Qu.1 The Hamitic Hypothesis stated that anything of value found in Africa was brought n by the Hamites who were allegedly a branch of the Caucasian race (Gillian, 2002). It implied that civilization was taken down the Nile from the Fertile Delta by whites or near- whites of Caucasian family, and that the whitening of the Hamites was achieve by manipulating the sacred unalterable religious doctrine by placing the so-called curse on Canaan and not Ham. This doctrine was an attempt to rationalize the subjugation of the black people.
Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986) was the worldÆs foremost Egyptologist and his work was of crucial importance in
establishing that Ancient Egypt was and African civilization (Bishidi, 2000). He looked at the melanin content of the epidermis of mummies, looked at anatomy and physical anthropology of the people, compared blood types, and languages, and many more studies comparing Egyptian and African cultures.
Goree Island is a small island off Senegal which was used as a center for the expanding European slave trade between the mid-1500s and the mid-1800s. It was a slave-holding warehouse during the diaspora. Slaves were brought there, sold, and held until they could be shipped to South America, the Caribbean or North America. They were held in appalling conditions, and walked along a tunnel and through the ôdoor of no returnö to board the slave boats.
Olaudah Equiano (c1745-1797) was born in Nigeria, sold as a slave in the New World, and was the slave of a Captain in the Royal Navy, and later to a Quaker merchant (Olaudah, 2004). He eventually earned his freedom and traveled the world as a seaman. He went to London, and became involved in the movement to abolish the slave trade, and wrote and published The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789). The book became a best-seller and furthered the anti-slavery cause.
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