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1000 Years Around Lake Chad...
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John Lavers on the last days of the Sayfawa ("Kanem and Borno Under Three Dynasties")
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
John Lavers on the last days of the Sayfawa ("Kanem and Borno Under Three Dynasties")
The Peruvian Manuel de Vidaurre apparently "explicitly pointed to the Haitian war of independence against France as a model of anticolonial resistance for the rest of the Americas" in the words of Peter David Morgan
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Francisco de Paula Santander and Haiti, 1824–5: Non-solidarity, neocolonialism, and the Haitian Revolution in the origins of Latin American international law
Abstract This paper contests the neglect of the non-solidarity of the new Latin American republics as a causal factor in the international isolation of Haiti during the early nineteenth century, and t...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Peruvian Manuel de Vidaurre apparently "explicitly pointed to the Haitian war of independence against France as a model of anticolonial resistance for the rest of the Americas" in the words of Peter David Morgan
www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/13a6d8...
www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/13a6d8...
Ramblign thoughts on the Chima and the Peasantry in Borno
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Chima and the Peasantry
A Kanuri village in Palmer's Bornu Sahara and Sudan . Although we have still not been able to procure a copy of Hauwa Mahdi's MA Thesis, we ...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ramblign thoughts on the Chima and the Peasantry in Borno
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sayfawaborno.blogspot.com/2025/12/chim...
Speculating on a queen in 17th century Borno...
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sayfawaborno.blogspot.com/2025/12/song...
Revisiting the Song to the Gumsu (Amina)
Although we have already attempted to write about a g umsu named Amina from 17th century Borno, we believe revisiting the topic was necessa...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Speculating on a queen in 17th century Borno...
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sayfawaborno.blogspot.com/2025/12/song...
Rambling, speculative thoughts on Guahaba in northwestern Haiti
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Cacicazgo of Guahaba
Aubourg's map showing the placement of a village in Guahaba at the site of Lacorne. Although often overlooked in colonial accounts, Guahaba ...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Rambling, speculative thoughts on Guahaba in northwestern Haiti
revueindigene.blogspot.com/2025/12/caci...
revueindigene.blogspot.com/2025/12/caci...
Reading Hauwa Mahdi on the political economy of 18th century Borno and noticing her harsh words on Muhammad Nur Alkali's analysis of Borno under the Sayfawa
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Reading Hauwa Mahdi on the political economy of 18th century Borno and noticing her harsh words on Muhammad Nur Alkali's analysis of Borno under the Sayfawa
Ranting about Anacaona's Gift, a new study of indigenous Caribbean textiles and weaving
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thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/12/anac...
Anacaona's Gift
Anacaona's Gift: Cotton and the woven arts of the 11th to 17th century Caribbean by Joanna Ostapkowicz is a must-read for anyone interested...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Ranting about Anacaona's Gift, a new study of indigenous Caribbean textiles and weaving
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thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/12/anac...
Knives Out...
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Wake Up Dead Man
As obsessive fans of murder mysteries, we naturally went to see the latest Knives Out film Entitled Wake Up Dead Man , Rian Johnson's third ...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Knives Out...
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thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/wake...
Is Silvio Torres-Saillant of the DR related to the Saillants who served in Henri Christophe's kingdom? Wouldn't be the only case of Haitians in Christophe's government who went East during the Boyer years...
(Cheesman, Armorial of Haiti)
(Cheesman, Armorial of Haiti)
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Is Silvio Torres-Saillant of the DR related to the Saillants who served in Henri Christophe's kingdom? Wouldn't be the only case of Haitians in Christophe's government who went East during the Boyer years...
(Cheesman, Armorial of Haiti)
(Cheesman, Armorial of Haiti)
Map of Bagirmi and the larger region by John Lavers ("An Introduction to the History of Bagirmi")
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Map of Bagirmi and the larger region by John Lavers ("An Introduction to the History of Bagirmi")
Genealogy of Mbangs of Bagirmi by John Lavers (from "An Introduction to the History of Bagirmi c. 1500-1800")
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Genealogy of Mbangs of Bagirmi by John Lavers (from "An Introduction to the History of Bagirmi c. 1500-1800")
Speculating on the 17th and 18th centuries in Kanem
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...
Revisiting the Siècles Obscurs
Part of Gustav Nachtigal's map of Kanem and the Lake Chad Region ( Gallica ) Although the paucity of written sources makes it exceedingly ...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Speculating on the 17th and 18th centuries in Kanem
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...
A Haitian cacique with a pet manatee
revueindigene.blogspot.com/2025/11/matu...
revueindigene.blogspot.com/2025/11/matu...
Matu the Manatee
One of the more miraculous stories of the wondrous fauna in the New World was reported by the early Spanish chroniclers. According to their ...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A Haitian cacique with a pet manatee
revueindigene.blogspot.com/2025/11/matu...
revueindigene.blogspot.com/2025/11/matu...
Speculating on Garumele as a Sayfawa capital
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/spec...
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/spec...
Speculative Thoughts on Garumele (Wudi)
Plans of the Garumele site by Binet, Bivar & Shinnie, Haour and the area displayed with geophysics ( Source ) One important site in moder...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Speculating on Garumele as a Sayfawa capital
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/spec...
thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/spec...
Speculative ranting on Kanem and Darfur in the 1200s
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thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/kane...
Kanem's Eastward Expansion (1200s)
A map of Kanem at its apogee based on a problematic map by Waziri. One topic in the annals of medieval Kanem that remains poorly understoo...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Speculative ranting on Kanem and Darfur in the 1200s
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thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/11/kane...
Speculating on Kanem and Darfur in the 1200s...very speculative
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sayfawaborno.blogspot.com/2025/11/kane...
Kanem's 13th Century Eastward Expansion
A map of Kanem at its apogee based on a problematic map by Waziri. One topic in the annals of medieval Kanem that remains poorly understoo...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Speculating on Kanem and Darfur in the 1200s...very speculative
sayfawaborno.blogspot.com/2025/11/kane...
sayfawaborno.blogspot.com/2025/11/kane...
23andme new African genetic groups update...
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
23andme new African genetic groups update...