Another 1st for ancient Africans. The camel (the 1-hump dromedary species) was first domesticated 3000 BC in Somalia, only 500 years after first horse was domesticated in the Eurasians Steppes. (Pic: Cave painting of camel and rider from the Acacus Mountains in the Sahara.)
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Happy 48th birthday, Mozambique. Neither Portugal or apartheid South Africa wanted Mozambicans to be independent, and the fight for freedom was long and devastating. But the land is beautiful and bountiful, and the people beautiful.
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As the day breaks over Mozambique, a picture of blue and pink making glowing, satin fields of sky and sea.
Have a peaceful Sunday everyone!
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Heavenly sunrise. Beaming rays cast their luminous blessing on sky and ocean off the shore of one of the first African nations to see the morning sun, Comoros.
Have a celestial Saturday everyone!
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Happy 211th birthday, Africa's oldest racetrack. The Champs du Mars racecourse opened in Mauritius today in 1812. (Pic: racing action in 2023). Learn and enjoy all that happened on June 25 in Africa's past on my Calendar of African History here: africatodayyesterday.org/days/25-jun
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