Everyday Sudan

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Ali Fadl, "the first martyr in ghost houses. He lived balanced and noble

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هذا كتاب نادر عن عثمان دقنة :

معروض فى انجلترا ب 200 جنيه استرليني :البطل القومى عثمان دقنة أشهر قواد المهدية في الشرق :

اذاق الجيش البريطاني مرارة الهزيمة وطردهم من شرق السودان : واخترق لأول مرة في تاريخ العسكرية البريطانية كل دفاعات المناطق التي احتلوها في أفريقيا وآسيا وكندا :

مما حدا بشاعر الإمبراطورية المشهور (روديارد كيبلنج عام 1890 في تخليد قبائل البجا الأشاوس في قصيدة مشهورة والتى يقول فى جزء منها ( لقد حاربنا أصناف كثيرة من الرجال عبر البحار اتصف بعضهم بالشجاعة والبعض الآخر لا ! ! قبائل الباتان والزولو وبورما ولكن البجا كانوا اروع من الجميع لم نكسب اى شىء معهم ! ! يقبعون بين الشجيرات ويعقرون خيولنا : ويقتلون حراسنا في سواكن : يلعبون لعبة القط والفار مع قواتنا :

Hippo Hunters, Sudan, 1980 #SouthSudan

By: @/KyraSheaMedleys on Twitter 

General Orders, No. 3.

The people are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property, between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them, becomes that between employer and hired labor. The Freedmen are advised to remain at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts; and they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.

Four books by Frantz Fanon - Downloadable

The Wretched of the Earth. New York: Grove, 2004. Here it is.

Black Skin, White Masks. London: Pluto, 2008. Here it is.

A Dying Colonialism. New York, NY: Grove, 2007. Here it is.

Toward the African Revolution. New York, NY: Grove, 1994. Here it is.

I thought it might be helpful to share this list of films available on YouTube for those who are interested. This will be updated as I find new films, but feel free to add to this list if you wish! 

(Also, you can follow me on Letterboxd if you want to talk about movies and keep up with what I’m watching.)

Close-Up (1990), Abbas Kiarostami

Taste of Cherry (1997), Abbas Kiarostami

Dreams (1990), Akira Kurosawa (Part I / Part II)

Spellbound (1945), Alfred Hitchcock

Ivan’s Childhood (1962), Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Rublev (1966), Andrei Tarkovsky

Solaris (1972), Andrei Tarkovsky

Mirror (1975), Andrei Tarkovsky

Stalker (1979), Andrei Tarkovsky

Nostalghia (1983), Andrei Tarkovsky

The Sacrifice (1986), Andrei Tarkovsky

Kanal (1957), Andrzej Wajda

Very Nice, Very Nice (1961), Arthur Lipsett

21-87 (1963), Arthur Lipsett

A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965), Arthur Lipsett

The Turin Horse (2011), Béla Tarr

Un Homme Qui Dort (1974), Bernard Queysanne

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), Chantal Akerman

Les Rendez-vous d’Anna (1978), Chantal Akerman

Statues Also Die (1953), Chris Marker, Alain Resnais and Ghislain Cloquet

If I Had Four Dromedaries (1966), Chris Marker

Twenty Years Later (1984), Eduardo Coutinho

Edifício Master (2002), Eduardo Coutinho

Mikey and Nicky (1976), Elaine May

Come and See (1985), Elem Klimov

Stéphane Mallarmé (1968), Éric Rohmer

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), F.W. Murnau

Le Stagioni (1961), Franco Piavoli

Sunday Evening (1962), Franco Piavoli

Emigranti (1963), Franco Piavoli

The Blue Planet (1982), Franco Piavoli

Nostos: The Return (1989), Franco Piavoli

Landscapes and Figures (2002), Franco Piavoli

Fragments (2012), Franco Piavoli

Die Nibelungen: Siegfired (1924), Fritz Lang

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924), Fritz Lang

Metropolis (1927), Fritz Lang

Pandora’s Box (1929), G.W. Pabst

Simple Men (1992), Hal Hartley

An Inn at Osaka (1954), Heinosuke Goshu

Without Memory (1996), Hirozaku Kore-eda

After Life (1998), Hirozaku Kore-eda

Summer With Monika (1953), Ingmar Bergman

The Seventh Seal (1957), Ingmar Bergman

Winter Light (1963), Ingmar Bergman

Persona (1966), Ingmar Bergman

Hour of the Wolf (1968), Ingmar Bergman

Shame (1968), Ingmar Bergman

Diamonds of the Night (1964), Jan Němec

À Propos de Nice (1930), Jean Vigo

Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Jean-Luc Godard

Down by Law (1986), Jim Jarmusch

Faces (1968), John Cassavetes

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), John Cassavetes

Opening Night (1977), John Cassavetes

Just One Kid (1974), John Goldschmidt

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972), Jonas Mekas

Song of Avignon (1998), Jonas Mekas

The Act of Killing (2012), Joshua Oppenheimer

Camera Buff (1979), Krzysztof Kieślowski

No End (1985), Krzysztof Kieślowski

Blind Chance (1987), Krzysztof Kieślowski

A Short Film About Killing (1988), Krzysztof Kieślowski

A Short Film About Love (1988), Krzysztof Kieślowski

Poetry (2010), Lee Chang-dong

if…. (1968), Lindsay Anderson

The Fire Within (1963), Louis Malle

Morvern Callar (2002), Lynne Ramsey

Vermilion Souls (2007), Masaki Iwana

Naked Childhood (1968), Maurice Pialat

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), Maya Deren

Gente del Po (1947), Michelangelo Antonioni

Il Grido (1957), Michelangelo Antonioni

L’Avventura (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni

La Notte (1961), Michelangelo Antonioni

F for Fake (1973), Orson Welles

Black Girl (1966), Ousmane Sembène

City of Pirates (1983), Raúl Ruiz

Rome, Open City (1945), Roberto Rossellini

Journey to Italy (1954), Roberto Rossellini

Two (1965), Satyajit Ray

The Color of Pomegranates (1968), Sergej Parajanov

Ernest & Célestine (2012), Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner

The Haircut (1982), Tamar Simon Hoffs

Badlands (1973), Terrence Malick

Shoeshine (1946), Vittorio de Sica

Bicycle Thieves (1948), Vittorio de Sica

Miracle in Milan (1951), Vittorio de Sica

Umberto D. (1952), Vittorio de Sica

Land of Silence and Darkness (1971), Werner Herzog

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Werner Herzog

The Only Son (1936), Yasujirō Ozu

The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941), Yasujirō Ozu

There Was a Father (1942), Yasujirō Ozu

Late Spring (1949), Yasujirō Ozu

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952), Yasujirō Ozu

Tokyo Story (1953), Yasujirō Ozu

Early Spring (1956), Yasujirō Ozu

Supporting Black authors is something that I definitely need to start doing more, so I’ve compiled a list of 80 YA books by Black authors. I’m putting the ones that I’ve read at the top in bold, and the rest will be books that I have looked up and have put on my list to read. I can’t do much to change what’s going on in our world right now, but I can do my part to support the Black community in any way that I can. These are in no particular order and please feel free to add more!

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Odd One Out by Nic Stone

Jackpot by Nic Stone

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone - coming out 9/29/20

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi

Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy by Dream Jordan

Spin by Lamar Giles

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

The Belles Series by Dhonielle Clayton

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Voice in My Head by Dana L. Davis

I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

The Evolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Solo by Kwame Alexander

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

By Any Means Necessary by Candid Montgomery

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert

Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather

I am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Opposite Of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

The Effigies Series by Sarah Raughley

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

Nightmare of the Clans by Pamela E. Cash

Black Boy, White School by Brian F. Walker

Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis

As protests against injustice in legal system, discrimination, police brutality spread through the US, it is necessary to educate yourself about these issues.