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THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN GENESIS PART 7
The Use of Eastern Antenna.
Using the UK pan as a pointer to the direction of the east is the easiest formulae to locate the eastern horizon where the sun rises. It is the eastern antenna. Uk pan is the circular pad designed and used by dish service providers to concentrate air wave to a point where the service is needed. It is not the dish itself; instead it is the instrument that gives the dish a concentrated focus towards the service it hopes to provide the user with at every given point. The necessity of the pan speaks for itself, and this tells us why it is used by every dish world over. It is indeed a universal antenna.
From every direction one finds himself, he can trace his bearing to the east with the help of a UK pan. Connected to the dish, the pan is used to search for the position of the east. It continues to search until the circular interior is fully positioned to face the east. At this time, the dish can work. Now, with the aid of this pan, anyone looking for the east from any point should look at the closest UK pan around him. Any position it faces clearly shows where the east is.
Finding the eastern position from any direction in Nigeria, the UK pan faces the direction of Igbo land. If one still wishes to confirm how true the pan is, he would have to wait on the sun as he rises in the morning. For sure the sun rises from the same direction. Otherwise, the UK pan is not properly positioned and will certainly not work. Sunrise made it easier for the installation of DStv in Nigeria because the position of the east is already known and determined. Egyptian Book of the Dead maintained that the Tuat of Ra is in the east; at the part which is the door to the north. This is true in the case of the Igbo geographical locale. As immediate as one drives away from Nsukka (Northern Igbo land) in the morning hours, he begins to see the sun at his right hand. The same thing is experienced as one is driving towards Akwa Ibom State or to any of the Yoruba land in the morning hours. He experiences the presence of the sun at his left hand position or behind respectively. In fact, in Nigeria, any position one is standing he can easily point to the eastern direction. All this proves the saying by Mungo Park true. When he found the great Niger River, he said,
"The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east did not excite my surprise, for although I had left Europe in great hesitation on this subject, I had received from the negroes clear assurances that its general course was towards the rising sun(Travels, 162)."
From every direction one finds himself, he can trace his bearing to the east with the help of a UK pan. Connected to the dish, the pan is used to search for the position of the east. It continues to search until the circular interior is fully positioned to face the east. At this time, the dish can work. Now, with the aid of this pan, anyone looking for the east from any point should look at the closest UK pan around him. Any position it faces clearly shows where the east is.
Finding the eastern position from any direction in Nigeria, the UK pan faces the direction of Igbo land. If one still wishes to confirm how true the pan is, he would have to wait on the sun as he rises in the morning. For sure the sun rises from the same direction. Otherwise, the UK pan is not properly positioned and will certainly not work. Sunrise made it easier for the installation of DStv in Nigeria because the position of the east is already known and determined. Egyptian Book of the Dead maintained that the Tuat of Ra is in the east; at the part which is the door to the north. This is true in the case of the Igbo geographical locale. As immediate as one drives away from Nsukka (Northern Igbo land) in the morning hours, he begins to see the sun at his right hand. The same thing is experienced as one is driving towards Akwa Ibom State or to any of the Yoruba land in the morning hours. He experiences the presence of the sun at his left hand position or behind respectively. In fact, in Nigeria, any position one is standing he can easily point to the eastern direction. All this proves the saying by Mungo Park true. When he found the great Niger River, he said,
"The circumstance of the Niger's flowing towards the east did not excite my surprise, for although I had left Europe in great hesitation on this subject, I had received from the negroes clear assurances that its general course was towards the rising sun(Travels, 162)."
THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN GENESIS PART 8
Is the proper east the Igbo land from where the sun rises or in Egypt as Diop Anta claims?
What do we say here? Is the proper east the Igbo land from where the sun rises or in Egypt as Diop Anta claims? With the various instances cited above and the numerous ones in other chapters, we will suggest that the eastern horizon is no other place than the Igbo land. If the east is in Egypt, the direction of the rising sun in Nigeria as explained above would be posited. Following the continental map as shown below, Nigeria would experience sunrise from the direction of the north. But it is not so.
THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN GENESIS PART 9
Wikipedia supported this view by practically drafting graphically the exit point of the population that left Nigeria up to the third movement.
Should we then say that cartographers were wrong in their mapping of the continent by placing Egypt in the north? This cannot be true. Egypt does not have any boundary with Nigeria. The only geographical link both countries have in common is the Sahara, in the northern part of Nigeria, through which the population that left the ancient Nigeria passed. As long as the geographical plain of Africa is truly represented in the map, with all the country borders fully visible, Africa cannot have more than one east except the Igbo land. Wikipedia supported this view by practically drafting graphically the exit point of the population that left Nigeria up to the third movement.
Nigeria is marked as the trigger point of Africa because of the position of the east. We have no reason therefore to argue further with respect to the position of the east. It is in the Igbo land and nowhere else. Could this be the mother home of African population? The next phase will tell us whether it is or not.
Should we then say that cartographers were wrong in their mapping of the continent by placing Egypt in the north? This cannot be true. Egypt does not have any boundary with Nigeria. The only geographical link both countries have in common is the Sahara, in the northern part of Nigeria, through which the population that left the ancient Nigeria passed. As long as the geographical plain of Africa is truly represented in the map, with all the country borders fully visible, Africa cannot have more than one east except the Igbo land. Wikipedia supported this view by practically drafting graphically the exit point of the population that left Nigeria up to the third movement.
Nigeria is marked as the trigger point of Africa because of the position of the east. We have no reason therefore to argue further with respect to the position of the east. It is in the Igbo land and nowhere else. Could this be the mother home of African population? The next phase will tell us whether it is or not.
THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN GENESIS PART 10
Could Igbo land be the mother home of African population?
Standing from other geopolitical zones of Nigeria to sight the sunrise everyday leaves the observer with no doubt that Igbo land in the land of the rising sun. This is made easier with the help of what we refer to as the African Antenna. Coming from the northern part of the country or from the western part, it may be assumed that the entire south-east and south-south embodies the home-place of the rising sun, whether by sight or by DStv UK pan. We found the difference when we approached the east. Igbo land is located in a way that it is at the centre of the Niger River, North central and the entire south-south. From any of these points, the antenna faces the inner Igbo land. Within the Igbo communities,all the antennas in Imo State, Abia State, Anambra State down to Enugu and the entire Nsukka area focus towards Abakaliki.
Quite enigmatic, apart from all the states mentioned, looking at the Nigeria map shown above, it is apparent that Benue and Cross-River are bounded behind Abakaliki; thereby pinning it at the centre, yet the antennas of these areas face Abakaliki. By this observation, it is apparent that the eastern part of the east is Abakaliki area. Little wonder the Bible remarked thus,
"And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch (Gen 4:16-17)."
Nod is a city “on the east of Eden”, while Eden was located in the eastward. According to the Bible,
"And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed (Gen 2:8)."
Wherever the Garden of Eden had been may not be of much interest since it is hidden from the humans’ eyes presently. What is important here is the fact that in the eastern part of Eden was a city with a good number of people. And that city was called Nod. There is a little coincidence here. It was possible that Eden could have been within Abakaliki area since it is discovered here as the proper east with potable evidence of an ancient city known as Nodo. All through our search, no place was found with the name Nod or Nodo apart from this city down here in Abakaliki. We are therefor of the suggestion that Nodo had been misspelled as Nod in the Christian Bible. With the identification of the Eastern east, it is apparent that the eastern horizon is the Igbo land in Nigeria.
Quite enigmatic, apart from all the states mentioned, looking at the Nigeria map shown above, it is apparent that Benue and Cross-River are bounded behind Abakaliki; thereby pinning it at the centre, yet the antennas of these areas face Abakaliki. By this observation, it is apparent that the eastern part of the east is Abakaliki area. Little wonder the Bible remarked thus,
"And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch (Gen 4:16-17)."
Nod is a city “on the east of Eden”, while Eden was located in the eastward. According to the Bible,
"And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed (Gen 2:8)."
Wherever the Garden of Eden had been may not be of much interest since it is hidden from the humans’ eyes presently. What is important here is the fact that in the eastern part of Eden was a city with a good number of people. And that city was called Nod. There is a little coincidence here. It was possible that Eden could have been within Abakaliki area since it is discovered here as the proper east with potable evidence of an ancient city known as Nodo. All through our search, no place was found with the name Nod or Nodo apart from this city down here in Abakaliki. We are therefor of the suggestion that Nodo had been misspelled as Nod in the Christian Bible. With the identification of the Eastern east, it is apparent that the eastern horizon is the Igbo land in Nigeria.
THE SEARCH FOR AFRICAN GENESIS PART I1
Evidence from Ancient Books.
In several oral tradition as well as ancient libraries spoke of a people who emanated in the realm of the ancient when there was no suffering. The Benin, Yoruba, Dogon and others spoke of a people who descended from the sky and inhabited the planet earth before the creation of man. The books and oral traditions insist that this set of people did not descend from Adam. The Christian Bible is remarkable with this information. In chapter six of the Genesis, Moses gave a succinct account of a people who came from the sky; a people whom he called the sons of God. An anonymous book in the internet entitled The Book of Creation by the Son of Fire, said thus,
"The forbears of all the nations of man were once one people, and they were the elect of God who delivered all the Earth over to them, all the people, the beasts of the field, the creatures of the wasteland and the things that grow. They dwelt through long ages in lands of peace and plenty. There were some who struggled harder, were more disciplined; because their forefathers had crossed the great dark void, their desires were turned Godward and they were called The Children of God". Their country was undulating and forested. It was fertile, having many rivers and marshes. There were great mountains to the East and to the West, and in the North was a vast stony plain."
The anonymous book explained the feature of the land of the first inhabitants of the earth planet; a people whom it refers to as the sons of God.Their land is generally “undulating and forested. It was fertile, having many rivers and marshes. The entire environment here explains Nigeria completely. We can practically find places associated with all these features in Nigeria than elsewhere in the world. The area concentrated by mountains is in the east called Enugu. The ecological analysis of Enugu simply shows that the mountains took over the entire land. We have another mountain concentrated area in the western part of Nigeria. The place is called Idonre, in Ondo State. But, Idonre hills are very few compared to the uncountable number of the mountains in Enugu. Idonre is significant because the mountains were carefully arranged as though it was intended. It fenced the small town round, living an opening of the size of a large gate between two mountains. The vast stony plain of the Nigeria-Plateau is known to every ecologist that has studied the Nigeria ecosystem. The marshy soil and concentration of rivers here refers to the alluvial soil of the Niger Delta region.
The book still went further to associate the land conditions with the nature of people inhabiting them.It explained the first inhabitants as people who lived in “The Land of the Little People (pygmies) and the Land of Giants, the Land of the Neckless Ones…” Here the three races or generations of the Igbo race were classified according to their natures, not necessarily the time of their appearances. The Igbo pygmies were the Umudiala. All the generations associated with the earliest features are discussed in chapter two and three above.
Another ancient tablet excavated in the Nag Hammadi village in Egypt gives a clear picture of these same four groups of beings who inhabited the earth before the creation of Adam. Nag Hammadi also associates these people to the Igbo, following the features explained about them. It speaks of a people that descended from the sky and inhabited this earth planet. On the chapter captioned “the Origin of the World”, the book noted thus:
"Then the saviour created of them all – and the spirits of these [are manifestly] superior, being blessed and varying in election – and also (he created) many other beings, which have no king and are superior to everyone that was before them. Consequently, four races exist. There are three that belong to the kings of the eighth heaven. But the fourth race is kingless and perfect, being the highest of all (Hammadi, 124-5)."
Nag Hammadi puts it straight for us to understand the position of the fourth generation or race, above the first three generations. They were the most glorious generation among the sons of God. At another page the position of the fourth generation is restated.
"There are four generations, three generations belong to the kings of the eighth heaven, and the fourth generation, which is the most exalted, is kingless and perfect. These people will enter the holy place of their Father and they will reside in rest … They are kings. They are the immortal within the mortal (P. 219)."
They were differentiated from the previous generations because they were kingless. The first three generations belonged to the king of the eight heavens. This attracts the sense of a stratified heaven as maintained in the Egyptian mystery books. Also in the cosmology of the Dogon, it was established that the human race has eight ancestors. This, perhaps, may have certain relation to the kings of the generations that lived before the fourth generation. On page (277), the Nag Hammadi says that,
"The Kingless Generation was glorious and without number, they are designated the generation over whom no kingdoms exist. And all the beings of the realm with no kingdom over it … are designated the children of the un-conceived Father.”
All these features are obvious with the ancestors of the Igbo race who live in the east. The Igbo, for instance, refer to themselves as chi (god). The Igbo believes that he is a chi (god); first to himself and transcendentally, to another person. The Igbo have the saying, “Nmadu bu chi Ibe ya” one is his colleague’s god. Drawing reference from this, it is apparent that the view by Eze Nri as explained above is reflected, not only in the historical conception of the Igbo, but also in their life generally. The idea raise by The Nag Hammadi that “the Kingless Generation are designated the generation over whom no kingdoms exists” appears to speak of the reference the Igbo use to refer to their race. The Igbo speak of their race as “Igbo enwe eze”, translated to mean a generation with no king, or a kingless race. Kingless condition cannot be the only feature to identify the Igbo nation as belonging to the realm of eternal days, the language situation of the Igbo equally spoke of this proof. The Nag Hammadi also clarifies the whole thing beyond possible imaginary constraint when it makes a remark about the fore-existed generations thus,
"A people among whom the three entities Father, Mother and Child exist as perceptible speech having within it three names abiding in three nnn(P.722)."
NNN, as intoned by the Nag Hammadi gave us the impetus to conclude that it was talking about the Igbo race. In the Igbo language, NNN is realized thus,Nne, Nna and Nwa. On the other hand, trying to represent these entities’ sexes, NNN still fits in thus: Nwoke, Nwanyi and Nwata. Detailed explanation of this history and the connections it has to the Igbo nation is discussed in chapter two above.
Nothing is hidden here apart from details of these migration waves away from the east. We have taking staking time to trace the path of the ancestors of Africa. Our findings revealed that the African ancestors were four distinct people who inhabited the African east at different time. Time in this regard was calculated based on generations or race. We do not think that the survivors of the Noah’s ark founded any country in Africa; instead they came later to infiltrate the Black land. Of course, the lateness of their civilization is an indication that they arrived late. For by that time, the survivors of the flood in Africa had gone far in their civilization. Scholars’ research and archaeological findings had pointed out that the route of the human genesis, even Africa, is the West Africa. We also found that ancient Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia have links with Nigeria. The Igbo had found it difficult to explain his origin because he understands, even untutored, that he is autonomous or aboriginals. The explanation above may not be holistically detailed to make a distant fellow understand the Igbo nation, but it offers a clearing point to the controversy of the Africa genesis.
"The forbears of all the nations of man were once one people, and they were the elect of God who delivered all the Earth over to them, all the people, the beasts of the field, the creatures of the wasteland and the things that grow. They dwelt through long ages in lands of peace and plenty. There were some who struggled harder, were more disciplined; because their forefathers had crossed the great dark void, their desires were turned Godward and they were called The Children of God". Their country was undulating and forested. It was fertile, having many rivers and marshes. There were great mountains to the East and to the West, and in the North was a vast stony plain."
The anonymous book explained the feature of the land of the first inhabitants of the earth planet; a people whom it refers to as the sons of God.Their land is generally “undulating and forested. It was fertile, having many rivers and marshes. The entire environment here explains Nigeria completely. We can practically find places associated with all these features in Nigeria than elsewhere in the world. The area concentrated by mountains is in the east called Enugu. The ecological analysis of Enugu simply shows that the mountains took over the entire land. We have another mountain concentrated area in the western part of Nigeria. The place is called Idonre, in Ondo State. But, Idonre hills are very few compared to the uncountable number of the mountains in Enugu. Idonre is significant because the mountains were carefully arranged as though it was intended. It fenced the small town round, living an opening of the size of a large gate between two mountains. The vast stony plain of the Nigeria-Plateau is known to every ecologist that has studied the Nigeria ecosystem. The marshy soil and concentration of rivers here refers to the alluvial soil of the Niger Delta region.
The book still went further to associate the land conditions with the nature of people inhabiting them.It explained the first inhabitants as people who lived in “The Land of the Little People (pygmies) and the Land of Giants, the Land of the Neckless Ones…” Here the three races or generations of the Igbo race were classified according to their natures, not necessarily the time of their appearances. The Igbo pygmies were the Umudiala. All the generations associated with the earliest features are discussed in chapter two and three above.
Another ancient tablet excavated in the Nag Hammadi village in Egypt gives a clear picture of these same four groups of beings who inhabited the earth before the creation of Adam. Nag Hammadi also associates these people to the Igbo, following the features explained about them. It speaks of a people that descended from the sky and inhabited this earth planet. On the chapter captioned “the Origin of the World”, the book noted thus:
"Then the saviour created of them all – and the spirits of these [are manifestly] superior, being blessed and varying in election – and also (he created) many other beings, which have no king and are superior to everyone that was before them. Consequently, four races exist. There are three that belong to the kings of the eighth heaven. But the fourth race is kingless and perfect, being the highest of all (Hammadi, 124-5)."
Nag Hammadi puts it straight for us to understand the position of the fourth generation or race, above the first three generations. They were the most glorious generation among the sons of God. At another page the position of the fourth generation is restated.
"There are four generations, three generations belong to the kings of the eighth heaven, and the fourth generation, which is the most exalted, is kingless and perfect. These people will enter the holy place of their Father and they will reside in rest … They are kings. They are the immortal within the mortal (P. 219)."
They were differentiated from the previous generations because they were kingless. The first three generations belonged to the king of the eight heavens. This attracts the sense of a stratified heaven as maintained in the Egyptian mystery books. Also in the cosmology of the Dogon, it was established that the human race has eight ancestors. This, perhaps, may have certain relation to the kings of the generations that lived before the fourth generation. On page (277), the Nag Hammadi says that,
"The Kingless Generation was glorious and without number, they are designated the generation over whom no kingdoms exist. And all the beings of the realm with no kingdom over it … are designated the children of the un-conceived Father.”
All these features are obvious with the ancestors of the Igbo race who live in the east. The Igbo, for instance, refer to themselves as chi (god). The Igbo believes that he is a chi (god); first to himself and transcendentally, to another person. The Igbo have the saying, “Nmadu bu chi Ibe ya” one is his colleague’s god. Drawing reference from this, it is apparent that the view by Eze Nri as explained above is reflected, not only in the historical conception of the Igbo, but also in their life generally. The idea raise by The Nag Hammadi that “the Kingless Generation are designated the generation over whom no kingdoms exists” appears to speak of the reference the Igbo use to refer to their race. The Igbo speak of their race as “Igbo enwe eze”, translated to mean a generation with no king, or a kingless race. Kingless condition cannot be the only feature to identify the Igbo nation as belonging to the realm of eternal days, the language situation of the Igbo equally spoke of this proof. The Nag Hammadi also clarifies the whole thing beyond possible imaginary constraint when it makes a remark about the fore-existed generations thus,
"A people among whom the three entities Father, Mother and Child exist as perceptible speech having within it three names abiding in three nnn(P.722)."
NNN, as intoned by the Nag Hammadi gave us the impetus to conclude that it was talking about the Igbo race. In the Igbo language, NNN is realized thus,Nne, Nna and Nwa. On the other hand, trying to represent these entities’ sexes, NNN still fits in thus: Nwoke, Nwanyi and Nwata. Detailed explanation of this history and the connections it has to the Igbo nation is discussed in chapter two above.
Nothing is hidden here apart from details of these migration waves away from the east. We have taking staking time to trace the path of the ancestors of Africa. Our findings revealed that the African ancestors were four distinct people who inhabited the African east at different time. Time in this regard was calculated based on generations or race. We do not think that the survivors of the Noah’s ark founded any country in Africa; instead they came later to infiltrate the Black land. Of course, the lateness of their civilization is an indication that they arrived late. For by that time, the survivors of the flood in Africa had gone far in their civilization. Scholars’ research and archaeological findings had pointed out that the route of the human genesis, even Africa, is the West Africa. We also found that ancient Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia have links with Nigeria. The Igbo had found it difficult to explain his origin because he understands, even untutored, that he is autonomous or aboriginals. The explanation above may not be holistically detailed to make a distant fellow understand the Igbo nation, but it offers a clearing point to the controversy of the Africa genesis.
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