Voodoo Chile By Jimi Hendrix
Well, Im a voodoo chile
Lord Im a voodoo chile
Well, the night I was born
Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red
The night I was born
I swear the moon turned a fire red
Well my poor mother cried out lord, the gypsy was right!
And I seen her fell down right dead
(have mercy) read more
Pfizer faces criminal charges over drug test fiasco
THE Federal Government yesterday filed fresh charges against Pfizer International Incorporated (PII), accusing seven of the company’s top officials of fraud and criminal breach of trust of its controversial drug test, popularly known as Trovan Clinical Trials, it carried out on Nigerian citizens in Kano in 1996, which had fatal results. read more
Nigerian President Canvasses Nuclear Power for Electricity
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has said Nigeria needs to develop capacity for the generation of electricity through nuclear power, which he said might end up being the only source of energy. read more
The Criminal Exports of the Defunct British Empire
18th Century convicts go online – BBCNews
The records of tens of thousands of British convicts sent to Australia from the end of the 18th Century have been put online for the first time. read more
The Black Egyptians: 10,000 BC to 21st Century AD
About a year ago,
one of my uncles wrote to
me from Egypt, quite bitterly.
He said:
People are so busy discussing
and fighting over whether or not
the ancient Egyptians were “black”
—that they forgot we’re still here. read more
So far we have given little or no attention to the evidence of comparative religion. The study of ancient religious history is important, for religion, like philosophy, changes but slowly. Institutional religion, being conservative and static in its outlook, has preserved much ancient lore that would have otherwise been lost to the modern student. read more
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS MEETING:
European Skin Turned Pale Only Recently, Gene Suggests
Ann Gibbons
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA–At the American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, held here from 28 to 31 March, a new report on the evolution of a gene for skin color suggested that Europeans acquired pale skin quite recently, perhaps only 6000 to 12,000 years ago. read more
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