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Santanfara
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 Posted - 11 Aug 2007 : 20:10:57
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Originally posted by brusubi
this is a picture from one of the kings dating back to 1930 king Archibong the third
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Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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Janko
Gambia
1267 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2007 : 20:45:56
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Originally posted by brusubi
Early African settlements are build lighter and are even more easy to shift place.
Gambia has been and is still practising a farming system base on crop rotation, farmlands laying fallow for years, a system call BRING KAAMO = SÉLO (Kondo) and in the case of cattle rearing HECKO. These are ways of prolonging the life of farms and pastures. Names like Konku suo, Bato kunkou, kunkou jang all indicate the separation of villages/towns from farmlands. Separating farmland from residence (homeland) increases the stability of a village or town for there is room for both prolonged use of farmland and population expansion.
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Janko
Gambia
1267 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2007 : 13:40:30
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Originally posted by brusubi
.......I think it belongs in Gambia................
roger
The map is from 1730 and is a map of the River Gambia, so don’t expect a lot of details. The two parts don’t have the same quality whatever that means. Moreover, as you very well said "its about places that were of interest to the Europeans" which makes it unsuitable for the National museum of Gambia, where we need to have things that are of interest to the Gambian (African) people. Secondly, the names on the map tells us very little about the Gambian landscape at the time. Actually, the map has more value in and for Europe than in and for Gambia (Africa) |
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anna
Netherlands
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Posted - 12 Aug 2007 : 16:55:30
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i think you're confused. i would recommend some remedial classes in west african history but first perhpas you need a simple aspirin tablet.
incarnation.............. black surinam??
Njucks, but i think it might be possible. Mandinka people were taken from West Africa to be put to work as slaves on plantations in Surinam (a.o.) sadly also by the Dutch. There should be Surinamese people with Mandinka roots. I don't know about incarnation, but the Mandinka woman Roger is talking about could have Mandinka ancestors. There are many Surinamese people in Amsterdam, and my Gambian partner is always amazed at how some of them look very Gambian. I myself did not read any newspaper article on this and on how the woman in question is great friends with Mr Jammeh. But a 'Mandinka queen' from Surinam doesn't seem too far-fetched to me. |
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