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Iyanuwo. Turns out i forgot to post this one
Continues to amaze me how people still regurgitate the same propaganda and myths about African civilisation that was used to promote colonialism and slavery. You cannot truly be against slavery, racism and colonialism if you keep giving power to the misinformation that was used to justify it.
African people have a long history of building towns and cities and living in them, creating hubs of trade, learning, innovation, art and wealth. The purpose of European and western colonialism was to rewrite history textbooks to justify ills and that included downplaying black people's achievements at every turn to make them seem 'lesser'. Yet, the evidence tells a different story. Here are some examples, out of many, below.
Old Benin
"Great Benin, where the king resides, is larger than Lisbon; all the streets run straight and as far as the eye can see. The houses are large, especially that of the king, which is richly decorated and has fine columns. The city is wealthy and industrious. It is so well governed that theft is unknown and the people live in such security that they have no doors to their houses." -Lourenco Pinto, Portuguese Ship Captain, 1691.
Timbuktu
"The scholars and jurists who lived in Timbuktu enjoyed great prestige and received great salaries from the state.”
“The city of Timbuktu had become a place of learning and scholarship. Books were more in demand than any other merchandise.”
"This virtuous, pure, undefiled, and proud city, blessed with divine favour, a healthy climate, and [commercial] activity." - Abd al-Rahman al-Sa’di, 1655.
Mogadishu
Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia and has had a long history as a trading hub. Chinese admiral Zheng He first visited the city in the 15th Century as part of his expeditions. Envoys from Mogadishu travelled back with them to China, providing many gifts, including zebras and lions, to the Chinese Emperor and the Ming-dynasty capital of the time.
Chinese chronicler Fei Xin, a soldier who accompanied Zheng He on his expeditions, described Mogadishu as this in his travel account: "[The houses are] built of stone, four or five stories high, water from deep wells drawn from buckets made of skin with cogged wheels.”
"The native products are frankincense, gold coins, leopards, and ambergris. The goods used in trading [by the Chinese] are gold, silver, coloured satins, sandal-wood, rice, china-ware, and colored taffetas. The rich people turn to seafaring and trading with distant places."
Mogadishu has appeared in a number of Chinese texts as early as 12th century. Its placement on old maps has varied, although became more accurate after Zheng He's visits.
(This 1402 map while more accurate in some ways accidentally puts Mogadishu [1] closer to the Red Sea than it is)
This kingdom is a real life #wakanda. Technologies like maps of the walls of Benin (originally known as Iya) , history preserved by artwork and spirituality that has spread as far as #Brazil via the transatlantic slave trade... Last major southern kingdom to fight back against the British colonials before they were slaughtered by the punitive expedition of the British in 1897. They simply rebelled against British trade... that was their crime... Our true cultures last stand before defeat materializes in colonialism... A kingdom that had diplomatic relations with the Portuguese... built expansive earthworks... still the top of the hierarchy of Yoruba monarchs ... the Obas.... the cultural bridge and glue between the Yoruba and Igbo tribes of Nigeria. I find it no surprise that the country of Nigeria amalgamated only 17 years from the fall of Benin... there was no way to take control of southern Nigeria without taking out the Kingdom of Benin... the cultural damage of the punitive expedition to the region and eventually Nigeria has been reverberating ever since... Sad that Nigerians do not know how the British through into perpetual chaos changed the natural balance of the people of southern Nigeria forever... if we don't know then we haven't even thought of how best to repair the damage... Reposted from @african_heritagecity ❤️❤️ @alkebulan_history • The Kingdom of Benin was in southern Nigeria. It has no historical relation to the modern nation-state of Benin, which was historically known as Dahomey from the 17th century until 1975. The Kingdom of Benin's capital was Edo, now known as Benin City in Edo state, Nigeria. #Benin #benincity #nigeria #southernnigeria #WestAfrica #edo #edopeople #africans #nigerians #beninartifacts #africa #centralafrica #blackhistory (at Benin Empire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS5PZSEHeia/?utm_medium=tumblr
'Traditional priests and priestesses of different deities, native doctors, Ewuaise palace society and different ancient traditional worshippers including Olokun and Ovia priestesses assembled some major streets in Benin city. This was to cleanse the land and appease the gods following the increase in killings caused by armed robbery, cultism, kidnapping, which security agencies have not been able to curtail.' Informationng.com #traditionalpriest #traditional #priests #priest #priestess #nativedoctor #witchdoctor #cleanse #benin #benincity #nigeria #olokun #ovia #information #robbery #kidnapping #spiritualwork #spiritual #spirituality #healersofinstagram #spiritualsolutions #cleansing #killings #kill #energy #negativeenergy https://www.instagram.com/p/ByCoyDTD7cv/?igshid=mo9c74201uy0
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African Art #repost from @chinw_e Last Night! At the opening of Victor Enikhamenor solo exhibition “In the kingdom of this world” at Tyburn gallery London. Exhibition opens to the public tomorrow and continues until January 2018. : #victorehikhamenor #tyburngallery #lpndon #inthekingdomofthisworld #nigeria #africa #westafrica #benincity #benin #edo #exhibition #artexhibition #shotoniphone #iphonephotography #chinwephotography #photographsbychinwe #visualstoryteller #iphonegraphy #art #africanart #culture #tradition#africanrenaissance
For the first time in its history, the @smithsonian National Museum of African Art @nmafa will travel an exhibition to the continent of Africa! “Chief S.O. Alonge: Photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria” opens at the National Museum, Benin City, Nigeria, Friday, Sept. 29, and will remain on permanent display. The retrospective exhibition showcases the work of noted Nigerian photographer Chief S.O. Alonge, the first official photographer of the Royal Court of Benin, in conjunction with royal arts from the Benin kingdom. The National Museum of African Art exhibited Alonge's work beginning in September 2014, displaying some of his rarely seen photographs. The exhibition, which coincided with the Nigerian celebration of 100 years as a united country, was curated by professor and photographer Flora S. Kaplan, who corresponded with Alonge and visited Benin in 1982.[2] Among the first visitors to the exhibit were members of Benin's royal court and Alonge's family. Attendees included his colleagues and friends, his children, and Prince Ademola Iyi-Eweka, grandson of the oba who served from 1914 to 1933. Also present were many subjects of Alonge's photographs, now in their late 70s and 80s. #edo #edostate #SOAlonge #nigeria #photography #art #history #culture #power #artifacts #purpose #nigeria #benincity #yoruba #dna (at Benin-City, Edo, Nigeria)