For Want of A Sandwich - A Franz Ferdinand Lives Wikibox TL

A rare example of a truly African bilingual country (German being reserved for diplomacy, education and administrative purposes
Why is German used for such a role? In most African countries with diglossia, it takes longer AND tens of thousands of colonists from Europe for such a situation to emerge (compare your Angola to OTL Morocco - French influence pretty much from the turn of 20th century, officially has a zone of influence in 1904)
 
German Angola
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An appropriate video, with Savimbi as Angola’s long-time leader ITTL:
THEY ARE WEAK ! WE MUST FINISH THEM !
Incidentally, I worked as a journalist on the lawsuit the Savimbi family launched on the editor after this portrayal. I thought he looked quite awesome actually ! And the position of the lawyers was : "well, who cares about this issue ?"
Why is German used for such a role? In most African countries with diglossia, it takes longer AND tens of thousands of colonists from Europe for such a situation to emerge (compare your Angola to OTL Morocco - French influence pretty much from the turn of 20th century, officially has a zone of influence in 1904)
Only for paperwork and communications, it was also a lingua franca for the Angolan elites who went on to study in Germany. But it's still quite fringe.
Well, some details would be nice at the very least. And speaking of which, what did Kate Middleton, Camilla, Sarah Ferguson, and Meghan Markle end up doing ITTL considering we know the ITTL fate of Princess Diana here?
They are socialistes, except for Meghan Markle, who is the current Mayor of Los Angeles.
 
Considering Kara-Murza was the PM of Russia ITTL, what figures would be prominent in his cabinet and all that ITTL? And how much of them stayed with Milov when he became PM?
 
Considering Kara-Murza was the PM of Russia ITTL, what figures would be prominent in his cabinet and all that ITTL? And how much of them stayed with Milov when he became PM?
Among his cabinet members, we could count many Russian politicians that were sidelined ITTL by Putin and his camarilla. Navalny, for example, is a major player.

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LOL !
Considering he was a Babelsberg mogul ITTL, any prominent movies that he made ITTL and did his children become prominent in some way or another ITTL?
He made Babelsberg one of the foremost pieces of German soft power and contributed to the birth of the European blockbuster (like in bombastically nationalistic). He funded Leni Riefenstahl. But like Hollywood moguls of that time, he also had a tendancy to consider actresses as his own private hunting ground and his antisemitism was very well known, so he has a lot a bad press nowadays.
 
What’s the difference between the Christian Democrats and the Orthodox in Cuba and uhhh what happened in December 2022 to cut Cancun Ted’s term short…? 😬👀
 
Is there any civil rights and human rights activists that you wish to cover and/or mention in the future @MaskedPickle? We already know that MLK keeps his original name and that Mandela died in prison, so is there anybody else of note that you plan on mentioning in the future?
 
On that note, any celebrities who had earlier deaths ITTL (including what the 27 Club or equivalent looks like ITTL) as we know Princess Diana has a longer life than OTL, for starters? And in other stuff, how is Marxism viewed ITTL with how Syndicalism ended in genocide and totalitarianism?
 
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If it’s not a bother, here is a list of five nations that I hope and wish that we could possibly get some more coverage and focus and information about in the future:

- Azania
- Peru
- Iran
- China
- Bharatavasha
 
What’s the difference between the Christian Democrats and the Orthodox in Cuba and uhhh what happened in December 2022 to cut Cancun Ted’s term short…? 😬👀
The Orthodox form the major left-wing party, while the Christian Democrats are the right-wing one, with an evangelical trait.
President Rafael Cruz was compelled to resign due to his poor handling of the Wuchang Pneumonia pandemic and a major financial scandal.
Is there any civil rights and human rights activists that you wish to cover and/or mention in the future @MaskedPickle? We already know that MLK keeps his original name and that Mandela died in prison, so is there anybody else of note that you plan on mentioning in the future?
Maybe TTL Ayn Rand, who became a famous cause célèbre. Or the destiny of Gandhi in this timeline.
On that note, any celebrities who had earlier deaths ITTL (including what the 27 Club or equivalent looks like ITTL) as we know Princess Diana has a longer life than OTL, for starters? And in other stuff, how is Marxism viewed ITTL with how Syndicalism ended in genocide and totalitarianism?
For starters, I can think of Bob Dylan, but also Tina Turner.
Marxism is still frowned upon, but had quite a makeover in European politics by turning to a brand of Eurocommunism and democratic socialism.
If it’s not a bother, here is a list of five nations that I hope and wish that we could possibly get some more coverage and focus and information about in the future:

- Azania
- Peru
- Iran
- China
- Bharatavasha
Interesting things are happening there by this time. I should devote time exclusively to them.
 
Is there any civil rights and human rights activists that you wish to cover and/or mention in the future @MaskedPickle? We already know that MLK keeps his original name and that Mandela died in prison, so is there anybody else of note that you plan on mentioning in the future?

Well we know Malcolm X becomes president of Liberia and democratizes the country.
 
Interesting things are happening there by this time. I should devote time exclusively to them.
On that note, what would be interesting would be who were Yan Xishan’s main political allies ITTL and why they were aligned with him. Similarly, on that note, the kind of “totalitarian architecture“ and general “de-Europeanization” for Azania would be wack as f**k, including how the Azanians are bound to try and make a uniquely “African” writing system.
Or the destiny of Gandhi in this timeline.
Speaking of which, what became of Indira Gandhi and the Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty as a whole ITTL?
 
On that note, what would be interesting would be who were Yan Xishan’s main political allies ITTL and why they were aligned with him. Similarly, on that note, the kind of “totalitarian architecture“ and general “de-Europeanization” for Azania would be wack as f**k, including how the Azanians are bound to try and make a uniquely “African” writing system.
I admittedly am still a bit surprised that Azania took all of South Africa rather than just the majority black areas, with an independent non-black state in the Cape.
 
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