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THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN GENESIS PART 5
How may we locate this east and probably identify the lives still in it? Should it be Egypt, Nubia or Ethiopia?
From every country that sees the sun daily, the direction of that country from where the presence of the sun is identified is usually termed the east. In this manner, the east is peculiar with countries. The position of east to one country may differ from another country due to their different positions. But, above all, there must be a country that is more eastern that the other. The people occupying that very point, east, are believed to be occupying the eastern part of heaven from where the sun rises. This is the conclusion of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Now, considering the countries in Africa with pronounced and renowned ancient civilization, we may give attention to the popular trio nations along the Nile. We have such ancient countries as Ethiopia, Nubia and Egypt in this consideration. These countries had been the bases of the historical study about Africa for centuries before our time. From the look of things, one of them should be the birth place of the African race. But certain facts found among them created senses of surprise to us. For instance, Egypt
From every country that sees the sun daily, the direction of that country from where the presence of the sun is identified is usually termed the east. In this manner, the east is peculiar with countries. The position of east to one country may differ from another country due to their different positions. But, above all, there must be a country that is more eastern that the other. The people occupying that very point, east, are believed to be occupying the eastern part of heaven from where the sun rises. This is the conclusion of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Now, considering the countries in Africa with pronounced and renowned ancient civilization, we may give attention to the popular trio nations along the Nile. We have such ancient countries as Ethiopia, Nubia and Egypt in this consideration. These countries had been the bases of the historical study about Africa for centuries before our time. From the look of things, one of them should be the birth place of the African race. But certain facts found among them created senses of surprise to us. For instance, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt identified her founding parents to be of the Anu race. According to the evidences unearthed in Egypt, Lord Tera was discovered as one of the founding fathers of Egypt. With this, it becomes expedient to assert that Egyptian fathers were migrants from another place, probably the eastern horizon, according to the Book of the Dead. The historical foundation of the Anu race and the place they lived up till as late as early twentieth century is discussed in the Evolution of the Black Race and the Babelic Tales. We found instances of their abandoned caves in the southern part of Nkalaha, North-eastern part of Igbo land. To be precise, an instance of their features is enshrined in the statue comfortably placed in Enugu State; few distance from the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC). The Image is used as the cover page of the text mentioned above.
Nubia
Nubia too has evidences of having migrated from another place, probably the east. The general history of Nubia starting from the name of the country and the condition of their settlement is that of people on certain unimaginable migration wave within the passage of time. Nubia migration was in chain, beginning from the first people that settled to the last set of people. With this condition, Nubia became a people with a chain of migration wave that stratified them into three different groups: A, B and C. In this chain, A-group was the first migrants. The history of this migration is not clear. But from all indications, both culture and other style of life, there is a great similarity between Nubian A-group and the ancient Egypt. The history of the manner they came to occupy their present place, it was clear that Egypt and Nubia may have the same origin, but they settled at different time. Considering who settled first, we may conclude that Nubia settled first. In the Evolution of the Black Race and the Babelic Tales, it is clear from instances of their settlement that Nubia settled first. The summary of this identical feature between Nubia and Egypt is given by Adams, as follows:
"Elliot Smith and Demy had no difficulty in racial differences among the skeletons from Nubian grave types. The people of the 'A-Group' recognizing the various they believed to be identical with the Predynastic Egyptians, while in the 'B Group' they perceived a much stronger Negro strain. This element was still believed to be present, although much diluted, in the 'C-Group' ... The anatomical work of Smith and Derry can be criticized on a number of grounds. Even with the best of intentions and under the best conditions, the methods available to them at the beginning of the twentieth century were primitive and highly subjective. Heavy emphasis was placed on a small number of characteristics, such as the much abused cephalic index, and many of them were morphological features which could not be verified by measurement.. .It was in many respects a pseudo-science, [and] a far cry from today's scientific study of population dynamics (Adams,91-92)."
"Elliot Smith and Demy had no difficulty in racial differences among the skeletons from Nubian grave types. The people of the 'A-Group' recognizing the various they believed to be identical with the Predynastic Egyptians, while in the 'B Group' they perceived a much stronger Negro strain. This element was still believed to be present, although much diluted, in the 'C-Group' ... The anatomical work of Smith and Derry can be criticized on a number of grounds. Even with the best of intentions and under the best conditions, the methods available to them at the beginning of the twentieth century were primitive and highly subjective. Heavy emphasis was placed on a small number of characteristics, such as the much abused cephalic index, and many of them were morphological features which could not be verified by measurement.. .It was in many respects a pseudo-science, [and] a far cry from today's scientific study of population dynamics (Adams,91-92)."
Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s case is very simple, according to its treatment in the Evolution of the Black Race. The oldest population in Ethiopia is the tribe who settled at the southern part of Ethiopia. They are referred to as the boiling point of Ethiopia because of the presence of Afar in the region. This significant tribe is called Kambaata. The history of the tribe is buried in the meaning of the name. This great people with historical landmark insist that Kambaata has been their name from inception. From the three versions of Kambaata oral tradition, two versions maintain that their name was founded in the situation that surrounded their settlement in the days of their fathers. The remaining one version displays certain incongruous and unaligned claim of ancestry which emanated from the lord in control of the population that settled in their earliest stage.
From our findings, it is possible that Kambata may have migrated from the ancient Nigerian society; perhaps from the east. The name of the tribe is practically Igbo word having the same meaning with the same term in the Igbo language. Added to this suggestion are similarities in the ancient potteries found in the area. Among the potteries, we chose to sample this chair and examine the similarity between it and the Igbo traditional seat. The Igbo have several seats of this nature and with varying styles. It was the form of their craft.
We could not find any direct trace to any east in the history of the three communities, but for the meaning of the name Nubia and Kambata, also their potteries. Diop Anta said something very important above. He said that
"Those who still remember their origins say they came from the east and their forbearers found pygmies in the country. Dogon and the Yoruba legends report that they came from the east,(Civilization, 179)."
From our findings, it is possible that Kambata may have migrated from the ancient Nigerian society; perhaps from the east. The name of the tribe is practically Igbo word having the same meaning with the same term in the Igbo language. Added to this suggestion are similarities in the ancient potteries found in the area. Among the potteries, we chose to sample this chair and examine the similarity between it and the Igbo traditional seat. The Igbo have several seats of this nature and with varying styles. It was the form of their craft.
We could not find any direct trace to any east in the history of the three communities, but for the meaning of the name Nubia and Kambata, also their potteries. Diop Anta said something very important above. He said that
"Those who still remember their origins say they came from the east and their forbearers found pygmies in the country. Dogon and the Yoruba legends report that they came from the east,(Civilization, 179)."
THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN GENESIS PART 6
Dogon and Yoruba
Now, if the Dogon with their age long tradition and the Yoruba still of ancient tradition should stick to the fact that they came from the east, then it becomes clear that they have the same origin. The Yoruba versions traced from their oral tradition maintain that their father was the younger brother of Obatala, whom Ifa refers to as the Father of the Igbo nation. What was done by Olumide Lucas shows the bulk of the terminology shared by both communities. It should serve as evidence to prove that both countries share the same historical origin. The Igbo themselves said that they originated from their abode. On this ground they refer to themselves as Nwadiala, Amala and Nwa-Afor Igbo translated to mean “son of the soil, Integral child and a child from the bowel of the Igbo” respectively. According to the Igbo oral tradition, the Igbo fathers came from the sky and inhabit the place of the rising sun. Following this, we may conclude that the east is the Igbo land in Nigeria.
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