The Bader’s Emancipation

Image: Border fence between the African nations of Namibia and Botswana (2018.) Source: Hp.Baumeler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant to be your own person, be independent.”

~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1440 Daily Digest)

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7 Ways to Emancipate Yourself from Mental Slavery

“On August 1, Emancipation Day was celebrated throughout the Caribbean. This commemorates 1 August 1838 when full freedom was granted to all slaves in the British owned colonies. Between 1662 and 1807 Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans across the Atlantic Ocean in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Africans were forcibly brought to the Caribbean and sold as slaves to work on plantations. Despite being held captive many slaves resisted their enslavement and refused to be broken.”

‘Although slavery is no longer tolerated, many of us are held captive by limitations placed on us by ourselves or others. My whole life I’ve been told “You can’t.”’

~ Reading: “7 Ways to Emancipate Yourself from Mental Slavery” by Brigette Hyacinth (linkedin.com)

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Kamau Gachigi: Spreading African Innovation Through Fab Labs

Richard Turere, Inventor (2000?)

My apologies in advance to the young man to whom this post is dedicated. At the time of this writing, reports of his age range between 11 and 14 years. I hope he or someone who knows him can verify his date of birth.

Regardless of his age, this remarkable young man, in his teen years as of this blog post, has contributed immensely to humanity and the global effort to save an endangered Earth species: lions.