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I see what you mean and I have heard of some of those before. Never gave it any thought. I never thought they were a thing other.
What puzzles me though is the pyramids in different continents that where built around the same time. Am not saying they were black but what am saying is there must have been travel before the Europeans ventured to the Americas or any other part of the world. Making it possible to share ideas.
With Jews debate I have heard racist comments made and mostly racist and those I have no interest.
I do know that in some parts of India/ Himalayas and sounding countries there are tribes who claim to be Jewish. They have asked to be allowed back to their promised land too. Not because they are defendants but the length of time they have practiced the religion.
I have also read somewhere, Thomas as in one of the disciples his resting place was somewhere in India or somewhere there.
If anyone is interested in African empires that is not Egypt they can read about the rise and fall of kingdoms in the interlascustine region. Some of the kingdoms date back to 1100 AD 1500AD. After that, you have the chwezi empire. It covered South Sudan, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, north of Tanzania, Burundi under one ruler. The tail end of it ended when the British invaded and captured the leader in the 1800s. Some of the kingdoms are now smaller but they are still in existence. A lot where abolished by the British empire when they colonised in order to make it easier to control.
The movement of tribes and stories, how each tribe came to be is also available online for anyone willing to learn. I find some of them very interesting. You can read on the Yoruba and Igbo which I find very interesting. Their understanding of God who created them is very monotheistic. The them is similar in most African stories of creation even though the god would have children and those that serve him or her. I
love to learn the movement of the banto tribe from Cameroon which is meant to be the birth place of all Bantos all the way to the east coast of Africa. The nilotics from south of Barh el gazel who migrated south , east and west of Africa. Some of the descendants became ja Lou, ( which is Barack Obama's African ancestors). Hamites and nilo- Hamites who are meant to be Arabs or Asians ancestry migrated across Africa from the east ending up in places like Rwanda and further south. The only similarity they have now is that they are slightly lighter in skin tone to of most Africans. (Not all Africans). That would include some Somalians, Eritreans, Ethiopian tribes. What I have just mentioned is just the basic. The whole history is so complex and books are out there for people who are tired of Tutankhamun or cleopatra. I don't know specific names of books though. I would also avoid those written before the seventies by people who are not Africans. Am only saying this because there are a few that have been proven wrong both In sociology and anthropology.
The first slaves that where taken weren't bushmen with no communities and kingdoms. They were prisoners of war who got sold to the missionaries to help carry their Language. They later on became a commodity in exchange for guns.