OOH. Storify from @caitlinrgreen covering extensive archaeological and textual evidence for African migrants in Britain & contact.https://twitter.com/cmthomas/status/867068199774408705 …
Yes, absolutely! Likewise, always think it's worth recalling that the standard mediaeval account of Anglo-Saxon conquest, post-Arthur, has >
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> the ASs relying on an African army...! https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/755169564137226241 … Also, from historical perspective, find intriguing that name Gildas has >
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> potential best parallels in Late Antique Mauretania etc etc :) So much to work with in terms of real and literary diversity!
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I've also been thinking about the Britain/North Africa connections in terms of maps. Maps will often show Britain or Europe. I've never...
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...to my knowledge seen a map that shows a cross section of British Isles, below them Spain and France, then Africa (roughly speaking).
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So every time I show my students a map that isolates Europe/northern Mediterranean, I'm contributing to the problem. Must change!
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A v good point, thanks! So easy to inadvertently foster impression of Africa as beyond known world when arch+lit evidence shows wasn't!
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