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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Supercar: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by ausar: Hello Doug, This is not 100% true about African cultures never documented daily activities. For instance both the Yoruba people and people of Dahomey did carve bas-reliefs depiction various activities from war to spiritual ceremonies. Understand also that most contemporary Africans have a living traditions that have been documented and studied by anthropologist. The documents of daily life is not very necessary unless you have a dead culture like ancient Egypt or other cultures that have died out. [b]The information about ancient Western Africa is right there for you to **reserch**[/b] as long as you have acess to a library or published journal articles. If you want I can send you some articles about the Yoruba people I have collected. The Yoruba people have been the most studied group in Western Africa. Other way to uncover historical data is through a methodology called historical linguistics. Through such methology you can uncover certain aspects of Western African traditions. [/QUOTE]You can say it again. [/qb][/QUOTE]It is not about how much I have studied West Africa, it is about how much of a relationship Egypt has to other parts of Africa. To be specific, my opinion is that the tradition of Egyptians carving scenes of daily life can be traced to the traditions of the Saharan populations that left scenes of daily life in their rock art. Am I an expert on Saharan rock art, no. But is that my opinion, yes. Therefore, it is not about me becoming an expert in Saharan rock art. It is about me being able to show the facts that I use to back up such an opinion. Likewise, my opinion about Egyptians having scenes of daily life carved in stone on the walls of temples and tombs as being UNLIKE most African cultures is also an opinion. MOST ancient African cultures DID NOT carve scenes in stone on their monuments. If you feel this is incorrect, then prove me wrong, by showing me information that contradicts this. Otherwise, saying I should STUDY West Africa or some other such thing, in this case only covers for the LACK of evidence on your part to refute my opinion. I STILL say that MOST African cultures, especially around 1000 BC did not build in stone and those that did DID NOT carve scenes of everyday life on the walls like the Egyptians. If ANYONE can PROVIDE EVIDENCE to the contrary, then fine I will be refuted. Up to this point, NO ONE has. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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