isaac Samuel
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Tradition versus Modernity in central Africa: King Pedro V and Prince Nicolau's competing visions for 19th-century Kongo. patreon.com/posts/134494876
Lukasa, quipu (Incan cord and knot record keeping system), and other tactile methods of recording history will always fill me with wonder.
memory board, Luba, D.R.C., ca. 19th-20th century africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-luba-kin…
Africa needs a YIMBY movement What should it look like? asteriskmag.com/issues/11/yes-…
A complete history of the Sudano-Sahelian architecture of west Africa: from antiquity to the 20th century isaac Samuel #Africa #BlackAmerica #Blackhistory africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-complete-h…
Luba elites created a rich visual vocabulary for expressing concepts of memory, and for encoding and stimulating mnemonic processes using memory boards, beaded headdresses and necklaces, thrones, figures, and staffs africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-luba-kin…
memory board, Luba, D.R.C., ca. 19th-20th century africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-luba-kin…
The Luba kingdom, which established hegemonic control over large parts of what is today southeastern D.R.Congo between the 18th and 19th centuries, represents one of the best case studies for the divergent fortunes of pre-colonial societies. africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-luba-kin…