Source: Sully Man
Lost Kingdoms of Africa 2 of 4 Ethiopia
Published on 15 Feb 2013
Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford explores the history of the old African kingdom of Ethiopia.
Category Archives: History Ancient
AFRICAN HISTORY- THE KONGO EMPIRE
This is a drawing from the 1500s of the capital city of the Kongo Empire
The drawing was first published in a book called `History of the Kingdom of the Kongo` by Filippo Pigafetta,published in Rome in 1591.
In the 1500s,the Kongo Empire covered 1,685 miles and was divided into … Read the rest
MAGNIFICENT ANCIENT AFRICAN CITIES part 1- GREAT ZIMBABWE
dzimba dza mabwe – house of stone
Zimbabwe was once part of the great Munhumutapa Empire which stretched across the interior of the continent,with the trading ports based along the Mozambican and Tanzanian Indian Ocean coastline.This was the Empire of gold and the gold mines from this time litter southern … Read the rest
AFRICAN HISTORY part 1 MAGNIFICENT CITIES
KILWA, Tanzania
slave port – NO
Arab built- NO
international trade port – YES
African built- YES
Kilwa in 1572 AD
AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE ? – YES
Africa embraced Islam. This is not Arab influence in Africa! This is religion in Africa.History has portrayed this falsely for too long!