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[QUOTE]Originally posted by metinoot: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Brada-Anansi: [qb] Metinoot [QUOTE] [b]Did Asia or Africa or the diverse South/Central America have a full force archeological movement? Nope! What it appears to be is African Americans and African immigrants to EU and USA that are consumed with Ancient Egypt, trying to own it as a way of erasing a millennial of being second class citizens or outright slaves.[/b] [/QUOTE]Trying to own nothing Kemet is African period,replacing lies with the truth is called correction,how often has the question been asked even on this very board what is Africa's contribution to world history and civilization.. the reaction of your average Euro-centric is a blank steer or a smirk, while the answer is the very foundations of your own history and civilizations,so deep it is that your religions, art,architecture,Laws,medicine, mathematics all stems from them, and the them were non other than the ancestors of some of those African Americans and African immigrants to EU and USA. And slavery??? no AAs or Caribbeans I know wants to erase that past as part of our identity is depended on that history,how else could I be proud of my immediate ancestors valiant struggle against slavery after-all we made the the British say uncle...the Maroons that is,or King Zumbi Quilombos — Our forefathers bequeathed to us the oral tradition! telling one to the other the history of a people, that is, a group of black slaves who fled from the plantations in the northeastern region of Brazil and founded an independent village. That place of difficult access, called Palmares, rests in Serra da Barriga, which, today in the State of Alagoas, was at that time a capitancy of the state of Pernambuc Read more: http://egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hist&action=display&thread=105#ixzz19r6jjADx Or Slaves in Africa as well http://egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hist&action=display&thread=470 OR With regards to African slavery most people are under the impression that all of them came from Sub Saharan Africa. However, I have read several times that Berbers were also enslaved by the Arabs and that prior to the Trans Atlantic slave trade, the Portuguese were using Berber slaves on Madeira. However, finding more details about this is proving difficult. Is there anyone who can shed some light on this aspect of slavery in Africa? Read more: http://egyptsearchreloaded.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hist&action=display&thread=423#ixzz19r7aSp9S [b]Erase all that interesting and important history that help make the world as we know it.. are you kidding??[/b] [/qb][/QUOTE]Dude there has to be something known of African history which could bring pride to African Americans. Because lineage cannot often be traced for African Americans they make up myths to satisfy curiousity. Religiousity and refering themselves as a "Lost Tribe of Israel" in Southern Baptist tradition is also a great myth. Nothing you stated confirms or denies that African Americans have created this myth of their heritage because so few academics, historians have taken the time to research the lineages of African Americans. Diversion is a tactic of the delusional. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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