Diamonds, Gold and Greed - History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 18]

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  • In this episode, Zeinab Badawi travels to South Africa and Zimbabwe and sees how southern Africans gradually came to grasp the destruction and suffering that would be inflicted upon them by white settlers. We find out how the original inhabitants of the Cape tried to resist white settlers and the cruel reprisals they endured. We hear about the story of Shaka, King of the Zulus from a descendant of his family and how he helped reshape the map of modern southern Africa as well as the heroic battles of Shaka’s successors against those intent on seizing their riches and land: the greed for diamonds, gold and other resources that impoverished Africans and enriched white settlers, likes Cecil Rhodes.
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  • @jon_s
    @jon_s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The Brits are back to teach us the history of Africa. God Help Us All

    • @jon_s
      @jon_s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Cape Coloured "Muslims" competing with Europeans on who was first to brainwash Africans is notthing to be proud of. At least Africans don't see "Muslims" (Arabs) as imperialists and it's better to keep it that way

    • @jon_s
      @jon_s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Cape Coloured The Nubian Kingdoms were the earliest recorded African civilization dating back to 2,800 BC and they were neck and neck with Egypt before the great catastrophe. After the natural disaster, humanity made a promise to the God of Nature that they will not engage in the level of "advancement" that caused the clash between man and nature which shook the earth, rose the seas and divided the lands. Africans abandoned Nubia and moved out for pro-nature lifestyles. The Assybinians moved east and the Bantu tribes moved south, formed smaller kingdoms and prohibited technology. They told the story of the catastrophe to thier next generations to keep the wisdom of respecting and protecting nature for many centuries. We also have those stories in my language. Everything was going well for Africa and its moral consciousness... And then the so-called "Muslims" came with their own different ideas and assumptions that their ways should be followed by others. And then the all-knowing muzungu "Christians" also arrived with their brand of stupidity which they call "civilization and advancement". Are you sure you want to claim credit for the "Muslims" for enslaving Africans?

    • @jon_s
      @jon_s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Cape Coloured You have some points to tackle here. First of All, the great catastrophe happened all across the world as a result of global technological advancement. I didn't say only Africans caused it and I didn't say it happened only in Africa. In fact, the effect was less in Africa than the wider globe because we made a covenant with the creator to let us go back to "the garden", respect nature and live among it rather than against it. As a result, our ancestors were allowed time to leave the latitude stretch of civilization before it was hit with massive sand and drought (according to our local stories). We didn't have asteroids crashing into our lands, most of our animal and plant species were spared in the rest of Africa, unlike other parts of the world where almost everything was wiped out by the great flood, earth quakes. But it's only Africans and other native tribes across the world that learned from that disaster and evolved their cultures on a path to never repeat the mistakes of Man vs Nature. However, Abrahamic cultures and religions (including Arabs and Muzungus) have been unfortunately too ignorant to get the message thus circling us right back to the same "progress" and "advancement" that put the world in a mess. Good luck with that.
      Speaking of slavery, using the excuse of people possibly doing something bad to each other to justify doing it to them is not a smart one. For example, Arabs killed each other a lot back in the day. Does that mean Africans had the right to move in and kill them some more? What's immoral is immoral and there's no context or logic that justifies it. Period. The funny thing about slavery is that Abrahamic religions like Islam and Christianity justify it, unlike African ancestoral native religions which forbid it. Yes, the same African religions you'd be quick to demonize. Another element of slavery which Africans feel bitter about is the racism-induced brutal maltreatments and dehumanization which would not have existed in the context of African enslavement of African. I could give you 100 more points on this but it's not worth it. All I'm saying is that you should not be proud of what "Muslims" did in Africa centuries ago

  • @plizwekup5231
    @plizwekup5231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    If a thief comes to my home and forcefully grabs my land that is rightfully mine, I would not refer to them as a settler.

    • @goodafy
      @goodafy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Be bold and call them something 'armed robber' or 'thief' or 'chancer'....

    • @justinamusyoka4986
      @justinamusyoka4986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Simon CM what does that mean ?

    • @Cl0ckcl0ck
      @Cl0ckcl0ck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All humans originated in Africa. What makes you think Africans have a greater claim on it? Those Europeans just returned home.

    • @aobakwemhele6613
      @aobakwemhele6613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Exactly, then they act all surprised with the "land expropriation without compensation" act. We just want what's rightfully ours, nothing more.

    • @gertrudekamyaothieno7934
      @gertrudekamyaothieno7934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Cl0ckcl0ck Well they will need visas to return to Africa, the irony of life. Why do we need visas to go to 'no man's land'?

  • @annettaliverpool2315
    @annettaliverpool2315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The love of money, along with greed was and will always be the root of all evil.

  • @socialroi2673
    @socialroi2673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    Why is there is no mention of the Queen's involvement in this thievery, The biggest diamond in the world, stolen from Kimberly, sits today in the Queen's helmet, the crown jewels.

    • @danielmontingwenya7077
      @danielmontingwenya7077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      The queen! Whose queen? That woman refused to me the Ndebele entourage send to see her. She knew that her friends were reaping Zimbabwe. She is a racist and evil

    • @fasiistyrer
      @fasiistyrer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Do you mean the diamond from India? This is a documentary about Africa.

    • @socialroi2673
      @socialroi2673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@fasiistyrer no diamond from the Kimberly mines, South Africa.

    • @jon_s
      @jon_s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      What did you expect from a BBC documentary? Of course "the Dutch" were the cruel imperialists while the Brits came to save the Africans :D

    • @aobakwemhele6613
      @aobakwemhele6613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jon_s lol, the brits where clever in their thinking. The afrikaners moved inland to escape the brits but after years of war, the brits made South Africa one country so that they also can exploit the country's rich mineral reserves which was found largely by the afrikaner people( South Africa by that time was under British rule).The British have a bad reputation here in SA.

  • @yahkibenyehuda4255
    @yahkibenyehuda4255 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Greed, jealous have been our greatest weaknesses! Let your enemy be your enemy, never try to love an enemy.

    • @iaintmadatcha
      @iaintmadatcha ปีที่แล้ว +2

      NEVER !!!!

    • @retirementtoafrica
      @retirementtoafrica ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for that I will remember that one

    • @purplebutterflykisses8004
      @purplebutterflykisses8004 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Yahki Ben Yehuda I love your comment. I know that hate is a strong word but I must honestly say that I hate them 👨‍🦳 devils 👿 They are greedy jealous demons, but I do know one thing is for sure not all of them are racist.

    • @abdallahobeidibrahim6299
      @abdallahobeidibrahim6299 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much

    • @sandiso7596
      @sandiso7596 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly 💯 💯 💯

  • @Refilwe_Fifi
    @Refilwe_Fifi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    This History of Africa series by the BBC has been nothing short of perfection!

    • @billmwika7428
      @billmwika7428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Simon CM Exactly! They need to do one on Simone Kimbangu they don't want people to know about the righteous one

    • @nubylwilliams4390
      @nubylwilliams4390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I came across it by accident and I can not stop watching it I have learned so much

    • @ikpoegee
      @ikpoegee ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@billmwika7428 Why can't you do that one for us to see instead of blaming others for your inactions. You should be the person to tell us the story of your own people.

    • @fortula.tichwagoramuog8784
      @fortula.tichwagoramuog8784 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too many untold parts of history especially Zimbabwe and Mozambique,spreading alway up and across the African continent.Very dilute content.Not surprising that a lot was ommited to suit BBC which has been a media mouthpiece for the world's greediest,selfish,ruthless thieves and murderers!!!

  • @TomRivieremusic
    @TomRivieremusic ปีที่แล้ว +42

    " There is no greater misfortune than greed." - Lao Tzu

    • @AM-cg2sg
      @AM-cg2sg ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't worry British have the market cornered on that. The rest of us can be saved

  • @mimig7737
    @mimig7737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    African people too nice and trusting .

    • @sophiemclarke6556
      @sophiemclarke6556 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stupid and gulable more likely. They still trust the setters to date. They are still losing there land to European to date. They need to protect there land.

  • @unbotheredpersona9066
    @unbotheredpersona9066 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    These are the stories the BBC should be sharing about Africa. Tell of African history, indulge your audience in the facts and stories from Africans on one of the most underreported segments of the African story. Its History, hopefully you can visit Zanzibar, Mvita, Lamu and other routes of the great Indian ocean trade before the creation of the Suez canal. This is a story worth sharing

    • @joehobo8868
      @joehobo8868 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is no one to blame but the Black Africans. White Europeans were just coming out of the Dark Ages when they discovered Africa. The Africans never had a Dark Age because the Roman Catholic Church never started one there. The White people began building printing presses to educate all our people while the Black people choose to ignore education. Even without the a Dark period in their history they refused to build printing presses with their long head start. They are the prefect example of what happens to those who procrastinate.

    • @AdamWood-dx7xm
      @AdamWood-dx7xm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@joehobo8868”The black people choose to ignore education.” that is a wholly unnecessary and fallacious statement regarding pre-colonial African history.
      Africans were like most civilizations, students were trained by more experience individuals within the society and passed on skills like farming, animal husbandry, weaving, pottery, metallurgy, religious preaching, and architecture.
      Just because they didn’t manifest a printing press before everyone else, does not mean there was not any drive to develop. They still created written scripts, and wrote books, and constructed libraries in West Africa.
      They still took the time to create cities and towns, rationalize the necessity for stratified positions of leadership, and assess the value of trade routes and commercial goods.

  • @risingsun82
    @risingsun82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    SA my country. I've travel to all continent. South African has the spiritual energy. Not found elsewhere

    • @madefromabove8662
      @madefromabove8662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is because SA is our real holy land. Thats why the lack of melanin in many of the holy sites. We must learn. The colonizers have truly lied to and blinded us.

    • @theonly6359
      @theonly6359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      True

  • @abirmef9510
    @abirmef9510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Bless Africa 💞

    • @shakkay.3899
      @shakkay.3899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chief Buthelezi should be ashamed of himself. He was as much as a traitor to his people as was those that overthrew the Zulu empire.

  • @peanutdudeboiledpeanuts971
    @peanutdudeboiledpeanuts971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The BBC skipped over the “British” part.
    Control the information, control the people.
    Study:
    Plato Allegory of the Cave.

  • @markpeter4304
    @markpeter4304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Although this is part of African history buried and finally coming to light a part of Me believe a lot is still being withheld simply by the Sponsor the B . B. C

    • @PoleZ7
      @PoleZ7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree.

  • @beautifullymelanatedburkin2714
    @beautifullymelanatedburkin2714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    What my people been through is heart breaking!

    • @johnlamb3101
      @johnlamb3101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Your people were civilised by the settlers. How would you be able to live in the modern world of today, if you still embraced presettler customs?

    • @beautifullymelanatedburkin2714
      @beautifullymelanatedburkin2714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@johnlamb3101 if you made this comment just to argue with someone or try to be funny, you replied to the wrong comment. Have a nice day low minded comments get no reply from me!

    • @carolinekamya2339
      @carolinekamya2339 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnlamb3101 😂😂😂😂

    • @gigigiseleworld
      @gigigiseleworld ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Circulate a petition for Reparations in your country. Circulate a petition to have the stolen Diamonds and Artifact's removed from the British museum. The King 👑 of Belgium has returned the stolen artifact's back to the Congo.

    • @chieduoranyelu5423
      @chieduoranyelu5423 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnlamb3101 What makes think or feel that Life for Africans would have remained stagnant, that we would not have progressed beyond where the settlers and or thieves interrupted us; did not your fathers exit the caves at some point and went on from there?
      You steal a baby from his mother, and years later you claim that the baby would never have grown, he would have remained a baby to date, if you didn't steal him.

  • @angel70678
    @angel70678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The greatest tragedy of all time. The trans African slave trade, colonialism, the massacre of the Zulu Tribe. It goes on and on and on...and still going on..so painful but necessary to learn.

    • @chesterjade7630
      @chesterjade7630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In 2021 the racist white supremacy ideologies continue. Now, it was enabled by the President of the United States of America Donald Trump.

    • @gigigiseleworld
      @gigigiseleworld ปีที่แล้ว

      Now time for Reparations 🔥 Circulate the petition to have the stolen Diamonds and Artifact's removed from the British museum. King of Belgium has returned the stolen artifact's from Congo. Lame excuse apologies. Pay up White Supremacists. ⚫🖤🤎♥️🪶💛✊

    • @chieduoranyelu5423
      @chieduoranyelu5423 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Learning them MUST be followed by Action(s) to Not only Correct but also to Rectify the ever lingering and continued damages and destructions.

    • @crespoopserc
      @crespoopserc ปีที่แล้ว

      Define the word trans?

    • @louise-yo7kz
      @louise-yo7kz ปีที่แล้ว

      We (African people) need to continually resist. One important tactic is UNIFICATION of all African people. Put differences aside

  • @yankhofreemansomanje6433
    @yankhofreemansomanje6433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    this has been one of the toughest episodes to watch apart from the ones on slave trade. As an African, it is a reminder of how we have been robbed and brutalized for centuries in one form or another. It is gut wrenching

    • @kevaughncampbell7343
      @kevaughncampbell7343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And It still left its mark on us as a people

    • @mariposamarshall9773
      @mariposamarshall9773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What is more gut wrenching and painful is when African rulers kill and exploit there own people-( Amin , Mobutu, Shaka Zulu's assasinatiin by his brother etc.)

    • @cjels5400
      @cjels5400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Africans should have traded in al the riches , not sit on it and wait for someone else to come and develop mines etc…

    • @abdiomarimohamed6626
      @abdiomarimohamed6626 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mariposamarshall9773 Untill today, we wrenching on each other, what is xonophobia i SA, killing African migrants and the white are enjoyning the scene, sad!!

    • @afuayeboah9149
      @afuayeboah9149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, it’s gut wrenching but we are still standing and it tells you how resilient we are as a people. We shouldn’t let our past define us.

  • @spykespark8477
    @spykespark8477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Thanks BBC once again for telling every body story. When people see or hear South Africans asking for their land and the white South Africans to be compensate. They will understand where there coming from.

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    @masonnoah8306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

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  • @eleanorayebare1406
    @eleanorayebare1406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Our fore fathers really fought hard for what they believed.

    • @danielmontingwenya7077
      @danielmontingwenya7077 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      History will end their battles. The Chinese must ask the Asians what Am in did. Not that we celebrate it but you do not colonize a people and control their strategic points

    • @childofGodsKingdom
      @childofGodsKingdom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Depends on what side you're referring to. The "settlers" really were thieves and murderers. Taking and controlling what belonged to another. As the saying goes alls fair in love n war. In the end your soul will have to give account fir every deed. Eternity is way longer than this short life span we're given. We must Repent and turn back to God.

    • @cheikhgueye1223
      @cheikhgueye1223 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Africans always been welcoming people they never imagined people can be so devilish,hypocrite and so heartless like the Europeans was to them.

  • @theinformerhub2610
    @theinformerhub2610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    What Africans underwent can never be forgotten or forgiven without reparations...it's truly tragic that a man can subdue another man to levels beyond any spec of human dignity and decency...

    • @nemz7505
      @nemz7505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Are Germans today responsible for what happened to the Jews in 1940? think about that....

    • @justbusiness01
      @justbusiness01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Reparations would only be a good start. I would want back all the money they’ve stolen

    • @justbusiness01
      @justbusiness01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Jo Smotherman Africans were the only ones in chattel slavery. Look it up. The only ones who have been decimated in the millions. And they only ones who still experience anti black racism to this day. Just look at your comments for an example.

    • @sayitloudblcknproud
      @sayitloudblcknproud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@nemz7505 No, they aren't, but the government of Germany gave reparations to Holocaust survivors. The US government gave nothing to former slaves. In fact, they had a plan to provide 40 acres and a mule, but did not follow through with that plan.

    • @sayitloudblcknproud
      @sayitloudblcknproud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Jo Smotherman Do you truly believe that?

  • @manestrengthandcourage7121
    @manestrengthandcourage7121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Imagine African story told by BBC 🤔🤔🤔 , I doubt authenticity

    • @imadaughterofzion5115
      @imadaughterofzion5115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just be glad that they open the comment section. You’re only going to get so much with these ppl

    • @lovefancy
      @lovefancy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s actually a great deal of authenticity. At least according my knowledge as a young SA Xhosa male

    • @bongsmasuku
      @bongsmasuku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, you may doubt the authenticity but most of these are told by Africans themselves. She interviews them and they tell the stories. You may probably say, she asks about what she read from the history told by the Europeans. It can be difficult of you don't have any background to guide the conversation. All she tried is get is to get truth from what she knew. Yes, a lot may be left behind. This is for Africans to lead those conversations and tell the stories from they know. We cannot always rely on others to tell our stories and then criticize their authenticity.

  • @sophiemclarke6556
    @sophiemclarke6556 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shaka Zulu the greatest African king ever.

    • @makeytgreatagain6256
      @makeytgreatagain6256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No he’s not you know nothing of africa if you think he’s the greatest

    • @sophiemclarke6556
      @sophiemclarke6556 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@makeytgreatagain6256 I said what I said..

    • @makeytgreatagain6256
      @makeytgreatagain6256 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sophiemclarke6556 then keep your mouth shut you know nothing he isn’t even in the top 10 best

  • @mo-jodibs9566
    @mo-jodibs9566 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You will never get the true history of Africa from the BBC.

  • @euvenniaacosta-kiessling5725
    @euvenniaacosta-kiessling5725 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was in South Africa and have reads several books, but this film enriched me more. Tahnk you.

  • @matthewbwanga395
    @matthewbwanga395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    LONG LIVE OUR DAUGHTER AND SISTER ZEINAB BADAWI! Thank you very much.

  • @Sue_Leite.
    @Sue_Leite. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Thank you for featuring Cape Town history etc. Been binge watching every episode and just learning so much that I never knew about Africa as a whole.

    • @Sue_Leite.
      @Sue_Leite. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Cape Coloured I agree with you, but if they had to go into detail, the entire episode or series would then end up focusing on Cape Malay history. Alot must've been edited. I could be wrong in assuming so🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @lissarodrigues8950
      @lissarodrigues8950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      We migrated to America looking for riches when our own continent is Rich. 🙏 God bless us!

    • @francoiswilliams
      @francoiswilliams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Welkom

    • @Moneyman077
      @Moneyman077 ปีที่แล้ว

      We have to go back!

    • @courtneyrowe489
      @courtneyrowe489 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't believe that AFRICANS, don't even know their history 😳, I'm Jamaican, and we all know this, unbelievable, man

  • @knowledgeispower5882
    @knowledgeispower5882 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    May the spirit of our ancestors Rest In Peace ❤️🌹💫💯 thanks for the blood and tear’s and sacrifices for our peoples 💯🫡❤️💫

  • @lameekgod5341
    @lameekgod5341 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Africa Must Take the Lands back without compensation

  • @lynnhaynes7715
    @lynnhaynes7715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Fantastic series. Thoroughly enjoyed. Lots of incredible information. As someone living in Bdos...think this series should be shown in all schools here !! To presenter...I'm in awe. Phenomenal job.

  • @msoda8516
    @msoda8516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have been using this to teach my kids during Covid distance learning to teach my kids about Africa and it’s wonderful history and future

    • @danielmontingwenya7077
      @danielmontingwenya7077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not that we celebrate the deaths of other people but they thought thebwhole of Africa was going to be wiped out. They forgot that YHWH is On the side of the oppressed. Read the Bible and you will see that all what is portrayed in the Bible is directly a black or African.

    • @AndrewArminRyan
      @AndrewArminRyan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What future?
      It’s in China’s hands now, the future of humanity is in China’s hands.

  • @Kozmiknomadiko
    @Kozmiknomadiko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I wish they had also covered the Basotho kingdom, as well as the kingdom of Swaziland. King Moshoeshoe was on the same level as Shaka yet nobody knows much about him. The Basothos were the first Africans in the south to perfect the use of rifle weaponry, they brewed their own gunpowder, and they were expert horsemen.

    • @childofGodsKingdom
      @childofGodsKingdom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Why don't you go a documentary on it. Open a TH-cam channel. Get your info together, illustrations, narrator and do it. Don't wait for someone else to do it when you know all about it. I encourage you, do it for the people. You will benefit from it as well. God bless you.

    • @emmru7073
      @emmru7073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@childofGodsKingdom you're right.
      peace& love from east Africa.

    • @emmru7073
      @emmru7073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I encourage you too tell this to more than three people who liked this . write a book, a short film,.... anything!
      -love ,from Rwanda

    • @Kozmiknomadiko
      @Kozmiknomadiko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@emmru7073 I'm currently writing a novel about the history of 19th century southern African politics and ways of life. Historical fiction piece. You all encouraged me to go further on this. Thank you

    • @chiomajosef8439
      @chiomajosef8439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I learned about him in the history class. Do you know about the Kololo people?

  • @essybabyj6141
    @essybabyj6141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Proud tribe...Zulu, proud hero, Shaka.

  • @anyhootyepo654
    @anyhootyepo654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Lord have mercy, there's got be a day of reckoning! There's got to be a day....
    I can only imagine if none of these takeovers would have not occurred in Africa and America, we would be much further ahead! It makes one wonder, why?

    • @nauticdixons
      @nauticdixons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Of course we would be way more ahead! The only reason they're ahead by the way is the free labor of Africans they enjoyed for hundreds of years. Its not even a comparison.

    • @irontribeissues9104
      @irontribeissues9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nauticdixons do not forget the land stolen by successful genocides of indigenous natives. Everyone today feeling so entitled to our land as their right and giving lip service only to the clearing of our millions from OUR land as a business model.

    • @beautifullymelanatedburkin2714
      @beautifullymelanatedburkin2714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I ask myself the same question!

    • @ryanmcjordan1914
      @ryanmcjordan1914 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Read black roots n you will know why

    • @chrisapperley2616
      @chrisapperley2616 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then why was Africa not ahead before the europeans got there? You make no sense …I’ve read some books English writers from the past and they do not hate Africa if anything they admire.

  • @adeolaadebiyi7618
    @adeolaadebiyi7618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can’t watch this anymore...the injustice is too much

    • @jessicawiley3136
      @jessicawiley3136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???

  • @LeeKemp
    @LeeKemp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    What an amazing, educational and important body of work. I'm thoroughly enjoying this series and applaud Zeinab Badawi for her excellent work.

    • @francoiswilliams
      @francoiswilliams 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nie juis briljant hi er so nie

    • @LeeKemp
      @LeeKemp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@francoiswilliams translate to English

  • @thomashudsan2103
    @thomashudsan2103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Beautiful country and rich culture , a nice people.

  • @mariposamarshall9773
    @mariposamarshall9773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Have any lawsuits been filed against Debeers and Cecil Rhoades' descendents for reparations/ financial restitution?

  • @MenteLiberta1980
    @MenteLiberta1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Take the land back !!

    • @evetats235
      @evetats235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We did in Zim and no other African country stood with us (esp SADC) so now look at us? Those sanctions can cripple a landlocked country. Apparently our puppet leader is giving our land back to the coloniser quietly and below the radar - so what has my generation suffered for if we are just going to end up in the same boat we were in before (or worse)?

    • @mkeegan753
      @mkeegan753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@evetats235 You got the land back, but had no idea what to do with it...so your economy suffered. You see, the colonisers bring wealth and opportunity, if you destroy that, you lose it.

    • @evetats235
      @evetats235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mkeegan753 since no respect is due, just shut up about things you know nothing about. Honestly, why am I even engaging such an ignoramus. I surely won’t be doing so going forward. And stop stalking me around TH-cam troll.

  • @vibratehigher2441
    @vibratehigher2441 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks

  • @ilovemylife5
    @ilovemylife5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I cannot express my gratitude enough for these History of Africa episodes. A worldwide debt is owed for these. An education the world direly needs. And all free for us to get such an education.

  • @naomichareka790
    @naomichareka790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Very informative and well presented documentary. Well done Zeinab and team!

    • @OLDIRTYPRIEST
      @OLDIRTYPRIEST 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She does not let the people speak she takes over the response she does it repeatedly she is not a good interviewer. Let the people speak and tell the story

    • @caiskpopshow5346
      @caiskpopshow5346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@OLDIRTYPRIEST Her job isn't being an interviewer her Job is to tell a story which she does so-

  • @osmanyussuf7069
    @osmanyussuf7069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Zeynab you're a legend you uncovered the hidden storyline for the shameful colonial greed and the scramble of africa

    • @joanflemmingkendrick1107
      @joanflemmingkendrick1107 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is still a form of colonialism. There is still a scramble for Africa, this time it includes the Chinese who want to completely take over, for all of the resources, especially Colton, whichis needed for technology. Ie phones, electric cars etc. The insatiable greed has intensified. It is just covert.

  • @margyiphillips4931
    @margyiphillips4931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Zeinab, thank you for this story. African names are so powerful to the ears. I appreciate mine. I need to go by the name more than the English name.....sigh.

    • @listenup2882
      @listenup2882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We need to drop those European names altogether! Not just personal names but place names as well.

  • @davidjohnson7555
    @davidjohnson7555 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    who remembers the film (ZULU)..........

  • @michaelochido3244
    @michaelochido3244 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    from Kenya..I have read a lot on South African history but it is still painful to watch such informative videos.i am hoping to read the book ...The Covenant ...by James Michener but I am hesitant due to Africas painful colonial history!

    • @slimpickens01
      @slimpickens01 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At this point in my life I am highly skeptical about learning history from Europeans telling African stories and histories.

    • @pj7555
      @pj7555 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good reading, although still a novel Michener always researched thoroughly and tried to write without bias

    • @lioneljaftha3473
      @lioneljaftha3473 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read The Covenant when it was stilled banned by the Fascist South African Apartheid Regime. It should be a must read for all South Africans but Critical Race Theory is anathema amongst those who seek to hide the evils of their ancestors.

  • @rm26367
    @rm26367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This a beautiful presented documentary about SA.
    This is a great intro to Africans in general, but to those of African decent born outside Africa in particularly. African is a beautiful a rich content. Thank you!

  • @davidzulu8730
    @davidzulu8730 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Painful as it is to watch, we still must see these documentaries.

  • @adeolaadebiyi7618
    @adeolaadebiyi7618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can’t watch anymore I am pained!

  • @andjelkozlotvor
    @andjelkozlotvor ปีที่แล้ว +8

    43:12 "The late 19th century was really a terrible time for many African peoples engaging with the Europeans who had now decided to move onto the continent and take it over by force."
    How are you going to take over someone's house, treasure, land or continent if not by force?

    • @markanthony3275
      @markanthony3275 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well look on the bright side...at least with the colonizers, African tribes had to stop butchering stealing and enslaving each other. I guess that's one good thing eh?

  • @awmmboy_
    @awmmboy_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The universe will avenge the many atrocities committed on our ppl. Step back

    • @MJ-hg1mk
      @MJ-hg1mk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please! Wait for it.

    • @awmmboy_
      @awmmboy_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MJ-hg1mk please. Check the status of the Dump

    • @chieduoranyelu5423
      @chieduoranyelu5423 ปีที่แล้ว

      But you are the Universe.
      No thing can nor should free man from man but man.

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have seen this series before. I thought this was well done.❤️

  • @nomazizizembe8662
    @nomazizizembe8662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watching from cape town as a capetonian

  • @anyhootyepo654
    @anyhootyepo654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Give it back! Make it right!

  • @bakaniemlalazie4458
    @bakaniemlalazie4458 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    powerful teaching . thanks keep up . the struggle continues

  • @Barnaby_bo
    @Barnaby_bo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best BBC series I've watched since I cancelled my licence.

  • @KylianTeam
    @KylianTeam ปีที่แล้ว

    Africa is in my heart god bless africa god blless cameroon

  • @carolynwhite5516
    @carolynwhite5516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love ❤️ from the beginning of our civilization in Egypt @ every series after thanks so very much 💜

    • @jessicawiley3136
      @jessicawiley3136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?!!!

  • @Lemlem7682
    @Lemlem7682 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love Shaka Zulu and the history of the Shaka, and in the '80s, the' Shaka Zulu' movie came out in the US, and the African-American used to call us Shaka Zulu even though we are Ethiopians!

    • @burnesewilliams2282
      @burnesewilliams2282 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are Ethiopian a sister of the soil! Shaka Zulu or the Zulus are your brothers and sisters!

    • @nomazizizembe8662
      @nomazizizembe8662 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We all.african the Bantu people

    • @Lemlem7682
      @Lemlem7682 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @burnesewilliams2282 Yes, we're brother and sisters ❤️

  • @richardjuukovsky141
    @richardjuukovsky141 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic work. Peace and love

  • @mybit7470
    @mybit7470 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any kingdom divided against itself can never stand! When will we accept that we all can't be the leader? Looks like fighting to be leader is one of the strongest characteristics of the people of Africa and their descendants!

  • @watsarob
    @watsarob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    history..👌🏾

  • @williampinney2590
    @williampinney2590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks you for sharing this history of Africa. Learning so much about slavery from the perspective of Africans being enslaved. Thank you.

    • @jessicawiley3136
      @jessicawiley3136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???

    • @williampinney2590
      @williampinney2590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jessicawiley3136 I don’t thinks so, must be related to the history of Africa series.

    • @jessicawiley3136
      @jessicawiley3136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh... I'm Jessica Wiley from Palm 🌴🥥 Beach 🏖️⛱️ Gardens 🇺🇲 Florida, I am a professional market analysis and expert binary trader 📈

  • @pauljubilee9749
    @pauljubilee9749 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AFRICANS LET'S UNITE QUICKLY

    • @joehobo8868
      @joehobo8868 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no one to blame but the Black Africans. White Europeans were just coming out of the Dark Ages when they discovered Africa. The Africans never had a Dark Age because the Roman Catholic Church never started one there. The White people began building printing presses to educate all there people while the Black people choose to ignore education. Even without the a Dark period in their history they refused to build printing presses with their long head start. They are the prefect example of what happens to those who procrastinate.

  • @GK-qt6vh
    @GK-qt6vh ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome History!

  • @andreyhooper3865
    @andreyhooper3865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now I'm confused... What Law(s) am I to pretend to follow? I'll wait...
    Obviously affected by reliving these so called events yet living Still strong for my ancestors today. The fight isn't over!

  • @greatnilemedjaywarrior3155
    @greatnilemedjaywarrior3155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hope she do Video Documentaries on King Menilik II the Ethiopia earlier Wars I'm learning so much about Afroca Africa

    • @Lemlem7682
      @Lemlem7682 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ethiopian people new what was the white man coming for and they did not buy the LIE. And because of that we were born and raised free Ethiopians and I thank God for that.

  • @buffybutler220
    @buffybutler220 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very powerful information....

  • @marctankam1167
    @marctankam1167 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank u.

  • @frederickjonesel1942
    @frederickjonesel1942 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys did an excellent job on this. One Love to South Africa from the United States.

  • @trj1442
    @trj1442 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another excellent episode. Thankyou.

  • @Marmite695
    @Marmite695 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Welcome to my continent!

  • @KEVDJANGO
    @KEVDJANGO ปีที่แล้ว

    Most succinct documentary I've encountered

  • @annortetteh2288
    @annortetteh2288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This documentaries are really helpful. A visual insights into all Africa and adding to the theories taught in my primary and secondary school.
    Labone Senior High School, Accra -Ghana

    • @phodisophatshwane3711
      @phodisophatshwane3711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Labone nice name. In Setswana, Labone means 'the forth', bone is 'four', 'Thursday' is called Labone, to mean the fourth day of the week.

  • @alinebaruchi1936
    @alinebaruchi1936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    O conteúdo não é tão inteligente quanto mídia independente
    Mas o audiovisual é realmente impressionante
    A voz, a sequência, as imagens, a música
    É muito bom

    • @thurgooddukes7381
      @thurgooddukes7381 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe you can provide better "content ". Gtfoh

  • @TheCleaners63
    @TheCleaners63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I get to excited when I hear the intro music,,,,, less go I’m always tuned in 🦾🏁

  • @joysolutionsvideoblog2018
    @joysolutionsvideoblog2018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Am now on episode 18👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️

    • @jessicawiley3136
      @jessicawiley3136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?!!!

  • @joysolutionsvideoblog2018
    @joysolutionsvideoblog2018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best series on Africa ever!!!!!

  • @RoninGray
    @RoninGray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Makes me want to back and visit South Africa again. Cool show

    • @annortetteh2288
      @annortetteh2288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Warmly welcome home.

    • @lissarodrigues8950
      @lissarodrigues8950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me to. It should be open to all African decents in general.🙏❤️✌️🌍👪.

    • @The_Black_Anarchist
      @The_Black_Anarchist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You don't belong in Africa colonizer.

    • @RoninGray
      @RoninGray 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@The_Black_Anarchist You seem to have much to learn. When I return we will meet in person.

    • @The_Black_Anarchist
      @The_Black_Anarchist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RoninGray Go back to your cave.

  • @dianaatsem7724
    @dianaatsem7724 ปีที่แล้ว

    The video is interesting and I love it so much it is undeserved

  • @kevineboso5671
    @kevineboso5671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good work madam, so sad

  • @akinyiokeyo4618
    @akinyiokeyo4618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Zewadi,did they let you do a feature on the war/conflict between the Dutch and the British?

  • @steveandere1069
    @steveandere1069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    whats with the subtitles i can hear him speaK fluent english even better than hers?????

    • @gathenyakamau3444
      @gathenyakamau3444 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tell you!!! Very annoying when they keep putting subtitles when we can clearly understand! Anyways it's about time pple got used to the different dialects that exist, argh, these Westerners have to show authority even when it's our own history!!!

  • @justinamusyoka4986
    @justinamusyoka4986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @donnamckay973
    @donnamckay973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow

  • @carlahansen4000
    @carlahansen4000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As in previous episodes.. the narrator is giving an exact history of the rape of African people and their lands....

  • @greatnilemedjaywarrior3155
    @greatnilemedjaywarrior3155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great Make More of these Documentaries Videos about Afroca History Please Please Please it's so so so much the world doesn't know about Afroca History Real Afrocan History Afroca is Growing

  • @dominicsoore8967
    @dominicsoore8967 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Africa
    Africa will rediscover herself, no lie can live forever says Martin Luther King

  • @erikafire8
    @erikafire8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent review!! Thank you!!

  • @Cat-ik1wo
    @Cat-ik1wo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A feast for the soul. For those who have only had seen or glimpsed so little, and think they know. Then you get this series. The richness, the depth and width of the story of the history is as complex and as big as the African continent itself. Everyone only knows or carries a small piece of the puzzle, but the picture is quite colorful and magnanimous.

  • @wilsonmacharia9568
    @wilsonmacharia9568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love zeinabs documentaries you can’t help but watch and listen keenly! Keep it coming our sister

  • @curlzczringa
    @curlzczringa ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And even i who belong to the shona will attest to the truest reflection of history that indeed King Lobengula was no sell out. we honour him although he routed our lands yet he unified our people. he was active in the most unfortunate and tragic episodes of history, the epoch of the convergence of millitary adventurism and nationalism. those who misrepresent Lobengula do so out of tribal prejudice and political skuldugery

  • @curlzczringa
    @curlzczringa ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why then are we who are native to Zimbabwe punished for daring to take back our lands....?

  • @franciscosavedrafrank
    @franciscosavedrafrank 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Zeinab keep doing 👍🏻

  • @yeboah2890
    @yeboah2890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Now our story is being told properly.
    Huh, "at long last the battle has ended"

    • @danielmontingwenya7077
      @danielmontingwenya7077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Daniel, if our story is told correctly, tell them to tell us what colour are the original Israelites. Tell then to explain to us where did rent the current white people in Israel

    • @yeboah2890
      @yeboah2890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danielmontingwenya7077 Are you not African enough? Why would you want to be an Israeli? We are from Africa, not Isreal.

    • @SuzieQ90
      @SuzieQ90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yeboah2890 some of us are descendants of Israelites....Not all but some and some are pure Africans

    • @yeboah2890
      @yeboah2890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SuzieQ90 Spear me that nonsense. We won't be part of that phoney group of people.

    • @SuzieQ90
      @SuzieQ90 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yeboah2890 loool 😄 Israelites are phoney? 🤔

  • @skwad8940
    @skwad8940 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oooh my word...

  • @KEVDJANGO
    @KEVDJANGO ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Ndebele man is really talented

  • @tarekeldomiaty1075
    @tarekeldomiaty1075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It remains history-long wonder that the evolution of humanity has always been driven by the advances in weapons... at large scale used for dominating, colonizing each other. It is quite clear that the future of humanity will always depend on the confrontation between advanced weapons, mercy and mutual understaning.

    • @The_Black_Anarchist
      @The_Black_Anarchist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mutual understanding? The only people who lacked understanding were the colonizers.

    • @chieduoranyelu5423
      @chieduoranyelu5423 ปีที่แล้ว

      You just stated European Worldview/Philosophy; the Mindset of Sinners, who unashamedly publicly announce and uphold that they are Sinners from even before Birth; a people who said they are here in this World to battle for survival, that the World is a Battlefield, where only the 'Fitest' shall survive and live. And that is NOT a Universal Worldview nor understanding.

  • @lennyjames84
    @lennyjames84 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I agree. They should not be called settlers because they stole land belonging to others. However, this has happened all over the world, primarily, but not exclusively by Europeans.

    • @markanthony3275
      @markanthony3275 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes...Africans stole and colonized other Africans. Who was it that went into the bush to capture Africans to sell to white people as slaves? Other Africans.

  • @alinebaruchi1936
    @alinebaruchi1936 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    O apelo da BBC é que... É lindo

  • @charlesabraham5339
    @charlesabraham5339 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BBC will never tell bout the british invation