Mungo Park Did Not Discover River Niger……but Mansa Abubakari II discovered America – Running from the hills of Guinea and Sierra Leone, we called its upper course, Joliba, “the great river.” Its middle we called Isa Eghirren, and our Hausa people christened the lower stretch that emptied into the sea, Kwara. Oya, it is called by the Yoruba; Orimili, meaning, “great water,” is how the Igbo know it. Isa Ber, “the big river,” the Songhai called it and in Tuareg we call it Egerew Nigerewen, “river of rivers” evidently from which Mungo Park got the inspiration to christen it “Niger.” Permit me to relay this like a prayer, like a song. As do the Griots, the Jeliw who I inherit. The greatest scripture were oral collections, committed to memory. They say, in spoken narrations there is a power writing fails to convey. Till books of these verses are printed, may our students memorize. More - shout-africa/top-story/mungo-park-did-not-discover-river-niger/
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:21:13 +0000
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