BLACK AFRICA AND ITS PHILOSOPHY
say that Leopold Senghor (there are versions that put in the mouths of other African States) stated that when a black man of the tribe died, it was as if a library has burnt. It is logical we all know that in Africa until the late eighteenth century, writing was not known and its history and traditions were passed by the troubadours of each ethnic group, which has prepared them for the small memory of the migrations that led their people out and the pedigree of their leaders. That in each region has a name, in Equatorial Guinea Nvet are called, the name comes from the rustic guitar accompanying his recital, which could sometimes last for days, and gathered all the villages nearby where he would act the admired troubadour.
Before burn my library, near disaster, as my 77 years, I write and tell you what nobody wants, which is the story of white and black. Not everything he says is true white and not everything that counts the black is a lie.
We've all been invaded, occupied, enslaved and independent. Spain have been dominated by the Arabs 800 years, but in addition to these Africans, we also have struggled, the Phoenicians and Carthaginians who were also African Sagunto remember that ravaged the Carthaginian city. Time has allowed the invaders to remember the good things. From the Romans its law, its tracks and even their language. From the Phoenicians spirit merchant of the Carthaginians perhaps our desire to fight. Of the Arabs, agriculture, irrigation, architecture in some areas and maybe a nap (as well as we left).
• The ruler uses and abuses of power on time is the best deliverer of history. They say some writers on Guinea, which in early times the English killed and 20,000 Bubi (people of the island of Fernando Poo), the action is situated at the end of the nineteenth century. Do not be put before as in 1842 when Spain takes a little seriously Guinea and sent to Captain Jose de Lerena and Barry, to organize the colony. Governor must appoint John Becroft, an Englishman for not even a English language throughout the island. Up to 1,900 van English expeditions arrived in a 40% succumb to malaria, and we can say that until the twentieth century, the white population was less than 500 people, 200 of which perhaps belonged to a warship that lulled docked at the pier of the bay. To any logical person might think that 50 or 60 sailors fit, can wipe out 20,000 Bubis, on an island some statistics given as 15,000. The Capital Santa Isabel (now Malabo) and San Carlos (Luba) founded by whites, are located at the edge of the sea, that was the only road (the sea) to facilitate the arrival and departure of goods. Until 1930, no road was completed to San Carlos Santa Isabel, populations in which it was absolutely all trade and services available. The villages built by the natives with great intelligence, were located in very mountainous slopes of the island and in almost all cases, the roads to reach these hidden, a tall order in a forest that covers the entire presence in weeks for human use . From any town is still easier to monitor with time, the arrival of a stranger to the town. The forest surrounding the village is a haven impenetrable. Moreover in Tessman's book on the Bubi is reflected as traced villages, which were being exacerbated as a maze with small fences to go from one area to another. In short: No military, no roads, no knowledge of the terrain and ultimately no boobs, and they were less, how you can kill 20,000. It sold itself lies the truth. If one says there has been a disaster and one person has died is hardly news, but exaggerating say they have killed three hundred, everybody cares about the details at that time, after passing from mouth to mouth the news the dead have risen thousands.
On the Continent, the low Agriculture was the work of the natives, coffee, cassava (in the 40's when there were no potatoes in Spain) and palm oil did not succeed too much, if you use the logging, that did not need as many people as quickly became mechanized.
Island was another situation, in the first decades of the twentieth century attempted to bring the workforce Continental Guinea, particularly the Fang tribe, including coercion and force, seeing that were lost due to lack of manpower, Initial cocoa plantations. Long before the late nineteenth century, had reached an agreement with the Government of Liberia to bring excellent workers who were krumanes (people of the Sierra Kru), but the British Government to see that Spain could take some of their agricultural trade, we reported alleging abuse and breach of contract terms, until 1940 not definitively solved this problem by reaching an agreement with British authorities in Nigeria, to bring workers from Calabar. Nigerians turned out to be a fantastic job, despite being from different tribes or ethnic groups: calabares, Ibo, Yoruba, Ogoni etc.
the beginning of colonization, is satisfied that some farmers abused their power and physically mistreated Africans, as well as in the deal included three concepts, provide housing adequate food and salary divided into a monthly amount and the other end of the contract would charge in foreign currency, the latter part were interested in the governments of Liberia and Nigeria (in principle was a British colony) because it was a major gateway for foreign exchange. While the abuse of the landowners reached the limit by not giving them adequate shelter and food under the stipulations. The continuing protests from the Nigerian authorities in particular, made it possible on this issue was resolved 1930/1940, as the threat of running out of labor and pressure from the English authorities of Guinea, managed to normalize the situation.
Another problem that was solved productivity. Began with split shifts with a break for lunch, that means that eating badly, came to the second round with little desire to work and some foremen lengthen the schedule. In the 30 hours spent in the intensive and mutually improved somewhat, but still did not satisfy both workers and employers. At the end of the decade of 1940, it was a final, piece work. Very well laid out farms and tree-lined allowed to hold a worker collecting fruits or sulfation by lines. His ability was such that starting at seven o'clock some work done before midnight, allowing them to grow their small garden whose land the same company was obliged to cede their crops and sell them well in the nearby village market or your employer that needed to ration their weekly cassava and taro. Other especially in the area of \u200b\u200bpresent Luba crabs caught looking like a crab with a clip as large as a hand, and a tasty meat to boil and add some spice. These easy to catch crabs at night with a lamp, illuminating think it is day in and out of their holes in the mud staying still, they take the clamp and were tied with a vine. Well, the braceros were posted at the edge of the road and sold to travelers passing road from Santa Isabel, others were engaged fishing in the nearby beaches.
short when I left Guinea in 1964, in the crowded port of Calabar Nigerians who were recruited Fernando Poo destination where they secured a paid job. The wealth of the island was its agriculture based on cocoa, coffee, bananas and some other products that consolidated as palm oil, worked with great boom. The natives began to occupy important positions in the country's politics, and are recognized rights that were denied unfairly, but we must not forget that Spain was a dictatorship and the Peninsula many others were denied almost all rights , to the extent that under a dictatorship Guinea were held in regional elections won free and did not want the Central Government. Fernando
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January 8, 2011 Log in African fantasy world where nature is your umbrella and where the heart expands. 
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