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Look into Tuareg way of life 🤔

The loss of language is something so depressing to me. and this book is back in the early 2000’s and it’s saying we could lose half of the 6912 languages spoken by 2101? It’s nearly impossible to completely document these languages… it’s so sad…

ooooo look into henna designs [swahili]

…well today I learned about female circumcision

Familially inherited trade partners note

Look into Wolof music and instruments

Note: look into Fulani boodal and geerewole

Note for adobe cliff homes surrounding courtyards for domestic animals

oooooo kente cloth

Note to look into Zulu fashion because it goes hard

I love human history and how we as a species have created numerous societies, cultures and especially fashion so I copped this for artistic reference. I’ll be taking notes for said reference in my progress lessgo

First off. woman to woman marriages in some African tribes in case one wife is infertile to ensure the men don’t divorce said infertile wife

Several paragraphs in and I already hate this book. Author acts like the Neanderthals just peacefully died out... and I’m admittedly a bit distrustful of anyone who feels it necessary to use the outdated phrase, ‘men and women,’ when talking broadly about humans as a species.