Date: August 18th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: AZNgirl Crying as Peter Thiel rapes Scott Bessent
LJL wtf were they doing for thousands of years?
Major Islands off Africa – Distance & Migration History
Island Distance from Mainland Africa First Known Settlement African Migration/Settlement History
São Tomé & Príncipe ~250 km from Gabon Uninhabited until Portuguese (1470s) Africans arrived only via slave trade (15th–16th c.)
Madagascar ~400 km from Mozambique Austronesian settlers (c. 500 CE), then Africans (c. 1000 CE) Strong African migration (Bantu from Mozambique) blended with Austronesians → Malagasy identity
Comoros ~300 km from Mozambique Settled by Africans, Arabs, Persians (c. 9th c.) Continuous African + Arab migration created Swahili-Islamic culture
Mauritius ~900 km from Madagascar Uninhabited until Portuguese (1500s) Africans arrived later as slaves under French (18th c.)
Seychelles ~1,600 km from Kenya Uninhabited until French (18th c.) Africans brought as enslaved workers
Cape Verde ~570 km from Senegal Uninhabited until Portuguese (1460s) Africans brought as slaves, mixed with Portuguese → Creole society
Bioko (Equatorial Guinea) ~32 km from Cameroon Settled by Bantu peoples (prehistoric) Longstanding African settlement, later Portuguese & Spanish colonization
Annobón (Equatorial Guinea) ~350 km from Gabon/Angola Uninhabited until Portuguese (15th c.) Africans brought via slave trade, now Afro-Portuguese population
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5763723&forum_id=2Ã#49194887)