Tag: West Africa
1760 AD: Most of the Portuguese Were Tawny or Black In West Africa
More Info “GESVES the River and Village in Negroland. The River lies to the N. and N.E. of Bissaux Isle. The Village 65 leag. above its Mouth to E. and 40 fr. Bissaux to S. the River running alm. E. and W. The people inhabiting the Banks are partly Biafares and Idolaters, partly Mandingoes and…
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1921 AD: Albino Nigerians Were Called “White People”
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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1670 AD: Jews Inhabited Both Sides of The Niger River
More Info “Many Jews also are scatter’d over this Region; some Natives, boasting themselves of Abrahams seed, inhabiting both sides the River Niger (Niger River): Others are Asian Strangers, who fled thither either from the desolation of Jerusalem by Vespasian; or from Judea wasted and depopulated by the Romans, Persians, Saracens, and Christians: Or else…
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1987 AD: Judaism Was Brought To America By Black Slaves From West Africa
More Info “But what about the south of this margin of Saharan contacts? In the reign of Jean II of Portugal nearly 700 Jews were taken from their kin and deported to the island of Sao Thome on the west coast of Africa. This island is close to Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon. Escaping from Sao…
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1890 AD: The Kingdom of Juda Believed To Be Lost Tribes of Israel
More Info French (original) “Whydah (Fida, Hwedah, Ouida, Juda ou Ajuda) est une ville ancienne, fréquentée depuis le xvi” siècle par les négriers portugais, qui lui donnèrent son nom. Ses habitants étaient dits les ‘Judalques’, et on les considérait en effet comme un reste de tribus dispersées d’Israël; au Nord, la rivière d’Allala, dont le…
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1969 AD: The Igbo Are Wandering Jews of West Africa According To Henry Kissinger
Source: U.S. State Department Online Archives Date: January 28, 1969 AD Title: Memorandum for the president Author: Henry Kissenger “Biafra (3, 000 sq. miles, 4-6 million). Colonel Ojukwu — 35, British-trained, erstwhile playboy — presides over the popular support and military morale of a people convinced that defeat means extinction. The Ibos are the wandering…
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1774 AD: French Map Shows Negroland As “Peopled By Jews”
More Info Africa, plate Ist., The northwest part / examined and revised by Mr. Bolton — Africa, plate II, The northeast part — Africa, plate IIId., The southwest part — Africa, plate IV, The southeast part. Appears in Postlethwayt’s Universal dictionary of trade. Sources
1743 AD: Homann Heirs Map of Juda On The West Coast of Africa
Source: Wikimedia Commons Creator: Homann Heirs Year: 1743 AD More Info This is a 1743 map released by Homann Heirs that shows The Kingdom of Judah on West Coast of Africa. This map is from Germany. Homann Heirs (1730 – 1848) were a map publishing house based in Nurenburg, Germany, in the middle to late…
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