If there is an #author whose #book I’d definitely read again, it’d definitely be #professor #IvanVanSertima…
This was such a “juicy” read… His style, at times did throw me off a bit, but it’s littered with research and #facts about the #African presence in #SouthAmerica. Demystifying myths behind the #Olmecs, about Africans & #Phoenicians crossing the #Atlantic, genetics, Botanical studies, cultural similarities… I mean, the list goes on…
Just get the book. Professor #VanSertima has written more books, like #BlackWomenInAntiquity, #AfricanPresenceInEarlyEurope… Oh and this book is #TheyCameBeforeColombus.
Remember, Educate Thyself, even if its nothing to do with your background or ethnic origin.

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This is the Great Wall of #Eredo found in #WestAfrica’s #Nigeria. At first glance some might go ” #meh”, but this wall is over 160km long and the overall mass of the wall itself is larger than the #GreatPyramid of #Giza itself…
The person responsible for this wall being built? #Queen #Bilikisu. In fact, there are even a few children’s story books out there for you look up.

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I really don’t like talking about this topic because its become a bit too #cliché…
Still, like my brethren told me, “there are some things that need to be said”.
From what I’ve come to study, #AncientEgypt is only a small percent of #African history or #blackhistory…
All too often we hear stories about the #Pyramids being built by #Aliens -of course, people who perpetuate this sort of #ignorance would never & could never equate #intelligence with Black / Africans / people of African origin.
It’s much more than just 2.5 tonnes of stone placed on top of one another, in fact its a beautiful concoxion of some of #Astronomy, #Science, #Mathematics & #Architecture. I’d love to explain what I’ve come to know to you, but it’s not my place to do so.
What i find is also slightly depressing that most people don’t know that the country where the most pyramids are found is #Sudan (well over 240 of them!), or that recent archaeological expeditions have found some pyramids in #SouthAfrica too… coz everyone’s focused on arguing over that one topic… “Who built the Pyramids? How & Why?”

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“You probably think that we don’t remember #OtaBenga.” - #Lowkey, #Akala’s Knowledge Is Power Mictape Vol 1, ‘Behind My Painted Smile’.
The line that sparked this.
I came across Ota Benga’s story a long time ago and almost totally forgot about it. Hazy memories about the story associated with the name when I heard it again prompted me to revisit his unfortunate lifestory.
It baffles me how a person, let alone a group of people, can feel comfortable with dehumanising another person/people to the point they try reducing them to being portrayed as nothing but #animals…

I won’t go into detail about Ota Benga’s story, all I can say is that this #Congolese #Mbuti #pygmy wasn’t the only #African that was used & abused by the #Louisiana Purchase #Exposition.

And to #lovedones who thought I’ve given up on my #palp coz I’ve been quiet -Neva that. Just buisy with studies.

#PeaceAndLove to you all.

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Makes you think huh?

You’re prolly looking at this statue and wondering ‘what on earth this has to do wiv #BlackHistoryMonth…?’
A lot. Like we’ve mentioned before, #BlackHistory is much more than the bias history of #Slavery and certain political figures in the #60s. if its History you want, then it’s #History you’re getting.
This is the well renowned #Ionan/ #Greek #Mathematician whose popular enough to have a #Theorem named after him. Ladies & gents, I give you, #Pythagoras.
The man is hailed in many places as one of the greatest Mathematician of all time, though very few know that he was educated in #Egypt / #AncientEgypt where he was refused entry to any of the many educational temples in the Kingdom-except for one in #Diospolis, which took the poor sod a bloody long time to get in. He was very much influenced by the #African priesthood’s teachings that he’d taken on their customs of not wearing animal hide, not eating beans and striving for absolute #purity even after having to leave Egypt… Who & what brought about his departure? Hahaha! 😄 Why should I give you all the answers? Go on, #EducateThyself. 😉

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