The ancient Egyptians prized high-grade frankincense called *‘ntyw* (imported from Punt). Botanist F. Nigel Hepper (JEA 1969) identified it as *Boswellia frereana*, native to coastal hills of Somaliland/northern Somalia. Resins matching *B. frereana* and *B. carteri* were found in royal tombs; lower-grade *sntr* often came from *B. papyrifera*.
@Adenzxq@DheemanWeyne What do you think my African ancestors were? They were Ancient East Africans. And L3i isn’t even a West African haplogroup, they have L1
In Somaliland, traditional northern Somali practice avoided close cousin marriage, favoring inter-clan alliances instead.
Richard Burton (First Footsteps in East Africa, 1856): "Contrary to the Arab custom, none of these people will marry cousins... Some clans, the Habr Yunis for instance, refuse maidens of the same or even of a consanguineous family."
Drake-Brockman (British Somaliland, 1912) noted no marriage within one's own tribe to avoid consanguinity, preferring neighboring groups.
I.M. Lewis (1950s fieldwork) confirmed northern nomads reject Arab-style parallel cousin marriage, preferring cross-cousin or distant ties for political bonds.
This will never change until all or majority of Somalis stop identifying as black. Unless Somalis and other Horners Detach themselves from the black label they’ll forever be seen as black/Bantu/West African. That’s what that label does.
That label doesn’t care about phenotype, historical or cultural differences. We’re all just one big monolith.
Y'all are confidently wrong about the jaw discourse 😭 Prognathism is on average more common in Bantu-speaking populations. Somalis and other Horn groups average narrower faces and flatter profiles (Howells, Hiernaux). Do the reading before the roasting🤦♀️
@okayokay73668@MatNuclear We don’t look that different from Ethiopians. We look similar to our neighbours that’s why you will often see Somalis getting mistaken for Ethiopian or Eritrean and vice versa.
"Así quedó!", Pobladores lincharon y decapitaron en la plaza de Ostuacán, Chiapas, a uno de los feminicidas de la pequeña Ariana de 12 años y de su abuela Mirian, LEE MÁS AQUÍ 👇👉 https://t.co/afP7dhny3P