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Maps shape the world they depict

At the Kongokonferenz in Berlin in 1884 , the major imperialist powers decided “which regions of Africa each European power had the right to 'pursue' the legal ownership of land”

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The map come first, and by the power of its ink it shaped reality

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Straigt borders,

drawn by rulers...

...with rulers

Borders that still today,

bears whitness for anyone that observs a map...

...of the...

...arrogance of power.

Almost 130 years,

and a colonial revolution later -

the borders are still...

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. ...almost the same. .

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I wanted to change the past by drawing an other map

A map risen from:

  • historical native nations
  • lingvistiq boundries
  • natural boundries

At first it was quite easy, but some areas are not so well documentated and information is often contradictious

12 Sept 2010

29 Sept 2010

Processen

14 oktober 2010

23 November 2010

Eskilstuna Lecture version

A years research with wikipedia and UNESCOs "A General History of Africa" as main sources

12 April 2011, watercolour

Bachelor exibition version

Apollo 11 Cave

Namibia

27500 BP

What about African Civilization?

Mapmaking

Alternate History

  • Projection method
  • Rotation
  • Scale & Units
  • Zero Meridian
  • Language & Dates
  • Frame & Aesthetics
  • Information focus

Ethiopian Empire 1137-1974 AD

The Ethiopian Empire is one of the longest imperial dynasties in the world and was the only native African nation that recisted the Scramble for Africa.

My POD (Point Of Divergence) is the same as in Kim Stanly Robinson's 'The Years of Rice and Salt": The black death mutated and became more deadly in 1350, whiping out 3/4 insteaf of 1/3 of Europes population

Bete Giyorgis

1200 AD

Lalibela, Ethiopia

Carved out in one pice from the living rock

Fāsīledes Castle, 1600 AD, Gondar, Ethiopia

Adwa

Battle of Adwa

1 March 1896

80 000 Ethiopan soldiers defeted the Italian invaders

Stele of Axum, 300 AD

Axum, Ethiopia

24 m tall, 160 tonne stone skyskraper

Songhai Empire

~1340 - 1591 AD

The Songhai empire covered a 1,4 million square km area - bigger then the entire werstern Europe

The Songhai Empire rise from the Mali and Ghana Empires. It was a highly devoleped feudal soceity with Africas most importeant University.

Dabous Giraffes

World's largest palaeolithic petroglyph, consisting of 828 engraved images. The Giraffe is 6,35 m tall.

Dabous, Nigeria

10 000 - 8 000 BP

Organized armies

Feudal Knights

and vast cities.

Loango late 1600 AD,

in Rep. of Congo

Monetary union -

Manillas copper braclets

used allover westafrica at the 1500 AD

Devoleped internal trade

Meroë Pyramids

Nubia/Kush

Graves for the Black Pharaos that ruled Egypt 2700 BP

Did modern behavior arise 30 000 BP at Cro-Magnon in France, Europe?

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