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[QUOTE]Originally posted by typeZeiss: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by typeZeiss: [qb] Another interesting to note is the almost exclusive use of adobe for home building in Kush/Kemet and among certain mande groups. Although, stone building for homes among Mandes is not uncommon as can be seen it Tichett and in Sierra Leone where the government of the Southern reach of the Mande empire as it stretched to Cote d'Ivore, Liberia and Sierra Leone as found in of Sierra Leone were also built from very similar construction as is found in Tichett. Makes me believe that Mandes, when given the availability of resources build in stone, and when resources aren't available, they build in Adobe. Either way, there is definitely a clear relationship between Kemet/Kush and West Africa, this is undeniable. This isn't to take away from the fact that I also believe there were migrations through out the centuries from the Nile Valley into West Africa, as some groups have historical records of migrating from the east, such as some Fulas, Temnes etc. Ignorant westerners like to paint Africa and certain, so called ethnic groups, with one brush, and this doesn't work. As these groups are not homogenous. For example, certain western Yoruba are actually Mande, but they were absorbed into a Yoruba kingdom. My point in saying that is, just because someone is called Mande today, doesn't mean he has the same origin as the wider group, as peoples were absorbed. In Sierra Leone, a lot of the Mende people are short, and this is because upon arrival, Mande people absorbed the Pigmy population which lived there originally. [/qb][/QUOTE]The reality of "Migration" has to be a key factor in any study of ancient Africa. . [/qb][/QUOTE]of course! I mean the great Mande empires start rather later (not including Ghana and its forerunner which starts around 3,000 BCE in Tichett), because Mande's hadn't moved further south yet. The key is to understand desertification of the Sahara, which caused northern populations to move south, east, west and even north. Then there were subsequent expansions, which are political in nature i.e. conquering of land. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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