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  • Ramses Meredith @Ramses додав фотографію
    2025-08-12 01:31:37 ·
    This photograph, taken in 1900, captures a woman whose presence defied every expectation of her time. She wasn’t a maid or a nanny, as many assumed she was a personal bodyguard to the King of Dahomey, a powerful West African kingdom in what is now Benin, known for its elite all-female warriors:

    the Dahomey Amazons.

    Standing over 2.5 meters tall by some accounts, she was said to possess extraordinary strength able to lift a grown man with a single arm and her combat skills were the stuff of legend. But rather than honoring her legacy, the colonial gaze reduced her to spectacle. British newspapers spoke of her not as a warrior, but as a novelty:

    “This dark-skinned beauty… will soon visit our major cities,” they wrote, blind to the remarkable history standing before them.

    Her name was Ella Abomah Williams, also known as Madame Abomah. Today, she is largely forgotten by mainstream history.

    But her story endures as a powerful reminder: sometimes, heroes are hidden in plain sight., overlooked not because they lack greatness, but because the world never learned how to see it.

    Credits: osagie_ero
    This photograph, taken in 1900, captures a woman whose presence defied every expectation of her time. She wasn’t a maid or a nanny, as many assumed she was a personal bodyguard to the King of Dahomey, a powerful West African kingdom in what is now Benin, known for its elite all-female warriors: the Dahomey Amazons. Standing over 2.5 meters tall by some accounts, she was said to possess extraordinary strength able to lift a grown man with a single arm and her combat skills were the stuff of legend. But rather than honoring her legacy, the colonial gaze reduced her to spectacle. British newspapers spoke of her not as a warrior, but as a novelty: “This dark-skinned beauty… will soon visit our major cities,” they wrote, blind to the remarkable history standing before them. Her name was Ella Abomah Williams, also known as Madame Abomah. Today, she is largely forgotten by mainstream history. But her story endures as a powerful reminder: sometimes, heroes are hidden in plain sight., overlooked not because they lack greatness, but because the world never learned how to see it. Credits: osagie_ero
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  • Ramses Meredith @Ramses поділився посиланням
    2025-08-06 16:10:06 ·
    https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2025-08-05-case-against-italian-pm-meloni-over-release-of-libyan-suspect-dismissed/
    https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2025-08-05-case-against-italian-pm-meloni-over-release-of-libyan-suspect-dismissed/
    Case against Italian PM Meloni over release of Libyan suspect dismissed
    www.timeslive.co.za
    An Italian judicial body has dropped a case against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who had been placed under investigation following the release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court, she said on Monday.
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  • Ramses Meredith @Ramses поділився посиланням
    2025-08-03 22:08:41 ·
    A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinoceroses with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents.

    #south #africa #rhino

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/31/rhino-horns-made-radioactive-to-foil-traffickers-in-south-african-project
    A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinoceroses with radioactive isotopes that it says are harmless for the animals but can be detected by customs agents. #south #africa #rhino https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/31/rhino-horns-made-radioactive-to-foil-traffickers-in-south-african-project
    Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project
    www.theguardian.com
    Isotopes can be detected at airports and borders even in large containers and are harmless to the animals
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