Another animated portrait for my mini-thesis!
“Popular Bear Intelligence Ratings” by Jonah Block
Too much LSD for Owsley Bear.
Born Thomas Baptiste Morello in Harlem, New York, the US Grammy Award-winning guitarist of bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, is a relation of the first elected president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta.
Kenyatta is Morello’s paternal great-uncle.
Morello’s parents, Ngethe Njoroge and Mary Morello - an Irish-Italian American, met at a pro-democracy protest in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1963. Njoroge was an active participant in the Mau Mau Uprising, and also served as Kenya’s first ambassador to the United Nations.
Upon discovering her pregnancy that same year, Morello’s mother returned to the US in November with Njoroge and they soon married in New York City. However, 16 months after his birth, Morello’s father denied the paternity of his son and soon returned to Kenya.
As a result, Morello was raised in a single-parent household in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Born Thomas Baptiste Morello in Harlem, New York, the US Grammy Award-winning guitarist of bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, is a relation of the first elected president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta.
Kenyatta is Morello’s paternal great-uncle.
Morello’s parents, Ngethe Njoroge and Mary Morello - an Irish-Italian American, met at a pro-democracy protest in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1963. Njoroge was an active participant in the Mau Mau Uprising, and also served as Kenya’s first ambassador to the United Nations.
Upon discovering her pregnancy that same year, Morello’s mother returned to the US in November with Njoroge and they soon married in New York City. However, 16 months after his birth, Morello’s father denied the paternity of his son and soon returned to Kenya.
As a result, Morello was raised in a single-parent household in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW: What is #AfricaDay, you say?
On May 25th, 1963, leaders of 32 African states convened in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia to sign a charter signifying the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Haile Selassie I became the first Chairperson of the OAU, and the organization aimed to eradicate all forms of colonialism and promote unity throughout Africa, amongst other objectives. Although African leaders from throughout the continent have taken on this title, no woman has ever served as Chairperson of the OAU.
The most recent member of the OAU was South Africa after they joined on May 6th, 1994, post-Apartheid and with Nelson Mandela as president of the country.
The OAU was officially disbanded in 2002 by then chairperson and South African president Thabo Mbeki, and replaced by what is now the African Union (AU).
The AU’s secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and consists of 54 African states, with Morocco being the only African state that is not a part of the AU. Morocco left the OAU in 1984 after the majority of the OAU members supported the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, that claimed sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara and declared Moroccan control over parts of Western Sahara to be ‘occupied territory’.
2012 has seen to members - Mali and Guinea-Bissau, both suspended from the Union, following coups in both countries.
Africa Day is public holiday in only five African countries: Ghana, Mali, Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Marcus Garvey and Halie Selassie did not see eye to eye.
Marcus Garvey and Haile Selassie were not enemies; nor were they friends. Garvey was initially a very strong supporter of Selassie as hostilities between Italian and Ethiopian troops began at Wal Wal in December…
(Source: pbs.org)
Supreme, I-preme. Scratch on the attack this summer. Wish I could go see him.
cutie
hi dad
if only this WAS my dad
(Source: diamondlifeerrday)
not just happier, but a better dancer. money is the root of all bad dancing, just look at Carlton from Fresh Prince.
The moment when you realize a child living in total poverty is more happy than you are. Money truly cannot buy happiness. I am in pursuit of that happiness.
