{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Arturo Rodriguez","provider_url":"https:\/\/arturorodriguez.com","author_name":"skdas","author_url":"https:\/\/arturorodriguez.com\/index.php\/author\/skdas\/","title":"A Brief History of Bemb\u00e9 - Arturo Rodriguez","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bp6GUikoqI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturorodriguez.com\/index.php\/a-brief-history-of-bembe\/\">A Brief History of Bemb\u00e9<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/arturorodriguez.com\/index.php\/a-brief-history-of-bembe\/embed\/#?secret=Bp6GUikoqI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Brief History of Bemb\u00e9&#8221; &#8212; Arturo Rodriguez\" data-secret=\"Bp6GUikoqI\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/arturorodriguez.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/arturorodriguez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/unspecified-9-1080x675.jpg","thumbnail_width":1080,"thumbnail_height":675,"description":"(Excerpt from the self-study book entitled Bembe Conversations, by Arturo Rodriguez \u2013 Mel Bay Publications) Bembe Conversations Link The Roots of Bemb\u00e9 The history of West Africa springs from three main sources \u2014 archaeology, oral tradition, and the written logs of foreigners who traveled there. Unfortunately, there was no written form of the African-based languages [&hellip;]"}