People and Places of Africa

[CushiticReflections]

This thread is intended to highlight the diversity and richness of African cultures and regions through photos. Feel free to post a picture of indigenous Africans, preferably wearing traditional clothing, or of traditional African architecture or natural landscapes. Discussions related to the topic are also welcome.

Guidelines:

• Only post pictures featuring indigenous Africans and not Arabs or others descended from non-Africans. And no, Somalis, Imazighen/true Berbers, and other similar peoples are not typically descended from non-Africans, so you may include them as well.
• You must identify the name of the ethnic group (or at least the country they are from) or the location of the place featured in the picture you post.
• Do not post pics of architecture built by settler groups (so this would include some parts of South African, Egypt, and other African nations).
• Feel free to type a few sentences to further enlighten the rest of us about what is depicted in the pic.

[CushiticReflections]

Friday Zikr in Omdurman, Sudan
Sufi gathering on Friday in Omdurman Hamda al Nil shrine. Sufism, mystical brotherhood and ecstatic version of Islam, is very popular in Sudan. Led by spiritual guidance of leaders called sheikhs, Sufi meet on various occasions, important in Islamic calendar such as Friday or Day of The Sacrifice, Eid - Al - Adha to celebrate and perform rituals called zikr, which involve chanting, dancing , breath control and going in trance like states in order to be closer to god.
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[Khalid Ali]

Dadkan mad madow maxay ahayeen?

[Arabman]

But they are wearing clothes associated with Arabs.

[CushiticReflections]

But they are wearing clothes associated with Arabs.

From what I've seen, that is the traditional north Sudanese or Nubian style of dress. It is not dissimilar to the traditional clothing of Beja men so I have to disagree with you there.

[CushiticReflections]

Tuareg girl
Tuaregs, also known as “Berbers” (a label placed upon them by Europeans), are a native people of many parts of Central, West ,and North Africa (Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Mali, Niger, etc). Since the Arab migration into North Africa, their numbers have dwindled but still carry a strong presence in the Sahara, where they are the primary residents.

[SultanOrder]

^Girl is beautiful masha'allah

[MrSalih]

I would but I have no idea how to post actual images and not URL links on this forum.

[MrSalih]

Songhai Man

The Songhai empire at its peak covered 540,543 square miles, representing the largest African empire in history at its height, second only to the Mongolian empire worldwide.

[GeoSeven]

Nice thread. The Tuareg girl is enchanting

[STARKAST]

A native British 'Somalilander' Aw John Drysdale



On a side note he wrote a cool book about Somali lands i think it was called whatever happened to Somalia.

[Grant]

http://www.medeshivalley.com/2010/11/jo ... ficer.html

Abbas Idris is a Somaliland citizen, but was not born there. He arrived as a British teen in 1943, so he is not a young man.

[Cherine]

Starkast,
Please go to the Somaliland section and riffriff the 'idoors' all you want there. Stop spoiling every thread!

[STARKAST]

Cherine go back to your white people ruled Somalia thread you silly brava bantu.

Grant, thank you for the history. But no hes a British 'Somalilander' hes a relic. He's more of a Somalilander than Xaji cali warabe

President Zuma of South Africa of the Xhosa ethnic group

[CushiticReflections]

Tuareg boy in Agadez, Niger

Agadez, also Agades, is the largest city in northern Niger, with a population of 88,569. It lies in the Sahara and is the capital of Aïr, one of the traditional Tuareg–Berber federations. The city was founded before the fourteenth century and gradually became the most important Tuareg city, supplanting Assodé, by growing around trans-Saharan trade. The city still sees the arrival of caravans, bringing salt from Bilma.
In 1449, Agadez became a sultanate, while around 1500 it was conquered by the Songhai Empire.
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@Starkast