[Kermit]

"“The colonial period resulted in Africans being denied their history, but of course knowing that history is a vital part of nation-building."

Okay, they have to throw in an anti-West slam. The truth is of course the opposite, Africans had almost no idea of their history, they didn't have history as such, but legends, myths and stories. Only with the scholarship of the West, the archaelogy as demonstrated by the effort chronicled in this article, has given Africa and other parts of the world, their history back. 200 years ago, most of the civilizations of the world were lost civilizations. No one knew a thing about them until the West and scientific scholarship arrived on the scene.

[blam]

Archaeology bump.

[SharpRightTurn]

“The project is being funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.”

I was shocked to see my tax money wasn’t paying for this.

Glad to see some other chump on the hook this time.

[colorado tanker]

Thanks, I hadn’t heard about these.