Revival History

4 Little known facts about Adi Amin 1. His long title His title was, “His Excellency, President for life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of all Beasts of the Earth and the Fishes of the Sea and the Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in particular”. 2. King of Scotland The Scottish National Liberation Army, a paramilitary group, was fighting to acquire independence from Britain. The group approached Idi Amin for assistance. idi Amin responded with a conditional offer. If he assist and they become free, he must be made King of Scotland. 3. Ordered by God to expel Indians from Uganda 90% of Indians who controlled 90% of Uganda's economy were expelled from the Uganda. One of the main justification for this expulsion was that God had visited him in a dream and ordered him to expel Indians from Uganda. 4. Interview with Conqueror of British Empire He once asked western journalists if they weren’t nervous and scared to interview...

Before Europe came to Africa with chains, someone else had already been there. Let me tell you about the Arab slave trade. The one nobody talks about. It started around 650 AD. Long before Christopher Columbus. Long before the first European slave ship crossed the Atlantic. Arab traders had already established extensive networks across East Africa, West Africa and the Sahara, capturing, buying and selling African people for over a thousand years. Between 650 AD and 1900 AD historians estimate that between 17 and 20 million Africans were taken through the networks of the Arab slave trade. That number is difficult to pin down precisely because unlike the transatlantic trade which was heavily documented for commercial reasons the Arab trade was less systematically recorded. But here is what we know. Arabs preferred female slaves over male slaves. Women were taken as concubines and domestic servants. Many were used for sexual exploitation in Arab households. Many male slaves destined for c...

Polyandry (one woman with many husbands) Among the Irigwe of Plateau State,Nigeria. Among the Irigwe people of present-day Plateau State, a unique marital tradition once existed in which women could have multiple husbands. This form of marriage, known as polyandry, was practised for many decades and formed part of the community’s social structure before it was officially outlawed in 1968. Under the system, a woman could move freely between the homes of her husbands. Although she had more than one spouse, the paternity of her children was traditionally assigned to the husband with whom she was living at the time of birth. Historians and anthropologists have noted several reasons behind the practice. In some cases, it helped families pool labour and resources for farming and survival. It also served as a social solution to infertility, allowing childbearing responsibilities to be shared within the marriage structure. Questions of inheritance and family continuity were also tied to the cu...

Polygamy, polyandry, and the Vedas It's well known that the Vedas mention cases of polygamy. It's mentioned that this practice was common in previous ages since many men would remain as lifelong celibates, as brahmacaris and later sannyasis, and thus not enter into family life, just like many others would die in wars. In this way, the female population in Vedic societies would be almost always greater than the male population available for marriage, and the problem would be solved by some men marrying more than one woman. Another practice that is also described, although less common is polyandry, or one woman marrying more than one husband, like in the case of Draupadi marrying the five Pandavas, or Marisa, the daughter of Kandu and Pramloca, who married the ten Pracetas.  Since polygamy and polyandry are mentioned in the Vedas, should we also start practicing it? Not so fast... 

How do you guys feel about polyandry in the church's history?  I'd always heard that polygamy was necessary because the women needed men to take care of them. But polyandry, or Joseph Smith getting married to women happily married already... well now I'm reading the new apologetics I had never heard before, and they feel off to me. But what do you guys think?

Reproductive Exploitation Under American Slavery After the United States banned the international slave trade in 1808, enslavers could no longer legally import Africans. From that point forward, the enslaved population grew primarily through natural increase — meaning the children of enslaved women automatically became enslaved under the legal doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem (a child follows the condition of the mother). This legal rule turned enslaved women’s bodies into self-reproducing assets. By the 1830s–1860s: Enslaved women of childbearing age were often valued higher than men. Plantation records sometimes listed the number of children a woman had borne. Some enslavers deliberately encouraged or coerced pregnancies to increase their “stock.” Historians refer to this as reproductive exploitation, not because every plantation used identical practices, but because the economic system structurally rewarded forced fertility. The Word “Breeder” The term “breeder” did appear in som...