Dembo Djassi, famous artist in  Guinea-Bissau

https://amf.didiermary.fr/dembo-djassi-famous-artist-guinea-bissau/

Dembo Djassi said that everyone used to insult him, even his mother. But now he is a star and his song “Don’t Judge Me by My Size” was a hit on dancefloors.

#GuineaBissau

Why Students From the U.S. Go to Medical School in Cuba
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/why-students-from-the-u-s-go-to-medical-school-in-cuba

[weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their #videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

June 12, 2026

For more than 25 years, Cuba's #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) has offered full scholarships to students from underserved communities around the world, including hundreds from the US.

This week, we hear from two #ELAM graduates from the US who recently organized a medical solidarity brigade of mostly #African students to #GuineaBissau.

Also:

• Cuba’s “Astonishing” #Medical Mission in #Haiti
• #UN Rights Commissioner: "Children Are Dying"
• Rubio Tightens the #Oil #Blockade
• Hegseth Pumps Up “Donroe Doctrine” at Guantanamo
• What Do Cubans Think About #Trump?
• Sanctions Target Cuban Gold
• Cuba Announces Major #Economic Reforms
• Shut Out by #US, Cuba's #Biotech Turns to #Russia

#OilForCuba
#EndTheEmbargo
#LetCubaLive
#politics

Video - Why Students From the U.S. and Around the World Study Medicine in Cuba
https://peertube.world/w/fgrZp872rz9ZRXowhYyiUn 
Duration - 6:01

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

For decades, the #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (ELAM) in Cuba has trained tens of thousands of students from more than 100 countries, including hundreds from the #US and across the #GlobalSouth.

Rooted in the idea that #healthcare is a human right, Cuba’s #medical education system seeks to train doctors who are both scientifically skilled and socially committed. Many #ELAM students do not wait until graduation to put those values into practice.

In this video, we hear from two #doctors from the US who studied at ELAM and last year led a brigade of mostly #African medical students to #GuineaBissau to provide health education and medical consultations.

#NoWarOnCuba
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#politics #PublicHealth

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Researchers traveled to remote #Boé National Park in #GuineaBissau to study accumulative stone throwing, a rare behavior where male western #chimpanzees repeatedly hurl #rocks at specific #trees while calling out and drumming. 🌳

The team used camera traps to gather #data on what these chimpanzees might be communicating, and whether the behavior is a form of #animal #culture. Some sites have been used for over a decade. 🐒

👉 https://theconversation.com/why-do-male-chimpanzees-throw-rocks-at-the-same-trees-for-more-than-a-decade-we-travelled-to-remote-guinea-bissau-to-find-out-279187

#primatology #westafrica #conservation #science #anthropology #wildlife #nature #stoneage #communication

Video - Cuban Doctors in Italy and Africa: A Documentary Screening With Belly of the Beast
https://peertube.world/w/j7Jay9jJJe27AhwspRSKy2
Duration - 5:49

[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

BotB recently held a screening of two documentaries on Cuban #medical missions. One is focused on #Cuban #doctors deployed to #Calabria, #Italy, and another follows a brigade of #African students from #ELAM (Cuba's #LatinAmerican School of #Medicine), who traveled to #GuineaBissau to provide medical care based on the training they received on the island.

Some of the ELAM students attended the screening and were given a standing ovation.

One audience member said: "Thank you for being heroes, not just of Cuba, but of the entire world."

#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#AbajoElBloqueo
#SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#Caribbean
#politics #USpol

🎭 ■ De sufrir una mutilación genital femenina a inspirar a otras mujeres: "Lo primero que voy a hacer recuperar esa parte de mi cuerpo que me quitaron" ■ 'El HuffPost' habla con Djabu Balde, qu[…]
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/life/cultura/de-sufrir-mutilacion-genital-femenina-inspirar-mujeres-lo-primero-recuperar-parte-mi-cuerpo-me-quitaron-f202605.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD

#libros #cine #entrevistas #feminismo #migracion #guineabissau #cultura #mujeres #violenciadegenero #mutilaciongenital

🎨 ■ Diez citas a destacar de 'Entre dos madres': desde la mutilación genital femenina hasta la vida en Guinea-Bissau ■ La joven trata en su obra autobiográfica diversos temas, como la ablación, la adopción, la maternidad, la violencia de género o la migración. Seleccionamos […]
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/life/cultura/diez-citas-destacar-entre-dos-madres-mutilacion-genital-femenina-vida-guineabissau-f202605.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD

#feminismo #mutilaciongenital #guineabissau #cultura

Fascism never again!

#25deAbril #AntiFascist #GuineaBissau #Angola #PortugueseColonialWar #Portugal #RevoluçãoDosCravos #antifa #Mozambique #RevolucaoDosCravos #CaboVerde #SãoToméePríncipe

RADIO KALAKUTA 20/04/2026

https://radioblackout.org/podcast/radio-kalakuta-20-04-2026/