SLAVE TRADE ACTUAL NUMBERS
Slave trade actual numbers. Last week’s blog about a Nigerian King marrying Queen Victoria revealed an interesting chart about the actual numbers, as far as …
NIGERIAN KING MARRIED QUEEN VICTORIA
Nigerian King married Queen Victoria, or so goes the myth among the Efik people of southern Nigeria is that one of their 19th century kings …
A DIFFERENT WAY OF BARGAINING
A different way of bargaining is traditional in Somali camel markets. In 1906 Lorenz Hagenback received a request from the German government to supply its …
LESS IS MORE
Less is more is a philosophy more than a statement. Unfortunately, it is a rare commodity in human endeavors. I have just spent almost three …
HOW MANY BLACK FRIENDS
How many black friends do you have, is a question a new U.S. “Late-Night” TV host, who is a female comedian says she frequently asks …
FLOWERS AND BEES IN DENMARK
Flowers and Bees in Denmark. A very viral post on Facebook, recently claimed that, in Denmark, “a law obliges owners of large agricultural lands to …
THE UBIQUITOUS TARTAN
The ubiquitous tartan is everywhere. More resonances cling to tartan than perhaps any other fabric. It’s a stirring visual expression of both history and geography, …
A DANGEROUS U.S. CONUNDRUM
A dangerous U.S. conundrum has become more obvious in the last few years. It has always existed, and is, in fact, incorporated in the U.S. …
SCHOOL FOR LEGISLATORS
It’s time for founding a school for legislators, and for me to return to a theme that has been annoying me for years. I first …
THE DAWN OF WIRELESS ELECTRICITY
The dawn of wireless electricity was actually over a hundred years ago, as far as the science was concerned. However, technology usually takes time to …