This research is really sweet -- showing the size and complexity of ancient #African#huntergatherer networks, before farming.
Hunter-gatherer groups in the Congo maintained social networks across vast distances thousands of years before agriculture arrived. The cultural diversity is shown in musical instruments, specialist vocabulary and genetic analyses.
This morning I'm discovering the music of Veronica Adane. Not sure where Veronica is from, but the cover lettering is Ethiopic, which implies singing in Amharic and being from Ethiopia or Eritrea. ¡Nice!
Ikhlas was from #Ethiopia#Africa who came to #India in c1600 CE
Many of the immigrants who came from there rose to important positions in the courts of various courts of the #Indian Kingdoms.
My first #opinion piece! I am proud to see it @ Harlem's own #NewYork Amsterdam #news
"The #dehumanization of the Haitian ppl & their culture is not new, despite being the only nation in the #African diaspora that has the distinct #history of successfully revolting against [transatlantic] #slavery & claiming its independence in the 19th century. The targeting of marginalized ppl & #communities of color takes form in the weaponization of #racial bias, fear, & hate...”
Climate Change Puts Older Elephants, African Species at Risk
University of Massachusetts Amherst
New study from UMass Amherst and Wildlife Conservation Society finds that continuing international cooperation, community involvement most important in ensuring elephants' surviva
Wonderful story of how #African women fleeing slavery into the deep forest of #Suriname hid #rice grains in their hair. This has preserved rare varieties which can now help environmental adaptation.
"The granman recounts the story of how an 18th-century ancestor named Ma Paanza hid rice grains in her hair and brought them to the newly founded communities in the jungle. The Saamaka still grow a strain of rice called Ma Paanza. “[Rice] is easy to cultivate. It was an ideal food for us then and until now,” Aboikoni says."
Beads were an important trade item in early European overseas #imperialism, usually portrayed as objects of delight for less "sophisticated" societies. But Gerard Chouin argues that the value attached to beads originated with the stunning Accori beads produced in medieval Ife, in #WestAfrica. Europeans adopted beads as trade goods as they became familiar with the #African trade.