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1932 AD: Rare Image of Black Arabians

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Bertram Thomas’ guides across Arabia as he wrote his book. This picture is a rare look at black Arabs, which are largely absent from the current historical narrative.
Source: Archive.org Author: Bertram Thomas Year: 1932 AD Title: Arabia Felix: Across The Empty Quarter of Arabia Page: 298
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1921 AD: Albino Nigerians Were Called “White People”

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More Info “Colour variations are prevalent from light olive to deepest black, and albinos are common. These freaks of naturea are of unprepossessing appearance. They are not, however, treated as monstrosities; indeed the mother of an albino is usually gratified with her offspring. They are termed by the people “ndi-awcha” ie., white people. Skin disfigurements…

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1910: Elamites Describes As Having Negroid Features

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More Info “The Elamites of Mesopotamia appear to have been a negroid people with kinky hair, and to have transmitted this racial type to the Jews and Syrians.1 There is a curliness of the hair, together with a negro eye and full lips, in the portraiture of Assyria which conveys the idea of an evident…

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