African History Thread

[SahelianWarrior]

Thread for posting things related to sub-saharan african history. Can include Culture, Lifestyle, and Urbanism. I will start with this:

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Kongo, issued to King Afonso I.

 

[Cowboy123]

Great books to read on African history are

Lost Cities of Africa by Basil Davidson

When We Ruled by Robin Walker

Basil Davidson also did a tv series on his book

Africa - Basil Davidson

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Robin Walker also did some lectures

Lost libraries of Timbuktu

African People in World History by John Henrik Clarke

The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams



African Art

Ifa Sculptures

Benin sculptures


Africans sailed to the Americas in 1311

BBC News | AFRICA | Africa's 'greatest explorer'

Empire of Benin

Story of cities #5: Benin City, the mighty medieval capital now lost without trace

With its mathematical layout and earthworks longer than the Great Wall of China, Benin City was one of the best planned cities in the world when London was a place of ‘thievery and murder’. So why is nothing left?

www.theguardian.com

 

[SahelianWarrior]

Ivory carved spoon of entangled crocodile and serpent, Sapi peoples, Sierra Leone 1490-1530.

 

[SahelianWarrior]

The use of snakes can be seen amongst other Sapi - Ivory works such as salt cellars thus it is likely snakes meant of some importance to the coastal Ivory carvers.

 

[Duat]

Ivory carved spoon of entangled crocodile and serpent, Sapi peoples, Sierra Leone 1490-1530.

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I'm thinking that the serpent is an allusion to Satanism.

 

[SahelianWarrior]

Here's a recent painting of the last king of Jolof - Alboury Ndiaye - painted in 2022.

 

[SahelianWarrior]

Manuscript on Bamilike architecture written in Njoya's script.early 20th century, Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon
-Quai Branly

 

[SahelianWarrior]

18th-century astronomical manuscript from Gao, Mali.

 

[Duat]

Hello there Sahelian. I'm interested in information about the pagan/pre Islamic beliefs of Songhai, Sorko, Bozo peoples. Do you have any sources?

 

[SahelianWarrior]

Hello there Sahelian. I'm interested in information about the pagan/pre Islamic beliefs of Songhai, Sorko, Bozo peoples. Do you have any sources?

Jean Rouch is probably your best source there.

 

[SahelianWarrior]

Usage of antibiotics in Ancient Nubian beer. A common practice 2,000 years ago way before its official discovery in 1928 with penicillin.

 

[SahelianWarrior]

Base slab for giant Aksumite statue. It appears that some impressive statues were erected in the Aksumite civilization.

 

[SahelianWarrior]

“if it represented a complete upright human figure as the positioning of the feet would suggest was between 5.5 and 6.0 m tall. No other metal statues of this age are known to have approached this size anywhere in the world”

“we have raised statues, one of gold, another of silver, and three of bronze, to His glory.”“Cosmas tells us that he saw "four bronze statues' of unicorns (no doubt rhinoceroses) 'in the royal palace.”

My sources:

 

[Hellenic SS]

African history will be uncovered in the future, just as European history was uncovered after thousands of years of xianity.