0 Comment Uli painting on the walls of ‘Odelegu’, Nibo, present-day Anambra State, Nigeria. Photographed by Northcote W. Thomas in 1911. Composite of NWT 3125a (MAA P.31342) and NWT 3127 (MAA P.31344). Uli is a celebrated traditional Igbo artform. It has been the subject of many studies, and has inspired subsequent generations of Nigerian artists,…

Is your sir name Moore, Moor,Morrison,Black,Blackman, Blackson,Brown,Sacracen, you might be a decendant of Christianized Moors, not all Black figures that showed up on European coat of Arms are founders of such families,some have that images on the coat of arms because they were fighting the Moors rather than making babies with them,others were an allusion…

‘Woman of Isele Asaba’. Full face and profile physical type photographs taken by Northcote Thomas as published in his Anthropological Report on Ibo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria, Part IV (1914, Plate XVIII). Although unnamed in the caption, Thomas recorded the woman’s name in his photographic register as ‘Onolibwo’. Issele Azagba is in present-day Delta State, Nigeria.…

Images of Black people in Roman age through Sculpture: identity and otherness by Estefanía Alba Benito Lázaro, Sergio España-Chamorro To cite this version: Estefanía Alba Benito Lázaro, Sergio España-Chamorro. Images of Black people in Roman age through Sculpture: identity and otherness. Paola Ruggeri. L’Africa Romana, Momenti di continuità e rottura: bilancio di trent’anni di convegni…

Pyramid Code, Part 1 Written by FERG SOMO Decoding ‘MR’ The Ancient Egyptian Word For A Pyramid Bantu Meanings: Funeral, Lamentation, Wailing The Place of Mourning, Weeping, Entombment A Burial Place, Sepulchre, Tomb MR = MARIRO → MALILO → MALIO → MARIO = MR Ancient Egyptian: MR Pyramid, Tomb This investigation consists of two parts.…

Origin of Black Written by Adriane Bogopane The Ancient Egyptian Origins of the Word Black There has been many a debate regarding the word “black” as it applies to the original people of the planet. Those who oppose the use of the word as an identifier of our people do so by advancing the argument…

Hutuapo, ‘Hotep’ WHAT IS THE MEANING AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO OTHER CULTURES IN AFRICA? BANTU ROSETTA STONES FERG SOMO Ancient Egyptian: HTP:  Be at peace; be peaceful, to rest, to be happy, to become content, to repose Kiswahili-Bantu meaning: HUTUAPO ‘Always be in a state of peace wherever you are’ I hope this research into…

Bantu Rosetta Stones, Part 1 BANTU ROSETTA STONES FERG SOMO Researched by FERG SOMO Edited By Natasha Jones for Blackscribes Sound and meaning relationships between ancient Egyptian and proto-Bantu words NIOKA, NYOKA (Kiswahili-Bantu) Ancient Egyptian NIK, Serpent Proto-Bantu root -OKA, Snake, Serpent Kiswahili-Bantu, formative NI-OKASnake, Serpent Shona-Bantu NYOKA Snake, Serpent NUHA, NUKA (Tsonga-Bantu, other Bantu)…