>>16782161
>>>/int/

>>16782161
They didn't. Malays sailed around india to get to Madagascar.

>>16782161
General discourse around Madagascar revolves around the first wave of visitations occurring vs when it's first permanent settlement occurred vs the first written accounts of the land. Archeological evidence suggests 2k to 10k years ago it recieved frequent temporary visits. Which would potentially support Sub-Saharan Africans as first arrivals. Supported by constant presence of animal bone cut marks, most notably Elephant bird bone cuts. Meanwhile the longest lasting Archeological evidence of 2000-2500 years indicate people Indonesian origins are the first settlers. The first written accounts of it roughly mapping out it's geological location for trade/maritime routes was done so by the Arabs in the 7th century.

>>16782263
Wonder what kept happening to the African groups that were there to keep them from turning it into a permanent settlement.

There is actually a jewish group in southern africa, called the Lemba.
A few jewish men I think 15 fled yemen and married local women.

>>16782456
*this was around a thousand years ago

>>16782161

Anglos negrified half of Africa, just like they're currently negrifying Europe. Blacks lived somewhere between Niger and Congo. "Asians" lived in the Southern half of the continent, see the Khoisan peoples.

The reason sub saharans didn't "invent trans-oceanic" travel, is bad seas and nowhere to go. See pacific ocean side of americas