All posts by Don Jaide

America’s Hypocritical Freedom — Federick Douglas

The Hypocrisy of American Slavery
by Frederick Douglas
July 4, 1852
Rochester, New York
Fellow citizens, pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? And am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits, and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us? read more

The Original Black African Arabs of Arabia (Part 3: Black African Kingdoms of Arabia) — Ogu Eji-Ofo Anu

The Black African kingdoms of Arabia

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Ogu Eji Ofo Anu

The Himyarites: Yemen, Hadramaut, Oman

Yemen is one of the oldest inhabited portions of the Arabian Peninsula. It includes the entire southwest quarter, which possesses many advantages in climate and soil. Yemen was a colony of early Black Africans until the Arabized Arabs who are described in the preceding paragraph gradually infiltrated it. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Himyarites/Yemenites (and Hadramutians) are the same group of peoples as the African Ethiopians. read more

From Ethiopia To Yemen

Ethiopia’s Historic Ties with Yemen

By Richard Pankhurst

Ethiopia and Yemen, two historic countries on either side of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, have been in contact since almost the dawn of time. This is scarcely surprising. The intervening strip of sea between South Arabia and the Ethiopian Horn of Africa is at its closest little more than fifty miles wide, and is believed ten thousand years ago to have been only eleven miles wide. This narrow stretch of water could be crossed, throughout the historic period, by the simplest of vessels, including rafts, within little more than a day. read more

African-Ethiopian Suzeranity over Arabia

Aksum and Yemen in Ancient and Medieval Times

By Richard Pankhurst

Aksum Stelae, and Sabaean and Ge‘ez Inscriptions

The close cultural connection between Aksum and Yemen in ancient times may be surmised from the three largest stalae of Aksum. These remarkable monolithic obelisks, cut from the living rock, are thought to have been erected in the late third or early fourth century A.D. They depict or represent multi-storied buildings, complete with doors and windows. This decorative device is reminiscent of the tall traditional structures found in Yemen, and may have been inspired by their predecessors, on which side of the Red Sea we cannot, however, tell. read more