Why An African History Month

Why, An African History Month?

The motherland's histories are complex with over 2000 cultures, constituting, different languages, traditions and customs and they all have their own stories to tell. It would be mutually beneficial to have our history to be accessible in one historical umbrella. Each month would address a different topic. This will plant the seeds of knowledge to be harvest for the future generations. Most importantly, "African History Month" would serve as a catalyst to correct the gross misconceptions, omission and distortions of it's history.of African people globally.

The word African specifically relates to the indigenous people of the African continent and their descents in the Diaspora ( Caribbean , Americas , Arabia , etc). The race-nationality model such as that currently employed by African-American, African-Brazilian and African-Caribbean communities more accurately describes the identity whilst fully articulating the history and geopolitical reality

The miscellaneous usage of the label 'Black' within this site reflects its contemporary use as a means to denote a specific
sociocultural and political context. It is recognized as a colloquial term that was fashioned as a reactionary concept to derogatory racial epithets in the 1960's. It is offensive when used as a racial classification code word to denote African people. Other such denigrating terminology when made in reference to African culture, heritage or identity are 'Tribe', 'Sub-Saharan Africa', or 'black Africa '.

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Hannibal of Carthage (247-183 B.C.)Great Kings of Africa

Hannibal is said to be the greatest military leader and strategist of all time. Hannibal was born in 247 B.C., when Carthage, then the maritime power, was beginning to decline. The Carthaginians civilisation was of African, who were great merchants. They traded with India and the people of the Mediterranean, and the Scilly Isles. When very young, Hannibal accompanied Hamilclar, his father in a battle with the Romans. Seventeen years later, he succeeded his father and became supreme commander of the peninsula. Hannibal had 80,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and 40 African war elephants. He conquered major portions of Spain and France, and all of Italy, except for Rome.

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3 comments:

  1. He wasn't black. He was half iberian and half semetic. Stop appropriating semtic and white history. There is no evidence of substance that he was black or than his army was. Northern africa isnt and never hasnt been black. It has been arabic, berber, vandal, semetic, but not black.

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  2. He wasn't black. He was half iberian and half semetic. Stop appropriating semtic and white history. There is no evidence of substance that he was black or than his army was. Northern africa isnt and never hasnt been black. It has been arabic, berber, vandal, semetic, but not black.

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  3. “Never hasn’t been black” exactly.

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