FROM AFRICA TO THE AMERICAN WEST MAY 2005: BY ALLAN L. LEE
THE BLACK COWBOY AND AFRICAN CULTURE
In the opening scenes of “Gone With The Wind,” Black slaves are depicted herding cattle on the Tara Plantation, this depiction represents what some believe is the origins of the Black cowboy. There is an earlier origin for the Black cowboy in Africa, and the book, “Nomads of Niger” by American photographer Carol Beckwith and Belgian Anthropologist Marion Van Offelen captures this view quite well. This book presents the history of the Fulani people of Africa by taking the reader back to approximately 5000 years old rock cave paintings in the Algerian Sahara. Van Offelen believes the paintings depict people herding cattle in a way similar to the way the Fulani nomads herd their cattle today, a link that would span from African antiquity through the Euro-African slave trade era to modern times. “Nomads of Niger” also presents the contemporary beauty of the Fulani people in an excellent photo essay and I find the cover photo of a Fulani cowboy herding cattle on a camel most interesting. read more
Former Commissioner for Education in Delta State, Dr.(Mrs) Veronica Ogbuagu, has decried the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS scourge, lamenting that Nigeria is the third most infected country in the 3rd most infected country in the world.read more
Muurish Emperor of Rome MacrinusMarcus Opellius Macrinus (ca. 165 – June 218), commonly known as Macrinus, was Roman Emperor from 217 to 218. Macrinus was of Berber descent and the first emperor to become so without membership in the senatorial classread more
Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus was born about AD 207 either on the island of Jerba in Africa, or somewhere in Mauretania. He was an indigenous Aferis, African.read more
While we were all being distracted with the protracted war in Libya, the political drama in Washington and London, the world averted what would have been a bloody nuclear war over the last days of May 2011.read more
ABUJA — A radical Islamist sect has claimed responsibility for Nigeria’s first suicide bombing, saying the attack that killed two at Abuja’s police headquarters targetted the country’s police chief.read more
Medical students at the University of Alberta are disappointed after they say their dean copied a graduation speech.
Students say a speech given by dean of medicine Philip Baker during a convocation banquet Friday night, which told personal stories about how medical science has helped his wife and children, was lifted from a talk given by surgeon Atul Gawande at Stanford University’s 2010 medical school convocation.read more
Britain’s Prince Philip received a new royal title from his wife Queen Elizabeth II as a gift on his 90th birthday Friday, as the outspoken consort said he would finally scale back his workload.read more
Rastafarian Views on Life, Politics and Social Issues
Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus
Septimus Severus was a Numidian African Moor from North Africa. He was the founder and ancestor of all the members of the Severan Dynasty.
Britain’s Prince Philip received a new royal title from his wife Queen Elizabeth II as a gift on his 90th birthday Friday, as the outspoken consort said he would finally scale back his workload.