|
Post by BlessedbyHorus on Nov 4, 2016 6:48:16 GMT -5
The 3 best known Tarikh es~Sudan Tarikh al~Fettash Kano Chronicle fromnothing Another person who answered your question. And I agree with this.
|
|
|
Post by BlessedbyHorus on Nov 3, 2016 17:31:55 GMT -5
Yeah the questions the OP asked went over EVERYONE'S head in this thread. The OP is NOT asking whether Africans had writing or not. He and every other serious Africanist knows that. What he is asking is if Africans USED their writing scripts to record history of themselves. To answer the OP's question we already know that Timbuktu, Djenne and Gao had written records on medical, science, Law/Justice, mathematics, astronomy and poetry. We definitely know they had records on medical, because in Djenne they needed to learn how to preform cataract eye surgery. And obviously being such a literate population the professors from Timbuktu must have been teaching from a script. So they most likely wrote their own history. The the reason why we mostly have outside references on these African states you mentioned is because OBVIOUSLY outside of Egypt most indigenous African scripts have not been translated. That should have been an EASY question to answer. Edit: Good post by zarahan
|
|
|
Post by BlessedbyHorus on Nov 3, 2016 17:23:08 GMT -5
@amazign
If there IS a common origin "without a doubt" then that can only mean the controversial Songhay is a Berber language too. Every credible evidence points to Berber having a Northeast African origins ie linguistics and genetics.
And again are you Berber?
|
|
|
Post by BlessedbyHorus on Nov 2, 2016 13:45:30 GMT -5
Word borrowing? Sure maybe... Common origin? Highly doubt.
Btw OP are you Berber notice your name is "amazigh."
|
|
|
Post by BlessedbyHorus on Nov 2, 2016 13:42:52 GMT -5
Holy crap! Excellent thread that really debunks some of the biggest myths about Africa. I always had this And same thought. There were many ancient cities deep in the "Sahara desert." And then the Almoravids coming from the Senegal area. Anyways mind if I share this info you posted? PS: Been meaning to join this site. Been joined the original ES. Please go ahead that's why we exist, to share information. Thanks. Anyways isn't Northeast Africa an additional argument that debunks the "barrier" myth? "North African" Ancient Egypt and the area of Nubia were in constant contact with each other. And I am not talking about Lower Nubia but also Upper "South Sudan" Nubia. Not only that but the so-called "barrier" did not stop "Sub Saharan" Askum from migrating up and conquering Christian Nubia. To me it seems Northeast Africa is overlooked when it comes to this barrier crap yet it is RIGHT IN FRONT of our faces. There have been many back and forth migrations in Northeast Africa(and still are) and this so called barrier never stopped it.
|
|
|
Post by BlessedbyHorus on Nov 1, 2016 20:30:26 GMT -5
lol... When I'm not busy I plan on cracking a few skulls in this thread.
|
|
|
Post by BlessedbyHorus on Nov 1, 2016 18:05:03 GMT -5
Holy crap! Excellent thread that really debunks some of the biggest myths about Africa. I always had this And same thought. There were many ancient cities deep in the "Sahara desert." And then the Almoravids coming from the Senegal area. Anyways mind if I share this info you posted?
PS: Been meaning to join this site. Been joined the original ES.
|
|