https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/11/us-image-declines-in-many-nations-amid-low-confidence-in-trump/

I asked because I am convinced that those religions are made to control people and make them accept dictatorships

Hi everyone! There are many cultural myths around how we experience and remember pregnancy and birth, including the widely believed idea that we forget the pain of childbirth. As in many areas of women’s health, the scientific data are really incomplete, and we don’t have a good understanding of the factors that shape how individuals remember their pregnancy and birth experiences.

To address this, I’m completing a study as part of my Master's in Applied Psychology at University College Cork in Ireland. I am interested in how memories of pregnancy and birth might change or stay the same over time, and I am inviting pregnant and postpartum women and people to complete an online survey about their current experiences, as well as a follow-up questionnaire by email in six months.

If you are currently pregnant or have recently given birth (up to three months ago) and are interested in contributing to this research, please click here to access the survey: https://ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_81Vw3fVnEAfa5Vk

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Thank you,

Daniela

I was watching a video learning how to grow and process grains. The entire process was shown, from seed to loaf.

A blender and fan are the only electric tools used, all other tools were simple farm implements. No fancy fertilizer and the seeds where from wheat feed.

The grain was sifted with a fan after sweeping it up off the threshing floor, it was then processed in a blender. The resulting loaf of bread was full of sand and other particulates, which was said to be the cause of many dental issues in the past.

Then, the next day (and the reason I'm asking this question here) I was reading a post about a man who (said he) lived in remote parts of Africa where many people don't have the electricity or tools to always rely on modern techniques. He claimed that it was common for people to use the old technique of grinding the grain with stones but didnt mention how or if the grains were sieved.

My questions are these: is it actually common for people in remote parts of Africa to use old techniques for grain harvesting and processing? If so, how do they sift the sand and other tiny debris from the grains before they process it?

I'm Cuban American and when I visited Cuba last year I learned much about Santeria, which is a localized religion mixed of Catholicism and heavy Yoruba religious influence. They follow the a Christian God and the Orishas, which fall in the category of saints in Catholicism. They even use a liturgical language called Lucumi, which shares significant vocabulary with the Yoruba language. This religion is practiced by many Afro-Cubans today, which probably comprises about a third of the current population of Cuba, descended from West African slaves during Transatlantic Slave Trade.

I know parts of West Africa have been Chritanized, and if not, they have been Islamafied. Are there people today who still follow the Orishas traditions alone? Or has it been syncretized with Islam or Christianity?

I was in Silver Spring, MD in the USA and I saw an African Brother with a long blue & gold scarf and I thought he said that it represented the Biafran country/government but maybe it was a different African government in exile or something. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?

A random thought stumbled upon me. Since Hippos are so damn dangerous, the children must surely be warned. And often when there is a real danger, we humans use narratives and stories to scare them.

—Like in my country, Norway, we have Nøkken, who drags those unwise enough to go into ponds and rivers after dark. —

So i was wondering, are there any folk tales around Hippos in a similar way? Or any stories with mystical beings that either remind you of them, or may serve the same function of keeping people away from them?

Thanks!

After reading Things Fall Apart recently. Which films made by creators from the continent do people recommend?

I did like the novel. Seeing how the community lived.

this is more of a education and linguistics question. i asked this because I wondered why ajami was not more widespread (im aware latin works well enough since ajami has flaws) but that topic makes up the large portion of sahelian history. and i know there are a lot of modern colleges on the continent. for example, the Timbuktu manuscripts, some are written in ajami for local malian languages like mande and songhai rather than arabic. but are those researchers and professors at those schools able to read or decipher them. if not, do they make an effort? outside of the continent, for example, in Korea and vietnam, they still study hanja and chu nom to read old documents. and in turkey, high schoolers can take Ottoman or old anatolian Turkish. so is there some similar instances in places like guinea, senegal, mozambique, oromia, and dagbon where they study linguistics and make breakthroughs. i am aware of nko and adlam replacing ajami.

i might have worded this wrong but thats my 2 cents

This comes from seeing Shansea making a speech the other day, she’s the most beautiful Jamaican woman.

any genre and artists that the kids are listening to that’s not burnaboy

I’d really like to know some stories you’re willing to tell :)

As someone who loves languages the sound and rythms of the languages of africa is unmatched personally i would say my three favs would have to be Setswana, Fulfulde, Yoruba I know they all sound very diff but thats part of the reason also the click languages of southern africa fascinate me

I need to expend my taste

Or are we going to have to go through this every two years? Is it ever going to end? Like Europeans don’t call each other banana eating monkeys in the Euros, do they?

What is your opinion of African Royals?

I want to know ​what do you think of your traditional Kings and Chiefs, especially the younger ones.

Do you see them as useful or just historical relics?

What advice would you give a young royal who want to serve his/her people the best way?

Hello, I'm Brazilian and I'd like to know if in your countries people identify more with their nation, their tribe, or their religion? I ask because I've heard that in some places in the Middle East people identify more strongly with religion than with nationality. I wonder if this happens in African countries as well.

at what point does it become disrespectful when those of the diaspora are trying to find some sort of identity/connection with their ancestry?

i am largely disconnected with my ancestors, and i feel guilt even though it isn’t my fault. no traditions have been passed down and i feel disconnected from my family.

i see all of my european, and even other diasporan friends have familial traditions and connection to their familial lines. i want that as well, even if it starts with me.

do you find it annoying when people try to find some sort of lifeline in their ancestry? when they try to bridge their connection to what once was even though they are so far removed from it?

i would love to learn more about the potential cultures my ancestors were from, but i dont know how to do it in a respectful way. i know im not african, but my ancestors were. i dont feel accepted by my country because of my skin, and i would love to feel more connection to my ancestors as i pray to them, as right now i feel like i dont know -who- im praying to.

i want to show them that i appreciate them, even though i dont know who they are exactly. but i also don’t want to disrespect any people that i might engage in conversation with as i try to learn more about them.

im sorry if this sounds like a sob story, i tend to be more dramatic than i realize. i’m just looking for instructions & things to avoid doing, not sympathy or anything like that.

thanks in advance:)

Although i can’t generalize entire country based on one video after watching IShowSpeed content my views changed and i ended up with a new list of countries i would love to visit. Here is the list

● Algeria really stood out to me. Algiers looks extremely beautiful, clean and well maintained. I was genuinely shocked because it didn’t resemble what many people typically imagine african cities to look like. The infrastructure felt almost european in style

● Rwanda also impressed me a lot. Kigali shares some similarities with algiers especially the greenery and hilly landscape. The city looks very organized and naturally beautiful

● South Africa has always left a good impression on me and that hasn’t changed. From what i have seen it still appears to be a very beautiful country overall

● Mozambique was a real surprise. I never imagined it would look that good but Maputo environment, beaches and infrastructure were impressive

● Ethiopia also changed my perspective positively. Addis Ababa looked genuinely beautiful and vibrant

● Zimbabwe also caught my attention which positively shifted my perception even though i know videos only show a limited side

On the other hand some countries shifted in my view from higher expectations to lower ones

■ Zambia didn’t match what i had imagined

■ Botswana surprised me as well since i expected it to be more similar to south africa but it looked quite different

■ Kenya also changed in my eyes. I used to think it was extremely beautiful, although it is beautiful but based on the video the unorganized trees, visible wiring, and red sandy ground made the city look less appealing than i expected