-----Original Message----- From: Runoko Rashidi Sent: 02/04/2010, 21:24 To: Runoko Rashidi; travelwithrun...@yahoogroups.com; globalafricanprese...@yahoogroups.com; buildingafricanlibrar...@yahoogroups.com; beliefsandrelig...@yahoogroups.com; smait...@yahoogroups.com; s...@yahoogroups.com; luv4self_netw...@yahoogroups.com; chataf...@yahoogroups.com; chatafri...@yahoogroups.com; openyourthird...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [GlobalAfricanPresence] HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES ON AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY EUROPE
HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES ON AFRICAN PRESENCE IN EARLY EUROPE BY RUNOKO RASHIDI AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO INHABIT EUROPE. THE CLEAREST IDENTIFIABLE AFRICOID SKELETAL REMAINS IN EUROPE ARE THE GRIMALDI SKELETONS. THE CIVILIZATION CALLED MINOAN CRETE IS THE FIRST CIVILIZATION IN EUROPE. THERE IS AN AFRICAN PRESENCE IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. MEMNON, DESCRIBED AS AN ETHIOPIAN, IS THE MOST CELEBRATED OF THE NON-HELLENIC HEROES IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. PALLAS ATHENA, THE PATRON GODDESS OF ATHENS, IS DERIVED FROM THE AFRICAN GODDESS NEITH. CLIETUS NIGER, A BLACK MAN, WAS THE CALVARY COMMANDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREEK. THERE WAS AN AFRICAN DYNASTY AT THE HEIGHT OF IMPERIAL ROME. THE SEVERAN DYNASTY, NAMED AFTER SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, LASTED FROM 193 TO 235 CE. BESIDES SEPTIMIUS, WHO WAS BORN IN LIBYA, THE TWO OTHER MOST NOTABLE MEMBERS OF THE DYNASTY WERE CARACALLA AND ALEXANDER SEVERUS. OTHER OUTSTANDING PERSONALITIES IN EARLY ROME WERE LUSIUS QUIETUS AND TERENCE AFER. BY THE 2ND CENTURY AD ONE THIRD OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROMAN SENATE WERE BORN IN AFRICA. THE BLACK MADONNAS OF EUROPE, OF WHICH MORE THAN 500 HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED, ARE THE MOST SACRED RELIGIOUS ICONS IN EUROPE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PERFORM MIRACLES. THE MOORS OCCUPIED PORTIONS OF EUROPE FROM 711 TO 1492. THE BLACK ST. MAURICE WAS THE PATRON SAINT OF THE HOLY ROMAN GERMANIC EMPIRE. THE BLACK KNIGHT SIR MORIEN WAS THE MOST PROMINENT OF THE KNIGHTS OF KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE. OUTSTANDING AFRICAN MEN AND MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN EUROPE INCLUDE JUAN LATINO OF SPAIN, WILHELM ANTON AMO OF GERMANY, ADOLPH BADIN OF SWEDEN, ANGELO SOLIMAN OF AUSTRIA, OLAUDAH EQUIANO AND IGNATIUS OF ENGLAND, HANNIBAL AND ALEXANDER PUSHKIN OF RUSSIA, THE THREE ALEXANDER DUMAS AND THE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES OF FRANCE. -- Sending your posting to payco@googlegroups.com Unsubscribe by sending an email to payco-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
