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[QUOTE]Originally posted by typeZeiss: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [qb] ^^ The lack of archaeological research alone in West Africa is ridiculous and pathetic. Some make the excuse that political conflicts in that region make archaeology difficult, yet conflicts in the Western part of Africa are not as big a problem as they are in Central Africa or even parts of the Nile Valley. The truth is the (predominantly white) Western archaeological scholars have little to no interest in West Africa no doubt due to ignorance on that very region. I mean look how recent sites like the [URL=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=004711]Eredo Ramparts[/URL] and [URL=http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=15;t=003635]Tichitt-Walata[/URL] were discovered and seem to only [i]scratch the surface[/i] of West Africa's ancient history and advanced civilizations of the past. [URL=http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/racism_history.html]Eurocentric Doctrine #s 6 & 9:[/URL][i] IF IT WAS GREAT, IT MUST HAVE BEEN WHITE: If advanced science, art, or architecture is found in Africa or South America, then Phoenecians, Greeks, Celts, Vikings (or, in the extreme case, space aliens) must be invoked to explain their presence. (Here, whiteness often functions as a relative concept, as "lighter than.") This bias gives rise to a pronounced tendency to date American or African cultures later than warranted, and as a result dating for these regions is constantly having to be revised further back into the past as evidence of greater antiquity piles up. The AFRICAN GAP DOCTRINE: After examining the first humans hundreds of thousands of years ago, this historical approach completely skips over most of the African archaeological record. It discusses ancient Egypt but ascribes its civilization to "the Middle East," denying its African identity and archaeological connections with Saharan and southern Nilotic civilizations. Saharan civilization, Ile-Ife or Mwanamutapa are not discussed at all. Africa is simply dropped from historical consideration until the era of European slaving and colonization, when it is portrayed as culturally and technologically deficient. The existence of female spheres of power in Africa is ignored.[/i] ^ Of course in the case of #6, Euronuts now attribute Africa's ancient achievements to prehistoric Eurasians. [b]LOL[/b] :D [/qb][/QUOTE]It is not the responsibility of Europeans to tell the African story. It is up to Africans to tell our story. I am of the belief that African countries need to produce more people willing to do the field work. Programs need to be established that teach students how to use African source materials to discover or uncover ancient civilizations, laying under the sand. One method would be to rely on the epics told by modern Djeliw. A example of such a epic tale is the story of a Mande emperor who abdicated his throne to try and discover new lands, to the west of Africa. This would have happened hundreds of years before Europeans, excluding the vikings, would attempt to sale to the Americas. Another example is the story of kukiya, a Kingdom, contemporaneous with Ancient Egypt and Kush that was somewhere in West Africa. The king was not from the region, but presumably from somewhere else in Africa. His subjects were in fact described as being dwarfs. This story fits when it is remembered that tall stature West Africans were not in the region prior to the establishment of Ouagadou (with some exceptions I am sure). My point is, using oral traditions and coupling it with sound archeological efforts can help the continent, but again it needs to be done by AFRICANS or those of African decent. Why? Because Africans are not going to take the piss, in terms of distorting information because it will dismiss euro-centric psycho babble. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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