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Originally posted by Sister Omega

I too call myself African apparently Africa is Greek for the land without cold and horror.

Peace

Sister Omega

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Originally posted by MADIBA

[quote]Originally posted by Sister Omega

1. Oranges are from India, Pakistan and South East Asia.
2.Mangoes are from India
3. Cassava from South America
4. Groundnut from India
5. Neem Africa and Asian Origins
6. Beans South America

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Originally posted by kondorong

Point of correction. WE had guns in west africa before the portuguese came. My grandfathers type of hunting rifle is called SUKU SUKU PULO.

Its easy for our history to be distorted since we had no written language. Did you know that Sudan ruled Egypt for centuries and subjugated the Egyptian Pharoahs. World history is very harsh to Africans and this is not taught in most schools. The Kingdom of Kush expanded all the way to present day Israel. Infact they provided protection to the Holy Land but were eventually over run by the Assyrians when the Empire became too big to manage.

They are now locally called the Black Pharoahs. Many of their graves are in sudan covered by sand. Egyptian history unfortunately carefully avoids any idea of the Pharoahs being ruled from Sudan. They ruled Egypt for six centuries from around the eight century B.C. from Jabel Barkal with their spiritual capital at Thebes. Tourist who have visisted Egypt are not told that Egypt was ruled for 600 years by the Sudanese and no mention of the " Black Pharoahs" are mentioned. Yet, Egyptian civilisation is incomplete without Sudan. Sudan was colonised by Egypt for 400 years and eventually the tables were turned of them.

Interesttingly, the people who are being massacred in Sudan today are the descendants of these Black Pharoah, the people of Nubia, dark tall warrior like Africans very proud of thier african heritage. Its a clash of history and the desire to relive the past that has made Sudan a quagmire. Could it be that the Nuba people, who are considered "uncivilised" by the light skinned, but who infcat ruled the whole of the horn of africa, are victims of historical circumstances? Why did Egypt take over sudan from the British? As far as i know there was no fighting, the country, the largest in Africa was simply given out to Egypt.

This led to resistance as the Egyptians were foreigners who quickly established their political structures on them with no regard to the people they found there especially the Nuba people. Three african tribes have loved their culture so much that they stand out above the rest of all african people. They are the SONA( south east africa), JOLA (West Africa) and the NUBA( North East Africa). Infact there is the believe that the Jola are from Zimbabwe. I had the opportunity to watch a Zimbabwean dance and it is 90% of Bukarabu(Jola dance).

The Nuba "god", AMUN who was the sun god, was worshippped in Sudan before islam came and Egyptian kings were coronated in Sudan at Jebel Barkal even when Sudan was colonised. AMUN was also worshipped in Egypt and its believed that pharoahs were crowned in Thebes but also in Jebel Barkal in Sudan. Infact the Nuba used the strategic location of the "Sacred Maountain" of AMUN in Sudan to justify why they had right to claim Egypt. Afret all the chief God was in Sudan.

This historical reality led the Egyptians to take over Sudan from the British in compensation for the Suez Canal route access. That take over, and the resultant politics is what is manifesting in the "Arab" (light skinned) and black sudanese in ethnic cleansing. In reality, i see no difference between Arab sudanese and Black sudanese. Its all in the mind. They are both as dark as charcoal.

Its easy for the west to say that everything was brought to Africa. We are the only continenet incapable of defending itself. No wonder AIDS is also from Africa as they say. Nothing good unfortunately is atributed to the continent just like Columbus discovered the Americas when the Indians were there. Infact the Aztecs were technologically far advanced than any human civilisation especially in astrology, maths, constructions when Europe was in the dark ages. Yet it was Columbus who diascovered them.

The Masai cloth is as old as Africa yet the Scots believe its theirs and even had an intellectual property rights to protect it. The masai who never saw scotland, developed their own cloth but they are not recognised for it.

Like in the african proverb:

Until the Lion can speak, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

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Originally posted by kiwi01

Surely there must be plants of African origin (if not Gambian).
Acacia is from Africa.
The origin of Baobab is Africa, but does it bear fruits?

Yam(s) is said to be of African origin. The word yam comes from Portuguese inhame or Spanish ñame, derived from the Wolof word nyam meaning taste.

I have just started reading a book my friend from Gambia brought me (I of Ebony),it mentions fruiting trees of neew, kurjenjen, neto and kaaba ndumboo. Do you know the English names of these?
Also duuto is mentioned which obviously is mango tree. Is it a mandinka word as mango in wolof is mangoro?

My friend told me that the wolof name of mangrove is maangi. Of course, I don´t need to tell you…

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