Brass sword, with the blade covered with interlace pattern and stippling, and a cross-shaped cut-out 18th-19th century CE Benin City, Nigeria. -Penn Museum #randomxt
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-Palace of Fumban, Cameroon. c. 1917, Hugo Bernatzik -Architectural drawing by Ibrahim Njoya, ca. 1927. #randomxt
“Land was neither abundant nor socially insignificant in pre-colonial Africa.” www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/wealth-in-...
Wealth-in-People and Wealth-in-Land in Pre-colonial Africa: Reassessing the Evidence.
The ways in which Africans accumulated and expressed wealth have occupied a central place in Africanist scholarship for more than half a century, with particular attention given to the relationship be...
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pre-Capitalist wealth in 19th century Asante (Ghana) Gold and Land in the private estates of two elites, equivalent to about £21 m and £12m today
The persistent myth among European traders that Africans accepted low-quality imports often worked against the former Imitations of Indian cloth failed Industrial products, e.g., Lancashire cloth, competed on price, not on quality, because local cloth was of higher quality
Isaac Samuel@rhaplord.bsky.social · 11mo ago“However, upon reaching the African markets, they were disappointed to find that ivory had relatively little value in the interior compared to the expensive cloth used to purchase it, and that the glass-bead ‘trinkets’ were only useful as pocket change.” www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-history-...
The ancient art of reciprocal curiosity (left) gold bowl from the Panagyurishte treasure depicting aithiopian heads (right) Ivory mask from Benin crowned with circlet of European heads
In 1810, an elderly beggar left nearly $500,000 in gold for her own memorial service When the town found out, they gathered to mourn her like a queen
Isaac Samuel@rhaplord.bsky.social · 4d agoThe Gold Currency, Trade and Wealth of Medieval Ethiopia www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
Ethiopian artefacts at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
The 600-year old Codex Aureus, or Golden Codex, embellished with gold leaf www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
Interior of Ethiopian churches -Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa -Bet Maryam, Lalibela -Debre Berhan Selassie, Gondar www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
Silk robe embroidered with silver and gold. Maqdala, Ethiopia. 19th century. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
Stone basins and tanks at Aksum, probably used for gold washing and processing www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
Shoan warrior, Abyssinia, Ethiopia. ca. 1842. Ethiopian shield covered with gold leaf www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
Ethiopian monarchs by 17th and 18th century Japanese and French artists www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
Ethiopia in the 16th century showing the sources of gold and major trade routes. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
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Isaac Samuel@rhaplord.bsky.social · 4d agoThe oldest reference to gold in Ethiopia is found in the inscriptions of the Aksumite king Ezana in the 4th century CE, which mention a gold statue dedicated to the god of war. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
The Gold Currency, Trade and Wealth of Medieval Ethiopia www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
