East African Coastal Historical Towns. Asiatic or African?
Jacob L. Kimaryo*
Abstract
The East African coast is dotted with ruined and extant historical towns of significant cultural importance. Albeit the builders and inhabitants of these towns are known to have been the Swahili, who these historic people were in terms of their origin has been a matter of serious debate since the beginning of the 20th century. So far two perspectives have emerged out of this debate, which respectively advocate for Asiatic and African ancestries of the historic Swahili.read more
Slavery is an everlasting stain on the history of the British Empire and this story is one which has long antecedents. The earliest recorded account of life in the British Isles came from Roman sources. Rome conquered the British Isle and ruled it between 43 and 453 AD. The Romans enslaved virtually the entire population of Brittany (England) and the other Islands that fell within their grasp. They exploited their slaves in plantations, mines and used them for trade speculations.read more
Until the 1970s, marijuana was not used much in Russia. Alcohol was Russia’s national drug, and ganja was only used in the “wild” Asian republics. Average Russians considered ganja smoking as something alien and strange.read more
It can be reasonably assumed that the first inhabitants of the chinese mainland were Black Brown Africans from East, West and Central regions of Africa given that the earliest human skeletal remains in China are of “Negro” (or “Negritos†a psuedo-scientific term commonly used today) people. The next oldest skeletal type after the period of predominance of the African immigrants were the Classical Mongoloids or Austronesian speakers.read more
Which brings us to the well-known story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War. It is a legend that lies at the very core of what is commonly called Western Civilization and Culture.read more
The first cannabis-based medication for MS has been filed for approval by British regulators.
GW Pharmaceuticals’ Sativex, an under-the-tongue spray, can now be given on a named-patient basis. But the company is applying to regulators across Europe for a licence to make it more widely available.read more
ADDIS ABABA—ETHIOPIA has asked the Nigerian government to allow it engage the services of 600 professors, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Olusegun Akinsanya has said. Akinsanya told newsmen yesterday in Addis Ababa that the Ethiopian government wanted to recruit the professors to teach in the 12 new universities established in the country.read more
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