600 Europeans Stranded on Desolate African Coast, Why no "peace pipe " was given was given them by Bantu " natives " ?

[Litwin]

so no peace pipe was given was given them by Bantu " natives " ?
any chance that Netflix makes a TV show about Manuel and his wife ?
Bantu Boss “hey I’m toooootally friendly and trustworthy, gimme your muskets ”
Manwell “okay, you can have them! ”
Seems Manuel was allergic to common sense.

 

[Polishprince]

so no peace pipe was given was given them by Bantu " natives " ?
any chance that Netflix makes a TV show about Manuel and his wife ?
Bantu Boss “hey I’m toooootally friendly and trustworthy, gimme your muskets ”
Manwell “okay, you can have them! ”
Seems Manuel was allergic to common sense.

The Bantu people have been civilized for a long time, establishing kingdoms and empires all around Africa. The "natives" of the dark continent are the Hottentots, a different ethnic group altogether

 

[Litwin]

The Bantu people have been civilized for a long time, establishing kingdoms and empires all around Africa. The "natives" of the dark continent are the Hottentots, a different ethnic group altogether

you are wrong as usual

Demographics of Mozambique - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Emakhuwa		26.1%
Portuguese		16.6%
Xichangana		8.6%
Nyanja		8.1%
Cisena

 

[whitehall]

Hardly a historic event.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

so no peace pipe was given was given them by Bantu " natives " ?
any chance that Netflix makes a TV show about Manuel and his wife ?
Bantu Boss “hey I’m toooootally friendly and trustworthy, gimme your muskets ”
Manwell “okay, you can have them! ”
Seems Manuel was allergic to common sense.

There are other documented stories of shipwrecks on that soast. If you are interested I suggest The Caliban Shore which charts the story of a ship from India which ran aground.
Its quite sad.

 

[longly]

The Bantu people have been civilized for a long time, establishing kingdoms and empires all around Africa. The "natives" of the dark continent are the Hottentots, a different ethnic group altogether

Sorry but you're wrong. See the below definition. The first requirement for civilization is a writing system. The Bantu people of southern Africa had no writing system; in fact, there was no Indigenous written language south of Ethiopia. It irritates me how people continually try to change the meaning of words. If you have to, just create a new word but leave the old ones alone'

Civilization

Civilization (from the Latin civis=citizen and civitas=city) is a term applied to any society which has developed a writing system, government, production of surplus food, division of labor, and urbanization...

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Civilization (from the Latin civis=citizen and civitas=city) is a term applied to any society which has developed a writing system, government, production of surplus food, division of labor, and urbanization.