Imagine that you are forced to be taken away forn your children/family chained to a long scary journey by a boat to the unknown. This is Evil and so brutal. Great job my sister, Africa is proud of you.
Keep up the good work Zeinab. I love the entire series including this one. However, my most favorite part is in minute 19:48 through 20:00. The smile on the faces of both Zeinab and Fatima is so priceless, genuine and beautiful. I had to watch it a couple of times, and even paused it to gaze on their faces. As an African, this reminds me of our kindness, genuineness and appreciation of the simplest things in life.
BBC and Zenab, I thank you all of your educational Documentaries about Black African History and for providing Black Africans their history. Thank again, we Black Africans and Black people across the world must know, study, and study our history. If one doesn't know where he or she comes, he or she is a lost soul. I am a very proud Black African.
@@owenbeharry8478 The pygmies are Congolese too, us Congolese we do have conflicts between ourselves like any other community. But other than that, we are one of the most laid back and welcoming people.
The Congolese tasted both Arabs and European slavery, then followed by hash colonialism from Belgium where half of the population was left dead and millions lost theirs limbs. The Country was the first to be targeted with HIV Aids followed by Ebola. I wonder why these outsiders mostly targeted this region 🤔.
Thank you Zaineb. May God bless you for enlightening us about our content. Watching your documentary has really increased my pride as a African and brought more inspiration to my soul. Lots of informative history us Africans had no idea about. Thank you, thank you and Shukran. Love from 🇿🇦
This is greatest and most important stories I have ever enjoyed and will continue enjoying. Love it with all the nerves in my body Wisdom is what you are passing to the youths of African descent and the world Thanks again and God’s blessings is always yours
Dear Mrs. Zeinab.... you have made a respectable landmark to the History of Africa documenting a great civilization being the cradle of humanity. The history will always remember your documentary being as great as the African civilization.
Thank you for the Somalis here who mentioned the Ajuran Empire. I was surprised by Mogadishu mentioned as a Swahili port!! And Puntland mentioned in a previous episode but not mentioned as part of historical Somali region.
It's amazing that almost 150 years ago a prince controlled the whole of the East African Coast. Great to see our country's hidden gem, Lamu. I wished they featured Somalia. Looking forward to seeing that in the future.
Jiggahata1 True. I had no idea I am learning new things here. Actually also the Persians, Portuguese and Chinese were the first people to arrive at the East African Towns eg. Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwa. There is evidence from pottery and ancient structures
I am from Grenada I have learn so much so the history of a great nation which was never thought but little by little history began to unfold you doing a great job continue to share
@Earnan Ó Mocháini not really...you have to watch all the episodes....it also chronicles the Arab & Muslim invasions that predated Euro slave trade in Africa.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪
What a fantastic history along the Indian Ocean.Thanks a lot for an authentic insight into the history of the East Coast of Africa.Namely Zanzibar,Kenya,Tanzania,Mozambique,Zimbabwe and what have you?Thanks a lot Zainab Badawi,for such a rich history.
The Somali empire of Adal were the first to use cannon warfare on the African continent against the Abyssinian empire between 1529-1543. The ajuran empire also used cannons warfare against the Portuguese invasion which lasted from 1538-1589. (Tools of War: History of Weapons in Early Modern Times By Syed Ramsey) Sa'id of Mogadishu a 14th century Somali scholar and traveller. He is the first Ambassador for Africa in China and first African to study the Mandarin language and first African to translate the Mandarin language with a native African language (Somali.) Abd al-Aziz of Mogadishu was a Somali ruler in Kinolhas/ Utheemu, Maldives who welcomed ibn battuta a famous morrocan traveller ( Ibn Battuta in the Maldives and Ceylon 1999) and FROM ZINJ TO ZANZIBAR: Studies in History, Trade and Society on the Eastern Coast of Africa (1982), pp. 45-62 MEDIAEVAL MOGADISHU by NEVILLE CHITTICK
It is jokes that two different people(Arabs & Europeans) gave two different religions to the Africans and they both enslaved them. People still hold on to these religions that these people gave.
@@guppy719 sure, Christianism was traced in Ethiopia but Westerners brought it to Subhuman Africa though and with that, slavery also. So the post up there by King Kong is not false.
03:27 Swahili trade Port Mogadishu! Mogadishu isn't even Swahili speaking region, BBC Africa at least give Somalia to its credit if you haven't added to its history in this past 12 episodes. Arabs, and other Asians sailed to Somalia before many African countries, and you can get their trace back to 7th century like: Zaila "Masjid Qiblatayn", Berbera and Mogadishu.
Swahili is arabic word, which means people of the coast, and its the East African coastal cities from Mogadishu to Sofala. Because of its location, Mogadishu and Banadir coast considered as the space gateway to east and Southern Africa as well as the birth place of Swahili civilization. The Swahili dialect spoken in southern Somali coast cities like Barava and Kismayo is the oldest. Mogadishu has been, during Middle Ages, the main trade and cultural center of Swahili civilization.
@@abbefokoli8155 Mogadishu was never part of any Swahili Civilization. It was a sultanate of it self and had many sultans with coins bearing their names. It was then absorbed into into the Ajuran Empire. The Barawa people settled in the region when their were trading their. Nothing about the city is Swhili. It’s architecture was Somali.
I think she focuses so much on the influence of Islam in Africa everywhere she visits which is actually not even that much. I wish there was more emphasism on the traditional African practises in this series.
I think her coverage and presentation of stories is influenced by her own background given her Arabic roots, though she was born in Sudan. It’s human nature, we tend to focus more on things that are of personal interest to us. It brings about a somewhat incomplete picture especially when one is telling a story but that’s just how it is, not many people can give a balanced view on such a situation where you have personal interest
I love the content and how detailed the information is; my only wish is to have subtitles as an option throughout the video. I have a better time processing things if I'm also reading them and adds a layer of understanding.
Still waiting for the ancient history of central,east southern Africans (Kenya,Uganda, Congo,Chad, Rwanda,Burundi) & Somalia( Punt kingdom), in short the history of Nilotes & Bantus!!!! These ethnic groups had thriving kingdoms like the Kongo,Buganda,Rwanda,Burundi,Bunyoro,Ankole, Shilluk & Zulu kingdoms, just to mention few. I'll give the producer a benefit of doubt and practice some patience.
Mohammed Mwenje is right, at the center of swahili culture is the African heritage. swahili is an african culture with a lot of external influence. Its not afro-arabic fusion as many have believed it to be.
I am supprises that Zainab included Muqdhiso in Swahili and she did not mention the ancient and rich history of land of Punt (Somalia) and Ajuran Empire which spread the Islam through out the east Africa. Also she did not mention muslim sultanites of Ifat and Adal in northern Somalia.
Being chained our brothers/sisters and traded like a cruel dogs was such inhumane and they're still coming changed their ways of trade. The arabs slave trade was bigger in number than the western slave trade "Bitter truth".... &the western slave trade was the worst! Listen to Professor Felix's speech👌!... this is why I always tell to my african American brothers/sisters to find their roots or to know where exactly their great great.... grand parents came from.
I totally agree, especially when it comes to the Indian Ocean slave trade, the Arabs wouldn't have been able to enslave all these people if it wasn't for cooperation from local chiefs and agents. There is nothing worse than having your own countrymen conspiring with outsiders against you.
I just love how everyone says arabs intermarried easily with the locals .arabs invaded swahili lands and brought slavery to their ppl.i went to mombasa and literally soo many ppl claim to be arab .
@my life as a diamond I don't know why it's hard for people to understand that one of the ways that Islam spread was through slaves. Before there was a such thing as large numbers of African slaves, the Sahaba (prophets companions) acquired white slaves in the lands we call Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria had babies with them. Their descendants are the present day people of those regions. Like it who like it, hate it who hate it. Sure there was "intermarriage" at times, however a Muslim can't marry a pagan woman. He can have kids with one if she happens to be his right hand possession though. Yes slaves were acquired through warfare but not always. When it comes to the east coast of Africa...it's inconceivable to assume a minority of Arab traders came and enslaved the daughters of nobles. Rather they took slaves from the class of people who were already at that level. Eventually their descendants were the majority. What those descendants of slaves themselves eventually did with making slave trading an whole industry with castrations and all is pretty messed up ......but look at those lands now. You lived in Mombasa so you know. You should also know that many of those people who consider themselves to be Arab are mixed with Portuguese. They don't like to admit it but it's true. Fort Jesus is in old Town where many so called swahili Arabs lived. Just like any invading army, they had relationships with the local girls. Swahili Arabs try to make it sound nice by saying they "intermarried" but I don't buy that. Intermarried with Muslims and yet they wanted to dig up the grave of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم?
People in Africa know and are proud of their family trees so you cannot judge them as wanna be Arabs. We are a mixed people and that's what makes us special. Not just Arabs. But Persians, Yemeni, Omani,Indian, Somali even Chinese, They mixed with locals unlike the pure white race that would marry Africans
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She was probably scared to visit the Somalia coast but at the same time the Omani influence in Somalia was not that huge and did last long. Although the trade between them was large.
QM Maths honestly outside the most basic of basic places(Egypt, north Sudan, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mali) it didn’t at all go into more unknown kingdoms or cultures at all.
@@whoreofdragonstone1031 there was an episode about the aksum kingdom and another episode about islam being first introduced in africa. Somalia would of had been a great country to talk about. Also zeinab talked about swahili tribes and somehow mogadishu was part of it and she still didnt explain it. In general all 15 episodes was great and exciting to watch.
I'm in love with your work. I was fortunate last year visited the Shimoni Slave Caves and got scared to death when i encountered big bats in the dark and dead silent caves. I've a short video i recorded therein.
It seems that Zeinab Badawi and the BBC have a little knowledge about the rich history of Somali people or they tend not to know. In Episode #6 , Zeinab visited Eritrea and Ethiopia but hadn't made one to peaceful Somaliland. Somaliland is the location of histotic powerful kingdoms of Ifat anf Adal and is the area known as Land of Punt along with Puntland state of Somalia. Zeinab was fascinated with this rich history and was pointing to a place towards the east [ Somaliland] as though locating in a mythical land that's beyond a reach. In this Episode #12, Zeinab has included Muqdisho ( Mogadishu) , the Somali capital with Swahili coastal towns like Lamo and Mombasa!! This indicates a complete ignorance about Somalia. Muqdisho ( please Google images under the Somali name of the city- under Mogadishu you will get images when the city was destroyed) was built by Somalis 1000 years ago and had flourished during the reign of the powerful Somali Empire Ajuran from 14th century to 18th century (1300-1700). Ajuran was so powerful in terms of maritime skills and trade. It was the first African power which defeated the Portuguese in the 15th Century. Later on, it helped Zanzibar and Oman to defeat the Portuguese there. It was very active in Silk Road trade. It was known to have hydraulic skills by utilizing abundant water from Shabeelle and Juba rivers in Somalia. Ibn Battuta , the Moroccan traveller visited Muqdisho in 1331 under the rule of Ajuran Empire and was amazed on how large and rich it was. Somalis were always outside of influence of other nations. In contrast, they influence others who set foot on their soil. Once they learn Somali language, they become Somalis and never leave this beautiful land except with events unfolded there in the last 4 decades. The Chinese Emperor Zheng He, sent a fleet of merchant ships to Muqdisho in the 15th century and loaded back with ivory, gold, rare trees and animals rare to Chinese like giraffes , tigers, elephants and cheetahs . 3500 years before him, the pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut sent a trade expedition to Land of Punt ( current Somaliland and Puntland). She was received by Somali Puntite royals, King Parahu ( Barreh in Somali) and Queen Ati ( Utiya in Somali). Ancient Egypt was said to have flourished after the commercial visit to the Land of Punt. Can Zeinab Badawi and the BBC explain the reason they have not indicated this important historical events in their programme's coverage of East Africa and Horn of Africa or even visiting a Somali soil?
Mahmoud Barreh bro I watch all her videos wallahi she has problems with Somalis, I noticed how she avoided Somalis history. But it’s okey this her Chanel
It has something to do with blackening the history of Islam by talking about the slavery and counting Somali people as people who came after the arabs married africans and so on. Anyways who gives a f*, we know our history and they cant brainwash us by this buls*t.
So.... no Ajuran dynasty? These videos are well funded but clearly theres still a European control to what's being told. Just like her Mali video she mentioned nothing of Mali sailing west to Americas
Agreed .. well it's the BBC.. the local Zanzibari's know the true history.. like why is the slave market at a Church? We are all smart enough nowadays to know their game of revisionist history in-order to look good.
@@goteamdefense He said I quote "our governments" Not an International Organization, here UNESCO which is Not a country government. Local governments should and have the responsibility to document and create resources like museums etc to promote the knowledge of their History.
ahmed duale most businesses in Kenya are run by outsiders. I wouldn’t be so proud of that. How come Kenyans don’t own any of the businesses in their own country!
Ikay Enu am not even Kenyan but can you let the champ be proud of his country without being negative. If your not proud of yours it’s okay... every country have outsiders who do business in there..so concentrate on the documentary and learn about other people’s history
Kisese Kyalo Yes, Indians, Arabs, Europeans, they own all the big businesses (i.e. Safaris) in Kenya and East Africa. Indigenous Kenyans own nothing! Am I lying?
I love everything about your documentries. I have a beautiful Ghanaian family. I am of Ashanti decent and my wife belongs to the Ewe tribe. Can you please research the derivtives of the "ewe" tribes west Africa please it would mean a lot to my wife who is a decendant of the tribe
i'm from that part of Africa, a black swahili origine and muslim, 21:00 i agree 100% those mixed race from there consider them self as arabs and very racist
Mogadishu is not a swahili city and has never been a swahili city, otherwise there would be people there who speak swahili, stop using outdated history and get your facts straight BBC.
@ShutterDe DON lol no, Bajuni people are not Bantu, secondly Bajuni people never settled in Mogadishu so i know you are the one who know nothing about Mogadishu. The original inhabitants of Mogadishu are the Eyle and the Boni people.
@ShutterDe DON you might be married to a Bajuni woman but that does not make them Bantu, yes maybe their language has been influenced by the Swahili language but that does not make them Bantu. And about education, i think i know more about Somali history than you. And i couldnt care less if 90% of Bajuni people live in Kenya, the fact that Bajuni people have never lived in Mogadishu still remains.
What I love about this series of Africa's history is the African landscape. From it's landscape you know that Africa is a mighty continent with mighty people. A spiritual place with spiritual people. But the truth is that Africa's greatness went into decline. I would suggest that the decline began around 2500 years ago. I have often heard it said from great African minds that the people of Africa never wanted outsiders mixing in their business. This series clearly showed me why my ancestors in ancient Khemit were visionaires and prophets. Yes prophets. The Africans who embraced foreigners and their childish gods were the ones that sold out Africa for trinkets. Now today the earth wobbles because Africa is unstable. The wobbling has gotten worse the past 2500 years. As a child growing up in the Caribbean I always knew Africa was a great place, a magical place. Today we have 2500 years of history to learn from. We must say NEVER AGAIN. KICK THE CAUCAZOIDS OUT I.E. ALL NON AFRICANS.
Lol how sure are you your ancestors are from kemet...people from carribeans descend from west Africans and Kemet is east... and most modern day descendants of kemet who are Cushites have a big Muslim population so your point is null and void...lol Nubians arabized too the national language for Sudan is Arabic lol
Proud of Zenaib Badawi’s parents, to raise you in England and still teach you your home language, Arabic. I think she should research a little more into African spirituality, I noticed when she spoke of people of Mozambique she says; majority of people in Mozambique are Christian, with some being Muslim or following traditional beliefs. I think by traditional beliefs she is referring to African Spiritual belief, which would be an interesting topic for some of us who hold these beliefs.
@@darkzi1431 they didn’t even get the history right in this one because there were already trade cities built on the Swahili well before arabs got there
I am a 4th Generation Zanzibari.. I really think that you were not informed/Omitted the fact that that the Portugese oppressively ruled and ran the Slave trade in Zanzibar and the Arabs overthrew them by Turkish empire assistance. Why is the slave Market at a Church?.. please research deeper. The colonialists attacked Zanzibar and divided a United people to this day. Keep up the efforts though really appreciate your work. ♥️
Mogadishu was never part of the Swahili cities, it was founded in the Antiquity and was known as Sarapion. In the Middle Age it was part of the Ajuuran and Geeledi Empires.
Was the creator drunk when we were placed in africa so now I have to March to the Vatican in Rome, mecca in saudi Arabia or Israel the know my life is sacred.. To the young children. Of Africa you are never inferior to anyone. Keep your names and language.. Grow your unity within our continent,.. Study your history through africa and you will see we didn't need any but much of these religious beliefs gain these influence from our ancestors ancient Egypt..
In fact Swahili elders send delegation to Arab Oman to ask for military support to remove Portuguese from the coast of East Africa because of slave trade. That is why Arab Oman came and fought Great War they removed Portuguese. And Swahili elders ask Omanis to stay and protect them in case Portuguese will return. And sultan of Oman move his capital from Oman muscat to Zanzibar. That is how Arab Oman were there in East Africa
This is only the cas for the northern part of the swahili coast like mombasa lamu etc. Zanzibar refuse the help of the omanis and déclare war to them, which they finally lost when the bussaid took power in oman and conquer them in the late 18th century and when said bin sultan décided to make his capital there in 1840
I have a story to tell about tiputipu as we call him in my local language i live about 8 kilometers away from a place know as the slave tree under this tree tiputipu would sit and negotiate for slave trade. This place is a City known as Ndola in Zambia its also just 23 kilometers to the DR Congo. In ndola we also have a chief known as Chief chiwala whose ancestry is of the Swahili people and came here due to the Zanzibar slave trade. in my local language we say tiputipu to mean we curse you so that evil may follow you this is because my people who lived along the slave route from DRC to Tanzania had encountered the Caravans of tiputipu who was highly feared as an encounter with him ment you would be sold in slavery. These stories where shared to me by my late grandmother and i have done my research only for me to here them being shared by the BBC in someway and confirming my grandmothers would be forklores this is surely amazing. Thank you Zeinab and much love from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲
This “documentary” is blasphemous. The Swahili States were an indigenous development with some Arab influence. There were Already cities and towns built by bantus along the coast during the 8th century long before arabs arrived in the 12th century.
6:09 "A lot of Swahili words borrowed from Portuguese." Really? I've spoken Swahili all my life (I'm 50), and the only word I know borrowed from Portuguese is 'sabuni' from 'savon' (soap). Secondary school history taught me that there's fewer than 60 words in Swahili with a Portuguese root (I do not know the 58 others).
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This is the type of African history we need in the USA especially in elementary. Thank you for sharing the knowledge told by Africans.
I wholeheartedly agree!
Well, it's so normal and logical to learn African history in the United States Of Africa but not in the United States Of America.
Imagine that you are forced to be taken away forn your children/family chained to a long scary journey by a boat to the unknown. This is Evil and so brutal. Great job my sister, Africa is proud of you.
I love how Zeinab connects with the people. It’s so refreshing to watch
00:56 Intro
3:01 Map
5:49 Influences
7:45 Coast line
14:04 Islam
17:45 Dance
23:07 Slave trade routes
27:59 Slave's departure
30:55 Slave market
41:22 Dance about slavery
42:20 Europeans
Thanks
Well done
Thank you for this !
Keep up the good work Zeinab. I love the entire series including this one. However, my most favorite part is in minute 19:48 through 20:00. The smile on the faces of both Zeinab and Fatima is so priceless, genuine and beautiful. I had to watch it a couple of times, and even paused it to gaze on their faces. As an African, this reminds me of our kindness, genuineness and appreciation of the simplest things in life.
BBC and Zenab, I thank you all of your educational Documentaries about Black African History and for providing Black Africans their history. Thank again, we Black Africans and Black people across the world must know, study, and study our history. If one doesn't know where he or she comes, he or she is a lost soul. I am a very proud Black African.
The Congo can't catch a break. Wow, my heart goes out to the people.
Dawood Suleiman I forgot about that
@@owenbeharry8478 The pygmies are Congolese too, us Congolese we do have conflicts between ourselves like any other community. But other than that, we are one of the most laid back and welcoming people.
The Congolese tasted both Arabs and European slavery, then followed by hash colonialism from Belgium where half of the population was left dead and millions lost theirs limbs.
The Country was the first to be targeted with HIV Aids followed by Ebola.
I wonder why these outsiders mostly targeted this region 🤔.
Hear that brother,,Congo became source of people and for materials, people still want to suck it dry..?
@@MulubaGeneral Ecactly the reason why you guys seem to be an easy target for centuries.
I'm glad someone is talking about the Arabs involvement in slavery, this was also done in west Africa through the Sahel and Sahara
The way you allowed the make-up on your face melted my heart. You were more welcoming even as a guest. You made the woman's day I'm sure.
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Thank you Zaineb. May God bless you for enlightening us about our content. Watching your documentary has really increased my pride as a African and brought more inspiration to my soul. Lots of informative history us Africans had no idea about. Thank you, thank you and Shukran. Love from 🇿🇦
This is greatest and most important stories I have ever enjoyed and will continue enjoying.
Love it with all the nerves in my body
Wisdom is what you are passing to the youths of African descent and the world
Thanks again and God’s blessings is always yours
Beautiful Africa
Dear Mrs. Zeinab.... you have made a respectable landmark to the History of Africa documenting a great civilization being the cradle of humanity. The history will always remember your documentary being as great as the African civilization.
Zeinab is sweet, and beautiful. What a pleasure to build our African knowledge through English language. Thank you.
Most beautiful continent in the world
100% facts
Thank you for the Somalis here who mentioned the Ajuran Empire. I was surprised by Mogadishu mentioned as a Swahili port!! And Puntland mentioned in a previous episode but not mentioned as part of historical Somali region.
She hates Somali but we are Prado who we are
It's amazing that almost 150 years ago a prince controlled the whole of the East African Coast. Great to see our country's hidden gem, Lamu. I wished they featured Somalia. Looking forward to seeing that in the future.
@Jiggahata1, To be honest, I had no idea The Ottoman Empires had influence over the East African coastline. Thanks for bringing that up.
Jiggahata1 True. I had no idea I am learning new things here. Actually also the Persians, Portuguese and Chinese were the first people to arrive at the East African Towns eg. Mombasa, Malindi, Kilwa. There is evidence from pottery and ancient structures
@@aliosman543 Well . The portuguese lost to the somalis twice and got enslaved soooo.....
@@hyperahmedica6749 c'était des éthiopien
Somalis were never enslaved tho
Amazing work on this programme Zeinab. I envy the experience and embrace the knowledge told by the African. Thank you
I am from Grenada I have learn so much so the history of a great nation which was never thought but little by little history began to unfold you doing a great job continue to share
Zainab, love your well researched documentaries on Africa. Good job. Keep it up. Thank you Chukwuemeka Joe Okeke. Abuja Nigeria.
Great broadcast feature not the less about African history. Am 58 yrs old from Lusaka, Zambia. Studied in UK in Sheffield.
Would love to visit, even at 71, before I leave this plane!!!!
That was very interesting. Thank you all of you who made it possible to watch this series.
This is so fun. Zeinab is doing such a great job. Somebody give her an award. Go Zeinab!
These Episodes are Greatly Needed ❤️❤️❤️
Im very impressed & Im looking forward to watching all 21 episodes.
@Earnan Ó Mocháini not really...you have to watch all the episodes....it also chronicles the Arab & Muslim invasions that predated Euro slave trade in Africa.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪
I really love Zeinab's charisma. I feel like I have connected so much with her in the 12 episodes so far.
I could connect with anyone after the 12 episodes of anything. :)
Thank God l have refreshed my history classes...
this whole series is such a work of art!
Excellent educational videos.
Excellent research and presentation.
thank you so much ZENAB for Rewriting our history
This history is really giving me a good picture about African. Thanks Badawi
What a fantastic history along the Indian Ocean.Thanks a lot for an authentic insight into the history of the East Coast of Africa.Namely Zanzibar,Kenya,Tanzania,Mozambique,Zimbabwe and what have you?Thanks a lot Zainab Badawi,for such a rich history.
Waiting on my kingdom of BUNYORO KITARA IN UGANDA..thank you Zeinab Badawi
The Somali empire of Adal were the first to use cannon warfare on the African continent against the Abyssinian empire between 1529-1543. The ajuran empire also used cannons warfare against the Portuguese invasion which lasted from 1538-1589. (Tools of War: History of Weapons in Early Modern Times By Syed Ramsey) Sa'id of Mogadishu a 14th century Somali scholar and traveller. He is the first Ambassador for Africa in China and first African to study the Mandarin language and first African to translate the Mandarin language with a native African language (Somali.) Abd al-Aziz of Mogadishu was a Somali ruler in Kinolhas/ Utheemu, Maldives who welcomed ibn battuta a famous morrocan traveller ( Ibn Battuta in the Maldives and Ceylon 1999) and FROM ZINJ TO ZANZIBAR: Studies in History, Trade and Society on the Eastern Coast of Africa (1982), pp. 45-62 MEDIAEVAL MOGADISHU by NEVILLE CHITTICK
I really enjoyed the final words in this episode.
It is jokes that two different people(Arabs & Europeans) gave two different religions to the Africans and they both enslaved them. People still hold on to these religions that these people gave.
Not true
Christianity has been in Africa as long as it has been in Europe.
@@guppy719 sure, Christianism was traced in Ethiopia but Westerners brought it to Subhuman Africa though and with that, slavery also. So the post up there by King Kong is not false.
Zanzibar is Africa but they never became slaves
What do you mean by Subhuman!? Can you explain it? @TrZorShiymamoto4303
03:27 Swahili trade Port Mogadishu!
Mogadishu isn't even Swahili speaking region, BBC Africa at least give Somalia to its credit if you haven't added to its history in this past 12 episodes.
Arabs, and other Asians sailed to Somalia before many African countries, and you can get their trace back to 7th century like: Zaila "Masjid Qiblatayn", Berbera and Mogadishu.
Swahili is arabic word, which means people of the coast, and its the East African coastal cities from Mogadishu to Sofala.
Because of its location, Mogadishu and Banadir coast considered as the space gateway to east and Southern Africa as well as the birth place of Swahili civilization. The Swahili dialect spoken in southern Somali coast cities like Barava and Kismayo is the oldest. Mogadishu has been, during Middle Ages, the main trade and cultural center of Swahili civilization.
@@abbefokoli8155 Mogadishu was never part of any Swahili Civilization. It was a sultanate of it self and had many sultans with coins bearing their names. It was then absorbed into into the Ajuran Empire. The Barawa people settled in the region when their were trading their. Nothing about the city is Swhili. It’s architecture was Somali.
Wonderful documentary about african history
beautiful episode...by far one of my favorites
The Africans also travelled to the Arabian peninsula, India and China to trade.
This was very informative ! Great work thumbs up 👍🏾
Thank you so much Zeinab and BBC!
I think she focuses so much on the influence of Islam in Africa everywhere she visits which is actually not even that much. I wish there was more emphasism on the traditional African practises in this series.
I think her coverage and presentation of stories is influenced by her own background given her Arabic roots, though she was born in Sudan. It’s human nature, we tend to focus more on things that are of personal interest to us. It brings about a somewhat incomplete picture especially when one is telling a story but that’s just how it is, not many people can give a balanced view on such a situation where you have personal interest
Islam in Africa is major not minor.
I love the content and how detailed the information is; my only wish is to have subtitles as an option throughout the video. I have a better time processing things if I'm also reading them and adds a layer of understanding.
Iam swahili and proud of my origin
Still waiting for the ancient history of central,east southern Africans (Kenya,Uganda, Congo,Chad, Rwanda,Burundi) & Somalia( Punt kingdom), in short the history of Nilotes & Bantus!!!! These ethnic groups had thriving kingdoms like the Kongo,Buganda,Rwanda,Burundi,Bunyoro,Ankole, Shilluk & Zulu kingdoms, just to mention few. I'll give the producer a benefit of doubt and practice some patience.
Thank you very much. Me too.
There's an earlier episode, here's a link to it;
m.th-cam.com/video/3-sJKp_iJxU/w-d-xo.html
@Tarek Jabal it's because some white historian are trying their best to whitewash.
I Find it very interesting that our languages are similar. 123/ motsi piri tatu. etc. We are one.
@Tarek Jabal It is when the Wazungu is trying to insert himself somewhere he never was and never will be, A part of creating history
Also the Tswana city states.
Wow how interesting thanks zeinab badawi you do great job
Mohammed Mwenje is right, at the center of swahili culture is the African heritage. swahili is an african culture with a lot of external influence. Its not afro-arabic fusion as many have believed it to be.
I am supprises that Zainab included Muqdhiso in Swahili and she did not mention the ancient and rich history of land of Punt (Somalia) and Ajuran Empire which spread the Islam through out the east Africa. Also she did not mention muslim sultanites of Ifat and Adal in northern Somalia.
Being chained our brothers/sisters and traded like a cruel dogs was such inhumane and they're still coming changed their ways of trade. The arabs slave trade was bigger in number than the western slave trade "Bitter truth".... &the western slave trade was the worst!
Listen to Professor Felix's speech👌!... this is why I always tell to my african American brothers/sisters to find their roots or to know where exactly their great great.... grand parents came from.
Haha nice try white boy
I totally agree, especially when it comes to the Indian Ocean slave trade, the Arabs wouldn't have been able to enslave all these people if it wasn't for cooperation from local chiefs and agents. There is nothing worse than having your own countrymen conspiring with outsiders against you.
Thank you great. Allah from the blessing of Africa
It was brilliant wonderful Divine
Africa is the greatest continent in the world. Historically underplayed in western text. Remember #Africa made the greatest resource Human Life.
Very informative. Thank you!
One of my best and favorite destination; Lamu has been featured wow
I just love how everyone says arabs intermarried easily with the locals .arabs invaded swahili lands and brought slavery to their ppl.i went to mombasa and literally soo many ppl claim to be arab .
Intermarried more than Europeans ever did. That says a lot.
@my life as a diamond
I don't know why it's hard for people to understand that one of the ways that Islam spread was through slaves. Before there was a such thing as large numbers of African slaves, the Sahaba (prophets companions) acquired white slaves in the lands we call Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria had babies with them. Their descendants are the present day people of those regions. Like it who like it, hate it who hate it. Sure there was "intermarriage" at times, however a Muslim can't marry a pagan woman. He can have kids with one if she happens to be his right hand possession though. Yes slaves were acquired through warfare but not always. When it comes to the east coast of Africa...it's inconceivable to assume a minority of Arab traders came and enslaved the daughters of nobles. Rather they took slaves from the class of people who were already at that level. Eventually their descendants were the majority. What those descendants of slaves themselves eventually did with making slave trading an whole industry with castrations and all is pretty messed up ......but look at those lands now. You lived in Mombasa so you know. You should also know that many of those people who consider themselves to be Arab are mixed with Portuguese. They don't like to admit it but it's true. Fort Jesus is in old Town where many so called swahili Arabs lived. Just like any invading army, they had relationships with the local girls. Swahili Arabs try to make it sound nice by saying they "intermarried" but I don't buy that. Intermarried with Muslims and yet they wanted to dig up the grave of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم?
People in Africa know and are proud of their family trees so you cannot judge them as wanna be Arabs.
We are a mixed people and that's what makes us special. Not just Arabs. But Persians, Yemeni, Omani,Indian, Somali even Chinese,
They mixed with locals unlike the pure white race that would marry Africans
Not like europeans who mistreated the Africans so much read history bro
Oh no please read up! No more colonial history please.
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Not even one episode delving into Somalia's history for the past 12 episodes.
She was probably scared to visit the Somalia coast but at the same time the Omani influence in Somalia was not that huge and did last long. Although the trade between them was large.
QM Maths honestly outside the most basic of basic places(Egypt, north Sudan, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mali) it didn’t at all go into more unknown kingdoms or cultures at all.
@@whoreofdragonstone1031 there was an episode about the aksum kingdom and another episode about islam being first introduced in africa. Somalia would of had been a great country to talk about. Also zeinab talked about swahili tribes and somehow mogadishu was part of it and she still didnt explain it. In general all 15 episodes was great and exciting to watch.
It is because Somalia and her people term themselves as Arabs and not Africans
Alh Balamin Ceesay where the hell have u heard such a thing?
THANK YOU
I'm in love with your work. I was fortunate last year visited the Shimoni Slave Caves and got scared to death when i encountered big bats in the dark and dead silent caves. I've a short video i recorded therein.
Nice insight ,I've really enjoyed the episode
Very educational Zeinab.
Just trying to get through the week until monthend in the current Zambian economy
It seems that Zeinab Badawi and the BBC have a little knowledge about the rich history of Somali people or they tend not to know.
In Episode #6 , Zeinab visited Eritrea and Ethiopia but hadn't made one to peaceful Somaliland. Somaliland is the location of histotic powerful kingdoms of Ifat anf Adal and is the area known as Land of Punt along with Puntland state of Somalia.
Zeinab was fascinated with this rich history and was pointing to a place towards the east [ Somaliland] as though locating in a mythical land that's beyond a reach.
In this Episode #12, Zeinab has included Muqdisho ( Mogadishu) , the Somali capital with Swahili coastal towns like Lamo and Mombasa!! This indicates a complete ignorance about Somalia.
Muqdisho ( please Google images under the Somali name of the city- under Mogadishu you will get images when the city was destroyed) was built by Somalis 1000 years ago and had flourished during the reign of the powerful Somali Empire Ajuran from 14th century to 18th century (1300-1700). Ajuran was so powerful in terms of maritime skills and trade. It was the first African power which defeated the Portuguese in the 15th Century. Later on, it helped Zanzibar and Oman to defeat the Portuguese there.
It was very active in Silk Road trade. It was known to have hydraulic skills by utilizing abundant water from Shabeelle and Juba rivers in Somalia.
Ibn Battuta , the Moroccan traveller visited Muqdisho in 1331 under the rule of Ajuran Empire and was amazed on how large and rich it was.
Somalis were always outside of influence of other nations. In contrast, they influence others who set foot on their soil. Once they learn Somali language, they become Somalis and never leave this beautiful land except with events unfolded there in the last 4 decades.
The Chinese Emperor Zheng He, sent a fleet of merchant ships to Muqdisho in the 15th century and loaded back with ivory, gold, rare trees and animals rare to Chinese like giraffes , tigers, elephants and cheetahs .
3500 years before him, the pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut sent a trade expedition to Land of Punt ( current Somaliland and Puntland). She was received by Somali Puntite royals, King Parahu ( Barreh in Somali) and Queen Ati ( Utiya in Somali).
Ancient Egypt was said to have flourished after the commercial visit to the Land of Punt.
Can Zeinab Badawi and the BBC explain the reason they have not indicated this important historical events in their programme's coverage of East Africa and Horn of Africa or even visiting a Somali soil?
Mahmoud Barreh bro I watch all her videos wallahi she has problems with Somalis, I noticed how she avoided Somalis history. But it’s okey this her Chanel
It has something to do with blackening the history of Islam by talking about the slavery and counting Somali people as people who came after the arabs married africans and so on. Anyways who gives a f*, we know our history and they cant brainwash us by this buls*t.
Wiil Waal true we call this Cadaan Study.
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Wiil Waal you might like this th-cam.com/video/dI_lNFMpgzQ/w-d-xo.html
Well done thank you
I can't stop crying
Prof is right about Africans thinking they are arabs . Writing from Kenya. Swahili speaker
How about Africans who only speak the language of the Europeans and have European names, are they Europeans?
I LOVE THAT song in the beginning Amadou-et-mariam-je-pense-a-toi
Oye, where are you going with my tea 😂😂 i miss Mombasa
bibi is Savage
at 13:50 :-)
😂😂the professor cracked me up 🤣 Kenyans love tea😂
Oh this is heart breaking
What about it it was happening on every continant
So.... no Ajuran dynasty? These videos are well funded but clearly theres still a European control to what's being told. Just like her Mali video she mentioned nothing of Mali sailing west to Americas
DSNCB919 i was thinking the same, Ajuran Empire were the first setlle of the Sofala city in Mozambique they traded with Arabs and Portuguese.
Agreed .. well it's the BBC.. the local Zanzibari's know the true history.. like why is the slave market at a Church?
We are all smart enough nowadays to know their game of revisionist history in-order to look good.
I see so many people complaining here yet our own governments have never taken the initiative of documenting our history in a proper organised manner.
Check out General History of Africa by UNESCO.
@@goteamdefense He said I quote "our governments" Not an International Organization, here UNESCO which is Not a country government. Local governments should and have the responsibility to document and create resources like museums etc to promote the knowledge of their History.
Good job
hardworking journalist much more greeting zeinab
Kenya my country is beautiful ❤
ahmed duale most businesses in Kenya are run by outsiders. I wouldn’t be so proud of that. How come Kenyans don’t own any of the businesses in their own country!
Ikay Enu am not even Kenyan but can you let the champ be proud of his country without being negative. If your not proud of yours it’s okay... every country have outsiders who do business in there..so concentrate on the documentary and learn about other people’s history
Kisese Kyalo Yes, Indians, Arabs, Europeans, they own all the big businesses (i.e. Safaris) in Kenya and East Africa. Indigenous Kenyans own nothing! Am I lying?
@@armoon899 dont forget china, they literally own Mombasa port.
Stanley Dougé LoL. Good question. He’s salty cause I’m telling the truth.
I'm bantu from tanzania
I love everything about your documentries. I have a beautiful Ghanaian family. I am of Ashanti decent and my wife belongs to the Ewe tribe. Can you please research the derivtives of the "ewe" tribes west Africa please it would mean a lot to my wife who is a decendant of the tribe
Help me to know the meaning of the name osagyefo
@@munyakatali7514 "...means "redeemer" in the Akan language" -- Wikipedia, "Kwame Nkrumah"
Wikipedia, "Ewe people" { en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_people }
Britanica, "Ewe" { www.britannica.com/topic/Ewe-people }
etc
The swahili language it self is over 90% Bantu structurally and grammatically, if there's anything borrow ing, it's limited to vocabulary only.
i'm from that part of Africa, a black swahili origine and muslim, 21:00 i agree 100% those mixed race from there consider them self as arabs and very racist
Correction: Mogadishu was not part of the swahili ports, it has its own unique history which is far longer than the Arab traders themselves.
The way I understand it, didn't some of the Prophet Muhammads(PBUH) seek refuge there, during some of the wars?
Mogadishu is not a swahili city and has never been a swahili city, otherwise there would be people there who speak swahili, stop using outdated history and get your facts straight BBC.
@ShutterDe DON lol no, Bajuni people are not Bantu, secondly Bajuni people never settled in Mogadishu so i know you are the one who know nothing about Mogadishu. The original inhabitants of Mogadishu are the Eyle and the Boni people.
@ShutterDe DON you might be married to a Bajuni woman but that does not make them Bantu, yes maybe their language has been influenced by the Swahili language but that does not make them Bantu. And about education, i think i know more about Somali history than you. And i couldnt care less if 90% of Bajuni people live in Kenya, the fact that Bajuni people have never lived in Mogadishu still remains.
@ShutterDe DON lol what the hell are you talking about? i think you are the one who needs to go back to school because you are clearly confused.
@ShutterDe DON why would i care about their comments?
I had no idea there was a Swahili settlement in Mozambique! Looks exactly like Lamu
From Kismayu Somalia to Sofala Mozambique. The entire East African Coast share a similar culture. Some towns date to the 13th Century!!
Same here. Their culture and way of life are similar. I am not sure though if in Mozambique they speak Swahili.
You are right Annabelle their is no swahilli in Mozambique but sofala was Established by Mogadishu (Ajuuraan)Sultanate that why they claimed
@@s.a.2222 Somalia was not part of swahilli and kismaayo was Somali(benadir cities)
@@abshirabdirahmaan6839 they do speak Swahili in some parts of northern Mozambique
What I love about this series of Africa's history is the African landscape. From it's landscape you know that Africa is a mighty continent with mighty people. A spiritual place with spiritual people. But the truth is that Africa's greatness went into decline. I would suggest that the decline began around 2500 years ago. I have often heard it said from great African minds that the people of Africa never wanted outsiders mixing in their business. This series clearly showed me why my ancestors in ancient Khemit were visionaires and prophets. Yes prophets. The Africans who embraced foreigners and their childish gods were the ones that sold out Africa for trinkets. Now today the earth wobbles because Africa is unstable. The wobbling has gotten worse the past 2500 years. As a child growing up in the Caribbean I always knew Africa was a great place, a magical place. Today we have 2500 years of history to learn from. We must say NEVER AGAIN. KICK THE CAUCAZOIDS OUT I.E. ALL NON AFRICANS.
Okay black hitler
Lol how sure are you your ancestors are from kemet...people from carribeans descend from west Africans and Kemet is east... and most modern day descendants of kemet who are Cushites have a big Muslim population so your point is null and void...lol Nubians arabized too the national language for Sudan is Arabic lol
So many years of history and you still haven't learned anything.
Proud of Zenaib Badawi’s parents, to raise you in England and still teach you your home language, Arabic. I think she should research a little more into African spirituality, I noticed when she spoke of people of Mozambique she says; majority of people in Mozambique are Christian, with some being Muslim or following traditional beliefs. I think by traditional beliefs she is referring to African Spiritual belief, which would be an interesting topic for some of us who hold these beliefs.
Like seriously the Ajuran beat the Portuguese and not even mentioned here... this is sad
Homie why you need validation for your people..are you that insecure?
@@darkzi1431 its not about validation its about getting our history right
@@quikskoprbro968 They didn't venue mention it here to even get it wrong in the first place
@@darkzi1431 they didn’t even get the history right in this one because there were already trade cities built on the Swahili well before arabs got there
Very educative
I am a 4th Generation Zanzibari.. I really think that you were not informed/Omitted the fact that that the Portugese oppressively ruled and ran the Slave trade in Zanzibar and the Arabs overthrew them by Turkish empire assistance.
Why is the slave Market at a Church?.. please research deeper. The colonialists attacked Zanzibar and divided a United people to this day.
Keep up the efforts though really appreciate your work. ♥️
Mogadishu was never part of the Swahili cities, it was founded in the Antiquity and was known as Sarapion. In the Middle Age it was part of the Ajuuran and Geeledi Empires.
Love the work Zeinab does.. I wish there were a way to affiliate with her.
Facebook or via the BBC , have a look give it a go .BBC Web page will let you do a search for email.Good luck
Next we need story about somalia
Exactly right
Was the creator drunk when we were placed in africa so now I have to March to the Vatican in Rome, mecca in saudi Arabia or Israel the know my life is sacred.. To the young children. Of Africa you are never inferior to anyone. Keep your names and language.. Grow your unity within our continent,.. Study your history through africa and you will see we didn't need any but much of these religious beliefs gain these influence from our ancestors ancient Egypt..
No there are pilgrimage sites in Africa.
Sounds like you have an inferiority complex that’s the problem.
Nice
In fact Swahili elders send delegation to Arab Oman to ask for military support to remove Portuguese from the coast of East Africa because of slave trade. That is why Arab Oman came and fought Great War they removed Portuguese. And Swahili elders ask Omanis to stay and protect them in case Portuguese will return. And sultan of Oman move his capital from Oman muscat to Zanzibar. That is how Arab Oman were there in East Africa
This is the Arab washed history they taught you ?
And how did Arabs respond? By continuing the slave trade?
This is only the cas for the northern part of the swahili coast like mombasa lamu etc. Zanzibar refuse the help of the omanis and déclare war to them, which they finally lost when the bussaid took power in oman and conquer them in the late 18th century and when said bin sultan décided to make his capital there in 1840
good job zienab
I have a story to tell about tiputipu as we call him in my local language i live about 8 kilometers away from a place know as the slave tree under this tree tiputipu would sit and negotiate for slave trade. This place is a City known as Ndola in Zambia its also just 23 kilometers to the DR Congo. In ndola we also have a chief known as Chief chiwala whose ancestry is of the Swahili people and came here due to the Zanzibar slave trade.
in my local language we say tiputipu to mean we curse you so that evil may follow you this is because my people who lived along the slave route from DRC to Tanzania had encountered the Caravans of tiputipu who was highly feared as an encounter with him ment you would be sold in slavery. These stories where shared to me by my late grandmother and i have done my research only for me to here them being shared by the BBC in someway and confirming my grandmothers would be forklores this is surely amazing. Thank you Zeinab and much love from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲
This “documentary” is blasphemous. The Swahili States were an indigenous development with some Arab influence. There were Already cities and towns built by bantus along the coast during the 8th century long before arabs arrived in the 12th century.
Absolutely.
I remember this journalist interviewing HE Paul kagame.he almost took back to school
6:09 "A lot of Swahili words borrowed from Portuguese."
Really? I've spoken Swahili all my life (I'm 50), and the only word I know borrowed from Portuguese is 'sabuni' from 'savon' (soap). Secondary school history taught me that there's fewer than 60 words in Swahili with a Portuguese root (I do not know the 58 others).
Meza table
Gereza
Padre
Bendera
Batiza
Limau
Gazeti
Thanks 🙏 enlightening