Agaléga
Agaléga (French: îles Agaléga) are two Outer islands of Mauritius located in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north of Mauritius island. The population of the islands as at July 2011 was estimated at 300. The islands have a total area of 2,600 hectares. The North island is 12.5 km long and 1.5 km wide, while the South island is 7 km long and 4.5 km wide. The North Island is home to the islands' airstrip and the capital Vingt Cinq. The islands are known for their coconuts, the production of which is their main industry, and for the Agalega Island Day Gecko.
Etymology
There are three different explanations for the name Agaléga. One hypothesis is that the Portuguese explorer, Dom Pedro Mascarenhas, named Agaléga and the island of Sainte Marie (off the east coast of Madagascar) in honor of his two sailboats, the "Galega" and the "Santa Maria" in 1512, when he discovered Mauritius and Réunion Island.
Another, more probable explanation relates to the Galician explorer João da Nova, who discovered the islands in 1501 while working for the Portuguese. João was popularly known by his sailors as João Galego, according to Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès' Les Nouvelles Annales de Voyage (Volume 38, page 88). Galego is the Galician/Portuguese word for someone from Galicia, North West Spain, and "Agalega", is derived from the feminine version of this ("A" is the feminine article in Galician/Portuguese, and "Island" is feminine, so "A Galega" means "The Galician (Island)").
Podcasts:
-
by Christafari
Why You Ago Look
by: ChristafariIn the abundance of water the fool is thirsty.
Why do you look for the living among the dead? Why do
You look for the living among the dead? Ignoring what
So many prophets & so many righteous man said. What
They said. Yet you still look for the living among the
Dead.
So tell me what them do.
Mistaking the messenger for his message, mistaking the
Prophet for whom he represents, mistaking the king for
The King of all Kings, mistaking the singer for the
One he sings.
Why do you look for the living among the dead? Why do
You look for the living among the dead?
Mistaking what so many prophets & so many righteous
Man said. What they said. Yet you still look for the
Living among the dead.
A fool is going to thirst in a world full of seas.
What does it take to make a blind man see? A burning
Bush to explode in his face, before he finally sees
The Father's grace.
Why do you look for the living among the dead? Why do
You look for the living among the dead? Your Praising
What so many prophets & so many righteous man said.
What they said. Yet you still look for the living
Among the dead. Tell me what them do?
Mistaking the messenger for his message, mistaking the
Prophet for whom he represents, mistaking the king for
The King of all Kings, mistaking the singer for the
One he sings.
Why do you look for the living among the dead? Why do
You look for the living among the dead? Praising so
Many prophets & so many men who are dead. They're now
Dead. Yet you still look for the living among the
Dead. So tell me what them do...
A fool is going to thirst, roll away roll away. A fool
Is going to thirst roll away stone. A fool is going to
Thirst roll away roll away. A fool is going to thirst