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Abstract
Linguistic evidence strongly suggests that maize penetrated the interior of tropical Africa from the
coastal regions, but the timing and mode of its introduction cannot be established. The commonly
repeated assertion that the Portuguese brought maize to tropical Africa from the New World cannot
be documented at this juncture, although they seem certainly to have had economic motives for
doing so. Maize was probably introduced to tropical Africa at more than one point and at different
times. Maize was widely grown along the coast from the River Gambia to Sao Tome, around the
mouth of the River Congo, and possibly in Ethiopia, in the sixteenth century. There is reference to it
in all these places, in Zanzibar, and around the mouth of the River Ruvuma in the seventeenth
century; and it was not only mentioned but described as an important foodstuff and a major
provision for slave ships between Liberia and the Niger Delta during the same century. Much less
information is available for the interior, but it clearly seems to have been unknown in Uganda as
late as 1861. Until well within the present century, it was neither a major export nor a mainstay of
the diet in most of eastern and central tropical Africa, the bulk of the areas where it is now of major
importance.

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The originals and evolutionary history of maize has been intensely studied (8). Phylogenetic
analysis and archaeological data revealed that maize originated from a single domestication event in
southern Mexico about 9,000 y ago (9, 10). The direct ancestor of maize is a lowland wild grass
known as teosinte (Zea mays ssp.The origin and evolutionary history of maize has been intensely
studied (8). Phylogenetic analysis and archaeological data revealed that maize originated from a
single domestication event in southern Mexico about 9,000 y ago (9, 10). The direct ancestor of
maize is a lowland wild grass known as teosinte (Zea mays ssp.

This extract is an indication of the lies fed to our people. Through sorcery, the people of ‘Africa’
have been taught that maize was introduced in Africa by Portuguese in the 18-19th century.

In Eswatini children are taught this lie and has been a question in the local exams. This, to me, is an
indication of the extent of the effects of the bewitchment by the white people.

This lie is refuted by the Holy Bible.

Ge:42:1: Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye
look one upon another?
Ge:42:2: And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and
buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Ge:42:3: And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

Ge:41:5: And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon
one stalk, rank and good.
Ge:41:6: And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Ge:41:7: And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,
behold, it was a dream.and, behold, it was a dream.

King Somhlolo had a vision from Jehovah the God of all creation, that “White sorcerers would be
coming. They have hair like corn silk, like the tails of horses. They will be carrying a scroll in their
right hand and a coin in their left hand. Advise your nation to choose the scroll and not to fight
them."

King Somhlolo did not meet the white man who first came to present day Eswatini. His son King
Mswati interacted with them for a short period before he died.

The majority of these sorcerers descended on King Mbandzeni at Mbekelweni. The white man
claimed that every pure white sheep belonged to them. They came demanding land concessions
from the King. As per his grand father the emaSwati did not fight the white man.