Thierno Souleymane Baal is a Muslim scholar, a fulani "torodo" and 17th century warlord, a great figure in Fouta Toro, a region located in the north of present-day Senegal. It is the father of the maraboutic revolution which led the Futa towards a new democratic and religious political framework. The charter he left as a legacy sums up his overall intuition.
Yes I just ordered a book about Sir Thomas Clarkson who in his writing slavery said that Shaykh Thierno was an extremely extraordinary man. He also got his ideas about freedom and liberty from Shaykh Thierno too...im still digging for more information about the Shaykh.
I really hope you understand that that badasss behavior really fukked over that region off Africa and literally made it so much easier for Euros to come in and do what they did. And also Mandinkas kept em in check.
King Taharqa would be a great role for John Boyega, a movie about Taharqa's life, his adventures, his romance, and his battles in the 8th and 7th centuries BC.
@@MrMetro-mt5qv There's not enough information about Mansa Musa to make a movie about other than his wealth and his pilgrimage to Mecca, a movie about Taharqa would be a better choice since we have enough information about Taharqa's life, his battles against the Assyrians in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, his building projects, his romances, and his full 26 years long reign, also, Taharqa lived almost 3000 years ago, Mansa Musa is so recent and only lived in the 14th century, that's just 700 years ago, we should promote movies about Ancient African history first before Medieval African history.
I read about ndate yalla she was the waalo queen whose elder sister ndyombot (njambot) married the trarza emir abibu in order to protect her kingdom.......honoured to see someone from that bloodline
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 somewhat however more in common other certain West African Muslim tribes brother. I'd say closest East resemblance is to Oromo tribe which has more variances.
My dad which is a Sawa(people in the coast of Cameroon near Douala) told me a story that some guy defend his village from German colonization they fought hard but they lost and my mom is also sawa
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 i would not say that we hate each other naturally, but we are very easily manipulated into doing so by the divide and rule savy oppressors.
Great history, I am from one of the 9 initial towns that formed the theocratic kingdom of foutah djallon (kholade also known as kankalabe ) this town was the sanctuary of anyone fleeing or being pursecuted else where once they are in kholade they are free sort of early asylum seekers heaven proud to be from there.
Probably from Sapelo or St. Simons island. The Spaulding plantation in Georgia. Same with my family. The overseers were Fulani. Salih Bilali and Bilal Mohammed.
I’m African American with Fulani blood. I even look Fulani. A Fulani man named Mohammed gave me Shahada in New Jersey. What’s ironic is that Fulani probably sold most of my ancestors for not being Muslim and now I took Shahada from a Fulani. 🤷🏽
Great 👍 Please find out also how the Fulani’s of Foutajallon freed there people from the tyrant ruler of the Kaabou empire is in present day Guinea Bissau
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa hausa/Fulani=Boko HARAM
An even semi United Africa (yes I know how unthinkably large &expansive Africa is) would've been able to not only withstand European colonisation efforts.. but crush them convincingly &drive them from the continent But we had no clue the sheer scope of European trickery savagery &greed.. for if we had none of this would've come to pass.
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa hausa/Fulani=boko HARAM BIAFRA must be set free
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 And you think that's a good thing. That conquering nonsense destabilized the region, and left it ripe for outsiders to come in and take advantage. Be proud off your culture, but don't celebrate goofy behavior that has literally fukked over our lands and peoples for damn near 500 years now.
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 i know i have Fulani blood I can’t speak for other people Maybe some imigrantes from west coast of Africa in Cape Verde are Fulani,who knows?
Does anyone know the name of the story about the female tribeswoman who led her tribe against t French soldiers till their leader lost his mind and they killed him??
They are many fulani kingdoms in Sénégal first futa toro bundu tekrur and guinea futa jalon and masina in mali fuladu in south of Sénégal.futa toro were thé first democratic state in thé world created by cerno suleiman ball
Not true at all. They considered themselves as black and proud Africans … yes with different features but extremely proud. We don’t give a f*** about white/Arabs
@@musamusashi I meant that if there's a black Khan, then the Arab and European colonization would be annihilated. Slavers would be mutilated, religion would be abolished, and razing their countries to the ground as a reminder that they would not be trifled with.
Many Diasporan Blacks have Fulani Muslim ancestry. The Fulani increased literacy on unprecedented levels in West Africa. Many of the Fulani claim descent directly back to the Black Arab Prophet Muhamad which is the case of the greatest of FULANI rulers: Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio founder of the last great African Empire: The SOKOTO KHALIPHATE!!!. The Fulani were enslaved as well as taking slaves from their enemies. Slavery exist among Muslim as well as as non-Muslims to this very day. The Blacks that were literate during the Judeo/Christian Trans-Atlantic Chattel Enslavement Era were only the Muslims. Their Arabic manuscripts are here with us today.
@@Layla-zp4cn Until you expand your studies into the classical Arabic text then you will find for yourself how the early pure original Arabs described themselves. Mother Hajr r.a. was of Kemetic/Nubian descent.
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa hausa/Fulani=Boko HARAM
Merci bien. Black people should refused new name.. and our full history should be in any kindergarten before we can move forward not only in college....and do more research to find out where did we fail...how kind of individual they used as special spy...what was giving...teach us..please teach us...thank you very much...
Everybody talkin about the Fulani in the comments.. But I thought it was the Fulani-Hausa (Hausa peoples/kingdoms who were conquered by Fulani jihads) of northern-Nigeria causing many of the kidnappings. 🤔
@@hayeslloyd4002 Internet warrior. Your ilk don't have the capability or the gall to do anything in Nigeria or anywhere else. Be careful with your threats, or it will strike you back ten fold. Loser.
I’m Fulani man from the Gambia 🇬🇲 I’m proud to be African
I am a fulani from Nigeria,thanks alot for remainding us my brother.
Proud to have had a Fulani great grandfather
Me to
Thierno Souleymane Baal is a Muslim scholar, a fulani "torodo" and 17th century warlord, a great figure in Fouta Toro, a region located in the north of present-day Senegal. It is the father of the maraboutic revolution which led the Futa towards a new democratic and religious political framework. The charter he left as a legacy sums up his overall intuition.
Yes I just ordered a book about Sir Thomas Clarkson who in his writing slavery said that Shaykh Thierno was an extremely extraordinary man. He also got his ideas about freedom and liberty from Shaykh Thierno too...im still digging for more information about the Shaykh.
I learned about this glorious history many years ago thanks to Baaba Maal's music.
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa
@@KnowThyself47
Shut up
@@abdulrahmanraheem423
A book named "Ceerno Suleymani Baal" by Mamadou Youry Sall. Very interesting.
Foulah people are straight badasses, they got a rich history of not taking crap from anybody even today.
I really hope you understand that that badasss behavior really fukked over that region off Africa and literally made it so much easier for Euros to come in and do what they did. And also Mandinkas kept em in check.
Savage people
@@temilola9366 no
@@temilola9366Pleure mdrr, ce sont des guerriers et non des soumis comme vous
@akindele13 lool they got defeated eventually and thoroughly
Im fulani from Sénégal je suis fier d'être peul
King Taharqa would be a great role for John Boyega, a movie about Taharqa's life, his adventures, his romance, and his battles in the 8th and 7th centuries BC.
King piye?
Yep, or maybe Mansa Musa.
@@MrMetro-mt5qv mansa mousa is so recent, I think taharqa will be more interesting than kanku mousa
@@MrMetro-mt5qv There's not enough information about Mansa Musa to make a movie about other than his wealth and his pilgrimage to Mecca, a movie about Taharqa would be a better choice since we have enough information about Taharqa's life, his battles against the Assyrians in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, his building projects, his romances, and his full 26 years long reign, also, Taharqa lived almost 3000 years ago, Mansa Musa is so recent and only lived in the 14th century, that's just 700 years ago, we should promote movies about Ancient African history first before Medieval African history.
@@horusba2620 Exactly, I rather watch movies based in ancient history before medieval.
I’m proud my great great great great grandmother is Ndaté Yalla Mbodji. Tukulor queen💪🏾
I read about ndate yalla she was the waalo queen whose elder sister ndyombot (njambot) married the trarza emir abibu in order to protect her kingdom.......honoured to see someone from that bloodline
Thank you for this knowledge about one of my ethnic groups!
Nice one again. Sure this is something I will learn a lot from
They only get us when we fighting among each other
Love to the Fulani brothers and sisters 👍Your Somali bro 👍
We and somalis are one people
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 lol not really but ok
@@panafrocanam2100 we look alike
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 somewhat however more in common other certain West African Muslim tribes brother. I'd say closest East resemblance is to Oromo tribe which has more variances.
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 😂 we are not one
Always providing well researched, educational and inspiring content. Thank you
Fula ancestry here (Toukulor) 🇬🇲 🇸🇳
My dad which is a Sawa(people in the coast of Cameroon near Douala) told me a story that some guy defend his village from German colonization they fought hard but they lost and my mom is also sawa
Am so proud of my tribe #love Fulani's
Where do you stay❤
What do you think might have happened had the Fulani and Mandinka united against France?
Is that what samory toure and almamy bokar Biro barry want but we the black people we hate each other that's the problem
Fulas hate the mandinkas because mandinkas naturally resist oppression and will not bow to no tribe.
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 i would not say that we hate each other naturally, but we are very easily manipulated into doing so by the divide and rule savy oppressors.
@@musamusashi but if all african people join together against the white we will won the war
@@mountzion3562 some of them hate each other but that's a stupidnest
I like that you added sources at the end. Hope you continue to do that
Yes that is the best.
We learn about this in school along with many other stories of resistance, at least in some former French colonies.
I'm a fulani from futajalon timbo from the seydiyanke royal family thanks for the video
Almamy bokar Biro barry grand father is the brother of the prince among the slave's
@ZARA Moreira oh that's very good are you a african american
@ZARA Moreira ok I love that I'm a fulani from futajalon guinea conakry i was born in the Gambia but I'm now in liberia
@ZARA Moreira yes we live in all over the world are you using Facebook or WhatsApp
@ZARA Moreira which name are you using
Great history, I am from one of the 9 initial towns that formed the theocratic kingdom of foutah djallon (kholade also known as kankalabe ) this town was the sanctuary of anyone fleeing or being pursecuted else where once they are in kholade they are free sort of early asylum seekers heaven proud to be from there.
American born and raised Fula of Guinea-Bissau. Thank you for the knowledge.
Another super interesting video, Narration is on point. As always
It's an Fulani General who betrayed the kingdom, and invite the French to help him take over the rulership
I didnt know till my 20's... my Gullah Geechee grand father showed me go,didi,ta, nai,joi... i never knew that was based on Fulani's number system😊
Probably from Sapelo or St. Simons island. The Spaulding plantation in Georgia. Same with my family. The overseers were Fulani. Salih Bilali and Bilal Mohammed.
Excellent job on the Fulani history... subscribed
I'm proud with my tribe Fulani
I'm from Nigeria
I am an FULANI THEMNE, from SIERRA LEONE N GUINEA
Can you also make a video of the Bakweri resistance to the Germans?
Thenk's I'm fulani from fouta djallon.
Fulani✊🏾
Proud Fulani!
My Home team !! I have missed you
I have a great respect for the Fulani ancestry but the children nowadays are something else around Africa. Sorry if you are offended.
They are ruining Nigeria
Africa is going to look like the confederate south in 20 yrs.
True, they're ruining Nigeria!
😳
@@micahudeh5929 how?
Fulani from Futa Toro
foarte bine explicate si bine documentate toate aceste evenimente ale Africii
I love history ..these is very interesting 👍🏻👍🏻
Am proud to be a Fulani
God bless Haj Umar foutiyou Tall
I’m African American with Fulani blood. I even look Fulani. A Fulani man named Mohammed gave me Shahada in New Jersey. What’s ironic is that Fulani probably sold most of my ancestors for not being Muslim and now I took Shahada from a Fulani. 🤷🏽
Being Fulani is a culture too you need to grow up in it and have at least one fully Fulani parent to be Fulani
Great 👍
Please find out also how the Fulani’s of Foutajallon freed there people from the tyrant ruler of the Kaabou empire is in present day Guinea Bissau
I often get mistaken for Fulani
fulani pride!!! 🇬🇳
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa
hausa/Fulani=Boko HARAM
An even semi United Africa (yes I know how unthinkably large &expansive Africa is) would've been able to not only withstand European colonisation efforts.. but crush them convincingly &drive them from the continent
But we had no clue the sheer scope of European trickery savagery &greed.. for if we had none of this would've come to pass.
I was born and raised in fouta
Masha Allah am proud to know that my Fulani ancestors were in control and today we still have that in our blood.
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa
hausa/Fulani=boko HARAM
BIAFRA must be set free
@@KnowThyself47 fulanis are worriors we conquer almost all of West Africa
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 And you think that's a good thing. That conquering nonsense destabilized the region, and left it ripe for outsiders to come in and take advantage. Be proud off your culture, but don't celebrate goofy behavior that has literally fukked over our lands and peoples for damn near 500 years now.
@@KnowThyself47 by that logic Biafra Being christians equates to caucasian collaborators.
Nice video! The links below "Resources" are not working for me. Do you have any suggestions?
Im fulani from guinea
id like to hear your take on whats going on in this country currently.
Respect
My grandma is 100% Fulani
What is your tribe
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 Im from Cape Verde but my father mother is from Senegal(Fulani tribe)
Ps: there is no tribes in Cape Verde
@@ITavares so you don't have fulanis in cape verde
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 i know i have Fulani blood I can’t speak for other people
Maybe some imigrantes from west coast of Africa in Cape Verde are Fulani,who knows?
@@ITavares do you have a Facebook account or WhatsApp
What's the song on 9:07 I like it ? :)
Does anyone know the name of the story about the female tribeswoman who led her tribe against t French soldiers till their leader lost his mind and they killed him??
What did you say at the beginning of the credits?
Forgive me. This one seems more wordy and less well visualized. Still good content. Thank you.
Could you do a video on Alboury N'Diaye? You should find this historical figure interesting
What's the chanting and drums song in your intro called??
Great 👍
Nice
Hello bro how did u know this story u perfectly true you're a fullah. God bless you
He's one of few true African historian..
that's my tribe
They are destroying Nigeria..
Ethnic group/nation not tribe
@@moustm4698 yes I know that at the same time it's still tribe
@@devonte7650 go look at the definition of tribe
Ethic group that causes nothing but trouble..
Proudly Fulani
What’s the intro music called 🔥
What that song in the background at 9:00
Fulanis were based mujahids
This makes me so mad. Why are they even over there ?
Great
yes
From 10:18 till 10:36 sounds u said they were selling them guns
The Fulani seem to be acting in the capacity of the French in today's Nigeria 🤦🏿♂️
What do you mean?
@@amadoudiallo8557 they're stealing Igbo and Yoruba sacred land
Agreed
Exactly.
True
Fulani 🐃🐂🐎🐐
They are many fulani kingdoms in Sénégal first futa toro bundu tekrur and guinea futa jalon and masina in mali fuladu in south of Sénégal.futa toro were thé first democratic state in thé world created by cerno suleiman ball
African people should have listened to my fulani people
In a nutshell, disunity contributed to downfall. The sad truth is that Africa is still disunited. Let’s us learn from our history.
Fulas also played a big part in destabilizing West Africa during their Jihad Business. So I doubt many were gonna listen to them.
@@thepsychologyofeverything2857 Fulanis don't consider themselves to be Black. the see themselves more related to Arabs
Not true at all. They considered themselves as black and proud Africans … yes with different features but extremely proud. We don’t give a f*** about white/Arabs
@@creativefantasybox2462 being fair in complexion does not make us less African.
If there's a black Genghis Khan, much would've been different........
We had many great rulers in both pre colonial and post colonial history, but we are always easy manipulated into division, jealousy and tribalism.
@@musamusashi I meant that if there's a black Khan, then the Arab and European colonization would be annihilated. Slavers would be mutilated, religion would be abolished, and razing their countries to the ground as a reminder that they would not be trifled with.
@S J Does Dahomey Amazon's rings any bells?
@S J Irrelevant. Look them up for yourself.
Many Diasporan Blacks have Fulani Muslim ancestry. The Fulani increased literacy on unprecedented levels in West Africa. Many of the Fulani claim descent directly back to the Black Arab Prophet Muhamad which is the case of the greatest of FULANI rulers: Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio founder of the last great African Empire: The SOKOTO KHALIPHATE!!!. The Fulani were enslaved as well as taking slaves from their enemies. Slavery exist among Muslim as well as as non-Muslims to this very day. The Blacks that were literate during the Judeo/Christian Trans-Atlantic Chattel Enslavement Era were only the Muslims. Their Arabic manuscripts are here with us today.
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa
Not many per se and it depends on region. Most are likely in Brazil and other Caribbean nations
lol you Dont even know what you‘re talking about. Literacy? What do you define as literacy? Knowing the Quran?
Prophet Mohamed ( SAW)was not black . We don't have to claim lies to make ourselves feel better about our ancestry.
@@Layla-zp4cn Until you expand your studies into the classical Arabic text then you will find for yourself how the early pure original Arabs described themselves. Mother Hajr r.a. was of Kemetic/Nubian descent.
The most common wicked tribe in Nigeria
Lmfao... dumb head statement
@@jallohsheikh388 not dumb. They literally ruining Nigeria
@@mindslayer8039 that's a stupid statement
They are ruining Nigerian
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa
hausa/Fulani=Boko HARAM
Merci bien. Black people should refused new name.. and our full history should be in any kindergarten before we can move forward not only in college....and do more research to find out where did we fail...how kind of individual they used as special spy...what was giving...teach us..please teach us...thank you very much...
Futa jalo.
Everybody talkin about the Fulani in the comments.. But I thought it was the Fulani-Hausa (Hausa peoples/kingdoms who were conquered by Fulani jihads) of northern-Nigeria causing many of the kidnappings. 🤔
Stop tribalism who declare war against the fulanis
They did as wel as fulani in other areas, they invaded so many African tribes all because of islam shame on them
Allahu akbar Somalian Holy war in west Africa againest the French colony of Central & West Africa Regions or Counties
They were Moors
Never
Lol look at the sign language. Probably effeminate
Where did you learn that history
@@almamybokarbirobarry780 if youre fellow tribes are in Mauritania then you are and don't let the European lie to you.
@@factsoverfeelings815 no fulanis are from Adam and Eve period
The French were not as persistent as The Portuguese, Spanish, Italians, British, Belgians, Germans, Dutch, Danish, And other powers yeah
What does this nonsensical comment do but to make you look like you don't know of what you speak?
Haha! They and the British were the most persistent.
Please they were probably the most persistent, don’t forget how they got embarrassed in Haiti plz
@@RileyFreeman_ precisely
Fulas/Peuls were some of the least resistant peoples in africa, they adopted almost every external powers and religions.
Exactly, they even betrayed the Mali Empire when they wanted to retake Timbuktu
Fulani hasn't gotten country of their own so how come the French got them in a large groups for colony ??
Do you research before u speak.plz because u don't know ur history
Guinea 40 percent Fula
If the Fulani’s in Nigeria keeps up with the bs they on right now? Their end is near
Go to Nigeria and finish the job then, tough guy.
@@stillwaters5134 your end is near
Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa
@@hayeslloyd4002
Internet warrior. Your ilk don't have the capability or the gall to do anything in Nigeria or anywhere else. Be careful with your threats, or it will strike you back ten fold.
Loser.
@@stillwaters5134 your end is near
Fulanis are not Africans. Somalis too and the Tutsi.
Is that so? What are they?
so what are we? white ?
the most illogical thing I read today
What's the name if the sound track at the starting of the video.