isaac Samuel
@rhaplord

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Joined February 2013
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Who Were The Ancient Painters of Saharan Rock Art? The View from Tassili n’Ajjer (S.E. Algeria), c. 5,000 BC. patreon.com/isaacsamuel64/po…
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Kongo Mosque, Diani, Kenya #historyxt
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Origins and Development of Swahili Architecture africanhistoryextra.com/p/or…

The Origins and Development of Swahili Architecture (ca. 500-1900 CE)

The East African coast, also known as the Swahili coast, is well known for its picturesque ruins of stone houses, mosques, tombs, and town walls, which dotted the 2000-mile coastline from southern...

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Guitar and Wooden Thumb Piano of the Wayao Tribe, Southern Africa, Illustration, 1885 #archivesxt #ethnographxt
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Barge from Upper Congo, Africa, Illustration, 1885 #archivesxt
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Cyclone in Mayotte, Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal: Supplement illustre', 1898 #ethnographxt
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Zanzibar on the morning after the hurricane of 15 April 1872 #archivesxt
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Easter Celebrations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia c. 1899 by Louis-Rémy Sabattier #ethnographxt
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devil'$ luck@sc4PF
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got that shit on 🔥
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@rhaplord
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Warriors of the Logone region, Chad. Illustration from L'Album du Petit Voyageur Illustre (Edouard Cornely & Cie, Paris, c1900). #ethnographxt
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Warriors of the Logone region, Chad. Illustration from L'Album du Petit Voyageur Illustre (Edouard Cornely & Cie, Paris, c1900). #ethnographxt
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The Fractal Geometry and Architectural History of Logone-Birni patreon.com/isaacsamuel64/po…

The Fractal Geometry and Architectural History of Logone-Birni, Cameroon, ca. 1700-1900 | Isaac...

Fractals have a prominent place in African geometry and architecture, as argued by the mathematician Ron Eglash, whose survey of the settlem

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Ox Carts and Chariots in Dhar Tichitt, a neolithic Proto-Mande site
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Every few months this argument gets rehashed
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I think that question should be prefaced with the fact that precolonial Africa *DID have the wheel ... and then explain its presence and absence in both African and global history that video essay is good though.
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Any historical inquiry that begins with "why didnt precolonial africa have X..." almost always reveals the ignorance of the observer and their audience because Africa is a very large continent, on which almost any historical innovation can be found africanhistoryextra.com/p/th…

The Wheel in the Ancient Sahara: Africa’s Forgotten Chariots

The Sahara is one of the most dynamic zones of interaction in human history.

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View of Meroe, 1842-1845, engraving by Karl Richard Lepsius #archivesxt
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The ancient city of Meroe (ca. 950 BC-350 CE) africanhistoryextra.com/p/th…

The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)

Journal of African cities: chapter 15

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Barma Mata, Sultan of Zinder c. 1927 Lithograph by Alexander Yakovlev #ethnographxt
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The Sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899. africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-…

A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.

Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel

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Lisa Hodges@lrhesq
Sep 24
The more you know
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Two centuries before the formal abolition of Slavery, an African prince from the kingdom of Ndongo (modern Angola) spearheaded an international legal case against Spain, Portugal, and Italy, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity africanhistoryextra.com/p/th…
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To those in the Americas with ignorance, maybe read more.
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Two centuries before the formal abolition of Slavery, an African prince from the kingdom of Ndongo (modern Angola) spearheaded an international legal case against Spain, Portugal, and Italy, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity africanhistoryextra.com/p/th…
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Houses in Fumban, Cameroon c. 1902-1915 -Koloniales Bildarchiv, Frankfurt #archivesxt
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An Efik brass charger embossed with a central robed female figure and two servants holding a fan and an umbrella (brass) 19th century, Calabar, Nigeria -Private collection #randomxt
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Brass dish engraved with Nsibidi symbols and an image of a mermaid Old Calabar, Nigeria africanhistoryextra.com/p/th…
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