Talk:Malabo Lopelo Melaka

Age
This king was apparently 100 when he died, his son 105. These ages are so incredible as to be highly suspicious. What credible evidence, if any, is there of these dates? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.15.138 (talk) 05:03, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * King Malabo did not die in a third world environment. His region was colonized and developed by the Spaniards. Also, people living to extreme old age have long existed in 1st, 2nd and 3rd worlds. I think it's pretty ignorant to think that people can't, or have never, lived until extreme old age in places not as developed as the U.S., people living traditional lifestyles more closely similar to their ancestors, or in less modern regions. Third world does not always equate to destitute poverty, pollution and bade lifestyles. The Equatorial Guinea of today is not what it was at the turn of the 20th century. Mind you, they lived during a time where people were more dependent on agriculture, the food sources were not as polluted and when humans lead more active lifestyles. Why wouldn't someone life long, especially if they had resources available to them to do so? He was the last Bubi tribal leaders with a huge upwardly mobile family and was, likely, well cared for. Also, the site that stated his age no longer exists, they've moved to facebook. The site was run by the Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island which is well known as a movement that has worked to declare the island of Bioko as the rightful nation state of the indigenous first nation Bubi people. Bab-a-lot (talk) 12:22, 15 February 2012 (UTC)