#French

Marissa Jackson Sow

MarissaEsque

Colonialism required racial classification. The idea that France has no history of racial classification is patently false and a-historical, and it’s colorblind policies have never been able to obscure its

Alex Taylor

AlexTaylorNews

So now it really is goodbye, and it hurts. On a storm-filled Sunday, here's a thread (OK ! my 3rd in 8 years !) on why Brexit has affected so

Alex Pigman

AlexRPigman

Why did the post-Brexit talks drag on so long? One man responsible could be Georges Pernoud, host of Thalassa, a much loved French TV show about the sea, that aired

David Josef Volodzko

davidvolodzko

Rewatching The Last Samurai, which is based on the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. Funny thing, folks have claimed it's a white savior narrative but the *real* problem with this film

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

The Mino: The Formidable Women Army Of Dahomey In West AfricaMino, which means “our mothers” in Fon language, was a group of women, raised by kings of Dahome in the

MIQ

miqazi

1- France occupied Algeria for 132 years2- France killed 1.5 Million innocent Algerians in their struggle for Independence3- France took 37 skulls of Algerian freedom fighters and put them on

Rebecca Enonchong

africatechie

I remember when @EmmanuelMacron made the announcement at #Vivatech for his Digital Africa initiative. That part of his speech was in English. I was like, yes! Bye bye #francafrique, hello

Seattle Independent

SeattleIndpdnt

"Mr. Trump has called for a gigantic assembly of his supporters on January 6 in Washington. He didn’t call them there to watch him get humiliated. Something is up."Author and

Tom Forth

thomasforth

One of the reasons (just one of many) that observing a vaccine effect in Covid cases in the UK is that cases are falling so quickly due to lockdown. So

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

Time for another French Covid thread. The key stats– cases, deaths, acute cases and hospital population – are still climbing but not exploding. Cases are averaging 18,907 a day compared

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CemeteryClub

Today is #PotatoDay in ! Here’s the grave of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier in @PereLachaise1. A pharmacist who promoted the nutritional value of the potato, he hosted parties for the likes of

Parker🍁

totalCristiano7

things you may not know about Karim Benzema the Real Madrid Hero[Thread]. •HE SCORED THE FASTEST GOAL IN EL CLASICO HISTORY. Karim took just 22 seconds to score in a

Faisal Islam

faisalislam

Interesting detail from the Sunday papers interview with the French European minister Beaune “https://www.lejdd.fr/International/clement-beaune-sur-le-brexit-nacceptons-pas-un-accord-a-tout-prix-4010257 “The British tell us that they wo

Motherfoclóir: Lois

Motherfocloir

thread // day 6~ French vs. German vs. Irish - my language learning experience (so far) ****These observations are all based on my own personal experiences of the French, German

Hans

Burger_Of_War

Legio Patria NostraFrench Foreign Legion training with us marines combat in Mali in Afghanistan nore from Afghanistan more Afghanistan horn of africa Afghanistan again Mali an

vakibs

vakibs

It is such an important historical fort and landmark, which is defaced by a stupid road for motor vehicles. We in India are really exceptionally dumb in how we ruin

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