Southern Cradle-African…Warm Climate Model
1. Come from environment of abundance of vital resources: plenty food & water
2. Sociality is concentric; everybody equal
3. Society non-sexualized
4. Children revered
5. No word for love and sex
6.Communal, hanging out doors, community, give eye contact & speak
7. Peaceful nature…can’t we just get along?; never chattel slavery
8. Matriarchal family…a village to raise a child, no illegitimacy; extended family; man kind’s my brother; respect elders; revere children
9. Women always independent
10. Xenophilia- strangers welcome in neighborhood
11. Interdependent-we depend on each other; do your thing as long as it doesn’t hurt family or the group
12. God is benevolent; Not born in sin; no hell; takes both male & female to make life –aunk; sex is ok; optimism- clear, sunny climate.
13. Literature – novel tales, positive fairytales, fables & comedy.
14. Marriage 15. Sex for procreation, continuation of life; between tribes not individuals; no same sex before introduction by whites16. Nature belongs to everyone17. Spirituality, live it 24/7