The Tale Of A Lost City

[mellomusings]

So reflecting on some of the oral history of Africa specifically when they speak of cities that once existed during a time long ago honestly the more I study the more plausible it seems. For example the number of ruins as well as the surviving cities scattered about throughout Africa, Loropeni, Khami, Zimbabwe, Djenne, Timbuktu, Segou, The Hausa City States scattered about Northern Nigeria and Niger, Djado, I could go on but you get the picture (not to mention the various accounts left by outsiders such as Arabs and Europeans along with illustrations). Trying figure out the past of Africa is like trying to solve a puzzle with some of the pieces missing, it's there but you can't quite figure it out, sometimes I feel as if Continental Africans themselves are withholding information. I don't know just thought, but what do you guys think?

[anansi]

that's true sometimes, local Africans considers such sites sacred and not to be disturbed , I saw a doc on the Mapungubwe site where the locals were reluctant to show outsiders where the site is, none actually lead the way even when the location was known.

[mellomusings]

May 18, 2018 3:39:13 GMT -5 anansi said:

that's true sometimes, local Africans considers such sites sacred and not to be disturbed , I saw a doc on the Mapungubwe site where the locals were reluctant to show outsiders where the site is, none actually lead the way even when the location was known.

I know they won't reveal the location to the Tomb of Askia to UNESCO until they started to pressure them into revealing the site. But honestly who could blame them? They know whats up.