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  2. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    The smocks, although originated from Northern Ghana, is worn by all across West Africa. Yoruba Aso Oke : Aso oke meaning top cloth, is the most prestigious hand-woven cloth of the Yoruba. It requires a level of expertise and time to weave the cloth.

  3. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    A second group of researchers, also relying on the genetic clock, estimate that clothing originated between 30,000 and 114,000 years ago. [10] It is important to note that some of these estimates predate the first known human exodus from Africa.

  4. Early human migrations - Wikipedia

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    The ancestors of the modern Khoi-San expanded to Southern Africa before 150,000 years ago, possibly as early as before 260,000 years ago, [note 5] so that by the beginning of the MIS 5 "megadrought", 130,000 years ago, there were two ancestral population clusters in Africa, bearers of mt-DNA haplogroup L0 in southern Africa, ancestral to the ...

  5. Human history - Wikipedia

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    Human history or world history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers.

  6. History of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The people started capturing wild cattle and holding them in circular thorn hedges, resulting in domestication. [59] They also started making pottery and built stone settlements (e.g., Tichitt, Oualata). Fishing, using bone-tipped harpoons, became a major activity in the numerous streams and lakes formed from the increased rains. [60]

  7. Indigenous peoples of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The history of the indigenous African peoples spans thousands of years and includes a complex variety of cultures, languages, and political systems. Indigenous African cultures have existed since ancient times, with some of the earliest evidence of human life on the continent coming from stone tools and rock art dating back hundreds of thousands of years.

  8. History of knitting - Wikipedia

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    Knitting is the process of using two or more needles to pull and loop yarn into a series of interconnected loops in order to create a finished garment or some other type of fabric. The word is derived from knot, thought to originate from the Dutch verb knutten, which is similar to the Old English cnyttan, "to knot". [1]

  9. General History of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Back to Africa: The Return of Slaves Freed in Brazil Mônica Lima E Souza Section III: Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa – Introduction: Life Stories and Freedom Narratives of Global Africa Paul E. Lovejoy: 1 Children in the Indian Ocean Edward A. Alpers 2 Juan Correa, a Baroque Painter of African Descent from New-Spanish ...