brainsto Islamicbeliefsandthe Jewsliorn Israelr-nust
belonsto someof the mostintelligent
andartisticpeopleon our Ear1h.
I thinkno betterexampleo1'thesuperiorityo1-one
not beliets,
raceoveranotherbasedon 1acts,
canbe foundon Earlhbut of course.the wordsuperioritv
will stickin thecrawof manr''hurnan
righters'.
Whatcanwe deducefrorr the actionsof theAfi'icanpopulation,
the peoplewho diclnot leave
benignAtiica abouta thousandcenturiesago?Were the1,less adventurous
or had Afiica
becomeovelpopulated?
We don't know but overpopulation
would seemdoubtfulbecause
of
foday s DR'A researcfiof the world's populalrbnstfial show a srnallcore of purely Alircarr
origin.As alreadystatedwe haven'ta cluewhat the African peopledid duringall that time,
l0 000 yearsago tribesfrom the southof the Saharaseen to havebegunto herdcattleand
eversincethesetribesdescended
southwardas the cattleculturedepletedthe fertilityo1'the
the
pastures.
At sornestagethe Bantnpeopleas tl-reybecameknown,musthaveencor-rntered
flrstAfricaninhabitants,
theBushmenor Khoisanandhada lot of difficultykilling thesesrnall
peoplewho probablywere the only peopleon Earlh that lived without destroyingtheir
These small people had been more inventivethan the Bantu during their'
surroundings.
evolutionon the Africancontinent,they understood
and inventeda functionalbow
mechanics
and arrowwhile their chemicalknowledgefurnishedthernwith difl'erentpoisons.Also they
rnusthavebeenthe finestethologists
ever,they couldkill withoutdestroying.
-I'he
Bantu,howeverinvadedAfrica with his cattleas a destructivefbrceand inventionsto
keepthetribesalivewerenot needed.Disease
boyslookedafterthecattle
wipedoutthe f'eeble,
and wotnencultivatedand did the fbnning.The rnen did some hunting,skirmishedrvith
itselfsold
r-reighbouring
tribes,drankbeerwith the chiefswho, whenthe occasionpresented
'foubou,
I
someof the youngsters
to the Arabs,maybeto the
and lateron to the Europeans.
havetried to f-rndevidencethat contradictsthe aboveand I invite you to do the sarle.Let rne
know if you find Cifferentfactsfiom mine.
As the Bantuweaponrydid not includemuch l.norethan an assegaithe tribal warl'arewas
probablynot very murderousand gavetheu'rtroubleto overcomcthe Bushrnen.only their
superiornumbersmanagedto chasethe srnallpeoplelurtherto the southand into the desert.
Landownership
is a notionthat seemednot to havebotheredAfiican people.Whereyou were,
thatwasyoursor ratheryour Chief s, whenyou rxovedbecause
the soil hadbecomeexhausted
thenyour new locationbecarnehome.It would appearthat battlesbetweentribeswere not
territoryinspiredbut catchingwomenandkilling rnaleswas the goal to be achieved.
For the
Khoisan,beforethey met up with the Bantuor Europeans,
the whole world was their oyster
andthe notionof landownership
did not exist.
Racismernbodies
the sentiments
of reproach,hostility,blame,jealousyand hateand major
racisternotionsexist betweenblacksand whitesand...sincewhen do theseemotionsexist?
My observations
are mostly basedon SouthAfricar-rconditionsbut I'm well awarewhat'
happened
in the restof A{iica since1950.I rnentionthis datebecause
I'm aboutto tell you
personally.Very l-crvarethe
that I only write aboutthingsthat I know and haveexperienced
prof-essional
writersfor whornI haveany respect.Why shouldI, rnostof themdon't know a
thing that'sworth knowing?They makea living by sellingpopularcolumnsin prettyprattle