Posted on 11/20/2004 7:52:12 PM PST by Destro
Yeah, that's true. Most of Africa is inhabited by Blacks. I know North Africa is not Black. The Bushman of Africa are actually not Black, but Capoids. Ethiopians may look Black, but they are mostly a Semitic people.
He lost the election but he was a contender.
I missed that one. Coptic Orthodox Church?
No - Greek Orthodox - not Coptic. The area around Lake Victoria has embraced Orthodox Christianity -- the history is in the post.
Thanks I reread. Well gee it's good there's FR because you'd not hear about this in the news.
Ultimately that's true. The only true freedom that can be known in this life is that enjoyed by one saved by grace through faith.
I was looking more at the "against" clause of his statement, with which I think you would agree.
Technically, yes. In the early centuries. He was North African.
That is true of the Amhara and the Oromos in Ethiopia who have comprised the ruling class for many centuries.Among the rest of the population southerners are black and Northerners shade into berber North Africans.
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