Re: Fabric Map of Africa

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Chambi Chachage

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Jul 27, 2024, 10:45:51 PM7/27/24
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GE,

According to this tweet from 2020, the person you are referring to as ‘South Asian’ is Kenyan:

“The Fabric Map of Africa was designed by Kenyan artist Priya Shah” — Felix Tih, 

Of course, Priya is an Asian name but we have East African of Asian/Indian/Pakistan origins here in Tanzania/Zanzibar, Kenya, and Uganda.

Cf. “I was born in Kenya, and all creative influences, my inspiration, my passions – all come from Kenya” — https://glittertrotter.com/blogs/our-creatives/five-minutes-with-priya-shah-mia-kora

“Priya Shah, Kenyan Textile Designer and Founder of Mia Kora” —
“Priya was born and brought up in Kenya, and Kenya influences a lot of her work”—

“Growing up in Kenya, Priya Shah spent a lot of time outdoors, going to national parks and camping. This triggered a passion for conservation that inspired her business, a niche clothing store called Mia Kora” - 

PS. cannot but help recall our discussion about Abdulrazak Gurnah; do you find it problematic when it is not a (‘fully’) Black African doing it?

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CC

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From: Toyin Falola <toyin...@austin.utexas.edu>
Date: Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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Subject: CFP, 24th Annual Africa Conference at the University of Texas at Austin
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Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com>: Jul 27 05:48PM +0200

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393542
Cornelius Hamelberg <cornelius...@gmail.com>: Jul 27 06:16PM +0200

Count your blessings
 
On Thu, 25 Jul 2024, 07:15 Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA, <
cornelius...@gmail.com <cornelius...@gmail.com>: Jul 27 07:37AM -0700

Words of wisdom: Telling it like it is….
 
Rabbi Yaron Reuven <https://www.google.com/search?q=Rabbi+Yaron+Reuven> -
from 25 Jul 2024 :
 
“When a politician says something, it doesn’t matter what they say, you
should know that everything that a politician says has an agenda, it’s
never at face value. It doesn't matter who the politician is, if it's an
American politician, Israeli politician, a politician from Bangladesh, a
politician from Canada, politicians by definition are people that are
arguing for agendas. Somebody told me,one time, years ago, that politician originally
comes from the word tick <https://www.google.com/search?q=tick> -
bloodsucker - not sure if it’s 100% correct, it’s very possible, but
nonetheless that’s what a lot of politicians do to their followers, to
their supporters :They suck as much blood , as much money as they can ,
from people, in order to fight for people's agendas. So, in reality the
politician usually doesn’t have his own opinion, he has paid opinions ;
whoever is paying him, whoever is supporting him, whoever is giving him
money, that’s what he’s going to preach. If, one day, people that are
against Israel are supporting him ,that’s what he’s going to preach. If the
next day, richer people , supporting Jewish people are supporting him,
he'll do just that; that’s how politicians are, and, unfortunately, that's
the case with every one of these politicians; there’s no difference among
them, they’re all coming with their agendas either to gain the public
opinion to do one thing or another in order for the politician to gain more
money, more support, more power, so they can do other bigger things and it
seems unrealistic…”
 
( Rabbi Yaron Reuven <https://www.youtube.com/@YaronReuvenRabbi> from the
question and answers section of his shiur for the Torah Portion for this
Sabbath Pinchas <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB_NSWCpeq4&t=5304s>
 
Context : From 1:28:21 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB_NSWCpeq4&t=5301s>
Jews are Forbidden to Go to the Har HaBayit (Temple Mount) Today (Political
Agendas) to 1:37:40 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB_NSWCpeq4&t=5860s> )
Michael Afolayan <mafo...@yahoo.com>: Jul 26 10:24PM

Beautiful. Simply beautiful!
MOA
 
 
 

 
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Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovde...@gmail.com>: Jul 27 08:45AM +0100

Okay
 
On Fri, Jul 26, 2024, 10:30 PM Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <
Michael Afolayan <mafo...@yahoo.com>: Jul 26 10:58PM

Gloria: I wonder if it was designed by Boston University African Studies Program in the late '70s to early '80s. It was the same Center that originated the map called "How Big Is Africa?" Sara Berry was there long ago when Bababra Brown was the Title VI Center Director. They may know something about it. Unfortunately, I don't have their contacts any longer. But your advice is great; if you don't attach your name to your own design, copyrighted and dated, it's in public domain and becomes a gift to the world. It's a book without an author!
MOA On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 05:10:26 PM EDT, 'Emeagwali, Gloria (History)' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Does anyone know who originally designed the African fabric map?
It was posted on this list some years agoby one of us. Now it is being appropriated bya South Asian researcher who boldly claimsthat she created the African fabric map.
 I am trying to trace the original innovator. 
 
My suggestion for all is that for anydesign/map/chart,  please insert yourname on the actual  design along withthe  copyright symbol, to preempt intellectual theft.
 
 
GE
 
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Gloria Emeagwali

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Jul 27, 2024, 11:53:18 PM7/27/24
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No. The person was West African.
I hope she identifies herself.




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