sobota, 11 lutego 2012

Is this your first time reading this black history series? If so, please know you are reading a sequence of discourses I have written to promote the new black historical past books web site. Thus, in this and next commentaries I will be discussing African history and African details about the continent you may not have heard before. I have chosen African history to help black young boys and girls cope with the problems black young boys and girls face in modern society. I am of the strong belief the issues with adolescents is rooted within the lack of not knowing about their historical past. Because I believe knowledge about their historical past can help shape their outlook on lifestyles. African History 101: Stuff You Never Hear Regarding Africa Pt. 13

By Graham Watkins


Is this your first time reading this black history series? If so, please be advised you are reading a chain of articles I have written to advertise the new black historical past books web site. Therefore, in this and next articles I will be speaking about African historical past and African details about the continent you may not have heard before. I have focused on African history to help black youth cope with the problems black youth face in modern society. I am of the firm opinion the problems with youth is rooted within the lack of not knowing about their historical past. Because I believe knowledge about their historical past can help shape their outlook on lifestyles.

Continuing from the last composition, the following is the continuation of 100 facts you may not learn about Africa. Facts Fort-eight through 51. 48. Did you realizebathrooms and sewerage systems existed in historical Egypt. One of the pharaohs constructed a city now referred to as Amarna. An American city planner mentioned that: "great significance used to be hooked up to cleanliness in Amarna as in other ancient Egyptian towns bogs and sewers were in use to destroy waste.

Cleaning soap was made for was oncehing the body Perfumes and essences have been popular towards body odour. a solution of natron used to be used to stay insects from homes . . . Amarna will have been the primary planned garden city." 49. Did you know Lord Lugard, an English Governor extimatedd in 1904 that there have been 170 fortified districts still in vogue in the entire of just the Kano area of northern Nigeria. 50. Did you realize Benin art of the middle ages was of the very best quality.

An reliable rep of the Berlin Museum fr Vlkerkunde once said that: "These works from Benin are equivalent to the very best examples of European forged methodology. Benvenuto Cellini may just not have cast them better nor may somebody else before or after him . . . Technically, these bronzes constitute the very best possible possible achievement" 51. Did you know evidence found in 1978 confirmed that East Africans had been making metal for over fifteen hundred years: "Assistant Professor of Anthropology Peter Schmidt and Professor of Engineering Donald H. Avery have found so long as 2,000 years in the past Africans dwelling at the western beaches of Lake Victoria had produced carbon steel in preheated pressured draft furnaces, one way that used to be technologically more sophisticated than any developed in Europe till the mid-nineteenth century. This is the final of part 13 of this write-ups on things you never knew about Africa. However as previously stated, keep in mind the cause of these commentary is to highlight the problems with black adolescents.

I am of the strong belief the issues black youth face is rooted in the lack of knowing about their historical past. Thus, these articles is geared to encouraging black folks to visit and talk over my black history book website online, whose objectives is to uplift black folks during the educating of our historical past. Information which I firmly believe can help to boost self esteem in our younger adolescents to enable them to aim higher in lifestyles. I can assure you, there is information on the website online that can change your outlook on life as a black person. Please visit the web site and talk over with friends and relatives after studying the sample pages.




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