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Showing Africa in a different light.

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@cornerston May 7, 2018, 11:02 AM UTC

Africa: The Origin of Medical Sciences - Part 1

The major medical publications make very scant mention of African contribution to medical sciences. This is not only in medicine but in the major disciplines that demonstrate human civilisation. Thes…

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@cornerston Mar 29, 2018, 2:04 PM UTC

Africa Not Shown on TV - Abuja, Nigeria

Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria has one of Africa's most beautiful sights:

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@cornerston Mar 13, 2018, 2:01 PM UTC

African Astronomy: Kemetic knowledge of the stars

I have discussed the advanced astronomical knowledge of the Dogon people of Mali. The Dogon believe that they came from Ancient Egypt, Kemet. In this piece, we are going to touch lightly on some of t…

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@cornerston Feb 28, 2018, 10:04 AM UTC

Ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) Astronomy: Calendar

In the last piece, we saw how the ancient Egyptians (Kemites) carried out detailed observation of the rise and fall of the levels of the Nile river. Most people do not know that the modern calendar c…

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@cornerston Feb 23, 2018, 10:24 AM UTC

Ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) Astronomy: Introduction

Human beings have always been fascinated by the patterns of stars in the sky above the Earth. As a child growing up in rural communities in the south west part of Cameroon, Africa, we used to spend h…

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@cornerston Feb 17, 2018, 1:04 PM UTC

African kids having fun - Part 1

I grew up in a rural area of south western Cameroon as close to nature as possible - no television, no computers but sheer fun and adventures: ! Watch out for Part 2.

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@cornerston Feb 15, 2018, 10:00 AM UTC

Africa Astronomy: The Dancing Stones of Namoratunga, Kenya

At first glance, the site located 20 km off the Lodwar – Kalokol road, on the west of lake Turkana in Kenya looks unappealing, just a few stones placed on an isolated site. A local legend says a grou…

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@cornerston Feb 13, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

Africa Astronomy: The Stone Calendar of Nabta Playa, Nubia

By even the more conservative estimate, these are by far the most certain ancient megalithic astronomical alignments known in the world. — Thomas G. Brophy, archaeoastronomer and former NASA scientis…

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@cornerston Feb 12, 2018, 12:16 PM UTC

Africa Astronomy: The Dogon Mystery

INTRODUCING THE SIRIUS STAR SYSTEM Sirius is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth’s night sky. It is about 8.7 light years from Earth. It is a binary system of two stars – a white star,…

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@cornerston Feb 9, 2018, 9:57 AM UTC

Africa Astronomy: Introducing the Dogon People of Mali

INTRODUCTION The Dogon is an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa with a population of a few hundred thousand people, located 200 miles from famous ancient city o…

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