User:LeGabrie
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my mission is to popularize obscure precolonial African history, with the focus being on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan. My special interest lies in the history of Christian Nubia and the Arabization of the Nubians.
For entries with major contributions of mine see below. For my stuff on Wikimedia Commons click HERE.
Welcome,
Entries with my involvement
Entries I expanded to GA and FA status
- Mighty medieval Nubian kingdom
Entries I expanded to GA status
- Badly known kingdom of medieval Darfur
- Successor state of Alodia
- An obscure successor state of Alodia
- The throne hall of the Makurian kings as well as the oldest standing Sudanese mosque
Entries I created and/or significantly expanded
- 19th century evidence for the pre-Arabic language of the Sudanese "Arab" Ababda tribe
- About 18th century European armour
- The first 100 years of the Funj sultanate
- Obscure late 9th/early 10 century Makurian king
- Makuria
- The most famous of the three medieval Nubian kingdoms
- Military career of Muhammad: First caravan raids, Battle of Badr
- The early military confrontations of Muhammad
- Late Antique/early Medieval kingdom in Lower Nubia
- Big Thracian kingdom
- Summary of the Christian and Islamic history of Sudan
- Semi-legendary culture of Darfur
- On the cultural niveau of the Visigoths
- Everything below the "History" section
Awards
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| For your outstanding work on Alodia which has brought the article from sketchy & unreferenced to readable & scholarly in 2017. Welcome back to Wikipedia and good luck with your efforts to delve into East African history. groupuscule (talk) 10:35, 14 May 2017 (UTC) |
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The Africa Award | |
| It is my great pleasure to bestow a small token of appreciation for the endless work you have put into African related articles and you are hereby decorated with this Africa Award. You have made Wikipedia a better informed place - thank you. Presented by Gog the Mild (talk) 17:23, 20 May 2018 (UTC) |
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The Good Article Barnstar | |
| Awarded for the continuing pursuit of excellence in African history. You have now generated half of the pre-20th century African history good articles. Impressive. Please continue to educate the world on the history of the continent. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Just came across your work at History of Sudan. Great work on that article!! Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:21, 12 October 2020 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| For your constant work in adding to and maintaining ancient Nubia related articles. DervotNum4 (talk) 17:41, 3 December 2025 (UTC) |