The Root: What books are you reading right now?

[Bawon Samedi]

ATTENTION ROOT COMMUNITY!

Because of the very good discussions in this section so far I will be giving out a small reward. PM me if you want one of the following books

Timbuktu & the Songhay Empire

Would coast you $100+ on Amazon and other book sites.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_21?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=timbuktu+and+the+songhay+empire&sprefix=Timbuktu+and+the+song,aps,140&crid=3QA1E6AG0X99P


Or...

Ancient Egypt in Africa

Would coast you $35 on Amazon and other book sites.


Or

History and testimony of language

Would coast you $35 on Amazon and other bookstores.

You can only pick ONE book. Again PM me if you are interested and please keep up the good as work on this section.

@MansaMusa @Poitier @Dip @loyola llothta @Yehuda @Broke Wave @Grano-Grano @Don Drogo @Keyser Soze @im_sleep @Cadillac @JahFocus CS @CashmereEsquire @satam55 @ORDER_66 @Akan @Jammer22

And they say I'm not a good mod...

Uh... I'm giving out free books. No one????

 

[Poitier]

whats 'History and testimony of language'

 

[Bawon Samedi]

whats 'History and testimony of language'

Didnt read it yet but its by Christopher Ehret who is very good and is a linguistic. He also connected blues to Africa and wrote the book "Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800."

 

[Poitier]

Didnt read it yet but its by Christopher Ehret who is very good and is a linguistic. He also connected blues to Africa and wrote the book "Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800."

I'll take the joint about Timbuktu and Songhai

 

[Cadillac]

Uh... I'm giving out free books. No one????

Nothing against u tho breh. But im a paranoid nikka and dont like giving away my address and such

Ill just buy them at the bookstore tomorrow when im out

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Nothing against u tho breh. But im a paranoid nikka and dont like giving away my address and such

Ill just buy them at the bookstore tomorrow when im out

You REALLY think I'm sharing my email and personal info with yall?????

No I have the books in PDF via dropbox or google docs link.

 

[Cadillac]

You REALLY think I'm sharing my email and personal info with yall?????

No I have the books in PDF via dropbox or google docs link.

Then awright then

But u never know. We have nikkas here who do(selfies of themselves in avi) so thought u were

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Then awright then

But u never know. We have nikkas here who do(selfies of themselves in avi) so thought u were

We'll I'm definitely not those guys. Anyways if you're interested shoot me a PM.

 

[Cadillac]

We'll I'm definitely not those guys. Anyways if you're interested shoot me a PM.

Will do so later on. Or maybe tomorrow. Cant do pms for some reason rn

 

[Bawon Samedi]

ATTENTION ROOT COMMUNITY!

Because of the very good discussions in this section so far I will be giving out a small reward. PM me if you want one of the following books

Timbuktu & the Songhay Empire

Would coast you $100+ on Amazon and other book sites.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_21?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=timbuktu+and+the+songhay+empire&sprefix=Timbuktu+and+the+song,aps,140&crid=3QA1E6AG0X99P


Or...

Ancient Egypt in Africa

Would coast you $35 on Amazon and other book sites.


Or

History and testimony of language

Would coast you $35 on Amazon and other bookstores.

You can only pick ONE book. Again PM me if you are interested and please keep up the good as work on this section.

@MansaMusa @Poitier @Dip @loyola llothta @Yehuda @Broke Wave @Grano-Grano @Don Drogo @Keyser Soze @im_sleep @Cadillac @JahFocus CS @CashmereEsquire @satam55 @ORDER_66 @Akan @Jammer22

And they say I'm not a good mod...

Anyone else?

 

[Skooby]

Y'all missing a good deal!

 

[Bawon Samedi]

I might cop this shyt. Looks good and Robin Walkers has been a credible scholar. Hope I find some good treasures in this so I can post it in my Sahel thread.

For some reason its hard for me to finish non-fiction books but hopefully I have the time and dedication to finish this. Again looks and sounds good. Hope there is more Timbuktu/West Africa than Ancient Egypt.

This shyt JUST came!!!

Spoiler

Lets see if it was worth it. Hoping to read some interesting and new things based off the book info.

 

[im_sleep]

Last book was this a couple months ago

Great book. It touches on multiple maroon groups, the biggest being in the Great Dismal Swamp, a lot of others I never heard of, as well as some maroons who were basically outlaws on some real life Django kind of stuff.


Almost forgot I finished this too

Really good book that basically puts to rest a lot of myths about how the crips actually got started.

Currently gotta finish reading these

 

[Bawon Samedi]

This shyt JUST came!!!

Spoiler

Lets see if it was worth it. Hoping to read some interesting and new things based off the book info.

Okay finished book(wasn't that long) in the beginning I was feeling some type of way about the book. Because in the beginning it seemed like author was making some BOLD pseudo-like claims with NO reference(Black Egyptians creating Arabic script??? Tho he did say Ivan Van Seritma made that theory). However, once you get to chapter two thats when the book really takes off! I read some stuff that I never knew and I an a big African history buff. Stuff like West Africans basically having a vaccine for smallpox BEFORE Europeans or the people of Timbuktu having a formula to make tooth paste OR the Dogon already being aware of the Big Bang theory among many other things. This book really shows how advanced Africans outside of the Egyptians were when it came to Science and Mathematics and how their contribution is neglected.

Also I am now CERTAIN that there is a 65% chance Malians visited the Americas before Columbus. We just don't have the very juicy evidence yet but this book shows(and with sources) that there is at least an argument for this theory. I'm glad it didn't bother with the dated/debunked Nile Valley vs Olmec theory.

Anyways I give this book a 4.0/5. It was very good but the last bit felt rushed because I wanted to see more on the East African ship sailing. But other than that good book.

Will be posting juicy stuff from this book in my Lets Talk African History threads in the future.

 

[Serious]

Okay finished book(wasn't that long) in the beginning I was feeling some type of way about the book. Because in the beginning it seemed like author was making some BOLD pseudo-like claims with NO reference(Black Egyptians creating Arabic script??? Tho he did say Ivan Van Seritma made that theory). However, once you get to chapter two thats when the book really takes off! I read some stuff that I never knew and I an a big African history buff. Stuff like West Africans basically having a vaccine for smallpox BEFORE Europeans or the people of Timbuktu having a formula to make tooth paste OR the Dogon already being aware of the Big Bang theory among many other things. This book really shows how advanced Africans outside of the Egyptians were when it came to Science and Mathematics and how their contribution is neglected.

Also I am now CERTAIN that there is a 65% chance Malians visited the Americas before Columbus. We just don't have the very juicy evidence yet but this book shows(and with sources) that there is at least an argument for this theory. I'm glad it didn't bother with the dated/debunked Nile Valley vs Olmec theory.

Anyways I give this book a 4.0/5. It was very good but the last bit felt rushed because I wanted to see more on the East African ship sailing. But other than that good book.

Will be posting juicy stuff from this book in my Lets Talk African History threads in the future.

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