Alassane Diakite

Aisha Musa Ahmad known by her stage name Aisha Al falatiya was a Hausa Sudanese singer. she was the first woman to sing on Sudanese radio. In this song she sings in her native Hausa language saying “Among all the Men in the world the best are those of the Hausa”

I spent fifteen years planting tomatoes the way every beginner does—in tidy, isolated rows like little green soldiers standing alone. They grew. They produced. But every July brought the same visitors: aphids clustering on new shoots, hornworms fat as cigars hidden under leaves, and a general sense that I was fighting a battle I couldn't quite win. Then a neighbor mentioned she always tucked marigolds around her tomato cages. Not beside them. Not in a separate bed. Right there in the same soil, close enough to touch. She said something about nematodes, but honestly, I planted them mostly because they're cheerful and I had extra seedlings. That season taught me something textbooks never quite capture. The tomatoes grew differently. Stronger stems. Deeper green leaves. And the aphids that usually covered my Early Girls by mid-summer barely showed up. I kept waiting for the infestation. It never came. Here's what I didn't understand until I started digging into the science: marigolds are chemical engineers. Their roots secrete a compound called alpha-terthienyl that doesn't just repel soil nematodes—it actually destroys them at the microscopic level. These tiny roundworms burrow into tomato roots and create wounds that invite disease. Marigolds quietly eliminate them before your tomato plant ever knows there's a threat. But the above-ground magic might be even more elegant. That distinctive marigold scent—the one that's almost spicy, a little bitter—works like a jamming signal. Aphids and whiteflies navigate partly by scent, homing in on the chemical signature tomato leaves release. Plant marigolds close by, and suddenly the airwaves are crowded. The pests literally can't find their target. Your tomatoes are still there, still producing those attractant compounds, but they're hidden in a cloud of competing information. I started noticing patterns once I paid attention. Basil planted near tomatoes meant fewer aphids up top. Not because basil repels them directly, but because it adds another layer of scent confusion. Nasturtiums along the bed edges turned into aphid magnets—they'd cover those trailing leaves and leave the tomatoes untouched, like kids ignoring vegetables when candy's available. The really surprising partnerships came from below ground. Bush beans I planted between tomato cages weren't just filling space. Beans host bacteria in their root nodules that pull nitrogen from air and convert it into soil-available form. They're essentially manufacturing fertilizer while they grow. And carrots pushing their taproots down through clay were creating channels that tomato roots followed like highways, reaching water and minerals they'd never access on their own. Some plants don't belong anywhere near tomatoes, and the reasons aren't always obvious. Fennel releases compounds through its roots that actively slow the growth of almost everything around it. Potatoes share the same fungal diseases because they're botanical cousins. Cabbages are such aggressive feeders they'll steal nutrients right out from under your tomato roots. The garden isn't a collection of individuals. It's a conversation happening in chemicals we can't see and relationships we barely understand. Tomatoes surrounded by the right companions don't just survive better—they become part of a system where every plant contributes something and nobody grows alone. That's not folklore. That's just how it works when you stop thinking in rows and start thinking in partnerships.

@fuutaanke19 Thank you, dear.

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@LouiseMfaye You've done so in earnest. You've trusted leaders who vowed to improve people's lives. You've done what any citizen would have done to alleviate the suffering of their people. It's sad that these leaders failed you. It pains me, too. Senegal does not deserve this.

Suis vénère, JE REGRETTE PROFONDÉMENT MON VOTE Alors que je pensais en 2024 faire un arbitrage juste et claivoyant pour mon pays, je me retrouve avec les pires incompétents du pays depuis des décennies doublé des pires opportunistes de tous les temps Et ils ont pas froid aux yeux...vraiment pas, leurs niarels aussi

@ngenaar 😂😊

Defal ma deff, Bayil ma Bay 😂

Aïssata Tall Sall dénonce une procédure "nulle et non avenue" concernant le départ précipité d'El Malick Ndiaye du perchoir. Elle tire la sonnette d'alarme sur une grave crise institutionnelle qui se prépare !

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Indeed, unprecedented apology. The Catholic Church was the LARGEST single owner of enslaved people in the Americas. Made its wealth from slavery. John Paul II rehearsed a rambling apology when he visited Gorée Island back in the 1990s. #slaveryarchive

@Alioune_BCamara Respect.

L’insulte est souvent le dernier refuge de ceux qui n’ont plus d’arguments. En répondant par la vulgarité plutôt que par le droit ou les faits, tu exposes surtout la faiblesse de ton raisonnement. Je ne suis animé par aucune haine. Haineux de quoi ? De qui ? Je ne mène aucun combat contre des personnes ; je discute d’idées, de procédures et de principes institutionnels. En revanche, ce qui est réellement creux, et même crasseux, ce sont ces tweets toxiques qui banalisent l’agressivité, polluent le débat public et rendent notre espace civique de plus en plus dangereux pour le vivre-ensemble.

She wrote a ground breaking book in 1997 and is only now getting an Award. Glad she finally gets her flowers.

Marre des slogans et de ce souverainisme en carton avec ses chefs-menteurs en claquettes chaussettes Comment voulez vous être souverain quand votre budget est de 7500 milliards CFA et vous devez dépenser 5500 milliards CFA pour le service de la dette ? Rien que la masse salariale des fontionnaires de l’Etat et autres assimilés s’élève à plus de 1 500 milliards CFA Chaque Sénégalais.e traine une dette publique de 1 million 600 000 FCFA mais ces chefs-menteurs ont le temps de se livrer une guerrilla de canivaux 0 projet 0 justice 0 emploi 0 avancée depuis plus de 2 ans Mais 100% de merde

With cultures

A better map for Akjoujt's copper industry period

Tin Mousa,feather headed figures

Swallowed by the news. I published a post on Substack about the Pope Leon XIV slavery apology with a brief context of previous apologies, about which I wrote in 2010. Link in the next post #slaveryarchive

Si c'était deux femmes qui avaient autant occupé l'actualité (politique), je vois d'ici les unes des journaux sur l'incapacité des femmes à s'unir et leur hyper émotivité. Mais les hommes, eux, peuvent se permettre l'incompétence et les querelles tous azimuts. Miim reew !

@BeeNubian @leesah_zimbo @dmurenzvi22 I can use parts of that G-Wagon ☺️😌🫢🫢

Is this AI generated 😱 or real? @leesah_zimbo @dmurenzvi22

I provide a look at the problem of the sexual assault of enslaved #BlackMen and #BlackBoys, not as a problem confined to any given nation, but rather as a hemispheric epidemic produced, in part, by the Atlantic slave trade and the misandric agression of race.

@DrMattPettway Me, too. Slavery gave rights to masters to objectify Blacks. Religion absolved masters from guilt and remorse when abusing and raping them. That’s also part of the big picture, I believe.