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[size=15pt]The African Origin of Mathematics[/size]

Supreme Mathematic African Ma'at Magic

AmunRaOlodumare:

The truth is Europeans didn't invent gun powder nor writing. They just made "good" technical use of it by integrating those into their cultures. They didn't switch to mandarin or something, they just used what was good from outside and incorporated it into their own cultures on their own term.

The same should be done with any technological from outside, that's how you build great nations with a great past. Not second class citizen speaking the language of their ex-colonial masters. All Europeans nations and Asian countries such as Japan, China, South Korea, and many others use their own language for their development. Only the self-defeating and subordinating policies (language of instructions, religions) set up by the colonial master when he colonized us has turned African countries into western dependent second class world citizen. The good news is those are easily reversible once the willingness is there, fear is away and our stockholm syndrome is out. Basically, it's simply about translating and editing books into our own various languages, use a national lingua franca (english maybe) and promote pride and historical continuity of our culture (more than now). This is the secret of all great nations from Britain, France, Germany, Israel (which practically revived the liturgical Hebrew language to create their nation after the world war), China, Japan, South Korea, etc.

Be ourselves culturally, while integrating stuff from outside under our own terms using our own spiritual belief, which are always in motions and our own languages, which will always integrate new words from outside as all languages do. Like Europeans did with writing and gun powder.

I know this.

Elxandre:

I said earlier that maybe not all tribes.

The koma people still live by their ancient traditional cultures, and they give us a good reference Into what pre-civilized Africans looked like.

Even Niki minaj/miley Cyrus got nothing on this ladies.

And these are pre-civilized Westerners who traditionally live the same lifestyle as those in your pictures. I don't get why you give so much attention to a few pre-civilized African groups. Every continent has 'em.

Ploy:

That exactly is my point, then they lived separately but there was seemingly enmity among them. The weakness explored by the colonialist to exploit them.

I don't get your point. The Africans had larger states than the colonialists. And the colonialist easily could've fallen to the same fate if anyone wanted to conquer them.

Ploy:
The world of today has advanced beyond living a secluded life. English opened the window through which we interact with the whole world. There was never Nigeria before the colonial masters and there won't be Nigeria if we through their linguistic legacy into the dustbin of rivalry.

Secluded? Do you even know how states work? Let alone pre-colonial African states? You might want to catch up on what that is before I answer this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)

kingston277:


And these are pre-civilized Westerners who traditionally live the same lifestyle as those in your pictures. I don't get why you give so much attention to a few pre-civilized African groups. Every continent has 'em.

They don't look like pre civilized people tho.

Elxandre:

They don't look like pre civilized people tho.

And how does pre-civilized people look like? Please, don't use those european colonialist subversive language. Africans were "civilized" much before the arrival of the white men by shared traditions going at least as far back as the Nok civilization and beyond along with the continuous development of agriculture, sedentarism, state-formation, religion, judiciary system, specialization, metalworks, etc.

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kingston277:

I made a thread with a much more extensive number of African states:

Maps Of Kingdoms, Peoples, States, And Cities In Africa Through Time
https://www.nairaland.com/1253380/maps-kingdoms-peoples-states-cities

Elxandre:

They don't look like pre civilized people tho.

Teepee-dwelling, semi-nomadic, reindeer-herding people from norway are as pre-civilized as you can get.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people

kingston277:

Teepee-dwelling, semi-nomadic, reindeer-herding people from norway are as pre-civilized as you can get.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people

So you don't consider them civilized because they are semi-nomadic herding people? That's where you put you fictitious line of civilization? That's bullcrap and you know it.

AmunRaOlodumare:

So you don't consider them civilized because they are semi-nomadic herding people? That's where you put you fictitious line of civilization? That's bullcrap and you know it.

Firstly, I was responding to Elxandre using his logic. Which was why I asked why focusing on these particular lifestyles were relevant at all to the definition of "civilized".

kingston277:

Teepee-dwelling, semi-nomadic, reindeer-herding people from norway are as pre-civilized as you can get.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people

I understand what you are pointing out, but what I was really trying to say was that the Africans looked more primitive compared to the Europeans in the picture you put up.

I hope you understand.

Elxandre:

I understand what you are pointing out, but what I was really trying to say was that the Africans looked more primitive compared to the Europeans in the picture you put up.

I hope you understand.

How? The Europeans were wearing dyed animal skins, pretty primitive to me.