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Africa's healthcare systems face major challenges, from workforce shortages to gaps in infrastructure. In the latest episode of Africa Science Focus, reporter Michael Kaloki speaks with AI experts about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving change across the continent.Charles Waka explains how AI is optimising maternal and neonatal healthcare, improving outcomes for mothers and newborns. Ndisha Mwakala, a former health information systems advisor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses how limited African data was a major hurdle in developing an AI tool to identify patients most at risk of HIV and connect them to testing and treatment.Zakia Salod, South African researcher in medical AI and bioinformatics, highlights how AI-powered tools like her VAXIN8 are accelerating vaccine development. Darlington Akogo, CEO of minoHealth AI Labs, discusses how his AI tool, Moremi, streamlines disease diagnosis, treatment planning, and prescription, while Uzma Alam, programme lead for science policy engagement at the Science for Africa Foundation, stresses the need for investment in AI research to maximise its benefits.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This podcast was supported by the Science Granting Councils Initiative which aims to strengthen the institutional capacities of 18 public science funding agencies in Sub-Saharan Africa.   Africa Science Focus is produced by SciDev.Net and distributed in association with your local radio stationDo you have any comments, questions or feedback about our podcast episodes? Let us know at podcast@scidev.net

Welcome to Behind the Mic: Powered by REVOLT Podcast Network, where we spotlight voices shaping the culture. This week, I'm joined by Kabelo, aka Big Frat, co-host of The Sobering Podcast. From law school to podcasting, Kabelo shares his unique journey of blending creativity, curiosity, and culture. In this episode, Kabelo talks about his love for music, cinema, and style—breaking down how these passions fuel his creativity. He reveals how stoicism (Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday) shaped his mindset, why Chuck Taylors are a style icon, and what Fight Club taught him about ego and self-discovery. We also dive into trending topics like TikTok's influence on music, fashion collaborations, and AI in music production during our rapid-fire "Overrated or Underrated" game. Plus, Kabelo shares his aspirations of being the flyest 70-year-old ever—proof that personal growth never stops! "It's like the biggest vice that I have is anything music related whether it be live music, whether it be streaming, whether it be visuals, but anything from a music perspective." - Kabelo Moremi Trending podcasts right now? Look no further. This conversation delivers insights into Black culture, creative storytelling, and personal growth. Perfect for those who enjoy podcasts about learning new things with a chill vibe. New episodes of Behind the Mic drop every Monday at 9 a.m. on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Hit that like button, subscribe, and comment below—what's your favorite take from Kabelo's story? Let us know! Follow Kabelo: @FratPacker on Instagram, TikTok, and X. Don't miss his show, The Sobering Podcast, available on YouTube and all major platforms. Big shoutout to his co-hosts and the Sobering team! For more Black podcasts to listen to, explore the REVOLT Podcast Network. Follow us @REVOLTPodcastNetwork on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads, and @REVOLTPodcast on X. Special thanks to REVOLT for highlighting diverse voices and to Indie Creative Network and Storytime Studios for producing this episode. Let's keep building this movement together! Chapters 00:30 Meet Kabelo Moremi: The Man Behind Big Frat 01:02 Kabelo's Passions and Interests 02:51 The Importance of Friendship and Family 04:10 Books, Shoes, and Movies That Inspire 06:34 Aspirations and Future Goals 07:06 Overrated or Underrated: The Game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of "Who is Moremi? I talked about the fascinating legend of Moremi Ajasoro, the Yoruba queen whose bravery and cunning saved her people. As I explore her remarkable journey, the cultural significance of her sacrifice, and how her legacy continues to inspire generations. Discover the story of a true heroine who stands as a symbol of courage and resilience in Nigerian history.

Está no ar a entrevista com Bia Moremi, fundadora da Brafrika, uma agência de afroturismo pioneira criada em 2019. Neste episódio, Bia compartilha sua inspiradora jornada no empreendedorismo, destacando como desenvolve produtos turísticos no Brasil e no exterior que celebram e preservam a rica história ancestral da população negra. No bate-papo, exploramos as belezas da África do Sul, descobrindo as paisagens deslumbrantes e a vibrante cultura deste país incrível. Bia revela os desafios e as conquistas de iniciar e gerir uma agência de afroturismo, além de discutir a importância de conectar-se com as raízes e a herança cultural através da ancestralidade e do DNA. Também falamos sobre compras e turismo consciente, com dicas sobre como fazer compras de maneira que beneficie as comunidades locais. Prepare-se para uma conversa envolvente e cheia de insights sobre o mundo do afroturismo, enquanto aprendemos como as viagens podem ser uma poderosa ferramenta de reconexão e empoderamento. Uma boa viagem! Siga o santa Melanina Podcast nas redes sociais. Estamos no Facebook e no instagran @santamelanania *Esse episódio foi gravado em Abril

Join the conversation with Moremi Elekwachi, a renowned personal branding expert, has transformed the careers and businesses of over 60 CEOs, executives, and public figures. She founded Mori Consulting and Coaching, a business dedicated to providing personalized guidance and support to founders and CEOs. The discussion really centres on the importance of personal branding and staying true to oneself, as Elekwachi, explains the importance of personal branding for businesses. In this spirited discussion, numerous key points that could transform the fundamental ways in which we as a nation approach business selling and marketing are mention. Give it a listen... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youngcerebral/message

Listen along as we discuss Netflix's three hundred and fourth film, the 2020 Nigerian drama ‘Citation' directed by Kunle Afolayan starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Temi Otedola and Bukunmi Oluwashina.   Please follow us at Flix Forum on Facebook or @flixforum on X (Twitter) and Instagram and answer our question for the episode, 'Why was there no mention or reference to Moremi's family?'   You can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Podbean so please subscribe and drop us a review or 5 star rating.    If you're interested in what else we are watching, head on over to our Letterboxd profiles; Jesse  MJ   We also have our own Flix Forum Letterboxd page! Links to all our past episodes and episode ratings can be found there by clicking here.    Next week we have 'What We Wanted', so check out the film before then. You can see the trailer here.   Flix Forum acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. 

Hi everyone, and welcome back to money power health, a podcast on how our health is influenced by wealth and power. As we discussed in our introductory episode with Sandro Galea, one of the main things that determines our health is the distribution of resources and opportunity, yet, when we think of data on health that might better inform decisions, we tend to focus on healthcare related data, on patients, disease prevalence, and risk factor epidemiology. This week I want to speak with someone who is trying to help decision-makers think more broadly, and more upstream, when it comes to data on health. As you will see my guest this week has already been at the heart of some very interesting work on inequalities and health, on who we think of, and whose voices we might include. Her own personal story is a testament to her tenacity, intelligence, and commitment to studying the causes and practical solutions to within and between country inequalities. This week I am speaking to Dr Salma Abdalla about going upstream, when it comes to data and decision-making. She is a Sudanese medical doctor, is an Assistant Professor in Global Health and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. She studies how data on the social, economic, and commercial determinants can be used to inform decision-making on health and health equity in different contexts. She also studies the effects of trauma on global population mental health. She has published over 50 scientific journal articles, co-authored 8 reports and policy briefs, and co-authored 9 book chapters. She was the Director of the 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data science and Decision making. She also served as a secretariat member for the WHO Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Abdalla was also engaged in advocacy efforts to incorporate the voices of young people in setting the global public health agenda for several years. She was elected the Secretary General of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations for the term 2013-2014. She was also named an emerging voice in global health in 2018 and a Moremi fellow for young women leadership in Africa in 2012. You can find out more about the 3D commission here: https://3dcommission.health The paper on global health scholarship we discussed is here: https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e002884 The paper on CVD prevalence by wealth is here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32975572/ The paper that makes reference to "prisoners of the proximate" which I couldn't remember (!) is by AJ McMichael and is here: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/149/10/887/172868 Thanks for listening as always.

Support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Please use the links below: Support Via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TLHBRAF6GVQT6 Support via card https://swiftpay.accessbankplc.com/OsazuwaAkonedo/send-money This episode is also available as a blog post: https://osazuwaakonedo.news/45-scale-through-for-queen-moremi-contest/25/11/2022/ 45 Scale Through For Queen Moremi Contest ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Ogunwusi #Ooni #Palace #Ajansoro #Moremi #OsazuwaAkonedo https://osazuwaakonedo.news/45-scale-through-for-queen-moremi-contest/25/11/2022/ By Otunba Olafare --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/osazuwaakonedo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/osazuwaakonedo/support

Pack of 6 wild dogs with 2 pups hunt and kill 2 impalas. Sheer chaos! Exciting to follow the chase. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://etbtravelphotography.com/2022/10/18/day-5-botswana-safari-in-moremi-game-reserve/

Emily spills everything on the double Queen herself, Moremi Ajasoro. About the absolute MENSA-esque bombshell from Ile Ife (current day Nigeria) who caught the eye of two kings, and took down an entire kingdom... but at a great price.You can find the information packed video on Moremi at https://youtu.be/JBFOyQ6BsrUJoin our Patreon for extra content! patreon.com/spillthemeadMusic is composed by Nicholas Leigh nicholasleighmusic.comFind us on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook @spillthemeadpodcastFind Madi @myladygervais on Instagram and @ladygervais on TikTokFind Emily @ladybourdon on Instagram and @lady.bourdon on TikTok

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Mpho Putini is talking to Mmatema Moremi, a Gifted songwriter and gospel artist about her music career. She takes us where it all started until being a recording artist.

In the first episode, Orisha Oko, the Yoruba god of farming and hunting, tries to keep people from practicing bad magic. If you were found guilty of practicing magic, the demon Polo would cut off your head. After Oko left, a man tried to continue the tradition, but could not be a powerful as Oko and Polo. What happened then? In the second story, Moremi is the wise and beautiful queen of the Ile-Ife. He people are the subject of many raids from the neighboring Igbo who look more like monster than men. Moremi promises to give a great sacrifice to the river god if she can find out the secrets of Igbo. She is soon after captured and learns their secrets. Will the sacrifice of animals be enough to satisfy the river god? In the third story, Bat is fighting on the side of his cousins, the mice. When he sees the battle start to turn in the favor of the birds, he switches sides and loses the respect of all. Source: Yoruba Legands M.I. Ogumefu 1929 Sound FX: Birds, Rain and Thunder AMB by Idalize from www.freesound.org Recorded in a residential area near a highway in Lynnwood, Pretoria. The recorder was next to a road, handheld under an umbrella pointed towards a flock of various birds and a cloudy, lightly raining sky. Raining, bird-singing, light thundering, watery, nature sounds. Music: Fofonye - Song in ewé recorded by DL01 on www.freesound.org Fofonye (="my big brother") - Ewe religious song interpreted this morning by 17 year old Venunye, in Agou, Togo. Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Podcast Shoutout: ZED 1 - A PODCAST Rom Zom Com Podcast following a Couple surviving the Zombie Apocalypse AND their Marriage One Ep at a time! Listener Shoutout: Trinidad and Tobago Photo Credit: Candomblé nel Museu Afro-Brasileiro, Salvador by Sailko Creative Commons --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandman-stories/message

Congrats to Richard Enriquez, who won week 1 of #moxiemillion, by sharing the show to help it reach 1 million downloads this month! Cleopatra-schmeopatra!  Hear the stories of three queens of Africa who should also be household names (though only two of them for good reasons). Links to all the research resources are on the website. 3:06 Moremi of Ife 10:54 Amanirena of Kush 23:00 Ranavalona I of Madagascar  Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram.  Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi.  Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesilyan, Dan Henig. Sponsors: What Was That Like, Sly Fox Trivia, Sambucol Want to start a podcast or need a better podcast host?  Get up to TWO months hosting for free from Libsyn with coupon code "moxie."   When King Karam of Zazzau, a Hausa city-state in what would become Nigeria, died in 1576, he successor has already been waiting to take the throne for 28 years.  After being schooled in political and military matters and proving themselves a skilled warrior, they had been named ‘Magajiya' or heir apparent at age 16.  King Kurama's favorite grandchild would eventually become Queen Aminatu.  My name…   History and folklore have a tendency to intertwine.  This can happen especially when the history has been systematically eradicated.  You'll hear me mention or notice on your own a lot of gaps and uncertainty in today's stories.  The history of Africa is the least well-known or widespread of any continents.  The cause for this is as sad as it is obvious.  Europeans in Africa saw no great libraries or troves of history books, so they assumed the peoples of Africa had kept no history.  In fact, their histories were kept orally, a system that worked out fine until some whitey, the blue-eyed devil, paddy-o, fay gray boy, honkey melon-farmers showed up and started kidnapping and killing people en masse.  Victims of the Atlantic slave trade would be intentionally removed from their families and neighbords and mixed together with people from other communities.  This meant a lack of common language, which was meant to stymie unrest and uprisings on New World plantations.  It also meant that those who knew their history had no one else of their nation to pass it on to, as well as all the gaps created in the collective knowledge back home.     But let's start well before Columbus “discovered” an island with half a million people living on it.   In the 12th century, life was nice for the Yoruba people in what is modern Nigeria, ruled by the beautiful and benevolent Queen Moremi Ajasoro, wife of Oranmiyan, the King of Ife-Ife, and mother to Oluorogbo.  But there was one small problem, and it's a big one.  Their neighbors, the Igbo, literally Forest People, had a persistent habit of raiding their villages to loot, pillage, and kidnap people into slavery, either for their own use or to sell.  This is *not the same as the Igbo ethnic group, and if my friend Phoenix is listening, did I say it right this time?  The raiders were not only terrifying for their violence, but also their strange, alien-like appearance.  So otherwordly were the Igbo that the Ife people thought they'd been sent by the gods as punishment.  The Ifes offered sacrifices to the gods, but all for naught.  The raids continued and the land was thrown into a state of panic.   Not one to sit idly by while her people suffered, Moremi hatched a plan, but she was going to need help and a lot of it.  She would allow herself to be taken prisoner by the Igbo so she could learn about them.  But before she put herself in such a precarious position, Moremi went to the river Esimirin and begged the goddess who lived there to help her save her people.  As the story goes, the river goddess said that she *would help, but only if Moremi would sacrifice that which was most precious and valuable to her.  Moremi was a queen, to wit, rollin' in dough, so she didn't hesitate to agree.  Whatever the river goddess wanted, surely she could spare it, and her people needed saving.   During the next Igbo raid Moremi allowed herself to be captured.  On account of her beauty, she was given to the King of the Igbos as a slave, but it was her keen intellect that allowed her to move up the ranks until she was made the anointed queen.  No idea how long that took or how many more raids happened in the meantime.  If you want to learn about a group of people, you need to infiltrate them and gain access to what they know.  Moremi was not only among the Igbo, she was their queen.  As spy-craft goes, that's S-tier work.  This was how she learned that the terrifying appearance of the raiders that had tormented her people was battle dress made from raffia palm and other grasses.  It made them look monster-y and demoralized their victims with pante-wetting terror, but if you know anything about dry grass and vegetation, you know that those costumes were extremely flammable.  The Ife didn't need spears and weapons to protect themselves.  All they needed was a bit of the old “How about a little fire, Scarecrow?”  She probably picked up tactics and such-like as well, but nobody who's written about her seems bothered to have written that down.  Same with her escape from the Igbo and return to Ife-Ife, which I'm sure was harrowing and adventuresome.  Either way, she returned to her people and said “You know those supernatural beings who've been pillaging and kidnapping us?  Yeah, they're just dudes and it turns out they're also covered in kindling.”  During the next Igbo raid, the Ife armed themselves with torches rather than weapons and were finally able to repel the invaders. [sfx cheer]  One assumes the Igbo backed off after that.  I mean, you didn't see Michael Jackson doing any more Pepsi commercials. [sfx unhappy crowd]  “Too soon”?  It was 1984.   Now that her people were safe, it was time to repay the river goddess for her help, so Moremi assembled a flock of cattle and other livestock, as well as cowrie shells and other valuables, a veritable lifetime's fortune, which she was glad to give up now.  But that wasn't what the goddess wanted, not even close.  As anyone who's ever heard a fairy tale can probably guess, the goddess wanted something much more valuable, more precious than all the commodities even a queen had to offer.  The river goddess demanded the life of Moremi's only son, Ela Oluorogbo.  To go back on her word would be to tempt an even worse fate for the Ife, so Moremi had no choice but to sacrifice Ela Oluorogbo to the river.  The Ifes wept to see this and vowed to their queen that they would all be her sons and daughters forever to repay and console her.   To this day, the Yoruba people mourn with her and hold her in the highest esteem of any women in the Kingdom.  According to sources, anyway.  If, like my friend Phoenix, you have family from that region and no better, not only do I not mind being corrected, I appreciate and even enjoy it, because it means I learned something.  You can always slide into my DM [soc med].  Queen Moremi is recognised by the Yoruba people because of this bravery and celebrated with the Edi Festival as well as with a 42ft/13m statue, popularly known as the "Queen Moremi Statue of Liberty," which is the tallest statue in Nigeria, and the fourth tallest in Africa.   [segue]   While the word “Nubian” is used broadly by many and incorrectly by most of those to refer to all things African or African-American, it refers to a specific region and its people.  In what is today Sudan, south of Egypt along the Nile, was the kingdom of Kush.  I'll wait while the stoners giggle.  By the way, if you work in the cannabis or CBD industry, I'd love to talk to you about doing voiceovers for your business.  My NPR voice, as we call it around the house, is just dripping with credibility.  The Kushites' northern neighbors, the Egyptians, referred to Nubia as, “Ta-Seti” which means the “Land of Bows,” in honor of the Nubian hunters' and warriors' prowess as archers.  Archery was not limited to men, an egalitarianism that gave rise to a number of women Nubian warriors and queens, the most famous of whom was Queen Amanirenas of Nubia, conqueror of the Romans.   Since 1071 BC, the peoples of East Africa had established a small realm along the Nile River valley south of Egypt known as the Kingdom of Kush.  Prior to their autonomy, the peoples of this region had been living under foreign occupation since around 1550 BC when they were absorbed by the Egyptian New Kingdom.  It was during that period that they adopted many aspects of Egyptian culture.  It was only during the catastrophic Bronze Age collapse that the Kushites were able to reassert their independence. By 754 BC, the Kushites actually managed to conquer their former overlords in the campaigns of King Piye and ruled them as the Pharaoh of the “Twenty-Fifth Dynasty.”  they were eventually pushed out of Egypt by the Assyrians by 674 BC, but still maintained independent rule over the region of Nubia.   For many centuries, this small autonomous kingdom had successfully coexisted alongside neighboring foreign dynasties that had been occupying the provincial territories of Egypt, such as the Achaemenid Persians and the Greeks of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.  It was at the end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, after the death of Cleopatra VII, the one we think of as Cleoptra, that things started to get a little hinky.  When the Roman Empire rose in prominence and annexed the territories of the House of Ptolemy by 30 BC, the Prefect, or appointed provincial governor for Egypt, Cornelius Gallus, attempted to make further incursions into the territories south of Egypt and impose taxation on the Kushites.  The Kushites said, collectively and officially, yeah, no.  They launched counter-attack raids against Roman settlements in southern Egypt in 27 BC The armies were led by the ruling Kushite monarchs at the time King Teriteqas and Queen (or Candace, meaning great woman) Amanirenas.   They began the campaign by launching [more] successful raids on Roman settlements Shortly after the war began, King Teriteqas was killed in battle, and was succeeded by his son Prince Akinidad, but Amanirenas was really in charge as queen regent.  In 24 BC, the Kushites launched another round of invasions into Roman Egypt after the new Prefect of Egypt Aelius Gallus was ordered by Emperor Augustus to launch an expedition into the province of Arabia Felix (now part of modern-day Yemen) against the Arabic Kingdom of Saba.  According to Strabo, the Kushites “sacked Aswan with an army of 30,000 men and destroyed imperial statues at the city of Philae.”  The Greek historian Strabo refers to Amanirenas as the “fierce one-eyed queen Candace.”  Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that?  Sorry, buried the lede there.  Amanirenas didn't lead her soldiers from the throne room, war room, or even a tent camp well behind the lines.  She was in the vanguard, properly leading as leaders these days can't be asked to.  Maybe if we required all the kings, presidents, prime ministers, dictators and their generals fight on the front lines with their sole heir beside them, things would be a little more chill up in this bish.  Amanirenas lost her eye to a nameless Roman soldier and I'm ready and willing to assume she immediately slew him in a single epic, slow-motion swing of her short-sword.      The Kushites had also met and engaged a Roman detachment outside the city of Syene.  The battle was another astounding victory for the Kushites, but these successes would be short-lived That same year, in a battle at Dakka, Prince Akinidad fell, just as his father had, and the Kushites fell back, but took with them all of the riches and slaves they had acquired.  The expedition of Aelius Gallus proved disastrous, as the movement of the army depended on a guide named Syllaeus, who deliberately misdirected them, costing them months of marching.  When they finally reached the capital city of Ma'rib, Sabean, Gallus' siege lasted only a week before he was forced to withdraw due to a combination of disease, the harsh desert climate, and the over-extension of supply lines.  That's basically the trifecta of reasons behind a larger army's retreat.  The Roman navy did better, occupying and then destroying the port of Eudaemon, thus securing the naval merchant trade route to India through the Red Sea, which was no small yams.   Having failed utterly at bringing the Kushite's to heel, Gallus lost his Prefect job to Publius Petronius, who then took his legions and marched directly into Kushite territory, looting and pillaging villages and towns before finally reaching the capital of Napata in 23 BC.  The Kushites attempted to get their own back with a siege of Primis, but Petronius broke through.  It was at this point that the Kushites sued for peace.  You might be thinking that Rome had Kush on the back foot and this was a desperate surrender to save their skins.  Well you can put that out of your mind right now.  The Kushites *did send negotiators to Augustus in 21 BC and a peace treaty *was negotiated, but it was remarkably very favorable to the Kushites.  Rome would pull its soldiers from the southern region called the Thirty-Mile Strip, including the city of Primis,  and the Kushites were exempt from paying tribute.  More importantly, they had managed to secure their autonomy and remain free from Roman occupation.  When have you ever heard of Rome, or any conquering army, giving terms like that?  That leads historians and armchair historians alike, myself included, to conclude that Rome was shaking in their sandals at the prospect of having to continue to fight Amanirena and her warriors on their home turf.  It was worth giving up whole cities and forgoing tribute to stop being beaten by them.    Although the Kushites had managed to retain their independence, Rome's monopoly on Mediterranean trade plus their newly established trade route to India, greatly diminished Kush's economic influence during the 1st and 2nd century CE.  The rising Kingdom of Axum in Ethiopia managed to push the Kushites out of the Red Sea trade which led to even further decline that resulted in the Axumites invading the kingdom and sacking Meroë around 350 AD and that was pretty much that for the kingdom of Kush.  But I've saved my favorite part of Amanirenas' story for last: the souvenir.  When Kush troops moved through an area that had already been conquered by Rome, the warriors would destroy anything Roman that they found, chiefly buildings and statues.  With Augustus being emperor, there were a lot of statues of him about and the Kushites said “get rekt, son” to every last one of them.  The head of one bronze statue was taken back to Meroe, where it was discovered during an archeological dig in 1912, positioned directly below the feet of a Kushite monarch on a wall mural.  Apart from the sick burn, the head was also significant for being the only head of a statue of Augustus ever found that still had the bright white inlays for the eyes, so when you look at it, link in the show notes, Augustus looks like he's permanently, perpetually surprised to have been beaten by a widowed queen with one eye.   MIDROLL   While I'd happily humor debate, especially over a pint and a basket of fries, I'll stake my position Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar is the bloodiest queen in world history.  People should think of her, not Lady MacBeth or Elizabeth Bathory, when they need an icon for ‘woman with blood on her hands.'  From the start of her reign, she tortured and killed her rivals and presided over the untold suffering of her own people.  In those 33 years, while also successfully repelling European attempts to dominate the country, her orders reduced the population of Madagascar by half, or *more.     Born with a commoner with the name Rabodoandrianampoinimerina in 1778, Princess Ranavalona found upward mobility quickly when her father helped foil an assassination plot being assembled by the king's uncle.  As a reward, King Andrianampoinimerina (y'all should see these names) betrothed Ranavalona to his son and heir Prince Ra and declared that any child from this union would be first in the line of succession after Radama.  Talk about a glow-up.  Ranavalona wasn't the only wife, nor was she the favorite, though at least she was the first, and it probably didn't help their relationship when Radama became king and immediately executed all potential rivals, as was the custom, which included some of Ranavalona's relatives.  When Radama died in 1828, possibly of syphilis, possibly of poison, having not managed to get one child from his dozen wives,  according to local custom, the rightful heir was Rakotobe, the eldest son of Radama's eldest sister.    Rakatobe was considered to be intelligent, as he was the first people to have studied at the first school established by the London mission, which also made him sympathetic to the ambitions and efforts of the European missionaries and businessmen who sought to establish themselves on the island.  R was still a threat, though, as any child she bore would be the heir before Rakatobe, so she had to go.  The military supported R and helped to secure her place on the throne.  Rakatobe, his family, and supporters were put to death, the men with spears and the women starved in prison.  R then ceremonially bathed in the blood of a ceremonial bull.  For anyone who wants a sense of how the rest of this story is going to go, that sets the tone pretty accurately.    At her coronation, she gave a warning to those who would seek to undermine her authority.  “Never say ‘she is only a feeble and ignorant woman, how can she rule such a vast empire?' I will rule here to the good fortune of my people and the glory of my name, I will worship no gods, but those of my ancestors, the ocean shall be the boundary of my realm, and I will not cede the thickness of one hair of my realm.”  So Rana woke up this morning and chose violence, huh?  The late king had attempted to modernize the military by building modern forts and cribbing Napoleonic tactics.  To achieve this, he'd signed treaties with the British and French for supplies and arms, as well as allowing Christian missions to be built.  In turn, the European powers sought to establish dominance over the nation, which is information I will find under W for ‘Who could ever have foreseen that comma sarcastic.'  From the very beginning of her reign, Rona walked that back,ending treaties with the British and restricting the activities of the missions, just little stuff like banning the teaching of Christianity in the missionary schools.  Three years into her reign, King Charles the 10th of France ordered the invasion of Madagascar, but the malaria and political strife back home forced them to pack it in, a big check in Rana's win column.  But just for good measure, she ordered the heads of the dead French soldiers to be placed on spikes along the beaches.  The Queen soon turned her attention to her Christian subjects and a few European missionaries and traders who remained.  If you were caught practicing Christianity. you could expect to be beaten and hundreds were arrested.  Once imprisoned, they face torture and starvation, which beats being hung from a cliff and left to die of exposure in the tropical heat.  Whatever horrific fate they chose for you, your family had to watch.  Rana was not a nice lady, I really can't stress that enough.  Though there were some Christians who kept themselves to themselves and managed to outlive her.     If you were up on charges of treason, you'd face an ordeal by food.  You'd be forced to eat three servings of chicken skin and a poisonous nute from the tangena tree.  If you threw up all of the chicken, and just the chicken, you were free to go.  But it you didn't vomit up all three pieces, you'd be executed, or probably dead from the poison, six of one.  For every other crime, you'll be treated to a nice boiling, either water or oil, depending on the day, or, and here's a phrase, incremental dismemberment.  Queen Rana, I should mention, also did away with trial by jury, because that was a European thing.     Whilst the Queen was fiercely anti European,she was very much aware of her need to modernize.  Madagascar needed industry of its own.  In 1831, a French industrialist and adventurer named Jean Laborde presented himself to the queen after he found himself shipwrecked on Madagascar.  Labardi was soon made the chief engineer to the court, and possibly father of Rana's son Rakoto, charged with building a giant factory to turn out cannons, weapons, soap, ceramics and cement, with the “help” of 20,000 enslaved laborers.  Her military was paid by the kingdom, but not well, but they had a benefit to offset that – official permission to pillage, loot, and extract any value from her subjects.     In 1845, new laws meant that all foreigners on the island would be forced to take part in the public work, many were able to leave Madagascar to avoid such servitude, but the people who lived there weren't so lucky.  These works were usually performed by slaves or by those who hadn't paid their taxes and would find themselves in bondage for the remainder of their lives.  That may not be too long, when you consider how many people they literally worked to death, tens of thousands.  Per year.  To make sure there would always be enough expendable labor in Madagascar, Queen Rana abolished the export of enslaved people.  Importing them, still A-ok.     The public works were bad enough, but the enslaved could never have imagined the horror that would come with the 1845 buffalo hunt.  Have you ever heard of the extravagant boar or deer hunting expeditions/parties of ye olde times and thought they sounded completely extra and nuts?  They look like a carpool to the grocery store in comparison.  The Queen ordered the royal court to embark on a buffalo hunt through the malaria infested swamps and jungles.  In order to allow the royal party to travel more comfortably, some 20,000 forced laborers were sent into the jungles to build a road.  Not a road to one place or between two places, a road that existed solely for this trip.  An estimated 10,000 enslaved men, women and children died due to disease and the harsh conditions.  Mosquitos and bacteria have no care for rank and many of their 50,000 strong hunting party would die in the jungles.  I mean, it was still *mainly servants and slaves dying.  who died by the end of the hunting trip.  And how many innocent buffalo got wiped out in this boondogle debacle? [sfx paper rustling] Let me check.  In round figures, zero.  [in different languages]  1000s died on a buffalo hunt that killed no buffalo, all because the Queen wanted to go on a buffalo hunt.    It is not surprising that many within the Queen's Own court were eager to dispose of her, but the closest anyone got was when her Son Rakoto gave French businessman Joseph-François Lambert exclusive rights to the lumber, minerals, lumber and unused land on the 4th largest island in the world.  All Lambert had to do on his end was get rid of the Queen and make room for Prince Rakoto to become King Radama II.  Lambert attempted to obtain support from the French and British governments, to no avail.  In 1855, the Prince wrote in secret to Napoleon III of France, but Boni III left him on read.  It was not until 1857 that the coup was actually attempted and you might surmise by my use of the word “attempted” that it did not work.  Queen Rana responded by expelling all Europeans from Madagascar and seizing all of their assets.  With their oppressors gone, the enslaved worked in the factories burned those mothers down.  The prince faced no consequences and his actions were downplayed, as though he had been led astray by smooth-talking Europeans eager to exploit their country.    Speaking of no consequences, Queen Ranavalona I died peacefully in her sleep at the impressive-even-today age of 83. While she was one of the few African rulers to keep Europe at bay, but more than half million suffered and died during her 33 year rule.  Per her orders, the country entered into the official mourning period.  The bloodiest queen in history was dead, but she wasn't off-brand.  12,000 zebu cattle were slaughtered, though the meat was distributed to the people; and during the burial, a stray spark ignited a barrel of gunpowder destined for use in the ceremony, which caused an explosion and fire that destroyed many of the surrounding buildings and killed many people.   And that's… The Hausa Queen Amina reigned spectacularly for 34 years, winning wars, enlarging her territory, introducing kola nut cultivation and metal armor, and making sure her traders had safe passage throughout the Sahara region.  Today, she is remembered not only for her bravery, but also for building fortification walls called “ganuwar Amina” around her cities.  Remember…Thanks..   Sources: https://www.pulse.ng/bi/lifestyle/7-most-powerful-african-queens-in-history-you-need-to-know/dwhncf5 https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/amanirenas https://artsandculture.google.com/story/queen-amanirenas-the-story-of-the-white-nile-nubi-archeress/bALSN3WTK_YEJA https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/Who-Was-the-One-Eyed-Queen-Who-Defeated-Caesar https://face2faceafrica.com/article/amanirenas-the-brave-one-eyed-african-queen-who-led-an-army-against-the-romans-in-24bc https://historyofyesterday.com/madagascars-mad-queen-that-you-ve-never-heard-of-25e27ebe121d https://www.madamagazine.com/en/die-schreckensherrschaft-ranavalonas-i/ https://oldnaija.com/2019/11/06/moremi-ajasoro-history-of-the-brave-queen-of-ile-ife/ https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/queen-moremi-did-you-know-about-the-courageous-legend-whose-statue-is-the-tallest-in/hr4llg4 https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/hausa-queen-amina-51267.php TikTok: https://africanpoems.net/modern-poetry-in-oral-manner/moremi-ajasoro/  

Join Sandra and me as we talk about visiting Botswana, one of the most exclusive and expensive safari destinations. The Okavango Delta is bursting with wildlife which changes with the seasons as the plains flood. You may see a lion giving birth near your room, elephants walking right in front of your plunge pool, or the second largest zebra migration in the world.   We share our favorite luxury lodges and how they compare. We talk about the many active ways to go on safari as well as how to relax and be pampered while you are there.   Visit truvaytravel.com/31 for a video of today's show and additional resources.

On this episode, I had an impressive time learning with Lillian Moremi on the changes that has influenced career choices and how people should choose a career path today. Lillian has over ten years of experience in driving the youth development agenda, specifically focusing on youth leadership and promoting youth employment services in Africa preparing young people for the labour market and access to sustainable jobs. She is the Founder of Botswana Student Network, and currently Learning and Development Consultant at Career Coaching (Pty) Ltd, a social enterprise she founded in 2013 to promote skills development and productivity in the workplace. Her work involves helping organisations successfully transition youth from school to the world of work. Lillian is Girls 4 Girls Botswana Country Team Leader, a mentorship network empowering women to lead; moderator of YouMatch (GIZ project), a global network of experts in employment services, member of International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and YALI Alumni (Young African Leader Initiative – Mandela Washington Fellowship). For more useful content, visit www.greatowete.com #FutureReady

Salih talks with Senora Bolarinwa, Founder/Director of the Moremi Initiative, about her decarceration work and commitment to liberating those with convictions based solely on the testimony of “junk science” expert witnesses and her quest to reduce the harmful effects of the child support system's arrears policy for returning citizens.

In this episode, I attempt to read and translate the story of Moremi. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yorubamelekenka/message

She was brave, fierce, yet beautiful, benevolent and bold. To her children, she was a mother, to her enemies, she was a terror. Her name was Moremi Ajasoro.Find out in this intriguing episode the great prize a mother had to pay to save her kingdom.

She was brave, fierce, yet beautiful, benevolent and bold. To her children, she was a mother, to her enemies, she was a terror. Her name was Moremi Ajasoro.Find out in this intriguing episode the great prize a mother had to pay to save her kingdom.

She was brave, fierce, yet beautiful, benevolent and bold. To her children, she was a mother, to her enemies, she was a terror. Her name was Moremi Ajasoro.Find out in this intriguing episode the great prize a mother had to pay to save her kingdom.

African Myths of Origin, Moremi. Follow me on IG: @Everythingsjustphine --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phines-jackson-jr7/support

In this episode, Haleemah and Sesi talk about Yoruba historical figure, Queen Moremi and her impact.

In episode 10 of "The Podcast Sessions", we speak to Kitso Moremi - multi award-winning sound engineer and The Sobering Podcast co-founder. In this episode Kitso speaks to host, Rutendo Nyamuda about the tech side of podcasting, including the right microphone to use, what to listen for in a room as well things to listen out for in post-production / editing.

In episode 10 of "The Podcast Sessions", we speak to Kitso Moremi - multi award-winning sound engineer and The Sobering Podcast co-founder. In this episode Kitso speaks to host, Rutendo Nyamuda about the tech side of podcasting, including the right microphone to use, what to listen for in a room as well things to listen out for in post-production / editing.

Watching the movie #Citation made me discover a faulty thinking of mine that places the full responsibility on the woman in the event of a rape case. Acknowledging this thought of mine was really critical for me and I also thought to share it with you :)  If you have not seen this movie, now is a good time to do so and I would love to hear your thoughts. Were you (like me) unconsciously placing the burden on Moremi for the actions she took? That said, Kunle Afolayan's movies are always thought-provoking and this was no different. I shared some of the lessons I learned from the movie in this episode and hope you enjoy it also!

Today's story is a bit different. We look into the legend of one of the most popular figures in Nigeria, Queen Moremi Ajasoro. This story shows how she saved the people of Ile Ife through bravery, wisdom and sacrifice. Queen Moremi continues to be immortalised till this day I hope you enjoy this piece of our history. Sit back and Relax, let me take you back to Africa. Some places to read this story: https://bizwatchnigeria.ng/the-legend-of-queen-moremi/ https://www.legit.ng/1172653-the-story-ile-ifes-unforgettable-female-legend-moremi-ajasoro.html

When you think about Public Relations, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? For most people, they think damage control, others think press briefings, or image laundering. But there's more to it, according to Moremi Elekwachi, founder and CEO of Euphorique PR.Moremi's experience in public relations spans two continents and various cultures. On Breakfast Connect, she talks about being hands-on, creating a safe and fun work environment and rendering bespoke services to clients.

When you think about Public Relations, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? For most people, they think damage control, others think press briefings, or image laundering. But there's more to it, according to Moremi Elekwachi, founder and CEO of Euphorique PR.Moremi's experience in public relations spans two continents and various cultures. On Breakfast Connect, she talks about being hands-on, creating a safe and fun work environment and rendering bespoke services to clients.

When you think about Public Relations, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? For most people, they think damage control, others think press briefings, or image laundering. But there's more to it, according to Moremi Elekwachi, founder and CEO of Euphorique PR.Moremi's experience in public relations spans two continents and various cultures. On Breakfast Connect, she talks about being hands-on, creating a safe and fun work environment and rendering bespoke services to clients.

Ever wanted to make a real difference in your community? Did you consider starting an NGO. . Today's guest walks us through the key things that must be in place before you even think of establishing an organisation of your own. She walks us through her career and 3 ingredients you need if you are venturing out on your own as a young person and we learn some mistakes to avoid making. . . Chidi Koldsweat is an international development professional and founder of Donors for Africa, which strengthens the capacity of African social innovators, non-profits and social enterprises to access funds , achieve their vision and build sustainable organizations. Chidi has received accolades and awards including being finalist in CEO Global Africa's most influential woman in management and Africa's 25 most outstanding emerging women leaders under the Moremi initiative for Leadership (MILEAD). . . In this episode we discuss, 3 crucial career lessons to always remember, no matter the industry you are Common mistakes people make when starting an NGO Foundational principles to writing a successful funding/grant application. Where to find funding for your next project. . . To contact Chidi , please check her instagram page @donorsforafrica , learn how to build your notprofit email list , join the free challenge http://eepurl.com/gQKBrb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you like this episode , please don't forget to Subscribe, rate and leave a review on apple podcast. Thank you Follow https://www.instagram.com/247girlboss/ . Ready to take on the challenge? Take the first steps to creating a career blueprint in 5days. . Sign up for the FREE Careers-by-design-a-beginners-guide - Are you trying to change careers but not sure how to craft your cv to stand out, why not take the "Create a standout CV for Career Change" Masterclass 247girlbossacademy.teachable.com/p/create-a-stand-out-cv-for-career-change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Be the first to know when new episodes are released and to get great discount on products and services features on the podcast. Join the mailing list and receive our regular 247Girlboss -Newsletter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Thanks for listening , please don't forget to subscribe! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get 2 weeks free of Headliner Pro. https://make.headliner.app/referral/247girlboss_iwtUQK

The guys spend time talking with playwright, comic-book author and filmmaker Sewedo Nupowaku about his stage play Moremi and the comic book scene in Nigeria.

The guys spend time talking with playwright, comic-book author and filmmaker Sewedo Nupowaku about his stage play Moremi and the comic book scene in Nigeria.

Ep. 02. History, heritage, tourism, theatre and the rise of musicals in Nigeria - all showcased in the Reloaded production of 'MOREMI The Musical'. Featured in this episode: Princess Ronke Ademiluyi, Toyin Oshinaike, Joshua Alabi, Tunji Sotimirin and Benneth Ogbeiwi.

Queen Moremi was a beautiful woman with a heart for her people who were suffering. She couldn't continue to sit by and do nothing....

Today we chat with Olu Khonjwayo Director of Property Talk with Olu-K, Justin Easthorpe Provincial Sales Manager at Ooba & Sakhile Moremi member of Mikateko Property Stokvel & CEO of SK Heights a property investment company about how to get your Stokvel started in investing in property.

Hear about travel to Botswana on safari as I, the Amateur Traveler, relates stories from his recent experience on mobile safari in Botswana's Okavango Delta and a Safari Camp experience in the Kalahari desert on a press trip with Botswana Trek.

Hear about travel to Botswana on safari as I, the Amateur Traveler, relates stories from his recent experience on mobile safari in Botswana's Okavango Delta and a Safari Camp experience in the Kalahari desert on a press trip with Botswana Trek.

Hear about travel to Botswana on safari as I, the Amateur Traveler, relates stories from his recent experience on mobile safari in Botswana's Okavango Delta and a Safari Camp experience in the Kalahari desert on a press trip with Botswana Trek.

Hierdie is deel twee in 'n gesprek met Gerrie van Eeden en Toast Coetzer oor Botswana. Luister eers die eerste episode voor jy hierdie een aanpak. In hierdie episode praat ons onder meer oor hoe om waterkruisings te takel in Moremi, sand te ry in Savutu, en watter belangrike toerusting jy nie by die huis moet los nie.