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Adire, the traditional Yoruba textile craft, is finding new life with a new generation.
On Madam Nike: āWhen she was seven years old, Nike Davies-Okundaye lost both her mother and her grandmother. It was left to her great-grandmother ā the head of the craftswomen in a village in Ogidi in southwest Nigeria ā to bring her up and teach her the craft of adire. Ogidi is one of the major centers of adire production in the entirety of the country.ā
āAdire was originally produced to make use of old hand-woven materials (kijipa); when a garment or wrapper grew faded, it could be redyed. When the missionaries came to Africa, they brought imported calico and it was used for adire..āĀ āProfessor Dele Layiwola,Ā āAdire Cloth in Nigeriaā
āThe decline of adire is often linked to the rise of ankara, the hugely popular, brightly colored wax prints that have come to symbolize African fabric around the world. Ankara has a troubled colonial legacy, and ironically is not African at all.ā
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āIt took me a long time to get out of the house. Ā My mum was afraid of the outside world. Ā She used to walk me to primary school even though it was only two minutes down the road. Ā Same with secondary school. Ā And when I got my first job, she sat in the parking lot for the entire day. Ā Sheās most comfortable at home: cooking, cleaning, looking after us. Ā And she never understood why I felt so restless. Ā I was never allowed to go out with friends. Ā I wasnāt allowed to go to shopping malls. Ā So I became a timid person. Ā At school I was always the student who was ājust there.ā Ā Iād sit in the back of the class. Ā I wouldnāt answer questions. Ā One of my teachers asked me when Iād joined the class and Iād been there for two years. Ā But I always loved learning. Ā I wanted to be a teacher. Ā I just never thought I had the courage. Ā I didnāt think I could stand in front of a class. Ā I didnāt think I could control the kids. Ā So I kept giving up. Ā I dropped the course two times. Ā But my friends kept encouraging me, and I finally got my certificate in July. Ā Since then Iāve been on nine interviews. Ā Iāve had three placements already. Ā Two were at Catholic schools, which especially worried me because Iām so visibly Muslim. Ā But the students were great. Ā The teachers were great. Ā And Iāve grown so much. Ā I can stand my ground. Ā I still get nervous with every new placement, but I donāt shake anymore. Ā Iām hoping to get hired soon. Ā And as soon as I get my first paycheck, Iām taking my mum to the shopping mall.ā (London, England)
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The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is a network of tech-fueled anarchists taking on Big Pharma with DIY medicines.
āFour Thieves claims to have successfully synthesized five different kinds of pharmaceuticals, all of which were made using MicroLab. The device attempts to mimic an expensive machine usually only found in chemistry laboratories for a fraction of the price using readily available off-the-shelf parts. In the case of the MicroLab, the reaction chambers consist of a small mason jar mounted inside a larger mason jar with a 3D-printed lid whose printing instructions are available online. A few small plastic hoses and a thermistor to measure temperature are then attached through the lid to circulate fluids through the contraption to induce the chemical reactions necessary to manufacture various medicines. The whole process is automated using a small computer that costs about $30.
To date, Four Thieves has used the device to produce homemade Naloxone, a drug used to prevent opiate overdoses better known as Narcan; Daraprim, a drug that treats infections in people with HIV; Cabotegravir, a preventative HIV medicine that may only need to be taken four times per year; and mifepristone and misoprostol, two chemicals needed for pharmaceutical abortions.ā
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Since Four Thieves isnāt actually selling or distributing the medicines made by its members, what theyāre doing isnāt technically illegal in the eyes of the FDA, even though the agency has issued a public warning about the collectiveās DIY methods. Shortly after Four Thieves unveiled its $30 DIY epipen, the FDA issued a statement to the media that said āusing unapproved prescription drugs for personal use is a potentially dangerous practice,ā but didnāt refer to Four Thieves by name. Ironically, only a few months later, the FDA issued a warning letter to Pfizer for failing to investigate āhundredsā of complaints about epipen failures, some of which resulted in the death of the user. In May, the FDA issued another warning that declared a chronic epipen shortage.
As for the DEA, none of the pharmaceuticals produced by the collective are controlled substance, so their possession is only subject to local laws about prescription medicines. If a person has a disease and prescription for the drug to treat that disease, they shouldnāt run into any legal issues if they were to manufacture their own medicine. Four Thieves is effectively just liberating information on how to manufacture certain medicines at home and developing the open source tools to make it happen. If someone decides to make drugs using the collectiveās guides then thatās their own business, but Four Thieves doesnāt pretend that the information it releases is for āeducational purposes only.ā
āThe rhetoric that is espoused by people who defend intellectual property law is that this is theft,ā Laufer told me. āIf you accept that axiomatically, then by the same logic when you withhold access to lifesaving medication thatās murder. From a moral standpoint itās an imperative to enact theft to prevent murder.ā
āSo yeah, we are encouraging people to break the law,ā Laufer added. āIf youāre going to die and youāre being denied the medicine that can save you, would you rather break the law and live, or be a good upstanding citizen and a corpse?ā
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Okay so in case y'all donāt know, this is from Pose. A series about the black trans community and ball culture in new York during the 80ās. Its got vogueing, lgbt+ culture, history, drama, romance, comedy, tragedy. Its wonderful and historically accurate and all the trans people are played by real trans actors.
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@britishvogue:Ā In honour of Barbieās 60th anniversary, British Vogue asked six designers to reinterpret the worldās most iconic and diverse fashion doll. London-based, Lagos-born fashion designer, Mowalola, was one of them.
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Also y'all: *absolutely refuses to use it to their advantage in any way and instead posts memes about not knowing what certain cars look like*
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