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Post by anansi on Jul 14, 2010 9:11:35 GMT -5
Interesting lecture about the Bantu migrations the relations with the people they met,the almost identical reverence to the Batwa that the Kemetians had shown. The Bwiti trade and social institution that even Europeans had to join if they wanted to trade in the area..include slave trading, and how it's still very much around and governing politics to see who gets oil revenue dollars and who don't..very fascinating lecture.
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Post by zarahan on Sept 19, 2014 10:56:26 GMT -5
Great stuff. She says the Batwa "pygmies" used to intermarry more
and were better respected before the modern era, compared to day
where such intermarriage is scarce. Wonder why this is so..
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Post by anansi on Sept 21, 2014 7:58:24 GMT -5
Great stuff. She says the Batwa "pygmies" used to intermarry more and were better respected before the modern era, compared to day where such intermarriage is scarce. Wonder why this is so.. Could be a combination of reasons one it may have to do "modernization" ie what used to be ok became out dated adoption of new values from Christianity and Islam seeing the old ways a primitive in a negative way. |
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