire. 
Corroded Coffin burned hot and blue on the stages now. Boys-turned-men thrashing violently on stages to hit niche singles and screamed to crowds of endearing freak-show enthusiasts on their first full-length tour. 
If Eddie could have eaten his arms for fame, he already would have. 
He was the harum scarum, devil-may-care type, though his days of parading around soap-box lunch tables and invading personal space had graduated into larger soap box stages and women and men alike who would pay money for him to invade their personal space in more ways than one. No one could blame him, he fought his whole life for this– and now the fighting was over, though, the rush of being liked– no craved– was addictive in all of its gilded glory. 
There was nothing of him left to the imagination, he had crammed microphones down his pants, writhed violently across stage floors, stripped bare in front of the world. He’d been crucified, he’d lit himself on fire, he’d done it all. He was glistening in glittery fool’s gold glory, though, who really cared for gold anyways? This was way prettier. 
In this industry, you did it or you didn’t, and there wasn’t anything Eddie wouldn’t do. You’d remembered this conversation from the tour propositions:
“Dude, these are meat hooks we’re talking about!” Gareth said with palms splayed, exasperated eyes turned tired from nights of recording and mornings of logistical nightmare meetings– one of which being this one. 
Eddie shrugged back at him, arms splayed cooly over the low back of the couch and legs spread wide, “I’m gonna go out there and do the best I can. If it hurts too bad and I pass out, then I pass out. They’ll revive me and I’ll get back out there and finish the set.” 
“And if they don’t?” 
“It’ll just add to the show.” 
He remembered that now, remembered the way it felt during the other pre-show practices, and the four other times he had done this in preparation. Every one of his nerve endings was buzzing, and he tried to convince himself that he was so pumped full of adrenaline that he couldn’t feel the four hooks stretching the skin even more taught across his back. 
“Are you ready?” You asked him, trailing a hand down his chest to plant the ritual, sweet, kiss. You thought it was comical, meat hooks through his back and he was asking if you were ready. 
The mechanical lever system whirred as it pulled taught against the hooks, and his jaw clenched in place of a wince before his feet left the ground. He rocked steadily, though, your hands against his abdomen stopped him from swinging further. 
He held his hands out, neck outstretched in amazement with himself for being able to do this again. You nodded, containing your smile to one without teeth as you ducked out of the way when the cameras started flashing and film started rolling. 
“Wait!” He called out to you, his reaching hands causing him to swing more. You didn’t think it hurt him much, though, you stuck your hands out to stop him again anyway.
“What?” You asked, hands staying braced against his warm tummy. His palms already gripping you around your upper arms in a loving embrace. 
A grin, hellish and charming in the same swell motion overtook his entire face, “Do you want t’get lifted up?”
He didn’t give you time to answer before he was guiding your arms upward around his waist by the elbows, setting them snugly around his middle. You could feel where his skin rippled from the tautness of the pull of the hooks. 
“Tippy-toes, babe.” He whispered to you, his own arms locking firmly around your back and giving a gentle tug to signify the motion. 
You could hear the mechanical whir of the pulley system again, and feel your feet leave the ground. 
“This is sick.” You whispered, lifting your face from his chest to meet his. His own face plastered with a deep-set grin as you swung. 
“Eddie, you crazy motherfucker.” You whispered again through your own grin this time, his hair casting a shroud of a curtain around you and blocking your face. 
You felt the cameras clicking around you, and stopped yourself from rolling your eyes. You tended to keep yourself out of the public eye, lest a certain RayGun magazine were to pick up a story. 
You could see the headlines tomorrow, “The Suspense is Killing Me! An Inside Scoop to Shock-Rock’s Newest Stunts with Eddie Munson”
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explosionshark · 4 months
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I went so fast to tag you in the “is this guy punk” post before realising you reblogged it lol. Why are 20 year olds from TikTok obsessed with pretending subcultures are based on politics or fashion when they all literally originate from music, the artists of which can have any political ideals or clothing style. Those things can be a huge part of said subcultures sure but the entire reason they exist in the first place is MUSIC. Acting like punks invented socialism or some shit smh it’s tired
Yeah it's wild to me bc like. Acting like the music part of a music based subculture doesn't matter and then claiming new ahistorical definitions to the terms used to describe them indicates such a fundamental lack of interest or respect for punk and goth and like - if you don't respect it and you're not interested in it then why are you obsessed with redefining it so you can apply it to yourself??? Does not compute. Idk, it's a huge pet peeve.
Also the punk thing in particular drives me nuts bc the #1 thing that tells me you're not actually interested in punk at all is when someone claims there's a coherent political ideology that defines punk. The no true Scotsman shit - "if you're a bigot you're not a punk!" Hate to break it to you, pieces of shit can exist within any subculture. Conservative and racist punks have existed in the movement since forever - I think it's ignorant at best and dangerous at worst to lead people to believe that someone into punk is automatically safe to be around. Jello Biafra didn't die writing "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" for you to pretend the entire community is sweet, soft-hearted anarchist leftists wearing studs and patches while calling their congressmen to support a minimum wage increase that's going before the house next month
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