Happy Africa Day 2019!
This born and bred African only just found out that today is Africa Day and this week is Africa Week! So here goes:
Happy Africa Day 2019!
What Is Africa Day?
According to this article What You Need To Know About The Origin Of Africa Day
- Africa Day was first celebrated 56 years ago in Ethiopia
- It is celebrated on 25 May to commemorate the foundation of the OAU (Organization of African Unity)
- Africa Day is a public holiday in 9 African countries
- There is a theme for Africa Day and for 2019 it is "Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Life:"
To Africans All Around The World & In Africa
Happy Africa Day 2019!
From Africa to Other Nations - Happy Africa Day!
Come visit Africa, it's a continent of contrasts and absolute beauty!
What Does this Have To Do With WA?
One of the things I love the most about our community is that we are truly an international platform! We celebrate each others successes and commiserate with each others challenges, without any concern for skin colour, nationality, religion, education or gender!
Thank you for reading, enjoy the weekend!
Blessing always
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"What Does this Have To Do With WA?
One of the things I love the most about our community is that we are truly an international platform! We celebrate each others successes and commiserate with each others challenges, without any concern for skin colour, nationality, religion, education or gender!" - Louise BT
Thank you Louise for bringing it home, the Annual Commemoration of the Foundation of the Organisation of African Unity now known as the African Union. Great post.
Thank you for sharing.
Regards from Canada,
Paul.
Hi Paul
Was that a "click to tweet" moment :-) I am so glad to see you appreciated what I said.
My pleasure to share.
Regards to Canada too!
Blessings
Louise
Hi Louise.
I'm not enthusiastic about Africa. It is wasted potential wrapped up in balls of ignorance, packed in cartons of incompetence and tied up in ribbons of corruption.
I can't speak for the whole of Africa but I can say something about Nigeria.
Some get to ask a God a question as a special blessing.
Before he died, Yasser Arafat went to God and asked, "Will there ever be peace between Israel and Palestine?"
YES, said God, BUT NOT IN YOUR LIFETIME.
One pope (name withheld) asked God, "Will you ever place a greater baboon than Richard Nixon into the White House?"
YES, said God, IN YOUR LIFETIME.
President Yar'Adua, before he died, asked God, "Will Nigeria ever become a strong and stable country, free of corruption, respecting the rule of law?"
MAYBE, said God. BUT NOT IN MY LIFETIME. 😜
Regards,
Hi Tayo
You made me laugh, as always 😂 Thank you for that.
On the subject on all the things wrong with Africa - that's right, you won't have me defending or denying any of it. The people who could (& should, in my humble opinion) make a difference, all leave the rest of us suckers "holding the baby". I belong to a few Facebook groups and am frequently subjected to the many criticisms about Africa by folk who are living in comfort as far away as they possibly can without even lifting a finger to vote from their new homeland. Yeah, we could have a healthy debate on this topic my friend 😊
Blessings always
Louise
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"without even lifting a finger to vote from their new homeland"
I'm guilty of this. In fact, until you said so, the thought hadn't even crossed my mind. I do have a defence though.
**No one can help those who don't wish to be helped.** I wasted two precious decades trying to make a difference, but all I got for my troubles was a bad back and a deep cynicism.
I'm done.
"Yeah, we could have a healthy debate on this topic my friend 😊"
Looking forward to it. 😊👍
Hello there
If you're done there is no debate, just different choices & opinions.
We all get to choose & then live with those choices.
It's never too late to change a choice though - just saying ☺️
Thanks for this. I'm African and living on the African continent. I reada bit on the internet but I didn't know about this day.
Hi there
So that's two of us Africans who learned about our day today ☺️
Hope you're celebrating now you know.
Blessings
Louise
I didn't celebrate but I certainly appreciate your telling us about this. I may celebrate next time if I don't forget about it.
Interesting. Memorial Day is a holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring people who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces and is this coming Monday (celebrated this whole weekend).
I love African day's "Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Life:" theme. I will keep African Day in mind all weekend long ;-)
I'm not sure what the correct wish would be for something like a Memorial Day, whatever it is, that is what I'm sending your way.
Enjoy the theme for Africa day as you commemorate the USA heroes.
Blessings
Louise
Thank you so much for this information,and education .So interesting !
You are so spot on re WA. We are international and yes we do celebrate one another !
How refreshing !
Hi Elaine
It's my pleasure to share. I've been so focused on SAC that my brain closed down for everything else, it's great to come up for some air 😊
Blessings
Louise
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Yeess!! I celebrate this day every year.
I am half-blood and my African part is also
important for me. Then I eat fondue on Swiss
National Day and for African Day I make a buffet
at home where I invite all my family, friends and my neighbors.
Long live to our beautiful AFRICA!!!
Ingrid
Hi Ingrid
Absolutely, long live our beautiful AFRICA@
Awesome to hear that you are celebrating!
Blessings
Louise