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I've always felt like African history is the most overlooked. They had a whole thing, like entire rich histories and civilizations. We never talk about it in schools. We just act like the Africans were just a bunch of savages until Europe colonized.
In my high school (in South Africa) year in history class, we studied african history, but are mostly surrounding uncovered archeological evidences surrounding trades, structures, tribal groups etc. We were never taught that Africans were savages. However, most of its history are largely "forgotten" due to so little to zero "independent" manuscripts ( papyrus, clay, rock etc) through out African history outside of colonialism or Arabic influenced. Yes there are tons of ancient artifacts like art, clays/figurines, oral languages etc as to account for african history evidence. Would have been amazing had there been proper independent writing system throughout African history.
There was too much emphasis on colonialism, when the vast majority of Subsaharan Africa was only colonised for 60-70 years. Maybe people think that great numbers of slaves being taken to America means large swathes of land being held by Europeans for centuries. Not the way slave trade worked. Though emphasis should really continue to be put on stuff like what happened in the Congo Free State or Namibia.
The amount of time and effort you put into researching these houses is really impressive. I'm sure you noticed how difficult it is to find explicit detail on this for one , much less several of them. Well done and thanks for contributing this masterpiece to the collaboration!
I've got a coworker from Nepal. super nice guy with one heck of a work ethic. he's also really polite. if he didn't live 3 hours away, I'd probably drink a beer with him (if he drinks. idk if he does).
Impressive. However, the chart has left out a lot of history regarding Central and Central Eastern Africa. The Buganda of Uganda, the Chewa of Zambia ans Malawi, the Umwami/Ubwami of Rwanda, and many more. I hope that there will be another video dedicated to that.
The Brazilian anecdote reminded me that there is an official African monarchy in the state of Bolivia. Its ceremonial only but still officially recognised by the state with the titles and all. The story is that supposedly a Prince from what's now Senegal was enslaved and then in the plantation he was recognised and crowned King in 1823 and they've been basically maintaining this house since then.
As a white person from central Europe who knows nothing about anything, I really appreciate this video and all the work the author, Vitor Loyola, has put into this chart. Thank you :)
@@god6105 Nah , these days a lot of people actually believe the color of your skin is more important than the content of your character. They say it all the time on tv. Young people even think that.
Thank you so much for shedding more light on African royal history. I hope that next time more will be said regarding the East African dynasties. There is still so much left out.
I think the most important royal dynasty in Africa is not mentioned here, the Tantamanids of Kush. Tantamani ruled in the Kushetic golden era (850BCE-550BCE) and his descendants actually continued after him from a paternal or maternal line, he managed to hold off the Assyrians lower Egypt and not move any further into the nile, one of his descendants Amani-nadaqa-lepte (meaning the holy builder of Amun for constructing temples and shrines) defeated the Achaemenids after meeting them in a battle in the Nubian desert.
"The Tantamanids of Kush" , what the heck are you talking about, you too?? Kushite royalty traces their origins into prehistory back to the same Puntite roots than the Pharaohs (with countless intermarriages done pre- and post-Narmer) , while the dynasty that esthablished the Kushite empire - or "XXVth Dynasty of Egypt - starts the beginning of their dynasty with the Viceroy of Kush Pinehesy (reigned as King of Kush from circa 1090-1073 BCE) , not Tantamani. While their dynasty ended circa 490 BCE, not 550 BCE.
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 you have no clue what you're talking about. once i read the "viceroy" i knew where you're heading. Kush was never, ever. a vice-royalty, this is a speculation of the oh-not-so biased Egyptiologists. It's really hard to salvage any comprehensible info from what you said but i'll try. I didn't say that Tantamani started Kush, and Kushitic history is not this simple, Kash or Kush started off as a priestdom and by the time it engulfed other tribes and localties in the middle nile, it did not start as a kingdom in 1040BCE. Egyptiophiles, your knowledge of Egypt doesn't generate knowledge of Sudan. we're tired of this non-sense.
@@semregob3363 The Kushite royalty at that time itself, as well as any African royalty who traces some of their genealogical roots back to Kush agrees that Pinehesy was the founder of their dynasty, not Tantamani. This is literally carved in the remnants of their tombs and temples. Don't discuss with me. Discuss with matter of fact. You're rambling a lot of nonsense without even any proof.
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 oh my lord, again. i did not say that Tantamani established Kush. you should really consider buying glasses mate. and Pinehesy is not a name, it literally means "the black".
Glad to see the dinasty of Benin there. The Benin Empire under King Osemwende was the third foreign State to recognize brazilian independence and the second to send an embassador, after only Argentina. This embassador to Brazil also represented his vassal the King of Lagos. I should have waited to comment, and talk about ZUMBI BEING THERE, although I'm sure his relation to the kings of Congo is dubious
Hi Matt. I belong to the Moshoeshoe family (though my surname is slightly different for historical reasons). Suffice it to say, you butchered the pronunciation. That doesn’t phase me at all, but I would like to correct the pronunciation because the history behind the name may fascinate you. Born Lepoqo (disaster) during the famine of 1787, his parents named him that as a commentary on the social calamity of war in such desperate times. At initiation (male rite of passage into adulthood) he was bestowed with the name Letlama (The Binder) and he had a reputation for conducting very successful cattle raids. After one particular raid of 500 cattle belonging to the nearby chief Moeletsi, a praise song commemorating the victory called him Mo-shwe-shwe (”shwe” being the sound a razor makes when shaving, shearing, or when sharpening the blade against a leather strap). He was praised for ‘shearing the beards’ (emasculating) of his rivals and enemies in his military campaigns. His name is an onomatopoeia and is a call back to this rhetorical analogy of him as an adept military strategist. Thus, regardless of how the name is spelt, the “shwe-shwe” sound is important to pronounce. It captures the reason he was given the nickname in the first place. I hope you found that informative. Thanks for all the wonderful videos. I’ve recently become quite a fan of your work.
Huge fan of your videos and I even bought your book. Great that you’re covering this under appreciated topic. I would recommend doing more with pronunciation. I don’t expect you to get everything right but a little more time spent there would be super appreciated
The amount of information I learned about Africa in these 12 minutes is more times than the WORD Africa was spoken aloud in 12 years of American public schooling. That's very sad.
I remember that the Ethiopian Monarchs are related to David, and David is related to Muhammad(in Islam) and that apparently that the House of Windsor is related to Muhammad, the Habsburg, Winston Churchill (Princess Diana), George Washington (nearly all the presidents are related, Roosevelt’s are related to the Rockefeller’s, the Rothschilds, Robert E.Lee and Winston Churchill), Boris Johnson(a German Prince),the Hashemites, John F. Kennedy(William Cavendish), Charles Darwin(King James IV of Scotland), Berry Gordon(Jimmy Carter), the Prophets of Islam(Muhammad), every monarchy in Europe(Belgium, Netherlands ext), past monarchies( Napoleon, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Russia, Brazil ext) and many more, making this the biggest family in history. Even Usefulcharts himself is related because Mr.Beat is his cousin and Mr.Beat is related to Eisenhower and Eisenhower is related to Richard Nixon and he’s related to George Washington.
I discovered that I was distantly connected to this family on my dad's (Indian Christian) side by marriage through the D'abreux family, and also so is every Christian family in India, as are Nehru and other major figures in Indian history, Trudeau in Canada (through an Anglican bishop on his mom's side), Adele and Taylor Swift (through the Mayflower). Also, for some reason, Sun Yat Sen.
Japanese Emperors family tree for royals probably. For non-royals Confucius. Confucius traced his ancestry back to a duke of 1646 BC, while his descendants are still extant.
North africans are africans too ! Even if we are not black we belong to africa . Its a shame how people ignore us and deny our history just because we dont look black .
No one ignores North African history. You'll find plenty of videos and books about it. Just because a video focuses on one thing, it doesn't mean it's ignoring all other things.
There are black North African groups. North Africa is not just Amazigh and Arabs. Edit: That's not purpose of the collab. It's literally called South of the Sahara and who exactly is ignoring North African History?
Dropped the ball on somalia Had 3 sultanates recognized by Brits and Italians when they came and many other ranks like gaarad, suldan, iman, etc. They are still around today most.notiably boqor burhan a descendant of one of thr sultans who signed protectorares for his sultanate They also had ancient sultanates like ajuran, adal, ifat, etc
I respect the research and effort you put in your charts, however, the information you present on the roots of the Benin Kingdom is incorrect. The "Osigo" of the "Igodomigodo" Kingdom is where the Benin Empire traces it's origin. Please correct this as it is a slight on the history of the great people of Benin.
I think instead of grouping African royalty into one video rather do more thorough research and break it down to individual Kingdoms.For starters King Moshweshwe I came from House of Mokotedi (Ba ha Moketedi) not only that Moshweshwe is his nickname not birthname.There are many other houses in Southern Africa E.g The kingdom of Zulu deserves it own video which i think you have done,Batlokwa ,Amaxhosa ,Balobedu,Bapedi ,Abathembu,The Griqua(San people),AmaSwati(house of Dlamini),Bafokeng and etc. Besides that your channel is amazing 🙏keep doing the good work of educating the world ,showing us the importance of preserving culture and heritage 🙏.
Actually, Zumbi was not brought to Brazil, he was born here in Brazil. His grandmother was, supposedly, princess Aquatune of Congo; she was the one taken from Congo to Brazil
what about somali kingdoms ? they were the most powerful kingdom's in east Africa??? linking between east Africa and sink road?? Can you look into it. thanks.
Unrelated (or is?) but are you ever going to make a much more in depth version of any of your charts, one that would go left to right to cover a wall in a class room?
Hello Mr. Matt , can u pls make a chart on Chola Kings family tree and some notable achievements by them It's a very interesting topic and its currently very trending in India because of the newly released Ponniyin Selvan 1 Movie. Which is based on the novel inspired by Chola history. Pls make a chart on Chola family tree and achievements. Thanks.
not a bad one But it Would be better if you had made a second chart for africa Just like you made two about europe and considering africa is three times as large as europe and also that you skipped some north african dynasties
How come there is nothing about Bapedi of Sekhukhune monarchy. King Sekhukhune was born from King Sekoati and Mankopodi in 1814. His parents named him Matsebe before he later in life earned the name “Sekhukhune”. He led the tribe of the Bapedi tribe which originated from the Bakhatla of the Western former Transvaal. He became King upon his father’s death in September 1861, married Legoadi in 1862 and lived at a mountain, known as Thaba’ Leolo, which he fortified. As the Bapedi paramount leader he was faced with political challenges, both inside and outside, from the Boer, the independent South African Republic (ZAR) and the British Empire, with considerable social change caused by Christian missionaries. And the faction led by Mampuru who was fighting to reclaim his throne from King Sekhukhune. Sekhukhune, like King Moshoeshoe of the Basotho people, was an illegitimate ruler who came to power by military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was forced to flee from the Kingdom. As a result of lack of legitimacy, he built his power by entering into diplomatic marriages with various royal dynasties, by incorporating other societies into his empire, and by military conquest. This increased his support base and gave him legitimacy. Under his leadership the tribe fought two main battles: first successfully in 1876 against the ZAR and their Swazi allies, then unsuccessfully against the British and Swazi in 1879 during the Sekhukhuni Wars, where he was defeated and captured at Tjate Mountains. But the history of the Bapedi nation has been of battles and conflicts. The Swazi tribe conducted campaigns against the Bapedi, but could not take their mountain strongholds. After many battles and scatterings, Bapedi fugitives were able to regroup themselves. By 1800, Chief Thulare had established an empire with a capital, Manganeng, on the Steelpoort River and the Bapeli became a ruling caste. His death was followed by the usual succession disputes until in about 1826 Mzilikazi’s Ndebele attacked and overthrew the Pedi regime and killed a number of Thulare’s sons. This onslaught caused the Bapedi to flee northwards with Sekwati, one of Thulare’s surviving sons. Sekwati later returned with his followers and, choosing a mountain stronghold at Phiring as his base, he became paramount chief over an accretion of chiefdoms and reunited his peoples. The Bapedi were establishing a kingdom when white expansion in southern Africa checked their independent progress. When Hendrick Potgieter and the Voortrekkers arrived in the Marota Empire in the middle of the 19th century, Sekhukhune’s father, Sekoati (1775-1861), resisted them. In a famous battle at Phiring in 1838 Sekoati defeated the Voortrekkers by the simple tactic of establishing his stronghold on an impenetrable hill. But Phiring was insecure and so Sekoati moved his headquarters to Thaba Moseha (the fighting koppie) in the Lulu Mountains of the Eastern Transvaal from which his people were dislodged only by a series of bitter wars ending in December 1879. By maintaining diplomatic ties with the Boers, the Swazi, and the Zulu, Sekoati established peace and prosperity. By 1852, relations had deteriorated and Hendrik Potgieter led a commando out against King Sekwati. The Boers besieged the Pedi stronghold, hoping they would run out of food and water. For several years Sekwati succumbed to the external forces for the sake of rebuilding his nation after heavy loss of life from Mzilkikazi defeat. But they managed to maintain themselves by sending young warriors to steal through the Boer lines at night. On the twenty-fourth day, the Boers departed with the Pedi cattle. Sekoati realized the value of an abundant water supply and moved his capital to Thaba Moseha (Moseha Kop). He signed a treaty with the Boers declaring the Steelpoort River the boundary between the lands of the Bapedi and the Lydenburg Republic and allowed Alexander Merensky to begin evangelical work in his territory. King Sekoati in 1861, his sons Mampuru and Sekhukhune both became rivals for the succession. In 1863 Sekhukhune summoned all royal councilors, advisors and lieutenants to the head quarters. He ordered them that since his great-grand father and his father had succumbed to foreign pressure for so long, he would not do so. He announced that he is prepared to end all peace treaties his father had signed with the Boers, Zulus and Swazis and declare war on all sides. Sekhukhune ordered everyone to bow for him at once. After Mampuru and his councilors refused to bow down to him, he executed all Mampuru’s councillors and declared himself ruler. But he spared Mampuru’s life saying he should take the throne if he wants but not the military control. Mampuru swore vengeance, although his life had been spared. Sekhukhune realized that he needed sophisticated weapons like the ones used by the Europeans; to defend his empire from the encroaching European colonization, Sekhukhune sent young men under the authority of ‘appointed’ headmen to work in white farms and diamonds mines. The money they earned in these employments was taxed and used to buy guns from the Portuguese in Delegoa Bay and cattle to increase the wealth of the Bapedi (Marota people). By 1873 the Marota empire had grown to unite all the disparate people in the area under a common Royalty. The Bapedi nation under King Sekhukhune lived in the land between the Vaal and Limpopo rivers. They regarded this territory as their country and admitted or excluded all corners to it. Wars of Resistance In 1846, the Boers, claiming to have purchased the land from the Swazis, sought to expel the Bapedi tribe from the land east of the Tubatse, the so-called Steelpoort River today. They were rebuffed. In 1865, Rev. Dr. Alexander Merensky Superintendent of the Berlin Missionary Society and who had been welcomed among the Bapedi first by Sekwati and later by Sekhukhune, was expelled for activities that were deemed to be subversive of Sekhukhune’s authority and favourable to the Pretoria Boers. He took refuge in Botshabelo, near Middleburg where he established a Mission station and a school of that name. Merensky continued to play a double game, hunting with the hounds and running with the hares, until Sekhukhune disappeared from the scene in 1879 when the Boers rewarded him (Merensky) by granting him land in Maandagshoek from which he carried on his dubious activities under the cloak of religion. Johannes Dinkoanyane, Sekhukhune’s half-brother, at first supported Merensky and became a Lutheran convert. His stay in Botshabelo was short-lived and soon he was back with his followers in Spekboom Hills, in the Tubatse Valley. He assumed a very independent demeanor, which Sekhukhune by no means discouraged. On March 7, 1876, Dinkoanyane detained a wagonload of wood belonging to one Jankowitz, a Boer farmer who had trespassed on Dinkoanyane’s land to cut wood. At the same time false rumours of cattle theft spread - also false rumours to the effect that Linkoanyane had burnt down Rev. Nachtigal’s German mission. When the news reached Pretoria, an enraged President Thomas Francois Burgers decided to set out “to deal with the Sekhukhune menace” himself. Burgers quickly assembled a largest army not seeing before in the Republic. Armed with 7 pounder Krupp guns they marched to Thaba Mosega, which he reached on August 1, 1876. He was supported by African troops hoping the land under Sekhukhune would be given to them after Sekhukhune was defeated. Sekhukhune came to Linkoanyane’s rescue and, although Linkoanyane himself was killed in action, Sekhukhune inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Boers and President Burgers.
You should have added some more African dynasties from east Africa other than the Solomonic dynasty such as the Adal and Ajuran Sultanates, Kilwa Sultanate, kingdom of Rwanda, Mwami of Burundi etc.
I'm not totally convinced that the Duguwa and Sayfawa dynasties were distinct or different lineages. Dierk Lange certainly thinks so, but there's a chance of dynastic continuity
Your chat is incomplete without a chart of Oyo empire, you just briefly mentioned the Oba of Ile-Ife and the Oba of Lagos. Lol how do you not breakdown a chart of the main line of Oduduwa.
6:30 I assume the Polish flag 🇵🇱 there is because you know that there was a guy, Maurycy Beniowski, who was elected as King of Madagascar, following the French colonisation of the island
Hummmm, lot of missing information about Benin and Odùduwà here... First of all Benin was not an empire's or never been an empire's in Nigerian (only British colony gave them an empire's, to replace Igbo empire. ). Secondly the Odùduwà was not the Beginning of kootu ojiire (Yorùbá). They was 97 Ọba's (king's) before Odùduwà. We learned that, among then some was leaved up to 400 Year's in ages. So that ,this Odùduwà information is not pretty good to put here.
@@OhSanjiBoi wrong on what? are you talking about British write history books you read in your universities?....I completely encourage you to come and learn real history from local people's here Nigerian.
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No Egypt?
@@JohnnieWalkerGreen south of Sahara.
What program do you use to make your charts? Do you make custom charts?
in the chart i can’t find the mother of King Takawakana
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I've always felt like African history is the most overlooked.
They had a whole thing, like entire rich histories and civilizations. We never talk about it in schools. We just act like the Africans were just a bunch of savages until Europe colonized.
In my high school (in South Africa) year in history class, we studied african history, but are mostly surrounding uncovered archeological evidences surrounding trades, structures, tribal groups etc. We were never taught that Africans were savages. However, most of its history are largely "forgotten" due to so little to zero "independent" manuscripts ( papyrus, clay, rock etc) through out African history outside of colonialism or Arabic influenced. Yes there are tons of ancient artifacts like art, clays/figurines, oral languages etc as to account for african history evidence. Would have been amazing had there been proper independent writing system throughout African history.
Facts I learned nothing about African history in school
@@carlwheezer1030 This is why homeschooling is superior.
There was too much emphasis on colonialism, when the vast majority of Subsaharan Africa was only colonised for 60-70 years. Maybe people think that great numbers of slaves being taken to America means large swathes of land being held by Europeans for centuries. Not the way slave trade worked. Though emphasis should really continue to be put on stuff like what happened in the Congo Free State or Namibia.
Hm.
The amount of time and effort you put into researching these houses is really impressive. I'm sure you noticed how difficult it is to find explicit detail on this for one , much less several of them. Well done and thanks for contributing this masterpiece to the collaboration!
Vitor Loyola (the fan who made the chart) deserves the credit for this one, not me.
@@UsefulCharts Matt you’re the goat 💪🏾 ez
HE LITERALLY DIDNT WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT HE JUS SAID AFRICAN HISTORY IS NOT RIGHT AND STUFF DIDNT U HEAR IT BRO WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT
@@mynameiscarmenwinston9329 Cope and seethe
This amount of time was rather disappointing.
Can you do a video on who the current living heirs are to kingdoms that no longer exist? Would like to hear about Nepal, Brazil, etc.
He already have a "who would be emperor of brazil" video
It is a series full of videos "who would be the king of...?"
I've got a coworker from Nepal. super nice guy with one heck of a work ethic. he's also really polite. if he didn't live 3 hours away, I'd probably drink a beer with him (if he drinks. idk if he does).
@@richardmyhan3369 :D
@@perfilgenerico8717 plus the king escaped slavery. There’s no telling how many kids there are now.
Great to see some African royal family trees, it's always amazing learning about a continent surrounded in some such amazing and complex history
Finally an African royal video 😍 as an African am happy
I'm noticing none of these dynasties really intermarried - makes an interesting contrast to European royal families that were always trading children.
I mean most of the a literally far away from each other.
Nowadays they do.
@@lebohangmoramotse9828only in very Islamic countries like Somalia
Impressive. However, the chart has left out a lot of history regarding Central and Central Eastern Africa. The Buganda of Uganda, the Chewa of Zambia ans Malawi, the Umwami/Ubwami of Rwanda, and many more. I hope that there will be another video dedicated to that.
It's always interesting to see how these royal families relate to each other. Who is everyone's favorite African monarch?
Ramesses the Great
Cleopatra 😅
Mansa Musa!
Nana Yaa Asantewa!!! ❤
One of the Ethiopian ones probably, semi-mythical or not.
I love your charts, and this video has inspired me to buy the chart which accompanies it!
The Brazilian anecdote reminded me that there is an official African monarchy in the state of Bolivia. Its ceremonial only but still officially recognised by the state with the titles and all. The story is that supposedly a Prince from what's now Senegal was enslaved and then in the plantation he was recognised and crowned King in 1823 and they've been basically maintaining this house since then.
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As a white person from central Europe who knows nothing about anything, I really appreciate this video and all the work the author, Vitor Loyola, has put into this chart. Thank you :)
you dont need to say ur white
Is it good to say "AS A WHITE PERSON"? Damn, u don't need to say that.
I think it’s a joke guys 😂
@@god6105 Nah , these days a lot of people actually believe the color of your skin is more important than the content of your character. They say it all the time on tv. Young people even think that.
As a Nigerian I screamed when I saw this😊
I am addicted to this channel......
Awesome contribution to the South of the Sahara collab. 👌🏿
Thank you so much for shedding more light on African royal history. I hope that next time more will be said regarding the East African dynasties. There is still so much left out.
Well researched! Congrats to the researcher and creator of this chart!
I think the most important royal dynasty in Africa is not mentioned here, the Tantamanids of Kush.
Tantamani ruled in the Kushetic golden era (850BCE-550BCE) and his descendants actually continued after him from a paternal or maternal line, he managed to hold off the Assyrians lower Egypt and not move any further into the nile, one of his descendants Amani-nadaqa-lepte (meaning the holy builder of Amun for constructing temples and shrines) defeated the Achaemenids after meeting them in a battle in the Nubian desert.
"The Tantamanids of Kush" , what the heck are you talking about, you too?? Kushite royalty traces their origins into prehistory back to the same Puntite roots than the Pharaohs (with countless intermarriages done pre- and post-Narmer) , while the dynasty that esthablished the Kushite empire - or "XXVth Dynasty of Egypt - starts the beginning of their dynasty with the Viceroy of Kush Pinehesy (reigned as King of Kush from circa 1090-1073 BCE) , not Tantamani. While their dynasty ended circa 490 BCE, not 550 BCE.
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 you have no clue what you're talking about. once i read the "viceroy" i knew where you're heading.
Kush was never, ever. a vice-royalty, this is a speculation of the oh-not-so biased Egyptiologists.
It's really hard to salvage any comprehensible info from what you said but i'll try. I didn't say that Tantamani started Kush, and Kushitic history is not this simple, Kash or Kush started off as a priestdom and by the time it engulfed other tribes and localties in the middle nile, it did not start as a kingdom in 1040BCE.
Egyptiophiles, your knowledge of Egypt doesn't generate knowledge of Sudan.
we're tired of this non-sense.
@@semregob3363 The Kushite royalty at that time itself, as well as any African royalty who traces some of their genealogical roots back to Kush agrees that Pinehesy was the founder of their dynasty, not Tantamani. This is literally carved in the remnants of their tombs and temples.
Don't discuss with me. Discuss with matter of fact. You're rambling a lot of nonsense without even any proof.
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 oh my lord, again. i did not say that Tantamani established Kush. you should really consider buying glasses mate.
and Pinehesy is not a name, it literally means "the black".
The Ile-Ife kingdom definitely deserve much more than a mere mention. Also, adding the Oyo kingdom to the chart will make this more sellable!
Exactly how does he miss Oyo???
Glad to see the dinasty of Benin there. The Benin Empire under King Osemwende was the third foreign State to recognize brazilian independence and the second to send an embassador, after only Argentina. This embassador to Brazil also represented his vassal the King of Lagos.
I should have waited to comment, and talk about ZUMBI BEING THERE, although I'm sure his relation to the kings of Congo is dubious
This was great, many thanks for this!
Really great ! Awesome job, man... I'd like to hear about Oduduwa's descendants that ruled Ile Ife, the sacred Yoruba city. Thanks for your effort
Kindly read the book by Rev Samuel Johnson on "The History of the Yorubas". It is an old book kind of (1857).
@@JohnFemijkeyz Àṣẹ ! Thanks, dear friend. I'm reading it right now... That's a really great work done by Mr. Jones.
@@guilhermecaruciodasilva9287 Nice
Guys I think he likes charts I know he hides it but he seems to be a fan
Thank you for the care and time you put into this video
Finally been waiting for this one🤩
Hi Matt.
I belong to the Moshoeshoe family (though my surname is slightly different for historical reasons). Suffice it to say, you butchered the pronunciation. That doesn’t phase me at all, but I would like to correct the pronunciation because the history behind the name may fascinate you.
Born Lepoqo (disaster) during the famine of 1787, his parents named him that as a commentary on the social calamity of war in such desperate times. At initiation (male rite of passage into adulthood) he was bestowed with the name Letlama (The Binder) and he had a reputation for conducting very successful cattle raids.
After one particular raid of 500 cattle belonging to the nearby chief Moeletsi, a praise song commemorating the victory called him Mo-shwe-shwe (”shwe” being the sound a razor makes when shaving, shearing, or when sharpening the blade against a leather strap). He was praised for ‘shearing the beards’ (emasculating) of his rivals and enemies in his military campaigns.
His name is an onomatopoeia and is a call back to this rhetorical analogy of him as an adept military strategist. Thus, regardless of how the name is spelt, the “shwe-shwe” sound is important to pronounce. It captures the reason he was given the nickname in the first place.
I hope you found that informative. Thanks for all the wonderful videos. I’ve recently become quite a fan of your work.
Interesting! Thanks 👍
Huge fan of your videos and I even bought your book. Great that you’re covering this under appreciated topic. I would recommend doing more with pronunciation. I don’t expect you to get everything right but a little more time spent there would be super appreciated
This video and chart are awesome! Please add the kingdom of Rwanda and other East-African kingdoms as well. Thank you!
I think Bahrids, Fatimids and Khedivates were the most powerful empires which established in Africa.
They even included Bokassa. I'm amazed.
This is indeed a useful chart and a fantastic video!
Glad the chart did a decent job on the Ashanti empire. The succession culture among Akans can be quite hard to follow (even by the locals)
Congratulations to the winners.
So thrilled for another video Matt
Excellent job to all contributors.
This is Awesome 👍😎.
Could we possibly get a separate video talking about the Royal family of the 25th Egyptian/Kushite dynasty.
Yes, that would be awesome.
@@DaduaMaiga I certainly think so.
Isn’t it on the Egyptian pharaohs family tree
I didn’t know they kept good records to research in Africa. Very cool chart.
The amount of information I learned about Africa in these 12 minutes is more times than the WORD Africa was spoken aloud in 12 years of American public schooling.
That's very sad.
I saw a oceanic royal family tree on the subreddit ones, you should cover that one aswell
About the buganda kingdom and wanga kingdom and bunyoro kingdom in East Africa?
I remember that the Ethiopian Monarchs are related to David, and David is related to Muhammad(in Islam) and that apparently that the House of Windsor is related to Muhammad, the Habsburg, Winston Churchill (Princess Diana), George Washington (nearly all the presidents are related, Roosevelt’s are related to the Rockefeller’s, the Rothschilds, Robert E.Lee and Winston Churchill), Boris Johnson(a German Prince),the Hashemites, John F. Kennedy(William Cavendish), Charles Darwin(King James IV of Scotland), Berry Gordon(Jimmy Carter), the Prophets of Islam(Muhammad), every monarchy in Europe(Belgium, Netherlands ext), past monarchies( Napoleon, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Russia, Brazil ext) and many more, making this the biggest family in history. Even Usefulcharts himself is related because Mr.Beat is his cousin and Mr.Beat is related to Eisenhower and Eisenhower is related to Richard Nixon and he’s related to George Washington.
Well, _everybody_ is related if you go back far enough. We just have better records for more prominent and more recent people.
We all are sons of idem@@AaronOfMpls
Mmmm lol!
I discovered that I was distantly connected to this family on my dad's (Indian Christian) side by marriage through the D'abreux family, and also so is every Christian family in India, as are Nehru and other major figures in Indian history, Trudeau in Canada (through an Anglican bishop on his mom's side), Adele and Taylor Swift (through the Mayflower). Also, for some reason, Sun Yat Sen.
The Aga Khans are also related as are many Arab monarchs as they tended to marry elite white European or American women
I have a question that could be an interesting video. What is the oldest/longest family tree in existence? Verifiable or Not.
Japanese Emperors family tree for royals probably. For non-royals Confucius. Confucius traced his ancestry back to a duke of 1646 BC, while his descendants are still extant.
North africans are africans too ! Even if we are not black we belong to africa . Its a shame how people ignore us and deny our history just because we dont look black .
No one ignores North African history. You'll find plenty of videos and books about it. Just because a video focuses on one thing, it doesn't mean it's ignoring all other things.
There are black North African groups. North Africa is not just Amazigh and Arabs.
Edit: That's not purpose of the collab. It's literally called South of the Sahara and who exactly is ignoring North African History?
Dropped the ball on somalia
Had 3 sultanates recognized by Brits and Italians when they came and many other ranks like gaarad, suldan, iman, etc. They are still around today most.notiably boqor burhan a descendant of one of thr sultans who signed protectorares for his sultanate They also had ancient sultanates like ajuran, adal, ifat, etc
Hey, great work! Could you maybe do a video on the most senior heir of king david (if that’s possible)
thanks for this new videos usefulcharts
4:24 The sunglasses and the nightcap caught me off guard lmao
Can you try to do Romanian royal family tree next?
I respect the research and effort you put in your charts, however, the information you present on the roots of the Benin Kingdom is incorrect. The "Osigo" of the "Igodomigodo" Kingdom is where the Benin Empire traces it's origin. Please correct this as it is a slight on the history of the great people of Benin.
I think instead of grouping African royalty into one video rather do more thorough research and break it down to individual Kingdoms.For starters King Moshweshwe I came from House of Mokotedi (Ba ha Moketedi) not only that Moshweshwe is his nickname not birthname.There are many other houses in Southern Africa E.g The kingdom of Zulu deserves it own video which i think you have done,Batlokwa ,Amaxhosa ,Balobedu,Bapedi ,Abathembu,The Griqua(San people),AmaSwati(house of Dlamini),Bafokeng and etc.
Besides that your channel is amazing 🙏keep doing the good work of educating the world ,showing us the importance of preserving culture and heritage 🙏.
Actually, Zumbi was not brought to Brazil, he was born here in Brazil. His grandmother was, supposedly, princess Aquatune of Congo; she was the one taken from Congo to Brazil
Add the White Rajas to the Asian royal family tree and the Kettlers (Dukes of Courland) to the European family tree.
I would love to hear if you had any information on the Kabaka of Buganda, that is, the royal house if the Luganda people.
This was very interesting and informative!
what about somali kingdoms ? they were the most powerful kingdom's in east Africa??? linking between east Africa and sink road??
Can you look into it.
thanks.
Indeed, I wonder as well why East Africa is missing
Africa is a big continent, I am sure he will cover all the countries within as soon as he can source accurate information.
Just thinking how so called civilized Europeans destroyed these rich cultural heritage. 🥲🥲
Unrelated (or is?) but are you ever going to make a much more in depth version of any of your charts, one that would go left to right to cover a wall in a class room?
I love your videos! Could you please look up the family trees of the people Oscar Schindler rescued?
Hello Mr. Matt , can u pls make a chart on Chola Kings family tree and some notable achievements by them It's a very interesting topic and its currently very trending in India because of the newly released Ponniyin Selvan 1 Movie. Which is based on the novel inspired by Chola history.
Pls make a chart on Chola family tree and achievements. Thanks.
Which of them is my lost cousin, the nigerian prince?
As soon as your check clears he will be there directly.
You have a great channel
Seeing the ancestral nexus for royal families always lifts my spirits.
Amazing
Hey Matt i love your channel
@UsefulCharts would you please include the link for South of the sahara project. I found your channel fascinating. Thank you for your effort.
not a bad one
But it Would be better if you had made a second chart for africa
Just like you made two about europe and considering africa is three times as large as europe and also that you skipped some north african dynasties
Interesting. I didnt think the older vid needed a remake
Another good chart!
Could you do a north african one? Like this?
Can you go in more detail abiut the DUGUWA dynasty
I hope some times in the future you upload about Indonesian royal family
How come there is nothing about Bapedi of Sekhukhune monarchy.
King Sekhukhune was born from King Sekoati and Mankopodi in 1814. His parents named him Matsebe before he later in life earned the name “Sekhukhune”. He led the tribe of the Bapedi tribe which originated from the Bakhatla of the Western former Transvaal. He became King upon his father’s death in September 1861, married Legoadi in 1862 and lived at a mountain, known as Thaba’ Leolo, which he fortified.
As the Bapedi paramount leader he was faced with political challenges, both inside and outside, from the Boer, the independent South African Republic (ZAR) and the British Empire, with considerable social change caused by Christian missionaries. And the faction led by Mampuru who was fighting to reclaim his throne from King Sekhukhune. Sekhukhune, like King Moshoeshoe of the Basotho people, was an illegitimate ruler who came to power by military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was forced to flee from the Kingdom. As a result of lack of legitimacy, he built his power by entering into diplomatic marriages with various royal dynasties, by incorporating other societies into his empire, and by military conquest. This increased his support base and gave him legitimacy.
Under his leadership the tribe fought two main battles: first successfully in 1876 against the ZAR and their Swazi allies, then unsuccessfully against the British and Swazi in 1879 during the Sekhukhuni Wars, where he was defeated and captured at Tjate Mountains.
But the history of the Bapedi nation has been of battles and conflicts. The Swazi tribe conducted campaigns against the Bapedi, but could not take their mountain strongholds. After many battles and scatterings, Bapedi fugitives were able to regroup themselves. By 1800, Chief Thulare had established an empire with a capital, Manganeng, on the Steelpoort River and the Bapeli became a ruling caste. His death was followed by the usual succession disputes until in about 1826 Mzilikazi’s Ndebele attacked and overthrew the Pedi regime and killed a number of Thulare’s sons.
This onslaught caused the Bapedi to flee northwards with Sekwati, one of Thulare’s surviving sons. Sekwati later returned with his followers and, choosing a mountain stronghold at Phiring as his base, he became paramount chief over an accretion of chiefdoms and reunited his peoples. The Bapedi were establishing a kingdom when white expansion in southern Africa checked their independent progress.
When Hendrick Potgieter and the Voortrekkers arrived in the Marota Empire in the middle of the 19th century, Sekhukhune’s father, Sekoati (1775-1861), resisted them. In a famous battle at Phiring in 1838 Sekoati defeated the Voortrekkers by the simple tactic of establishing his stronghold on an impenetrable hill. But Phiring was insecure and so Sekoati moved his headquarters to Thaba Moseha (the fighting koppie) in the Lulu Mountains of the Eastern Transvaal from which his people were dislodged only by a series of bitter wars ending in December 1879.
By maintaining diplomatic ties with the Boers, the Swazi, and the Zulu, Sekoati established peace and prosperity. By 1852, relations had deteriorated and Hendrik Potgieter led a commando out against King Sekwati. The Boers besieged the Pedi stronghold, hoping they would run out of food and water. For several years Sekwati succumbed to the external forces for the sake of rebuilding his nation after heavy loss of life from Mzilkikazi defeat.
But they managed to maintain themselves by sending young warriors to steal through the Boer lines at night. On the twenty-fourth day, the Boers departed with the Pedi cattle. Sekoati realized the value of an abundant water supply and moved his capital to Thaba Moseha (Moseha Kop). He signed a treaty with the Boers declaring the Steelpoort River the boundary between the lands of the Bapedi and the Lydenburg Republic and allowed Alexander Merensky to begin evangelical work in his territory.
King Sekoati in 1861, his sons Mampuru and Sekhukhune both became rivals for the succession.
In 1863 Sekhukhune summoned all royal councilors, advisors and lieutenants to the head quarters. He ordered them that since his great-grand father and his father had succumbed to foreign pressure for so long, he would not do so. He announced that he is prepared to end all peace treaties his father had signed with the Boers, Zulus and Swazis and declare war on all sides. Sekhukhune ordered everyone to bow for him at once. After Mampuru and his councilors refused to bow down to him, he executed all Mampuru’s councillors and declared himself ruler. But he spared Mampuru’s life saying he should take the throne if he wants but not the military control. Mampuru swore vengeance, although his life had been spared.
Sekhukhune realized that he needed sophisticated weapons like the ones used by the Europeans; to defend his empire from the encroaching European colonization, Sekhukhune sent young men under the authority of ‘appointed’ headmen to work in white farms and diamonds mines. The money they earned in these employments was taxed and used to buy guns from the Portuguese in Delegoa Bay and cattle to increase the wealth of the Bapedi (Marota people). By 1873 the Marota empire had grown to unite all the disparate people in the area under a common Royalty.
The Bapedi nation under King Sekhukhune lived in the land between the Vaal and Limpopo rivers. They regarded this territory as their country and admitted or excluded all corners to it.
Wars of Resistance
In 1846, the Boers, claiming to have purchased the land from the Swazis, sought to expel the Bapedi tribe from the land east of the Tubatse, the so-called Steelpoort River today. They were rebuffed. In 1865, Rev. Dr. Alexander Merensky Superintendent of the Berlin Missionary Society and who had been welcomed among the Bapedi first by Sekwati and later by Sekhukhune, was expelled for activities that were deemed to be subversive of Sekhukhune’s authority and favourable to the Pretoria Boers. He took refuge in Botshabelo, near Middleburg where he established a Mission station and a school of that name. Merensky continued to play a double game, hunting with the hounds and running with the hares, until Sekhukhune disappeared from the scene in 1879 when the Boers rewarded him (Merensky) by granting him land in Maandagshoek from which he carried on his dubious activities under the cloak of religion.
Johannes Dinkoanyane, Sekhukhune’s half-brother, at first supported Merensky and became a Lutheran convert. His stay in Botshabelo was short-lived and soon he was back with his followers in Spekboom Hills, in the Tubatse Valley. He assumed a very independent demeanor, which Sekhukhune by no means discouraged. On March 7, 1876, Dinkoanyane detained a wagonload of wood belonging to one Jankowitz, a Boer farmer who had trespassed on Dinkoanyane’s land to cut wood. At the same time false rumours of cattle theft spread - also false rumours to the effect that Linkoanyane had burnt down Rev. Nachtigal’s German mission.
When the news reached Pretoria, an enraged President Thomas Francois Burgers decided to set out “to deal with the Sekhukhune menace” himself. Burgers quickly assembled a largest army not seeing before in the Republic. Armed with 7 pounder Krupp guns they marched to Thaba Mosega, which he reached on August 1, 1876. He was supported by African troops hoping the land under Sekhukhune would be given to them after Sekhukhune was defeated. Sekhukhune came to Linkoanyane’s rescue and, although Linkoanyane himself was killed in action, Sekhukhune inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Boers and President Burgers.
Appreciate this video a lot thank you
Hi! you make nice charts and explain them beautifully! Can you pls make one for Chola dynasty from southern India?
I think u can see the entire chola dynasty through the Chinese emperors
Thanks for the time you put in this research, but I am not contented with the time you give the African dynasty....we need detailed episodes.
I have found a couple of other pretty good channels off of this collaboration.
Can you do a chart on soil food web ? And beneficial bacteria , I know it’s not your field but your good at this thing
So, Congo became catholic because of portuguese influence, then later a descendent of Congo's royal family founded a quilombo here in Brasil
You should have added some more African dynasties from east Africa other than the Solomonic dynasty such as the Adal and Ajuran Sultanates, Kilwa Sultanate, kingdom of Rwanda, Mwami of Burundi etc.
I'm not totally convinced that the Duguwa and Sayfawa dynasties were distinct or different lineages. Dierk Lange certainly thinks so, but there's a chance of dynastic continuity
about time !
Can you do a video on kingdoms that exist within countries, such as the Zulu Kingdom within South Africa
I like Sonni Ali because he stuck to his traditional African spirituality 🔮
Who is the most senior heir today in the house of Merina?
Your chat is incomplete without a chart of Oyo empire, you just briefly mentioned the Oba of Ile-Ife and the Oba of Lagos. Lol how do you not breakdown a chart of the main line of Oduduwa.
Can you make video on the kingdoms in Guinea or even west Africa
I wonder if you can do one for dog breeds or the queens corgis.
Interesting video and show more videos going into detail
6:30 I assume the Polish flag 🇵🇱 there is because you know that there was a guy, Maurycy Beniowski, who was elected as King of Madagascar, following the French colonisation of the island
I need this in my life
Can you do a chart of who would be the káiser of austro hugarian empire today? I really enjoy yogur charts!
Who would be kings of Germany is the video
I think it's the biggest chart I've ever seen .
Have you done Nordic royalty of old ?
I'm looking for Augustin Victor Kruger Zacharias Johannes Kruger.
Hummmm, lot of missing information about Benin and Odùduwà here... First of all Benin was not an empire's or never been an empire's in Nigerian (only British colony gave them an empire's, to replace Igbo empire. ). Secondly the Odùduwà was not the Beginning of kootu ojiire (Yorùbá). They was 97 Ọba's (king's) before Odùduwà. We learned that, among then some was leaved up to 400 Year's in ages. So that ,this Odùduwà information is not pretty good to put here.
Did you bother look any of this up? Because you are blatantly wrong.
@@OhSanjiBoi wrong on what? are you talking about British write history books you read in your universities?....I completely encourage you to come and learn real history from local people's here Nigerian.
Please consider adding the AbaThembu Kingdom next time
7:56 did not expect Zumbi dos Palmares to appear in this video 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
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10:23 Sokoto is to the East not the West of the Ashanti empire.