Book of Heraclius

A still-unfunded translation project via @Dr_Blaine. Classic #Swahili epic tale of Rome, Islam, & revolution in 7th century Syria. Contract with @iupress. RT≠E

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The Book of Heraclius: the Swahili Epic of New Rome, Early Islam, & the 7th Century War for Syria. (Trailer) https://t.co/f5rCJyq7EP

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Overview of Swahili culture.

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The Exiled Musician Who Accidentally Invented Western Daily Life

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IMMORTALIZING OUR LAND: I TURNED OBUDU INTO A STORY #story #storytime

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The History of Islamophobia in America || Dr Roy Casagranda

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The Prophet Mohammed’s surprising life as a businessman | The Story of Money

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Why Western Historians Hid Sudan’s History From You

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Why Western Historians Hid Sudan’s History From You

Sudan has more ancient pyramids than Egypt. And if that surprises you, then you need to watch this thought-provoking commentary by Sudanese writer Tarek Abdelkhalig.

After watching it, let us know in the comments how your perspective on the politics behind how African history is framed has shifted.

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Did Astrology Shape Early Islamic History? | A Conversation with Dr. Antoine Borrut

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[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

Never forget, ancient Egyptians were Nilo-Saharan. It was the people of the green Sahara who migrated east to the Nile and mixed with the Nilotics, creating the great civilisation that the Arabs now claim as their own.

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Roman Empire III | Muslim Continent Pt. 5

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Black artists in the Roman catacombs? History has more layers than most people realize

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Prof Kaba Kamane. The Moors

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Why they don’t teach about Akhenaten. Dr Ben

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Every Rank in the Roman Legion Explained

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WHY DO GREEK MYTHS BECOME LITERATURE—BUT AFRICAN MYTHS DON’T? #culture

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“The most important thing that needs to happen in this window (of time) is storytelling.”

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[Ihtesham Ali @ihteshamali]

BBC literally built the greatest sound library on the internet.

It is called BBC Sound Effects, and it gives you access to more than 30,000 recordings from around the world.

Just search any word, and it instantly finds matching sounds.

You can filter them by category, duration, and even the continent where the sound was recorded.

Every sound can be previewed inside your browser, downloaded, or added to the built-in mixer so you can layer multiple recordings together.

And the archive gets insanely specific.

You can find creaking ships, old typewriters, jungle ambience, distant church congregations, and even someone vigorously washing their hands.

There is a good chance a BBC engineer recorded the exact sound you need decades before you were born.

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[Steve Skojec @SteveSkojec]

Saw The Odyssey tonight.

I didn't expect...anything, really. There's so much chatter about it, and so much of it is ideological in nature, but I just wanted to experience it as a film.

I never read the poem, so I can't review it for authenticity. One of the many omissions of a public school education, I suppose. I only knew the broad strokes of the story (and certainly not all of them) through assimilation by means of cultural discourse.

So I was really surprised to discover that it was an almost spiritual experience for me.

Much of that, I'm sure, has to do with me being a man living in exile, unable to return home, while trying to understand the machinations of and suffering caused/permitted by (the) God(s).

Of course, for me, there is no Ithaca to return to. My Ithaca may as well be Troy. (Cue the Aeneid fans).

It's de rigeur to talk about the film's flaws, and I'm not going to pretend I didn't notice any -- and there are probably countless others I missed as a neophyte to the story.

But it legitimately was a cinematic tour de force. I think it may be Nolan's best film. It was a powerful story, re-told in an impressive way for modern audiences, and I noticed that a lot of the audience tonight were young men of various demographics. I suspect there's something powerful in whatever is attracting them, especially at a 10PM showing on a Tuesday night.

It really wasn't just a movie, it was an experience. And I'm glad I didn't listen to the complainers and went and saw it for myself.