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i posted this yesterday from soundcloud and the volume got all fucked up so i re-recorded it with some more effort this time & i actually kinda like it so here

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Let's Talk About First World Problems...

Is your latte too hot? Mine was this morning. I was at the bustling Oasis shopping center in Kampala, Uganda, and I took one sip and then spilt it all over me. You know who else has these problems? The local Ugandans that frequent this shop, and make up the majority of it’s clientele. 

As Africa stabilizes across the continent, Westerners forget that average daily problems in Europe or North America are not that far off from that of the African middle class. Our smart phones sometimes freeze up. That’s annoying. The DJ is playing shit, so we leave the club. 

Which is not to say that there aren’t problems. It’s not to pretend that all of Kampala or Nairobi or Kigali is a paradise of African wealth where the biggest problem is a warm beer. There is real, stark, damaging poverty here. But there is similar poverty in Clichy Sous Bois in Paris. There is similar poverty in Brooklyn. In Chicago. The outskirts of Amsterdam. 

The idea that an African can’t have similar issues to those living in London is a mistake. It is a mistake rooted in the idea that Europe is somehow superior or has vast amounts of wealth. In reality, the East African GDP has been steadily on the rise for years, whereas the economic outlook in both North America and Europe have been steadily declining. Angola just gave a loan to their former colonialists, Portugal. Our cities now have thumping clubs, eclectic cuisine and most of these places are owned and invested in by locals. 

Stop feeling bad for Africa. It doesn’t need your pity. 

If you want to do something to help those who survive on very little, try investing in it. Instead of buying Tom’s shoes which give away free shoes (and therefore remove jobs from hardworking Africans making shoes) invest in Sole Rebels. A woman-owned Ethiopian based shoe company that pays their workers a livable wage. 

Tonight I am going with Ugandan friends and some expats to watch the Poland vs. England match, live on DSTV at my local pub. I will eat grilled tilapia and drink some beer. This is not an extraordinary life here. This is the new Kampala average. This continent is far from perfect. Uganda is far from perfect. But it is getting there, and if you think for one minute Africans do not experience massages, cupcake shops, foam on our coffee, car trouble, banking woes and hangovers after too much fun, you are dead wrong.

It’s not all flies on babies. Welcome to the real Africa. 

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why are people still following this blog the only thing on it really is a giveaway i had queued and the same post 20 times about how i don’t use this blog anymore omfg

[vilebug]

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☀️giveaway time☀️

Includes: -one purple pot leaf beanie -one raw pack of king papers -one raw roller -three packs raw cones -one grinder -two doob tubes -two clipper brand lighters -two decals (pot leaf, chemical make-up of THC) -one pack purple flower string lights -two pairs of pot leaf socks ***not featured but will be included are more pot leaf stickers and a pipe***

Rules: -must be following me and zzvspecial (he made the pipe!) -one reblog per day please -likes don’t count -will go until I hit 20k followers -will choose one winner randomly who will have 24 hours to respond with their mailing address. If they don’t respond in time another person will be randomly chosen again.

Alright, good luck! ✌🏼️✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[mxnrique]

In case y'all were unaware.

[vilebug]

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[gaywrites]

Paola Paredes, age 29, documented the exact moment she came out to her conservative Catholic family in Ecuador. 

The resulting photographs are now online for public viewing via Unveiled, Paredes’s new photo project. 

To get the conversation started, Paredes says, “I started talking about love and tolerance. I told them I love each one of them as they are and that I expect them to do the same with me. I then talked about childhood how I always felt I was different, how hard it had been.”

“Then I looked at them once more and shared my love for them once again. I said the words. ‘There is something I haven’t been able to share with you.’ And after that I just took a deep breath and let out the words. ‘I’m gay.’”

“After I told them, it was like popping a massive balloon. I had let out such a heavy thing that I had been carrying for so many years, so I couldn’t help but cry and put my head on the table.”

“Their instant reaction was to reach out. They put their hands on my head and said ‘we don’t care, we accept you.’ They started crying as well. We all did. It was super overwhelming. After that, we carried on a three-hour conversation. I had a chance to share with them things they hadn’t heard before. We talked about their fears. But overall they were nothing but accepting.”

This is beautiful and I am crying. (via the Advocate)

[jessehimself]

Young black man jailed since April for alleged $5 theft found dead in cell

Jamycheal Mitchell, 24, had been held in Virginia jail without bail for nearly four months, accused of stealing a Mountain Dew, Snickers bar and a Zebra Cake

[dynamicafrica]

Faces from Chale Wote 2015: A Celebration of Self-Expression in the Futuristic Present.

Written by Hakeem Adam.

This year’s ‘African Electronics’ themed edition of the annual Chale Wote street art and film festival was a massive explosion of various forms of creative energy and vibes in Accra. 

Artists and visitors from Ghana and all over the world seized the Jamestown area and transformed it into a live performance art venue in which everyone was a moving part of a greater installation. 

From psychedelic disc jockeys to petrifying performance artists, there was so much to see, do and feel. Spoiled for choice, photographer Kwame Osei and I decided to document the unique and impressionable faces present at Chale Wote 2015.

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[africanaquarian]

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[vilebug]

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☀️giveaway time☀️

Includes: -one purple pot leaf beanie -one raw pack of king papers -one raw roller -three packs raw cones -one grinder -two doob tubes -two clipper brand lighters -two decals (pot leaf, chemical make-up of THC) -one pack purple flower string lights -two pairs of pot leaf socks ***not featured but will be included are more pot leaf stickers and a pipe***

Rules: -must be following me and zzvspecial (he made the pipe!) -one reblog per day please -likes don’t count -will go until I hit 20k followers -will choose one winner randomly who will have 24 hours to respond with their mailing address. If they don’t respond in time another person will be randomly chosen again.

Alright, good luck! ✌🏼️✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[vilebug]

do you follow back on your new blog?

if i like ur blog then yeah??? i mean, same as on here except if i followed u a looooong time ago (like over a year ago) i may not follow u again bc my interests have changed and i’m really enjoying my new dash. also i wouldn’t bother asking for the url if u know me irl bc i will probably only give it to few specific ppl irl.

[vilebug]

remade, msg me for the url~

[coffeepotsmokin-deactivated2018]

☀️giveaway time☀️

Includes: -one purple pot leaf beanie -one raw pack of king papers -one raw roller -three packs raw cones -one grinder -two doob tubes -two clipper brand lighters -two decals (pot leaf, chemical make-up of THC) -one pack purple flower string lights -two pairs of pot leaf socks ***not featured but will be included are more pot leaf stickers and a pipe***

Rules: -must be following me and zzvspecial (he made the pipe!) -one reblog per day please -likes don’t count -will go until I hit 20k followers -will choose one winner randomly who will have 24 hours to respond with their mailing address. If they don’t respond in time another person will be randomly chosen again.

Alright, good luck! ✌🏼️✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼