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23 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
By the year A.D. 1300, “the Yoruba people built numerous walled cities surrounded by farms”. The cities were Owu, Oyo, Ijebu, Ijesa, Ketu, Popo, Egba, Sabe, Dassa, Egbado, Igbomina, including the sixteen Ekiti principalities, Owo and Ondo.
Ile-Ife became the sacred home to the Yoruba people. The city was established near the ninth century CE, and reached its artistic peak between 1200 and 1400 CE. Ife African civilization is well-known for its bronze sculptures, typically in a naturalistic style.
Stone and terra cotta artwork was also common, and leaders were often depicted with large heads to indicate their power. Most of Ile-Ife Arts are being stolen and on display in most museums all over the world.
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Fulani Origin (Ancient Africa)
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Fula or Fulani or Fulbe (the latter Anglicization of the word in their language, Fulɓɓe) are an ethnic group of people spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and The Sudan of east Africa.
The countries in Africa where they are present include Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Niger, Togo, the Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia, and as far as Sudan.
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Tenkamenin (African king ruled over a democratic nation centuries before Abraham Lincoln)
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Tenkamenin, (A.k.a. People's king). Tenkamenin ruled from 1062 until 1075 in the Ancient Ghana Empire Throughout Tenkamenin’s brief reign Ghana reached great heights.
Tenkamenin’s empire prospered economically through his tactful management of the gold trade across the Sahara desert in West Africa.
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6 Oct
Kingdom Of Zimbabwe
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The Kingdom of Zimbabwe (A.K.A Great Zimbabwe) was one of the great African Empires. The kingdom existed from 1220 to 1450. The region of Zimbabwe was settled in the eleventh century, but the Kingdom was fully set up in the thirteenth century. ImageImageImageImage
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The Kru tribe, (tough people that refused to be captured and taken away for slavery).
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The people of Kru are a tribe of West Africa from South-Eastern Liberia and the neighboring Côte D’ivoire. The Kru people have historical relations with Nigeria’s Ijaws.
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Ancient African Civilization (Pyramids)
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