USA Africa Dialogue Series - So both Ancient Egypt & China knew about the Source of the Nile i.e. 'Lake Victoria'?
Chambi Chachage
From: Prof. A. Sheriff <ashe...@zitec.org>
To: Chambi Chachage <cham...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 5:44:15 PM
Subject: RE: Did Ancient Egypt know about the Source of the Nile i.e. 'Lake Victoria'?
Dear Chambi
I do not have an answer to your question on Egyptian knowledge about the sources of the Nile. But I thought I would share knowledge about the Chinese. A map drawn in 1402 (attached), before Prince Henry the Navigator started his explorations. The map clearly shows the rough outline of Africa when geographers still thought S. Africa turned eastwards to join with Asia since Ptolemy. Of interest to you would be the huge lake in the centre of the African continent, the Great Lakes Region. So how did they know? You can get more info under Kangindo map 1402 on the web.
Yours truly, Abdul Sheriff
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From: Prof. Ernest Wamba dia Wamba <kin...@hotmail.com>;
To: chambi chachage <cham...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 6:44:49 PM
Subject: RE: Did Ancient Egypt know about the Source of the Nile i.e. 'Lake Victoria'?
But how did the Pharaohs get Pygmies that decorated their courts? If they reached Ituri
then they should have known the sources of the Nile!
From: Chambi Chachage [mailto:cham...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 21 May 2010 06:52
To: Olusegun Morakinyo
Subject: Did Ancient Egypt know about the Source of the Nile i.e. 'Lake Victoria'?
In regard to your message further below, I suggest that you get hold of this book which once I proofread - it has some interesting things to say, based on archaeological evidence, about how close Egypt was to East Africa back in the days: http://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/the-unity-of-african-ancient-history-3000-bc-to-ad-500. In the context of the ongoing battle for the waters of the Nile, I ask myself, how could Egypt in the height of its greatness not know about the source of the Nile? Was it such a hard thing for the Pharaos to navigate the Nile down to Lake 'Victoria'?
From: Joyce Youmans <you...@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
To: H-AF...@H-NET.MSU.EDU
Sent: Thu, May 20, 2010 5:19:38 AM
Subject: Reply: Sources for East Africa in the Egyptian archives (2 replies)
Subject: Reply: Sources for East Africa in the Egyptian archives (2 replies)
Date: Thu, May 20, 2010
REPLY 1
From: A.N.Alto...@lse.ac.uk
Dear Nate,
In case you do make it to Cairo, there is a small library at
the
Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO) which might also be of
interest. I made a brief visit there last May. TANU, the Tanganyikan ANC
and the ZNP were all associated with AAPSO from the late 1950s. The
Organisation has an extensive collection of conference reports, some
bulletins and a limited number of archival files.
If I recall correctly, the British National Archives also has a file on
the effects of Radio Cairo broadcasts in East Africa (or specifically in
Zanzibar).
Kind regards,
Alicia
Alicia Altorfer-Ong
PhD Candidate, Department of International History
London School of Economics and Political Science
Researcher, Hashim Mbita Project
REPLY 2
From: "Olusengun Morakinyo" <Oluse...@robben-island.org.za>
Dear Scholars,
Please, I am interested in this research. I have a deferred hypothesis to
follow Leftkowitz challenge [in 'Not out of Africa'] to find the
relationship of ancient Egyptian civilization to the region ofEeast Africa
and surely the archive you are pointing to will have something of value.
Please do keep me posted. Thanking you.
Regards,
Olusegun Morakinyo
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