East Africa could be on the verge of a food crisis, if swarms of locusts are not controlled.

奴隷貿易という究極の焼畑産業 今回はダークなテーマ「奴隷貿易」についてです。 奴隷貿易自体は古代から世界中のあらゆる地域で存在しましたが、それを主産業に据え、強力に推進したのは15世紀以降の西アフリカ諸王国でした。 彼らは近隣の王国に攻め入っては住民を引っ捕らえ、イギリスやスペイン、フランスに売却して武器などを買い取り、それを元にさらに奴隷獲得戦争に邁進していました。 売られた奴隷たちは南北アメリカ大陸に搬送され、プランテーション農園で働かされました。 西アフリカ諸王国は自分の肉を切って食うような行為を繰り返して栄えた挙げ句、結局列強に国を滅ぼされています。 彼らはなぜそのような、「究極の焼畑…

Africa. 1879.

Bete Giyorgis (Lalibela, Ethiopia) Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia that is famous around the world for its monolithic rock-cut churches carved

From a drawing in 'Elements of Geography', Alexis Frye, 1898.

アメリカの小学生の多くはアメリカが世界で1番広く（実際には面積世界4位）、人口は10億～20億人程度（実際は3億人強）と思っているそうです。ヨーロッパやアジアの大学生でも、「この国とこの国はどっちが広い？」と聞かれるとまごつく場合が多いとのこと。

Scientific evidence refuting the theory of modern humanity’s African genesis is common knowledge among those familiar with the most recent scientific papers on the human Genome, Mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosomes. Regrettably, within mainstream press and academia circles, there seems to be a conspicuous – and dare we say it – deliberate vacuum when it comes to reporting news of these recent studies and their obvious implications. Australian historian Greg Jefferys explains that, "The whole ‘Out of Africa’ myth has its roots in the mainstream academic campaign in the 1990′s to remove the concept of Race. When I did my degree they all spent a lot of time on the ‘Out of Africa’ thing but it’s been completely disproved by genetics. Mainstream still hold on to it." It did begin the early 90’s. And the academics most responsible for cementing both the Out-of Africa theory and the complementary common ancestral African mother – given the name of “Eve” – in the public arena and nearly every curriculum, were Professors Alan C. Wilson and Rebecca L. Cann. In their defense, the authors of this paper were fully aware that genealogy is not in any way linked to geography, and that their placement of Eve in Africa was an assumption, never an assertion. A very recent paper on Y-chromosomes published in 2012, (Re-Examing the “Out of Africa” Theory and the Origin of Europeoids (Caucasians) in the Light of DNA Genealogy written by Anatole A. Klyosov and Igor L. Rozhanski) only confirms the denial of any African ancestry in non-Africans, and strongly supports the existence of a “common ancestor” who “would not necessarily be in Africa. In fact, it was never proven that he lived in Africa.” Central to results of this extensive examination of haplogroups (7,556) was the absence of any African genes. So lacking was the sampling of African genetic involvement, the researchers stated in their introduction that, “the finding that the Europeoid haplogroups did not descend from “African” haplogroups A or B is supported by the fact that bearers of the Europeoid, as well as all non-African groups do not carry either SNI’s M91, P97, M31, P82, M23, M114, P262”. With the haplogroups not present in any African genes and an absence of dozens of African genetic markers, it is very difficult nigh on impossible to sustain any link to Africa. The researchers are adamant that their extensive study “offers evidence to re-examine the validity of the Out-of-Africa concept”. They see no genetic proof substantiating an African precedence in the Homo sapien tree, and maintain that “a more plausible interpretation might have been that both current Africans and non-Africans descended separately from a more ancient common ancestor, thus forming a proverbial fork”. We regard the claim of “a more plausible explanation” as a gross understatement, since there is absolutely nothing plausibly African turning up in any test tubes. In fact, the researchers made note of their repeated absence stating “not one non-African participant out of more than 400 individuals in the Project tested positive to any of thirteen ‘African’ sub-clades of haplogroup A”. The only remaining uncertainty relates to the identity of this “more ancient common ancestor”. All that can be stated with confidence is that humanity’s ancestor did not reside in Africa. Unfounded accusations of racism have become common as the prevailing Afrocentric hypothesis is constantly being challenged by the growing mountain of conflicting scientific evidence, especially in the evolving field of genetics. It is now scientifically irrefutable fact that the "human species" has been found to contain a substantial quantity of DNA (at least 20%) from other hominid populations not classified as Homo sapien; such as Neanderthal, Denisovan, African archaic, Homo erectus, and now possibly even "Hobbit" (Homo floresiensis). If not given drugs to prevent infant death, the pregnant body of a rhesus negative mother will attack, try to reject, and even kill her own offspring if it is by a rhesus positive man.The Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a sub-species of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), and they produce hybrids. There are numerous other examples of where two separate species (for example with different numbers of chromosomes) can also produce viable offspring, yet are considered separate species. That said, humanity has been shown to be, genetically speaking, a hybrid species that did not all share the same hunter-gatherer ancestry in Africa. Recent sequencing of ancient genomes suggests that interbreeding went on between the members of several ancient human-like groups more than 30,000 years ago, including an as-yet unknown human ancestor. "there were many hominid populations,” says Mark Thomas, evolutionary geneticist at University College London. Recent genetic studies are touting shocking headlines about how ancient humans 'rampantly interbred' and indulged in inter-species interracial sex with multiple mystery sub-races in a "Lord Of The Rings"-style world of different creatures, including mystery DNA - neither human nor Neanderthal, not yet identified. Cro Magnon DNA Unchanged for 28,000 Years Claim Scientists

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アフリカ旅行と聞くと、「ちょっと怖い」と感じる人も少なくないと思います。「治安は大丈夫？」などと心配して、アフリカをはなから旅先として除外してしまうケースもあるかもしれません。 しかしアフリカと言ってもいろいろ。さまざま […]

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I love the film Out of Africa, made I think in 1985. The setting Kenya, the Costumes pre World War One and post World War, and not to foget the music, is just a winning combination. So we found the film on Blu-Ray and it was a good price, Mr B wanted it so I said go ahead it's one of his favourite films and mine too. It had extra features a documentary on many of the characters in real life, etc. So we watched it as a family and introduced it to the Boy, always interesting to see younger generations take on a movie that you love. The costumes are amazing, they were designed by Milena Canonero, I think she has designed costumes for quite a few movies, including Chariots of Fire, another favourite. This is Karen Blixen's Wedding Costume, absolutely in love with her hat. In the movie there were a lot of Safari outfits and everyday working outfits. My son said he loved the leather boots on both Karen Blizen and Denis Finch-Hatton. He also wants a waist coat like Finch-Hatton's. So that's a thrift or Ebay quest. Chicago Tribune said to look for "ribbed cottons, raw linens and safari mood to turn up in men's fashions for the Spring of 1986." The amber necklace. Amber beads were very popular before the First World War, I have a cherry amber faceted bead necklace, that went out to New Zealand just before the War, when relatives emigrated there and was sent back to my granmother as a gift and she gave them to me, I treasure them. The above amber looks to be more of a darker butterscotch amber. Of course amber is quite popular again now, a lot comes out ot the Baltic region. All those shirt collar necklines and tailored jackets. The hat is that special straw you only find in hats of that era, of which I have one, not that style, it is just a brim, no crown. The broach I'm sure is ivory and is an elephant. One hat, well more of a beaded crown, of which I cannot find a picture, Karen wore at the New Year's Eve Party after WWI. Her hair in the movie was short by then and curly, before the War in the movie it is long and worn up. In any case the beaded and embroidered hair piece is soo pretty. Keep an eye out for it when watching the movie. Christy

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