Historically, Africa has had a lot of wealth in gold, diamonds, etc. They just didn't know what to do with it.
Yep, they would kick huge diamonds down the road like a common stone, and have no clue.
Where did that happen?
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
Historically, Africa has had a lot of wealth in gold, diamonds, etc. They just didn't know what to do with it.
The Ashanti kingdom was and is called “The Kingdom of Gold” for good reason, their traditional leaders needing supporters to help them move around when in full regalia. I’m pretty sure their traditional gold mine is long since played out though, cleaned out during the colonial era.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
Historically, Africa has had a lot of wealth in gold, diamonds, etc. They just didn't know what to do with it.
Yep, they would kick huge diamonds down the road like a common stone, and have no clue.
Where did that happen?
It's an account written in the memoirs of Cecil Rhodes.
What does an uncut diamond-bearing rock look like?
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
Apparently, they have a lot of free time on their hands.
Should we let them know that if they put it in a metal pot, and put fire (they know about that, right?) under it...... it will get warm! 😁
At least some of them do, every where I went in Ghana people would feed me for nothing, with food cooked in big metal pots over open flames, asking nothing in return but my company as I was from a land far away and just my being there was a break from the dreadful monotony of subsistence farming.
OTOH I never saw a pot to pee in, rich or poor so when I say I was fed by people so poor they didn’t have a pot to pee in I’m only speaking metaphorically.
I always figured there’s going to be some real surprises on Judgement Day.
JMHO
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
The wheel, arguably man's greatest invention, was unknown in sub-Saharan Africa until Europeans introduced it in the 1600s.....
The Egyptians had the wheel thousands of years ago what's Sub-Saharian's excuse?
Egyptians are Semites and not negroids. Sub-Saharan as in Africa below the line of latitude crossing the continent.. look it up..
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
Ya Know, If they cut a panel in that contraption and put their dirty clothes in it they could pass go and move directly up to an automatic washing machine...
