I accidentaly posted the video twice :/ But anyways im happy i got a video in TH-cam after a long month. I was slightly sick and lost inspiration. Im also working on some crazy projects
Hi! This is an amazing work man, I absolutely admire the fact that someone actually made a countryball animation about west african history (which is often ignored and severelyd underrated) and I really appreciate the effort you've put into this❤ Said from a Senegalese-Malian🇸🇳🇲🇱 Though, I'd like to point out a few mistakes I've noticed: 0:34 - You used the flag of the jolof empire, I can't really blame you though since the takrur empire itself doesn't have its own flag. The problem is that the Jolof empire actually doesn't have it either, in fact the flag with a baobab and a golden background used by strategy 2:16 - The Almoravid empire never really invaded malian land 3:31 - you used the medieval akan's flag for ashanti lol, both ashanti and the akan kingdom had their own flag, both can be easily found on google Other than that, there are some problems with the borders which is normal because west african historic borders are poorly researched + flags, many west african kingdoms didnt have flags, at least that we know of. I've been researching on senegambian and malian historical flags for about 4 months now and I found 3 of them! If you're kinda interested in this feel free to contact me maybe on discord or Instagram
About the Wolof Empire (Senegambian region as a whole) you forget the Kingdoms of Njarmeew(Namandirou) and Tekrour/Takrur which existed in eastern Senegal which existed until conquered by Ghana, when they collapsed Wolof existed in Waalo. Takrur and Namandirou became independent once again, then then various Wolof states had existed in Western Senegal as well as various Serer States(Which are assumed to be Waalo, Kajoor/Cayor, Bawol and Jolof). (Note: When Ghana collapsed new states existed after it one of which is Galam which was along the Senegal River in modern-day mali) Gajaaga which was near Galam also formed. The main thing however is in 1360 after the formation of the Wolof Empire which Mali lacks what was under the Jolof Empire (NIumi, Baddibu) and some of western kaabu (which existed up to Ziguinchor) in the 1400s as it began it's expansion and even before that it lacks most of Jolof and Saloum which are states it contained which is lacked more than half of. Second, it seems to just take Takrur which is wrong, it had also conquered Niumi, Baddibu, Niani, Wuli and conquered Njarmeew. Futa Toro or Great Fulo i noticed a small mistake which was that in the 1490s it was already Great Fulo which it was in the 1510s also I'd like to point out that they own alot of Jolof and even touch the coast which it hadn't done at least during this time period also in the 1490s Wuli and Niani had broken off of the Wolof Empire. Futa Toro lost control over Takrur(mali now owned it) and the Tenguellan state formed in the south which controlled Niani, Wuli and when it regained control over Takrur in the 1500s and due to Songhai expansions(1510s) Futa Toro once again was forced to get out of Takrur once again conquering Wuli, Niani and other states allowing Wolof to also regain some control over Takrur (Also portugal didnt own all of that YET) and during the late 1510s it regained power and Futa Toro fought Songhai and won this time securing control of Futa toro and leaving Niani and Wuli meanwhile the Wolof Empire had once again lost Takrur to Futa Toro and Saloum, Sine, Niumi, Baddibu all left it in the 1520s Futa Toro would fight against Wolof which further put it in a weakened state allowing them to occupy most of the states of Jolof and Waalo which lasted until 1537 when they managed to regain Waalo and Jolof. Due to states loyalty going down for the Wolof and many rebelling against them the Buurba would fight against Kajoor in the year of 1549 and at the Battle of Danki the Wolof fell and the Jolof State which is called the Jolof Kingdom (which did not touch the coast) was what was left of it. Kajoor, and Waalo also became independent however Kajoor owned Bawol which is why it wasn't independent. Futa Toro in the 1560s to 1570s manages to conquer most of Saloum, Waalo, Niani and Baddibu (aswell as Jolof but since it's already like that i don't really have to bring it up) Kajoor then loses Bawol and the Great Fulo reaches its biggest extent in the 1600s however in the 1630s to 1640s Baddibu, Saloum, Niani, Wolof and Waalo regained their land or independence in 1650 Wolof temporarily owns Kajoor in the 1690s Jolof and Kajoor go to war and Jolof makes some gains however it ended by 1700 with no changes to their borders (something I don't get is why Futa Toro and the Great Fulo we're fighting even though they we're basically the same nation) Bawol in the 1700s conquered Kajoor until losing it in the 1720s. In the 1770s British settlements began in Waalo to secure Senegambia from the French which they lose in the Revoulutionary war and Waalo goes into Civil war allowing the French to own that settlement as the French then would own Goree in the Early 1800s and begin gaining influence over Waalo in the 1820s. In the 1850s Dakar was founded, Futa Toro had decreased heavily in size and French Senegal formed and grew as Kajoor took Bawol before French control had solidified in the 1860s and 1870s Kajoor also became apart of the Imamate of Wolof as it then fell by the 1880s as Wolof began to fall under French control however infighting continues as the Kingdom turns into a vassal in which in 1900 it falls. That's all I got
I admire the effort but I have to say at 0:32 so the camels came from the north and gave bags of... "something" and then in exchange they got slaves? How about camels bring salt and Ghana sends gold? That seems a lot more accurate. The Trans-Saharan trade was foundationally based on the trade of gold and salt. Slaves were only a fraction of the trade. Also the borders and timeline seem based on Jake Mapping's video which was pretty inaccurate. I think some fresh research would have been better.
I found multiple contradicting sources on the borders so i just went with something simple. But i could have illustrated the trans-saharan trade better. Usually when i show bags those bags represent gold
@@baffledwaffle6319 Yeah sources on African borders can be quite contradicting but Jake's location and shape of Ghana just seemed... off. Way too far north, nowhere near the Niger River. As for the trade, the bags is understandable but just the fact that slaves were what they gave in exchange was inaccurate and perpetuates the heavily slave based perception people have about African history. Ghana exported gold and imported salt. You had them import gold and export slaves.
Those wars did not cause the spread of Islam. At least not the one carried by the Saadi dynasty. It created way too much chaos in the region. Islam spread better in these areas in times of peace when Islamic scholars can travel
Sadly, i was not able to find a symbol for Ghana, so i just added a star to symbolise wealth. I dont like when people invent fake flags for countries but i had no choice here :(
@@baffledwaffle6319 Oh well, it's ok, they didn't really have a flag. Though, as I'm really interested in west african history I discovered recently that the king of ghana had a golden crown and the the royal soldiers had a golden shield, so I think that a plain yellow countryball to symbolize ghana would be the most correct
Its not as straight forward as it might seem. Technically its neither since the borders the europeans drew dont have anything to do with the historical countries and empires. Plus, the people in charge and the majority of the population were from chad. But i would say that its Burkina Faso
i am european from Bulgaria and im sorry that the europeans colonized the africans and treated then like dogs. Love and greeting from Bulgaria to all african countries ❤❤❤
3:26 a misunderstanding of banana empire yeahhhh
I accidentaly posted the video twice :/
But anyways im happy i got a video in TH-cam after a long month. I was slightly sick and lost inspiration. Im also working on some crazy projects
thank you for documenting the tribes part this never gets documented in other africa countryball animations
Yes. A lot of videos only show the history after the scramble for Africa
burkina faso's flag after collapse of french colonial empire: G E R M A N Y
1:22 amazing mali detail
Hi! This is an amazing work man, I absolutely admire the fact that someone actually made a countryball animation about west african history (which is often ignored and severelyd underrated) and I really appreciate the effort you've put into this❤ Said from a Senegalese-Malian🇸🇳🇲🇱
Though, I'd like to point out a few mistakes I've noticed:
0:34 - You used the flag of the jolof empire, I can't really blame you though since the takrur empire itself doesn't have its own flag. The problem is that the Jolof empire actually doesn't have it either, in fact the flag with a baobab and a golden background used by strategy
2:16 - The Almoravid empire never really invaded malian land
3:31 - you used the medieval akan's flag for ashanti lol, both ashanti and the akan kingdom had their own flag, both can be easily found on google
Other than that, there are some problems with the borders which is normal because west african historic borders are poorly researched + flags, many west african kingdoms didnt have flags, at least that we know of.
I've been researching on senegambian and malian historical flags for about 4 months now and I found 3 of them! If you're kinda interested in this feel free to contact me maybe on discord or Instagram
Amazing work!
Thanks
As a Nigerian which is part of the Yoruba group,I love this song
Im happy to see some africans in the comments :)
What did you think about the video? Did i do something wrong?
@@baffledwaffle6319 It’s only that French West Africa got their independence in 1959,But the other things are correct
@@baffledwaffle6319 yh
@@RedcyralI also respect those who born in Africa (I'm afraid to say _____ cuz this might be offending)
@@MatveyRobloxGamesOfficial just say africans
This kind of history interesting and amazing!
About the Wolof Empire (Senegambian region as a whole) you forget the Kingdoms of Njarmeew(Namandirou) and Tekrour/Takrur which existed in eastern Senegal which existed until conquered by Ghana, when they collapsed Wolof existed in Waalo. Takrur and Namandirou became independent once again, then then various Wolof states had existed in Western Senegal as well as various Serer States(Which are assumed to be Waalo, Kajoor/Cayor, Bawol and Jolof). (Note: When Ghana collapsed new states existed after it one of which is Galam which was along the Senegal River in modern-day mali) Gajaaga which was near Galam also formed. The main thing however is in 1360 after the formation of the Wolof Empire which Mali lacks what was under the Jolof Empire (NIumi, Baddibu) and some of western kaabu (which existed up to Ziguinchor) in the 1400s as it began it's expansion and even before that it lacks most of Jolof and Saloum which are states it contained which is lacked more than half of. Second, it seems to just take Takrur which is wrong, it had also conquered Niumi, Baddibu, Niani, Wuli and conquered Njarmeew. Futa Toro or Great Fulo i noticed a small mistake which was that in the 1490s it was already Great Fulo which it was in the 1510s also I'd like to point out that they own alot of Jolof and even touch the coast which it hadn't done at least during this time period also in the 1490s Wuli and Niani had broken off of the Wolof Empire. Futa Toro lost control over Takrur(mali now owned it) and the Tenguellan state formed in the south which controlled Niani, Wuli and when it regained control over Takrur in the 1500s and due to Songhai expansions(1510s) Futa Toro once again was forced to get out of Takrur once again conquering Wuli, Niani and other states allowing Wolof to also regain some control over Takrur (Also portugal didnt own all of that YET) and during the late 1510s it regained power and Futa Toro fought Songhai and won this time securing control of Futa toro and leaving Niani and Wuli meanwhile the Wolof Empire had once again lost Takrur to Futa Toro and Saloum, Sine, Niumi, Baddibu all left it in the 1520s Futa Toro would fight against Wolof which further put it in a weakened state allowing them to occupy most of the states of Jolof and Waalo which lasted until 1537 when they managed to regain Waalo and Jolof. Due to states loyalty going down for the Wolof and many rebelling against them the Buurba would fight against Kajoor in the year of 1549 and at the Battle of Danki the Wolof fell and the Jolof State which is called the Jolof Kingdom (which did not touch the coast) was what was left of it. Kajoor, and Waalo also became independent however Kajoor owned Bawol which is why it wasn't independent. Futa Toro in the 1560s to 1570s manages to conquer most of Saloum, Waalo, Niani and Baddibu (aswell as Jolof but since it's already like that i don't really have to bring it up) Kajoor then loses Bawol and the Great Fulo reaches its biggest extent in the 1600s however in the 1630s to 1640s Baddibu, Saloum, Niani, Wolof and Waalo regained their land or independence in 1650 Wolof temporarily owns Kajoor in the 1690s Jolof and Kajoor go to war and Jolof makes some gains however it ended by 1700 with no changes to their borders (something I don't get is why Futa Toro and the Great Fulo we're fighting even though they we're basically the same nation) Bawol in the 1700s conquered Kajoor until losing it in the 1720s. In the 1770s British settlements began in Waalo to secure Senegambia from the French which they lose in the Revoulutionary war and Waalo goes into Civil war allowing the French to own that settlement as the French then would own Goree in the Early 1800s and begin gaining influence over Waalo in the 1820s. In the 1850s Dakar was founded, Futa Toro had decreased heavily in size and French Senegal formed and grew as Kajoor took Bawol before French control had solidified in the 1860s and 1870s Kajoor also became apart of the Imamate of Wolof as it then fell by the 1880s as Wolof began to fall under French control however infighting continues as the Kingdom turns into a vassal in which in 1900 it falls. That's all I got
Make a video on this brother
I admire the effort but I have to say at 0:32 so the camels came from the north and gave bags of... "something" and then in exchange they got slaves? How about camels bring salt and Ghana sends gold? That seems a lot more accurate. The Trans-Saharan trade was foundationally based on the trade of gold and salt. Slaves were only a fraction of the trade. Also the borders and timeline seem based on Jake Mapping's video which was pretty inaccurate. I think some fresh research would have been better.
I found multiple contradicting sources on the borders so i just went with something simple. But i could have illustrated the trans-saharan trade better. Usually when i show bags those bags represent gold
@@baffledwaffle6319 Yeah sources on African borders can be quite contradicting but Jake's location and shape of Ghana just seemed... off. Way too far north, nowhere near the Niger River. As for the trade, the bags is understandable but just the fact that slaves were what they gave in exchange was inaccurate and perpetuates the heavily slave based perception people have about African history. Ghana exported gold and imported salt. You had them import gold and export slaves.
How much frame was that cuz its really good!
Morocco at random times: “hi Mali time to invade you and spread islam okay bye”
Preety accurate
Those wars did not cause the spread of Islam. At least not the one carried by the Saadi dynasty. It created way too much chaos in the region. Islam spread better in these areas in times of peace when Islamic scholars can travel
what's your source for the flag of the Ghana Empire?
Sadly, i was not able to find a symbol for Ghana, so i just added a star to symbolise wealth. I dont like when people invent fake flags for countries but i had no choice here :(
@@baffledwaffle6319 Oh well, it's ok, they didn't really have a flag. Though, as I'm really interested in west african history I discovered recently that the king of ghana had a golden crown and the the royal soldiers had a golden shield, so I think that a plain yellow countryball to symbolize ghana would be the most correct
@@Sahelian correct
You should’ve added more countries towards the colonial period. Like the Adamawa Emirate which had fought the Germans between 1899 and 1902
As A Nigerien(Niger) I do believe This Is Mostly Correct
Hey history of north Africa
Songhai is from Mali or from Burkina Faso ?
Its not as straight forward as it might seem. Technically its neither since the borders the europeans drew dont have anything to do with the historical countries and empires. Plus, the people in charge and the majority of the population were from chad. But i would say that its Burkina Faso
@@baffledwaffle6319 OK thanks you , but Songhai isn't from Gao ?
@@marshupp it is, at least i think it is
@@baffledwaffle6319 So its from Mali ?
@@marshupp geographicly, yes
Nice video
Looks-like someone forgot to draw Bioko island
couldn't you have added the country names?
I did. I added the names of the influencial countries
@@baffledwaffle6319 yes buy what about the others
@@QuillOfTheIsles2199 i was focusing on other things and i thought most people wouldnt be intrested
@@baffledwaffle6319 :(
@@QuillOfTheIsles2199 he's right
Why you make this in filpaclip
Because its the best app for a phone
@@baffledwaffle6319I agree
@@baffledwaffle6319wait you animate on phone?
@@mrtrollnator123 yes
@@baffledwaffle6319 cool
nice
Why does Burkina Faso look sus💀💀💀
Old Flag
i am european from Bulgaria and im sorry that the europeans colonized the africans and treated then like dogs. Love and greeting from Bulgaria to all african countries ❤❤❤
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I destroyed the moments 😂
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MOROCCO OWNS SAHRA
Bukina Faso is sus
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