How Europe Stole Africa (so quickly)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ธ.ค. 2022
- The Scramble for Africa, Explained
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Hey man great videos. However I find it abit weird how you present some aspects of this. I'm personally disgusted by the brutality of humans but you make it seem like not every single kingdom or tribe on the planet at this point in time was not conquering and racistic divided other clans or cultures.
Although terrible I find it odd that the Europeans are presented as "extra evil" when they did what all societies did and had been doing for thousands of years. Admittedly the Europeans did it on a much much larger scale but point me to a culture, kingdom, tribe that would not had done the same if capable.
Could you help me out here because I genuinely dont get this.
Thanks and keep the videos coming, loving them!
Third comment?
Thanks for this information, but I will like you to do a complete long documentary on all the loots from west Sahara Africa, and how terrorist are created
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@@tpeterson9140 "congrats to all the people around who help you" ... sometimes reading the entire comment helps lil bro
Paying for an entire team certainly helps
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As a Congolese it will always anger me the horrendous acts that Léopold 2nd projected in Congo because the consequences of his actions has left a lasting impact on the country till this day
Those old photographs of Congolese slave labourers with their hands chopped of are so disturbing. And, yeah, the post-colonial period has also been rough for Congo-a lot of it no doubt due to all the shit that went down during the colonial era.
@@SimonGrayDKin fairness Congo has never been great be it Europeans taking advantage or Congolese kings doing the same the people have always been used
The transatlantic slave trade won’t be so successful if the King of Congo didn’t go around capturing other tribes to sell off to Europeans, he traded Africans off for Indian gems, Chinese porcelain and lots of guns so he can dominate over other tribes.
Takes two to tango, Europeans arriving at the shores of Africa cannot just load up their slave ships without an eager supplier
As a Congolese myself it's sad even to see that the Belgians and European descent nations including USA etc.., are still supporting the wars occurring in the Eastern part of my Country DRCongo, where I am from here in Uvira. Especially the wars are in Uvira,Beni,Bunagana,Home,Ruchuru etc..
It saddens me to hear about all the slavery in the mines
Always heartwarming to hear my country, Ethiopia, the only African nation to have kept its independence without any outside help despite astronomical odds against it. Kudos to Emperor Menelik II and our ancestors for their wisdom and valor. Unique in itself but also shows what Africans are capable of when they work together.
It’s not like Ethiopia was strong at that time but the reason is Ethiopia does not have a sea
Ethiopia was among the first christian nations, before even the roman emperor Constantine. I applaud Ethiopia who stood in their faith against the imperialist "christian" 19th century Italy.
"Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe. None of these countries have coastlines, and they have been under control. Having a naval fleet and coastlines grants you greater power."
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Real world Wakanda.
@@muuse2684 Not true... Check your facts... What about the other African country's with no sea? I use to think like you. I use to think well because Ethiopia has no resources but that's not true either. Ethiopia is the start of the Nile river.
As an African woman it’s still very painful to see this
I feel you. But you are a beautiful continent and - learn from our European mistakes - don’t turn on one another, work together to make your wonderful continent the best it can be. Today’s European people want the best for Africa. Bless you.
Lmfaoo 😂😐🤣
@@starfox4022only racist demon who laughs at this evil matter
@@ministerofdefense7733 Lol the Strong survive kiddo, we ain't living in a Disney world
Me too. Made me angry
I remember studying Belgian colonization. It's genuinely painful to read about the horrific methods they used to stay in control, and how the way they left it pretty directly lead to the Rwandan Genocide and a ton of other wars in that region. I'd love to see you discuss that on your channel eventually, it's super interesting and super horrible.
China will be 100X more brutal.
Yeah Belgian treatment of its colony was shocking even for the times, to the point where it may have been a major factor in changing Western opinions on colonization and slavery. Leopold was a psychopath and even the imperialist europeans ghought he was disgusting.
You could correct me be weren't the ones who applied those methods from Congo. From what i remember Leopold only cared about the results .
As a belgian, I'm ashamed to say i know almost nothing about my country's colonization past. In middle school only a single history lesson was dedicated to this of which I've aleady forgotten the lion's share. But I do remember pictures we were shown of the horror that was carried out by order of the king. I feel like this is something everybody tries to forget here, but the damage in Congo was never compensated and the country seemingly never recovered from this. I hope Europe and especially my country can still make up for this in some way and hopefully help to build stable self supporting nations in middle Africa that are free from all the resource exploitation, war and corruption that still ravage the land today. However this is probably just wishfull thinking :/
The french were the worst
Unpopular question : while it could have been anyone, was it inevitable that "someone" would eventually get the technological edge, gather ressources and go on to conquer the world? Like Genghis Khan and his small tribe of mongolians who like, discovered meritocracy and horses and went on to dominate all of Asia in a few decades?
Do technological leaps require concentration of ressources, and do those concentrations necessarily require some sort of violence (including social and economic violence)? Was the way to the very awesome machine I hold in my hands always going to be shitty, or was there always a non-shitty route there that we just collectively ignored?
Conquest always happened with or without technological edge, the problem of this video is the narrative as Europe “stole” which is true conquering is stealing land from someone else and it happened through out history and is still happening, it is just the europeans got in that specific period the edge and expanded. Other empires did so as well just look at egypt, it got conquered by arabs and the local populace got assimilated
Unfortunately when imperialism leads to not "some sort of violence" but a great deal of violence. Genghis Khan wiped out a huge chunk of the world's population then, colonialism lead to the death of millions in Africa. Thus I won't sit here and claim that colonialism did not lead to technological leaps, yes it did so but it was built on the blood of millions and effects that are still felt on the continent today. And yes war is the biggest catalyst for innovation
Ugh I know. these are eternally debatable questions. Useful ones tho
@@carlmunene yes colonialism and imperialism killed a lot of people so did every expansion ever, the agenda here is to vilify exclusively the europeans like they were the only ones being expansionists. Through out the ages stronger powers subjugated weaker ones Turks where pillaging the whole europe for centuries and depopulated Anatolia to such an extend that the regions demographics flipped, but i dont see people making videos how turks plundered europe or about Tatar raids into Ukraine or the Barbary coast slaver raids which stopped only when France subjugated and colonized Alger. And if they are made most go under the rader so a one sided opinion is formed - West Bad. My frustration is people only focus on a specific part of history and kinda forget or dont learn the rest of it
@@carlmunene "With great violence comes great technological progress"? 😬
Proud of my Ethiopian ancestors for stopping this massive force in their own. That’s why the lion is the symbol of our nation. And it’s our victory that made the whole African nations realize they can achieve freedom too.
But you guys massacred a lot of Erithrians.
@AvazBahromov Russia and Ukraine are fighting. This happens with countries of close regions. However the Europeans did not conquer and this is the point being made
Please we are still colonized by Neocolonialism and proxy forces and wars.
@ogwiseog You don't truly understand intent..
As a guy who lives on the other side of the Planet of China, I was really inspired by these elaborate and educational videos. These really helped me to collect more parts for the whole map of the world. I rarely left any remarks but this time. Many thanks to Johnny and the co-workers behind the camera
How are you on youtube?
This is so educational. I’m from Nigeria and this doesn’t get taught in schools. They paint our colonizers as good people who brought civilization. As you pointed out correctly, these exploits paved way for modern science and medicine but at what cost? Africans need to wake up! We are not less!!! Our leaders need to put aside greed and start getting things done
I'm shocked to hear this? I feel like in the west I've grown up being told how warlike the colonizers were and now im hearing in nigeria they teach them as nothing but good people lmao.
Yes, they taught us Mongo Park discovered West Africa. That was out first foray into history at primary school.
You are believing an American propaganda. They just want to make Europe look bad so they can take all the gratitude only themselves.
Didn’t know they y’all colonizers were great and brought civilization. Thank you for your transparency.
Without the west you wouldnt even have roads in Africa. Before the Europeans arrived, African tribes would fight each other, so lets not act like youre better. Be thankful.
I think Johnny makes these videos just so he can show off his map collection.
I think it's the other way around, he make these videos to justify buying/ printing beautiful maps (he's dyslexic and prefer reading printed material)
the smell of old maps must be really good
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You neglected to mention Russia, which was colonizing its neighbors, particularly expanding to the east. It's important to note that colonization doesn't always require a ship.
Russian colonisation is different and peaceful
You are right, but the video was about colonisation in Africa. The Russians followed the path of an "internal colonisation". They tried to colonise Africa, but it was too far away and difficult to get to, so their attempt failed.
It was not really peaceful. It saw massacres and suppression of ethnicities. It has not been revised, as other European powers did, thus it is seen even today. @@vlashante
@@vlashantepeaceful?! Are you freaking kidding? The number of massacres and ethnic cleansing committed by russia is insane
@@vlashantecries in Göktepe massacre lol
To Johnny Harris. It is extremely rare to have someone teach history from a truthful perspective rather than continually spreading lies to downgrade a people and lift themselve up. It always does my heart well when I see good European people like yourself. You did an exelent job!!! I'm looking forward to following you. I love history.
Having access to such rich and well-written content is one of the wonders of the internet.
Your work is an inspiration to creators around the world.
Much love from Brazil!
@@EmmanuelMotelin Disagreed. He presented the story well, the good and the bad. That was the whole point. That the bad of the past is also a reason for the good of today. It wasn't intentional or planned, but a system put by imperialists evolved into the world order that we know of today. All the data suggest life has improved for vast majority of the world and you can read about that.
It's not a story if good vs evil, just history and how things came to be.
Western European Colonialism was one of the most EVIL acts ever commited in the history of humanity, all of you need to educate yourselves on how much Evil and genocides and exploitation was commited
We never would have gotten shit like this in 2004
@@EmmanuelMotelin Having access to no content at all is even worse.
@@kobil316SH Noam Chomsky's book "Political Economy of Human Rights" did this with his book, "Year 501: The Conquest Continues" back in 1994! Too bad few people read Chomsky's books.
I'm a simple man, I see Johnny upload, I click, I watch and enjoy :)
I make your words my words.
Wow. He is doing research for you.
And believe everything that he say like gullible i*doit you are.
You can't say they saved Africans while they found them alive as if they found them dead
He didnt say that, he said that it wasnt just negative things
@@dinofangzzit was all negative no matter what “positive” outcomes. Over 40 million people got killed plus countless civil wars
@@jaquanpowell4605 you just contradicted yourself, also it wasnt just europeans, the arabs did very similar things in north africa
@@dinofangzz The Arabs role in destabilizing Africa is greatly over exaggerated. Yes they did help take over Egypt, Morocco and other countries but compared to what the Europeans did it was small potatoes. 14 million Congolese people got slaughtered not enslaved
@@dinofangzz You can’t say something isn’t bad because something worse happened. North Africa as a whole has been a war zone for over 4 thousand years. Millions have been kings , slaves and conquerors.
The toxic legacy of European colonialism is still with us. We still have borders drawn in offices in Europe with no regard for the peoples living in those lands, leading to ethnic strife and division, most notably in Africa and the Middle East, with the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Scramble for Africa, which has led to the wars in Congo, Biafra, and Sudan in Africa, and Palestine, Iraq and Syria in the Middle East, amongst others.
Even here in Europe, Ballkan, my region, all the borders have been drawn by the same superpowers...and we still face the consequences.
14:16 The Battle of Isandlwana in 1879 was one of the few instances where indigenous people in Africa (in this case the Zulu people, my people) were able to defeat colonial invaders, i.e. The Mighty British Army. All this despite the technological disadvantage. (Look, South Africa was eventually colonised but credit needs to be given be to a people that successfully defended themselves, albeit momentarily, armed with nothing more than spears and cow-hide shields).
S/O to my Ethiopian Brothers, their forefathers were able to successfully do what many on the continent couldn't, respect!
We the Benin empire in today Nigeria did it too.
@@izzyNFT69 Do you mean actual history or the colonial imposition that passes as history?
@@ProsperNyawuza There is an audience for your actual history, but it is very difficult for that wider audience to access. 20 years ago I was negotiating with foreign students to get what the high school textbooks in their country were teaching their younger cousins, and when I did get one or two history books, they were as difficult to read as my grandparents' European history books. There may be better histories in university textbooks these days, but that does not reach very many people. The technology for modern media is becoming more and more available, and just as China, Korea, and Japan have been popularizing their history in the world, the peoples in Africa need to popularize their history. Make contests and in several rounds of competition, the quality of presentation will rise. Don't just make snarky comments, produce something that will prove your point and demonstrate usefulness.
@@MNkno You're triggered and I trying to understand why? I was told to "brush up on my history" which was arguably more "snarky" than merely asking for confirmation on what history the above commentor was referring to.
In my initial comment I said "one of a few instances where..." NOT "the only instance where..." this fundamental misunderstanding of the English language is what, I think, led us to this meaningless back and forth. Few means: amounting to or consisting of a small number; thereby acknowledging the existence of other indigenous African people that were able to thwart colonial invasion without having to name them.
In the spirit of my comment, which was to inform, another commentor informed us of another such occurance, The Benin Empire (which I found insightful and actually "liked" the comment).
You see, in your visceral whirlwind of emotion you failed to realise that one doesn't need to necessarily physically "produce something to prove my point". It can also be a collaborative effort to inform one another in the comments on a video such as this.All that is required is an ability to read, comprehend, Google search but most importantly to have our egos and emotions kept in check!
I wish you all the best for the year ahead,
PEACE!
So till now we are (Africans) still conquered and under their spell.Our president's are like answerable to the imperialists.
Ethiopia is the only country that has not been colonized italy was defeated by Ethiopian army at the battle of adwa . We made history for all black people 🇪🇹❤❤❤
Talk about 1935-37
Yeah but look at the absolute state of the country though, sure you may not have been colonised but damn, probably would've been better off if you had
@@alistairwalley4299the country is in great condition, industrialization is a disaster and we don't need it in Ethiopia
@@alistairwalley4299 3rd largest African colony better than every other one behind them
This channel is amazing! The way as you speak, explain, the music at the background, imaging, etc. Superb wotk you do teaching history!
@johnny Harris Side Note: 14:40 even though we africans had less technology at that time, we were more advanced in herbal medicines so we already knew what could stop maleria and such other deseases new to Europeans. And we still have trees all around us we know what medicinal value each has in the rural and urban areas. So that medicinal discoveries was a push for the whites on their solution to make taking over easier for them but was nothing new to africans here. Yet a very enlightening film we have here from your perspective. Appreciate.🙏
You had natural immunities. Nothing to do with herbs.
@@cody0126a I think you are just ignorant of Africa. Herbs exist to this day and I have personally witnessed someone get sick with malaria and treat it completely with herbs (medicine - some which were used to develop quinine) till they are well.
One thing that you got wrong in this video Johnny is that Leopold II didn’t decide to just to stake claim in the middle of Africa which is now the Congo. During the Berlin conference the land that is the Congo was a heated debate due to no one agreeing who would take control of the area, so the European powers decided to give the Congo to Leopold as his own personal colony, not the Belgian government, because the other European power couldn’t decide which one of them should have it.
But when the Belgian government took over the colonies, the Belgian Congo was still being exploited and the Belgian government was responsible for the Rwandan genocide.
@@jasonhaven7170 I still blame the toothless UN for not doing enough to stop it. Toothless Peacekeepers. They showed the world the "Peacekeepers" are just for show
This was somewhat covered on the Covid Vaccine as a Belgium undertake resulted in the formation of Jansen Vaccines, later acquired by J&J.
I believe VOX did the video on it. And yes, they mentioned Leopold wanted Congo all for himself, which later was striped from him, and granted to his Country, Belgium.
Yes, he might have overlooked this little detail , but, for the audience at large, it was sufficient enough to grasp, given the format and time constraints. It got Congo and Belgium in the topic.
What the genius behind this video was trying to say is "how the WEST stole africa"
europe is a continent, not a country.
Most nations of central and eastern europe never had colonies outside of europe.
The fascismowoke Moe Runs
The background music Johnny uses is super amazing makes you feel like he's letting you in on a big secret that's going to blow your mind😅 great content!
I feel like I’m watching a feature film, something like a thriller or an action movie, rather than a documentary. Really absorbing!
The music was so good I couldn't pay attention lol
What song is this at 12:21?
I mean those string instruments 🤤
It is
Former french president Nicolas Sarkozy said: " europe of all continents is the most barbarian, the most violent, not Africa, not Asia but europe. And that was not in the past, it's current...etc"
I like this statement because europe and most europeans need to take their heads out of their a.s and try to be human. We are sick of these genocides, massacres and they don't seem to be affected by them. I mean, how evil can one be to keep on destroying, to keep on creating things to destroy more?
If you are sick of it imagine how all those young men in the Napoleonic, 7 years and World Wars felt, 100s of millions. All wars driven by rich powerful people as the video makes clear ordinary Europeans suffered from all of this too. The same way the powerful always makes the ordinary people suffer that's true for Chinese emperors, the Aztecs and Ottoman slave traders long before Europeans arrived
This is some really Exspress information! I like it it's very helpful and showed me some things I couldn't put together. Please make another one.
The implied chronology of the animation at 8:30 is off. The French rule in Algeria began in 1830, decades before Leopold II became king in Belgium. And of course European colonial settlements in southern Africa date back to the 17th century. But the animation makes it look like they are starting at zero after Leopold II went into the Congo. I see why these stories were skipped for time, but the wrong animation still bothers me.
The whole story like he tells it sounds like the Berlin conference and Leopold started the scramble for Africa, when in fact they were the last chapter.
African colonization by Europeans started in the 15th century even farther back if you want to consider the Greeks conquering Egypt in 332 BC. His videos put narrative over facts
I hate to say it but like a lot of Johnny Harris videos, it prioritizes aesthetics over historical accuracy
They didnt invade far inLand, including French; before the vaccine was invented.
Johnny harris is very dramatic and cinematic so I recommend not taking all your history from him he plays up alot of shit for the dramatic effect
I like the way you simplify a boring history lesson into very interesting presentations. I'm from Malaysia, we had been under British colonialism for nearly 117 years. They bring a lot of good things, as well as bad things, and most of Malaysian speak English. We are not receive horrible faith as bad as native people in America and Africa but those imperialist taking a lot of resources here, and we become second class people in our own land.
I believe, things had changed a lot. Hope we can live in a better world, where people spread love, not hate.
But the story ain’t boring tho… lol but yeah homie explains things that just captivates ya!
Just a honest question here, if they didn't come to "your land", would your country be what it is today? My ancestors left poor conditions in India got on a boat and went to the west indies. I'm sure I wouldn't be here today if they hadn't gotten on the boat.
@@shabba213 I don't know, but I can say it will be different, may be other imperialis come here or may be we have different set of map now. As I mention earlier there are two sides of narrative here. Colonialism bring some good and some violently bad. Generally speaking, no nation love to be controlled by outsiders.
Unfortunately it's the beginning of resentment revenge and hate Era on the way. Domination fading away self worth growing self love. This will not going to make happy for th perpetrators. I am witnessing it. Asian becoming richer smarter buying companies in the west makes some people here sad or not liking it. Until you become self success and show who you are as a nation no equality or exploitation continues.
@@shabba213 simply look at history and you will know the answer: TRADE
before the coming of European, south east asia, the tropical corner of the world already master in international sea trades and manufacturing own gunpowder weapons
The needs of technology will simply find way to be adapted as long as there is trade and money..
Just like southeastasia today, no European power but still manage to catch up in industry and technology
Wow! Excellent research and story telling -- to the point with enthusiasm. Enjoyed your three Parts, immensely organized and well presented. Congrats to your team for a wonder summary series of our earth's land grab. Looking forward to your other videos.
Thats just fascinating! Your work should be in every school program! Thank you for your great work!
This not only seems like an end to a 3 part story video, but as an end to a chapter of videos of Johnny Harris, cause lately he brought up a lot of these topics: the Belgium medicine, conflict in countries made by their borders and etc
Awesome chapter! Thanks for that, Johnny!
14:30 “There were good things in colonizing Africa too like experimenting vaccines on the locals which advanced medicine.” Would love to see this line work in reference to the Holocaust in which the same rational and methods were applied.
Good things 👀not far my ancestors...your just wow😤😤
Being algerian myself, it was repugnant to hear him say that. Our people were used as lab rats for the French to test their nukes in Reggan Sahara. As you said, it's like saying that the holocaust improved soap or médecine production.
Facts
Colonisation and the holocaust are incomparable. Colonisation was a way to control land and extract ressources
It was never a genocidal project intended on exterminating (a) people.
@@ericpennington2189 what I don't get it
This serie of videos is amazing. I appreciate all the work you put in this videos. Thank you!
Man!!! I love your intro of this video. I come here every now and then to hear this intro only
your videos are so well edited! 10/10
Yeah ❤
As an italian journalist trying to kickstart an explainer youtube channel, this content and you as a person are extremely inspiring. Keep it up!
I am from Mexico and I was centralised in my conquiter and nothig else, this kind of videos help to understand more the world and they are helping me to have less ignorance, my first video with you thanks!
This is the best summary video ever on scramble for Africa.. Awesome. Thank you. 🎉
i love how polished your vids are Johnny, i think at least out of the people i watch on youtube you make the most cinematic productions well done man you defo earnt that Emmy well done dude
polished doesn't mean accurate, unbiased or true
Bruh, I'm pretty sure the word is "earned", not earnt 🤣🤣
I know you thought it would be similar to "learn - learnt
Yes, embellishes stories and fills them with half truths to make them that cinematic
agree.
Yeah nothing like a polished white pro imperialism white supremacy centric version of history to start off the day
Hey Johnny, happy new year and just wanted to let you know just how much I’ve learned from your channel over the course of the last two years! I really love the content that you make and can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for next (maybe some more food videos)
I like your videos. Very informative. Helped me with some new thoughts for a research article I was writing for publication.
This series has been awesome! Just discovered you through this series.
you should make a detailed video on how Ethiopia wasnt colonized because it really changes a lot of narratives, regarding civilization, religion and modern governance
Two ways to take over a country...by War or by Economics. Ethiopia was not colonized by War but are colonized by Economics.
@@atibabba Just like China today is the about to be the world power because it's winning the econmic war.
@@atibabba Ethiopia was only occupied. It wasn't a colony in any way.
@Jerry Louis with The Thickness You have no idea what an occupation is.
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This whole three part series is amazing, quite literallly in tears and chills each episode!! As someone from the Philippines (former colony of Spain, a bit of UK,US and Japan) this series has summarized the world we live in now and how it came to be, much better than anything taught by my teachers/books I've read. "History is not the past but a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveller.” -Henry Glassie
Indeed, to learn and understand the past, so as not to repeat it as well.
It is very sad this history happened, the way our species treats each other. But we have to teach history and show how bad we can treat each other so we don’t repeat it. But we shouldn’t honor our history and put a blind eye to all the terrible things that occurred, like some people do (for an example like in American South), but learn from it, criticize it, and know how bad it was.
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI That's a well expressed statement. History is a means, a philosophy to understand the past; actually understand it, as well as learn from it as well. Good and Bad are universal concepts, both of which are apparent in any year, century, and such in human history. There were times in which we as a species showed our truest potential to triumph, persevere and soar, while also showing the lowest bounds and decadence we are capable of. While history is gruesome, brutal, and a reality none of us want to experience, it is also something to be interested in, in various times: praise justly, as well as emulate for the sake of all good future endeavors. We should also understand that not all people were supportive of the acts that are deemed, obviously so, horrible, but each time period had its "standards", for which we should understand, whilst not condoning, or accepting lightly.
thank you for saying that. it means a lot
So african should say thank you for colonization ?
Johnny seem so proud of his ancestors
Hi John - Historian and educator here. I would be very careful about toying with the ideas of how Europe "civilized" Africa with medical developments, technology, and introducing Africans to the "modern state", creating more global peace. Remember that these innovations - medical included - were only brought to the continent to make their exploitation of the resources and people easier and the environment. The narrative of "well, the Europeans did bad things but they also brought a lot of good to the continent" is a Eurocentric perspective that is nowadays rejected by most Africanists. I know you probably didn't mean it that way, but a misguided viewer may misconstrue your messaging. I would point you to Tukufu Zuberi's "African Independence" for a stronger sense of the impact of colonialism and also how the imperialist legacy still affects Africa today.
Overall, this video is a great starting point for those just getting interested in African colonial history in the Age of Empires. I will be using it in my high school World History class - I enjoyed your emphasis on maps.
I literally love this so much - 🙏🏼 ty for helping me under it more and it’s actually interesting when he explains it
When I found out about Johnnys Emmy I screamed with pride 👏👏👏 he's doing everything I wanted to do as a kid and I'm living vicariously through him at this point 🤗 seriously SO fcking proud!!! SUPER PROUD!
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"and the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for humanity."
Just found your channel in past month or so. Really enjoy your content and going thru your backlog. Keep up the quality!
Thank you so much for this video. I am also a lover of maps, and used them so much in my teaching over the years. I taught in many counties and always tried to teach history in a broader way especially when I had a class full of different nationalities. So few of my students had any idea about the impact of "Exploration, Invasion, Colonisation etc' You presented it so well.
Powerfully informative. Well spoken and put together. Fabulous work sir.
You and your team produce incredibly high-quality, in-depth storytelling! I am deeply engaged in every video!
Agreed 💯
This is why Johnny Harris is an incredible content creator: Every episode he produces would take another creator months or years to make. Johnny delivers high quality and valuable content every few weeks.
It's because his team might have a lot of irons on the fire. Stuff does not happen in just a week.
There is a process in putting together these projects, and it might not be quite linear as we see.
And off course, skills, experience and so on.
I love how justifying colonialism is “great content” I’ll never trust a white liberal again.
I'm a late comer and new subscriber to your video series. Thanks for the knowledge that was omitted from schools.
Your work so informative and so knowledgeable and it’s a shame that only around 3 million people could watch it and learn from it, I wish more people could watch it and get some idea about humanity and what we have done till now. Thank you very much.🔥🔥
I don't think the discovery of malaria treatment comes even close to admonishing the horrors of empire, quite a strange point to make in that manner
I really want to echo what's been said here - this video's fantastic! So much detail included and your source list is just so thorough! Thank you for this!
The were using Africa as a play ground and the most annoying part is after messing with africa instead of them helping Africa they didn't but rather leave like nothing happened
I subscribe,like and comment when i recognize perfect work done. I am really impressed,bravo!
One thing I disagree with Johnny Harris is that it's not only Europeans who believed in this theory even other civilizations also believed in this theory.The Japanese considered themselves superior to other Asians , jihadist considered islam and Arabs as superior .
he is just plain lying to clean himself out of guilt he himself invented, you should disagree with him in many more points
We Indians never consider ourselves as superior. We are just happy about gdp growth and many more. We don't hate other nationalities other than pakistan. We respect Chinese. But not Xi ping.
@@nknkannadiga9742 bro I've heard so many Indians say things like "the first man was Indian" and "India is the greatest and oldest civilization"
Just after stating that he said no one is exempt of having such beliefs
Superior in what way bruh, also we know before Islamic era Christianity is something superior too.
It's rare I leave youtube comments even on channels to which I subscribe, however this channel is awesome. I just wanted to say to Johnny Harris and the whole crew, thank you for all of your research and hard work. I have learned as an adult that I actually do enjoy learning about these topics that I found boring in school, and this is such a perfect way for a guy who struggles to read for more than 30 minutes.
Really amazing content from this channel, appreciate the hard work.
Chills watching this. Fantastic reporting Johnny. Thank you! Big hugs from Thailand 🙏🏼🫶🏼
I follow you from Egypt 🇪🇬 , one of the British colonies in the past. Really, I appreciate your efforts and your videos. They are incredibly wonderful in describing the realities of a tragic world that was created with the help of whims, greed, and the pursuit of power and wealth.
I dream of the way I get see the sphinx and the great pyrimids maybe valley of the kings too. What type of vibe do you get looking at that kind of stuff?
What about Ottoman colonizers.
Egypt wasn't a British colony.
The Sultanate of Egypt, later the Kingdom of Egypt, was a protectorate of the British Crown.
@@AndrewArminRyan Protectorate and Colonies are the same.
I would really love to see one of these videos on South Africa. We don’t have many resources animated and explained like this.
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I am in support of this
Animate one your self bruh damn.
@@ltmcolen thanks for this. Definitely checking it out
Oh god please no. This video was already horrible neoliberal. Johnny doing one on South Africa will border a hate crime
God when will justice be served 😢 when ?! So much pain hearing this as an African who’s wealth and history and arts were stolen. Well it’s 2023 and we are done they can live in their glory days as Africa rises up and Aline’s with other nations
Lmao
Great video, loved the critique of eschatological thinking in the end!
Such a well researched topic. I tried to read a book, 700 pages mind you, by Martin Meredith The Fate of Africa...and it omitted colonization, slavery, European conquest, robbery of cultural artifacts, literature. How could you possibly discuss Africa without these realities? You've done a great job sir. Please post your book list as well that you recommend on this topic.
well researched hahahahaha
Who put all those people into slavery...?
@@zoanth4 yet they themselves didn't have slaves.
@@benweya lol what are you talking about? Every major African empire and kingdom had slave labor
@@benweya TO THIS VERY DAY IN 2023 slavery is still legal in Mali lmfao
The amount of philosophical realizations in this series were mind-blowing, thanks for making these videos and a very Happy new year to you and your team.
Europe is obsessed with hording ressources because they have none.
Your work is great. Keep it up there
truly thought provoking, amazingly written, and preformed two thumbs up
What an interesting take to this. Props to you for the work you put in making these videos but there’s so much more to this than just being in the right place at the right time and luck.
Best historian. Ever? Definitely top 5. You do a great job bro. I watch everything from start to finish.
Best historian ever.🎉
Johnny, what was the name of the meeting in Berlin where the European powers were meeting to divide up Africa as you mentioned in your video at 9:22 minutes?
Berlin Conference
How about following this up with the story of the World Bank another finance entities keep these countries enslaved and debt. And corporations still go to these places and extract resources without any profit going to the locals.
Exploitation
doesnt fit with leftist agenda.
This is imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism. Companies, on their way to growing towards infinity, will eventually need to expand to foreign markets. It is in the best interest of these companies to make the conditions of these countries as profitable as possible (i.e. enslave the population and take all their natural resources)
good idea, except it ignores the role of how wealthy African elites here exploit their own people. few dare to touch this subject because it's so "sensitive." how exactly would "profit" be dispersed to "the locals" when it is indeed wealthy ruling African elites who are accepting Western money for their own gain?
@@LaurelinTheOther The African elites are capitalists too. I don't see how nationality applies here
10 pages of sources/references shows how *much* effort goes into making a single video. The Emmy is well deserved.
How do you get all the printed maps do you just have a massive printer or do you buy them
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'Europeans' will always justify and admire their colonial past. Their wealth, legacy, inheritance is stained with blood. Lots of blood
Africans are still under imperialism maybe 4.0 this time and it will never change until we organise ourselves to completely overthrow these people and put an end to the last 500 yrs😢
Chor kabhi nahi kehta ki usne chori ki hain
Chor kabhi nahi kehta ki usne chori ki hain
so much to take in here. i want to hear more. i want to ponder longer about the way things happened. I want to know more i just don't know where to start. thank you to you and your team for this beautiful piece of work.
I'm still amazed how you fit so much information so harmonically and informative into such videos, I can only imagine the amount of work been done for every video, how much text you need to go through, proofread, do fact check, etc., great job of you and those who help you, thank you for such quality content! 😊
How does he credit solely Europeans for our current era. That’s is Eurocentric
The Europeans are inherently barbarians. They were civilized by Africans and later knew how make a guns to satisfy their barbaric nature.
All world wars in history are initiated by the Europeans. They first hated themselves and then defused that hatred to the rest of the world.
Correction, before and after the invasion of Africa. Europe didn't have the favour of God. Therefore, the only way they could survive was to invade the promised land and the descendents of Abraham.
Yo the meat riding is crazy.
I thought the same! This was an crazy amount of work he put in there.
One of the best youtube videos i have ever seen
Love these videos man keep up the great work
Johnny well done on your successful channel 👏🏽
I thoroughly enjoy your work and find your content engaging and full of substance. Your channels relevancy will grow with the concurrent raise of MSM irritation.
Keep it up and I look forward to great stories in 2024. Have a good one. 🎉👌🏽🤘🏽🥳💪🏽🤝🏻
As a coloured person from South Africa, I'm constantly reminded of the effects of colonialism, then apartheid and now supposedly "unconscious bias"
Isn’t the term coloured offensive
People literally say it everyday in America
@@dkonfleek1362 the head of the FA got fired for saying "coloured person" when he meant to say "person of colour" even though he instantly corrected himself and said he works in America a lot so he got confused between the two phrases, in context he was saying "we need to ensure we support all out players of colour to stand up for their diverse interests"... not good enough "white man bad" they fired him.
@@dkonfleek1362that’s a lie we do not refer to ourselves as color people, stop lying 🤥 you know that isn’t true or you should know if you don’t
@@khalidqawdhan3265 no. Coloureds are an ethnic group in South Africa.
Johnny, you’re such a hard worker; I love your stories. I’m always impressed by the exhaustive lengths you expend to tell such fantastic stories!✨ Thank you.
wow. one of the most generous comments of the year. thank you. I'm tired these days so it means a lot
@@johnnyharris He man !!! Do not says that EUROPA stole Africa !!! Some country did it, but not EUROPA !!!! Each country who done that should assume it !!!!! So, if your ancestor did it, it's not the case of all Europeans !!! It's a problem with your own consciousness !! Me, my people and my country don't have anything to do with Africa !!! We suport them against SOME EUROPEAN COLONISATER !!! I'm from ex-yougoslavia.
@@johnnyharris The last 500 years have been a blight on humanity. When you think that Egypt and Nubia lasted 9000 years, Chinese Civilization and Indus Civilizations lasted 6000 years, this blip of Western hegemonic rule is indeed a hiccup. The Chinese had fireworks for centuries and used gun power for beauty not to savagely murder people. They also traded with Africans along the Swahili coast kingdoms, Somaliland and great Zimbabwe for 2000 years. 1500 year old pottery was found in the palace ruins at Great Zimbabwe. These relationships were mutual respect without the Chinese trying to kill and STEAL all the wealth and land. Europeans had no civilization when Africans and Asians were charting the stars and performing surgeries understanding the anatomy of the human body. The European continent was diseased and unenlightened for most of its history. Europe had 1000 years of Dark Ages, and diseases, infertile land, that wiped out 90% of the population. The technology Europeans amassed was from other people, Egyptian knowledge funneled to Greece and Rome then the MOORS civilzed Europe after the 1000 years of Dark Ages. What should really be studied is this insatiable GREED and violent impulse to TAKE other people's property. To exploit other humans on this scale is not flattering. The BBC did a much better doc about the history of colonialism and it was not pretty. STARVING 100 MILLION South Asians, exterminating 10 MILLION CONGOLESE, exterminating TASMANIANS completely, SLAVERY, Native American GENOCIDE etc..is not erased by penicillin 🙄I think the ancient Egyptians, Persians, Yorubas, Nubians, Chinese , Axumite, Indus Valley civilizations that lasted thousands of years were much more civilized than the barbarian West. Creating a superiority mythology in order to STEAL, knowing that disease and ignorance almost wiped your entire continent out during the PLAGUE is a sign of mental illness. The culture of the West is based on a mental neurosis if we're honest.
it's called swarming
@@zazazazizizi6276 True, I have to back you up here. It's only 6-7 European countries, sadly my country is amongst them. US creators keep generalizing and overlooking nuance. It's very detrimental, especially for Eastern european countries that have suffered and were captured as well as slaves. He just does it for clickbait. He is a great editor and storyteller, but not an objective journalist in my opinion. He has a very clear destain for anything Western and idolizes certain other empires/continents. And also highly dismisses current atrocities or what is going on en masse.
Very passionate, but doesn't see his own failures.
Muy buen trabajo jonny and team 👏👏
Europeans trying to not to interfere outside of Europe: Impossible
Thanks for the interesting and informitive content! You obviously put a lot into your work and it should be appreciated if only a little.
Your comment is somewhat confusing . Not sure if you hate or like what he did?
@@zackabee5498 it isn't, just learn how to read
@@zackabee5498 you are right, his English is op we can't understood it
I absolutely love your content. My husband and I think your videos are top tier! You tell information in the form of stories. And you’re fantastic at it. Do you have like a topic suggestion box? Sometimes I want to show my dad and mom your videos to see if their view will change or just be different about certain things.
Imagine that one person lived to see the scramble for Africa and to see the decolonization. There must have been a few. So short time in the big picture.
It’s important to mention how they built all those railroads so magically fast! Forced and free labour from the indigenous people. Let’s not forget about that detail.
This is Brilliantly put together & I thank you for your unbias reporting. My ancestors were subjected to a brutal colonialism by the Brit’s & the French in Africa. Lines were drawn in Berlin & implemented across Africa forcing countless families to be divided on a invisible lines. Whenever my ancestors fought back & resisted their illegal invasion, they were murdered, killed and their lands taken with impunity.
There’s a great saying in Africa which is ‘The Europeans took everything from Africa and put it in their museums but left the pyramids behind because it was too heavy for them to left it’
That’s my 2pences
World peace.
You are one of the creators I've followed, for years, no fall off in interest. You make the most insightful, elaborate and entertaining videos of informative topics. Things that help us look at our world in a more holistic way.
Thank you, and thanks to your team for all that you do.
yes great parisatoids
I just want to say thank you for all the hard work you clearly put in and all the truths you expose. Your amazing mate
You got me hooked bruh bruhh!
I am from South Africa and I am deeply saddened by this.
Bro I’m “African-American” and I am too. The crazy part is: it gets deeper than this. Great job Johnny.
@@YARI589 It's Very true. Sad to be African/Black
What's even sadder is that the video comes off as if the European s built the world and made it civilized. NOO...youtook land and culture and social norms from a people, and abusivelt forced them to adopt your norms - and you called it civilizing a people......
@jameslentsoane9037 Why? You realize some of the biggest empires were from Africa right?
@@cramking3085 It also leaves out the fact various African kingdoms/empires were doing the same thing long before Europe had the capacity to.
This is such a brilliant work
You and your teams are doing such a unique and providing the knowledge with no bias
I'm currently at university majority in European and Global Studies (basically Political Science with an emphasis on the EU). My thesis is going to be on the relationship between the EU and Africa: the situation today, how we got here, and how we can move forward. Your videos will be an invaluable resource.
Incidentally, for anyone who wants to learn more about King Leopold and the Congo, you should read King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hoschild. It will blow your mind!
Great video! Would be great to see one based on the “colonisation” of japan / china. Those times when “The last samurai” took place, also a video of the opium wars would be great!
Thank you so much for this content. I've been an avid consumer of yours for years and have wondered why you haven't done much journalism on the scandals and corruption in Africa. Would love to see you go down to the streets and uncover some more stories from the locals that live there. Nut this will do for now keep up the good work 👏🏾
Great video as always and this series spot on. In this video, you mentioned Cecil John Rhodes! Now that is a video i would love to see you make!
if it wasn't for him things would be very bad southern Africa
A 30 minute video about European colonization without even mentioning the slavery, that still happens nowadays, is just ridiculous. This is dishonest, calling all those centuries of african subjugation a project, i mean, people are completely blind for liking this kind of video.
@@CaptainAlexande don't insult us africans. We are not fools. Cecil Rhodes was a brutal evil Psycho.
@@CaptainAlexande How would things be bad in Southern Africa? That man was a psychopath.
love ur work!!!❤❤❤ true journalism
Thanks! Really love your work 🙏🏼