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	Pictures Done in Watercolor and Inks / A Fade To Dreams by TheArthur Wright



							A symbol, this lady of the wistful eyes has faded from the gaudy luster of her accoutrements, the beautiful jewel works adorning her head, neck and shoulders, her arms. In combination she is the history, the present, and the future of the Mother continent. In her early history, with her majestic stature and prominence the world knew well, she fed the world with her wisdom and sciences, religion and philosophical thought as her progeny spread around the globe following their separate fates. Greece is known to be the cradle of Democracy but Egypt fed early knowledge to Greece and to mighty Rome, and Nubia spoon-fed Egypt. To the south lay the great learning centers of Timbuktu and mysterious Zimbabwe, though late in flowering, still gave homage to the hearthland where this tributary to the welfare of early civilization began. Ever southerly, Olduvai preceded all of the above.