Introduction
Europeans did not think we would find out about our black human species that inhabited Europe before the arrival of the Caucasians from the Caucasus Mountains in Central Asia. These ancient people had encountered the Romans through fighting and wars, so they left their footprints in the region. Thanks to the Roman generals who had nothing to gain from this encounter we want to describe. So they described these inhabitants well and what they looked like in appearance. Now that we are sure of Caucasians’ permanent domicile in Central Asia before they wandered from Asia to present-day Europe, we can account for the presence of these Celtic people freely by using the anthropological information handed down by Tacitus and other important writers. The same Tacitus and Jordannes had described the physical features of the Albinos as they emerged into Europe from their isolation. We are in comfortable hands to depict who our brothers were in Europe during the Bronze Age when the Amorites built the Babylonian Empire in present-day Iraq and later migrated to Ancient Egypt. The question that follows is: Who were the Celts? Where do they originally come from, as black people with physical features? Do they have a resemblance to the Africans who migrated to present-day Iraq and built the Mesopotamian and Babylonian Empire and some remained in Canaan to establish the Hebrew settlements? Why others have described them as Ethiopians, we must understand that the Ethiopians were the general name given to all people with a black complexion. So, the people could have migrated from Egypt, Sudan, Mesopotamia or Aram lands, that is, present-day Syria? Why Europeans had denied the presence of black people, still their physical appearance as people with black or brunette hair betrays them, since those who migrated from Central Asia were white and had blonde or yellow hair type.
§ The Tribes of the Celts and their Confrontation with the Romans
These were a collection of human inhabitants who populated across North Africa, which today we call Europe around the Bronze and Iron Ages. Though there is much debate about the origins of the Celts amongst historians, the physical appearance of these people leads us to trace their origin from the black people who populated Ancient Egypt and Greece, or most probably the Hebrews who were also black. As one reads to find out more about those people denoted as Celts it will become apparent that their culture and how they lived resembled the black people of Africa. The Ancient Elamites who were the beginning of the Iranians had much in common with the Amorites who built the Babylonian Empire. They had used names that resembled each other and had some basic words that meant the same.
These Celtic people spoke Celtic languages and lived during the Iron Age, between 600 BC and 43 AD. Therefore, it is more possible that they had contacts with other black people in the fallen Babylonia Empire and the North African people who were all black. These people commenced the Hallstatt culture, which extended from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age. The Celts lived in Europe which consisted of France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Britain.
Their origin and history are not difficult as they had moved upward as other blacks migrated to the Levant and later built civilizations that after the conquest of Babylon, they settled in Europe. The Celts did not have written records that might help us decipher their history. They were probably lost through the wars they had with incoming migrants such as the Caucasians. However, their culture has been pieced together from surviving examples of their artwork. To Europeans, there is a lot of uncertainty about the history of the Celts, but we know that they were black Africans who became absorbed later into the culture of Europe where they do not want to acknowledge that.
§ Diversity among the Black Celtic People
The Black Celtic people were divided into groups which consisted of the Britons, the Gauls, the Gaels, the Celtiberians, the Galatians, and others. Some think this makes it more problematic to categorize the Celts as a culture because there is a great deal of diversity existing among them. But what the Europeans did not know is that the African people have those smaller differences that differentiate them and that is a typical characteristic.
§ The Roman Historians were Objective and honest
The Romans, the civilizers and masters of the Ancient world during that period had frequent conflict with the Celtic people. The Romans invaded many Celtic lands during their conquest of Europe, which included Britain. The Celts as a result were pushed back to Ireland and other islands of the British Isles though some remain. It was the fruitful work of Roman generals who offered an objective analysis of these people and recorded the history of the Celts at the time. Their account did not see them differently from the Africans who had developed Ancient Egypt and the Babylonian Empire. Had it been left with the White Europeans (Caucasians), the Celtic people’s name would not have been mentioned in history books or chronicles because they (Caucasians) had already assumed responsibility of establishing the Ancient Egyptian and Babylonian Civilizations eliminating the black people’s achievement for doing that.
§ The Celts’ life in Europe and the Roman Conquest
The Celts who were black inhabited all parts of the known Europe by 300 B.C. and they were an immensely diverse range of different Celtic peoples inhabiting North Africa. This is way back before the first Caucasians who were the Latin and Helene tribes immigrated to Europe in 1200 BC. The Germanic tribes who were pure Albino came later around 1250 B.C. First, these black people faced no opposition as the Romans were busy expanding their territory to the South, including African south of the Sahara. Then, they faced the first catastrophic destruction by the Romans in the first century B.C. in which Julius Caesar himself began an enormous campaign against the black Celts and destroyed many of their historical achievement and civilizations on the mainland of Europe but not all.
The Romans also invaded Britain, but they were unable to conquer much of the hinterland of the islands. They did not take the far northern regions, so this is where the Celts established their new homeland. Ireland, Scotland, and Wales currently possess cultural traditions of the Celts and one can trace their history back to the Celts.
Other important regions in Europe where Celtic traditions remain are the Asturias region of Northern Spain. Historically, these black people, the Celtic people, were able to resist the power of the indomitable Romans and succeeded in establishing their culture and traditions. One of the tribes called Galatians has survived with their traditions in Asturias, such that today bagpipes are a traditional instrument in the area. The Bagpipes Instrument of these Black men is commonly associated with Celtic regions like Ireland and Scotland.
Finally, the Romans were able to push these black tribes out of the northwest corner of France, which is now known as Brittany, though Celtic traditions still survive in this region. Those Celts who were compelled to migrate from Brittany by the indomitable Roman generals eventually occupied Wales and Cornwall. These black people had been greatly cherished by the British people which had not been told to the public. What they talk about is that they had invented the Bagpipes themselves, though this had been the work of black people which had become a legacy to Great Britain.
§ The three main branches of these black people called the Celts were:
Brythonic (also called Britons), who lived around modern-day Cornwall and Wales. Gaelic (also called Gaels), who were based in Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man Gaulic (also called Gauls), who lived across modern-day France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Northern Italy.
Today, the descendants have black hair and internal black genes which make them black but as to their appearance, they are considered white. Isn’t it wonderful? But we know now.
§ Life after Death in the Celtic religion
The Celtic religion was polytheistic. Like so many Africans, these black people had more than one god. It is possible they had one particular one that the majority wished to worship. The Celtic religion is thought to have over 300 gods, which is not surprising, most of them anthropomorphic. The Celts believed in sacrifice, which they often employed animals to their gods. They believed in life after death, because of that they were buried with their possessions, so that they could take them into the next life.
The Celtic religion was led by Druids. These men were learned healers or shamans who took the role of cultural leaders for the various Celtic tribes. As the Druids did not keep written records, there is not much known about their religion. Imagery from the religion can be seen in Celtic art. This type of religion survived in Ireland until 432 A.D. when Christianity from the South arrived. Celtic influences survived and created the unique Christian elements, which are seen in Ireland.
§ PERIODS ARE IMPORTANT
2100 BC – Bronze Age begins.
750 BC – The Iron Age begins.
500 BC – Celtic tribes lived across Europe.
400 BC – Iron is used by the Celtic people in Scotland.
335 BC – Celtic tribes sign a peace treaty with Alexander the Great.
100 BC – Roman control grows across Europe.
70 BC – Druids come to Britain.
43 AD – Romans invade Britain, but not Scotland. Celtic culture continues to develop in Scotland.
§ References
There is genetic and linguistic evidence that proves that the Celts were Black or African people. An examination of the language spoken by the Basque has a Niger-Congo substratum. C.J.K. Campbell-Dunn has found a Niger-Congo substratum in Basque. (9)
Dr. Campbell-Dunn found that the Niger-Congo and Basque languages share personal pronouns, numerals, and vocabulary items.
There is also genetic evidence linking the Basque and Niger-Congo speakers. Both groups share SRY10831.1, YAP, M2, M173 (xR1a, R1b3), E3*-P2, E3b2-M81. (10)This linguistic and genetic evidence supports the African origin of the Celts.
The original Danes or Vikings were Black. (11)This is made clear in the Oseberg 8th Century Vikings on the Norway Sledge carving of the Black seafarers that populated the region at this time. It is clear from this carving that the 8th-century Vikings were different from the Blond, big-bodied folk of Viking legends.
William and Robert Chambers, Chambers Information for the people, Vol. 2, (London & Edinburgh, 1884) p.66.
J.A. Rogers, Sex and Race, Vol 1 (New York, 1967).
Father O’Growney, The Celts, American Ecclesiastical Review, (1901) pp.350359.
C.J.K. Campbell-Dunn, Basque as Niger Congo. Retrieved 8/28/2010 at http://home.clear.net.nz/page/gc_dunn/Basque_as_Niger-Congo.html
Alonso S, Flores C, Cabera V. The place of Basque in the European Y-chromosome diversity landscape, European Journal of Human Genetics, (2005) 13:pp.1293-1302.
W.B., The Doctrine of Celtism, Notes and Queries, (1871) 7: p.8.
Here are more sources via Google Books:
Black Celts, the ancient Celts, and Vikings were Black people.
The Europeans make it clear that the early Welsh were Black Celts. They were a small black race that came to Britain from Iberia. They were forced off the mainland by whites.
T.R. (1890). The Gael at Bala. Bye-Gones, 26 Feb, pp.320-321. Black Celts
Dr. Masson reported on the Highlanders of Canada. He said they were descendants of Black Celts. Dr, Masson made it clear these Highlanders spoke Gaelic and had African faces. Black Celts 2
Dr. Masson. (1875). “The Gael of the Far West”, The Academy, Oct.30, pg.451. Black Celts 3
William Chambers, in Information for the People, said the Celts were descendants of Blacks who mixed with invading white tribes. Chambers said these Celts were Northern Ethiopians. Black Celts 4
Ephorus (c. 405BC) claimed that the Celts were Blacks or Ethiopians The Celts continued to be recognized as Blacks by Tacitus, who wrote about the Black Celts and Picts in 80 AD.
Europeans also make it clear that the Danes were Black.
