African Pearl Millet Was Not an Independent Invention
Munson named the pearl millet diffusion route in 1976. The oldest domesticated grain turned up there in 2011, weakening the independent-invention case.
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African Flood Myths: Motifs, Provenance, Diffusion
Survey of African flood myths by region, with annotated sources, motif analysis, and diffusion/selection arguments for specialists in comparative mythology.
Pronouns Across Africa: Shared Roots or Shared Contact?
Do the widespread 1sg *n-/m-* and 2sg *b-/w-* paradigms signal an African macro-family, or are they just the linguistic fingerprints of 12 000 years of contact?
Origin Myths of African Peoples: Founders and Progenitors in Mythology
A comprehensive exploration of African origin myths from West, Central, Southern, and North Africa, detailing the roles of supreme deities, mystical ancestors, and cultural heroes in creation stories.
