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This thread reminded me how Africa has so many untold stories,from west,east,central and south.GREAT thread.
Let's Talk African History: Nigeria
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You may have called it broWhat i love about early Yoruba civilization is that not only does it have this mystic feel to it, but it reminds me of "Atlantis" for some strange reason.The Yorubas were literally the "Greeks" of Africa imo. Anyhow let me drop some interesting info.
Walker, Robin. Blacks and Science Volume Two: West and East African Contributions to Science and Technology AND Intellectual Life and Legacy of Timbuktu. London: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. Print.
The next info believe shows why Southern Nigerians are so damn smart...
Walker, Robin. Blacks and Science Volume Two: West and East African Contributions to Science and Technology AND Intellectual Life and Legacy of Timbuktu. London: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. Print.
Herbert Webdt, It Began in Babel, UK, Weidenfield and Nicholson, 1963, pp.213-4.
@Nemesis I'm even tagging your ass too @Bonk so enjoy.
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Osun-Osogbo sacred grove
shyt looks breathtaking and spooky at the SAME TIME! @The Odum of Ala Igbo @Don Drogo @Warthog @#1 pick
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excerpt from this book
Yagirlcheatinonus
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Should've been first page
The Wall Is Undefeated!
Superstar
This Nigerian has a channel that deals with mostly Pre-colonial Nigerian history. Check it out.
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The Wall Is Undefeated!
Superstar
The Bornu Empire
Ignorant person: "Africans never wore or produced armour"
Me: "Really?"
Kanem Bornu Leather and Iron Cuirass
Bornu horseman without his cuirass
Great inspiration for people who want to produce African inspired fantasy.
The Wall Is Undefeated!
Superstar
Sungbo's Eredo
Sungbo's Eredo is a system of defensive walls and ditches that is located to the southwest of the Yoruba town of Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. It was built in honour of the Ijebu noblewoman Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo.
The total length of the fortifications is more than 160 kilometres (99 mi). The fortifications consist of a ditch with unusually smooth walls and a bank in the inner side of ditch. The height difference between the bottom of the ditch and the upper rim of the bank on the inner side can reach 20 metres (66 ft). Works have been performed in laterite, a typical African soil consisting of clay and iron oxides. The ditch forms an uneven ring around the area of the ancient Ijebu Kingdom, an area approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide in north-south, with the walls flanked by trees and other vegetation, turning the ditch into a green tunnel.
Sungbo's Eredo is a system of defensive walls and ditches that is located to the southwest of the Yoruba town of Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. It was built in honour of the Ijebu noblewoman Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo.
The total length of the fortifications is more than 160 kilometres (99 mi). The fortifications consist of a ditch with unusually smooth walls and a bank in the inner side of ditch. The height difference between the bottom of the ditch and the upper rim of the bank on the inner side can reach 20 metres (66 ft). Works have been performed in laterite, a typical African soil consisting of clay and iron oxides. The ditch forms an uneven ring around the area of the ancient Ijebu Kingdom, an area approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide in north-south, with the walls flanked by trees and other vegetation, turning the ditch into a green tunnel.
A lot of history on what is now Modern day Nigeria. The history books often begin Nigerian history at the arrival of the British. It doesn't help that we as a people failed to take good records and also promote them until this very day.
The Wall Is Undefeated!
Superstar
It's a shame. So much culture and history not being told or barely preserved. I suggest building museums dedicated to the cultures and histories of Nigerian ethnic groups.
