What Were Africans Doing In 1492?

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  • @DolorsMusic
    @DolorsMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11465

    We were minding our damn business, that's what we were doing.

    • @siryourmajesty2669
      @siryourmajesty2669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

      Dolor's 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @laaanz.2122
      @laaanz.2122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +475

      My first thought😂😂😂😂🙏🏾

    • @ebonybarnes1002
      @ebonybarnes1002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +668

      Lol facts we wasn’t fucking with no body

    • @ebonybarnes1002
      @ebonybarnes1002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Lol facts

    • @thomjz
      @thomjz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +368

      To busy not paying attention to their enemy

  • @dondi2129
    @dondi2129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6044

    Answer: minding their own business and living their best lives to be exact...

    • @joaofigueiras1106
      @joaofigueiras1106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +620

      Bro in the video he says that they were fighing civil wars and trading with the portuguese. I don't know if that is "living their best lives"

    • @kingmaafa120
      @kingmaafa120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ase

    • @Moran.A
      @Moran.A 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@maninabush8449 that man flew here,our African ancestors never pocked their noses in anyone's Business.

    • @Moran.A
      @Moran.A 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      @alvarez🙄 what are you talking about,am literally an African,who by the way studied the African history in and out. I don't stand by the whitewashed history,I stand by the history written by my ancestors. Bye

    • @Moran.A
      @Moran.A 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @alvarez I know that king Leopold killed 15 million people in congo and dicapitated thousands,I know the white man still lead to apethied in south Africa, slavery in more than 19 African states,France had a hand in the Rwandan genocide, the same group of people contributed to the lynching of people in Ghana. If you ask me,the white man really never seems to leave Africa up to day,so who is interfering in who's issues. Give me your historical perspective then.

  • @njpj527
    @njpj527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1867

    I went to the University of Maryland, College Park, and I signed up to take an African History class, assuming I would learn stuff like what you cover in this video. Instead, the info started at the end of the 19th century with the division of Africa by European powers and their subsequent occupation of the continent. It was portrayed as if Africa didn’t have history of its own. It was very disappointing, and didn’t settle right with me.
    Thanks for the video!

    • @scruffydogbiscuit4675
      @scruffydogbiscuit4675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Yeah. Now all of a sudden they were doing big things. Weird how they devolved so quickly.

    • @larrybutler8526
      @larrybutler8526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@scruffydogbiscuit4675 not all of a sudden we been doing it lab rat

    • @melbee5767
      @melbee5767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      I believe you. I wrote to a UMD professor who wrote an African history book and it was all about colonialism. I actually had to educate him. This was like 8 years ago

    • @roeb4209
      @roeb4209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      But it don't have a history of its own because Africa is a continent many different cultures that have many different histories

    • @eniolaakinfolarin9645
      @eniolaakinfolarin9645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@roeb4209 cause they were of different empires hence their different cultures before they came to merge them together in colonies

  • @carltontazviona5169
    @carltontazviona5169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Here in Zimbabwe, we were never taught history of other regions in Africa particularly West Africa and Eastern Africa , which is truly sad. We were however taught about the Mwenemutapa Empire which of course is part of the history of the country. I'm also very impressed by your pronunciations of the Shona names, which most people get totally wrong. It's a very impressive and informative video that's is well researched and done, very impressive!

    • @euromohawk4687
      @euromohawk4687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow you have wifi there

    • @MsAppassionata
      @MsAppassionata ปีที่แล้ว

      @@euromohawk4687 Are you stupid?

    • @leepreston9637
      @leepreston9637 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The same problem exists everywhere. In American schools they teach very little about European history and even less about Eastern European history.

    • @ianhachi
      @ianhachi ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@euromohawk4687 Funny joke :/ whole squad laughing why not educate yourself first before making bold accusations?

    • @kroooassant9899
      @kroooassant9899 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe because there are too few written history so it basically become a guessing game from there, you cannot retrace important events and details of history if there's no writing, that's why we know more today about 3000 years old Egyptian history than most of african multiple ethnies history. African history is a rabbit hole from conspirationists and manipulators the less you know about it the more you'll have people who will come with their own version, history is a living science, it follows the scientific method.

  • @dre245
    @dre245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5841

    I feel like if African history was taught in school so much of the misconceptions of Africa wouldn't be as bad. If we can learn about the Roman Empire and ancient Greece I'm pretty sure we can learn about the Mali Empire and the songhai empire.

    • @graveslegacy7134
      @graveslegacy7134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      Exactly as a kid i use to hate on my on ancestors thinkkng they dumb because im learning all the great things these other empires did. Im 20 now and barely started to educate my self on afro history

    • @dre245
      @dre245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      @@graveslegacy7134 very relatable. I used to think the only thing that happened to Africans Is slavery which is something most people don't want to be learning about. Luckily more black people are becoming more interested their TRUE history which is not just slavery.

    • @genesmith3307
      @genesmith3307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      DRE DRE we can brother but we are conquered people so the winning side must tell their side of “His story” history we lost and they have won until we stepped out of their way of thinking and take our free national name as Moors and build our own government and be part and parcel with this said government Noble Drew Ali brought us what it takes to save a nation trust him and follow only his instructions

    • @genesmith3307
      @genesmith3307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Graves Legacy not even Afro history study Noble Dre Ali teachings he brought what it takes to make you and all Blacks true citizens we have the longest treaties with the United States of America peace and friendship. 🇲🇦 🇺🇸

    • @andrewhaze3719
      @andrewhaze3719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Read! There are hundreds of books about African history !

  • @ratbatnufftime2861
    @ratbatnufftime2861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6777

    Dude, we need to start sinking some serious money into creating docu dramas dedicated to African history!!!

    • @Charmagne1977
      @Charmagne1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      I agree and we need to invest in our own movies too

    • @ratbatnufftime2861
      @ratbatnufftime2861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @@Charmagne1977 Tyler Perry has shown us the way in his own way. It's very possible.

    • @kingza97
      @kingza97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      You ever seen Hidden Colors? That's one of the best documentaries that we have.

    • @Charmagne1977
      @Charmagne1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@kingza97 yes!

    • @Charmagne1977
      @Charmagne1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@ratbatnufftime2861 im very proud of the changes we are experiencing, but we still have more to come

  • @scroopynoopers.
    @scroopynoopers. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    i love history and i can’t even begin to tell you how excited i am to find your channel. exceptional.

    • @jeffreyblagg362
      @jeffreyblagg362 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I echo this sentiment.

    • @KolyaUrtz
      @KolyaUrtz ปีที่แล้ว

      his channel is filled with a lot of afrocentric misinfo

    • @Andu_music
      @Andu_music ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@KolyaUrtznah its accurate. You just don’t like the fact that he’s speaking truth

  • @haroldharris2236
    @haroldharris2236 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent content. Home Team History is a must have. I am sharing this across the web. Thank you for this well organized and comprehensive study of our history.

  • @baiaforev2407
    @baiaforev2407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2759

    You know they lied so much to me as a child as to say that Africa was primitive with no culture but I always knew it wasn't true. Thank you so much for sharing this history

    • @Teresia12
      @Teresia12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      I was taught the same. I always found it hard to believe considering it is where all other civilizations originated from.

    • @fscobi
      @fscobi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Teresia12 right😞🙄

    • @jan_phd
      @jan_phd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Primitive culture, just like the blacks love today.

    • @tha2793
      @tha2793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Who said they had no culture?

    • @potatoeskimos
      @potatoeskimos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @@Teresia12 Africa is not where every civilisation stared from. It’s where homo sapiens came from. There’s a difference.

  • @applesandpears
    @applesandpears 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2839

    It’s a shame. People would LOVE for us to believe that our history started as us being slaves.

    • @Coolestdudeever23
      @Coolestdudeever23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Original kings and queens 💯

    • @madammo7786
      @madammo7786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Nobody even thinks about your past except you. lol.

    • @ghost_strucid6579
      @ghost_strucid6579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      @@madammo7786 stfu

    • @MOMMENETWORK
      @MOMMENETWORK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +429

      @@madammo7786 but.... you're here. Make it make sense

    • @computerlover536
      @computerlover536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      it’s how our history in America began 😔 which some kids today aren’t even fully aware of

  • @otiss3213
    @otiss3213 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My brother,this was truly enlightening! I greatly appreciate the fact that shared this history with me. I never would've known any of this historical events had you not.

  • @Ivy32188
    @Ivy32188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for this video. I had pieces of this knowledge but you completed the puzzle. Keep up the good work 💪🏽💯🤙🏽

  • @aaronaldo14
    @aaronaldo14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2112

    Schools teach about ancient Egypt and think “welp that’s Africa covered” and we just accept it

    • @rarirover44
      @rarirover44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      wtf 🤣🤣🤣 true

    • @tico1289
      @tico1289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Egypt is africa

    • @rag1max
      @rag1max 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Every curriculum is different. I was fortunate enough to learn about Mali, Songhai and Portuguese influence In global history. The details from this clip is great. This is a great immersive video.

    • @nztea3777
      @nztea3777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      At least y'all got atleast one thing. I never learnt shit about Pacific Island history😩 and there was so much to learn.

    • @babaluaye3348
      @babaluaye3348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @What's Happening? they dont need to,if you want extracurricular course buy a book read.is like that around the world.and if you got a problem stop going to a public school bust your ass working and pay a private school to your child .is simple.instead of thinking about buying a fckng boat, trips to another city.you are speaking from a comfortable life hahha

  • @mannysabir1339
    @mannysabir1339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2567

    In school we're taught American history, European history, even the history of other countries. But not when it comes to Africa or black inventors, or contributors to this country. It's made to look like we're just here along for the ride. This is why we need to educate ourselves.
    I never knew till a few years ago that there were African explorers. That went to the Caribbean ad well as South and Central America.
    In addition, we're not shown how developed Africa is. What's shown is unrest and the Serengeti. Did anyone know that The Moors ruled Spain from
    792- 1492. That's why Columbus set sail.

    • @manjulanilsson6011
      @manjulanilsson6011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      The same in Europe, mostly European and American history 😑 almost nothing about Africa or India (my birth country)

    • @manjulanilsson6011
      @manjulanilsson6011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@truth803 Ask what??

    • @goheine
      @goheine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Is it Eurocentric His story?!?!? Ancient America is never taught in American schools. 🤣😂

    • @arberor4597
      @arberor4597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @d. Max not really, but play the victim I guess

    • @tru2thegame2
      @tru2thegame2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      It's a Huge Gap in History missing involving Black people that was the erased part

  • @WillsM85
    @WillsM85 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This TH-cam channel is amazing. Thank you!

  • @abudujana13
    @abudujana13 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video, HOME TEAM HISTORY

  • @drqedar9415
    @drqedar9415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1648

    when you allow your enemy to teach you, Your enemy will teach you to hate yourself.

    • @mizzdwnsoufdarling
      @mizzdwnsoufdarling 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Qedar Adonai DEEP.....this sums up what I tell people....be mindful when your slavemaster gives you your spirituality....

    • @tapuwamutasa9816
      @tapuwamutasa9816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      True and we as Africans know our enemy

    • @oneilyork4023
      @oneilyork4023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Your a smart man. I tell people that samething all the time.

    • @kinglisco1379
      @kinglisco1379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Damn

    • @dapabur1
      @dapabur1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That is correct.......that is what is happening with this dumbass video.

  • @annebanga5832
    @annebanga5832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1289

    I wish there was cameras back then, just wanted to see what it was like...

    • @robertgreen3170
      @robertgreen3170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I suspect there are many areas you can visit in Africa where life has not changed much in thousands of years...as are there places in the Amazon Rain Forest.

    • @joeycottone7755
      @joeycottone7755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      White people hadn't invented cameras yet

    • @joeycottone7755
      @joeycottone7755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertgreen3170 there are.

    • @annebanga5832
      @annebanga5832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@robertgreen3170 not just Africa everything ! From the era of giants and stuff like that

    • @robertgreen3170
      @robertgreen3170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Anne Banga well...should you make it to the “Pearly Gates”, you’ll have the opportunity to see anything you like at any time or place in the Universe. Those in the 5th dimension and above can see and experience anything that they like from lower dimensions the same way you watch things in the second dimension! (Movies, Television, Books, Photo Albums). Only they get to see everything in 3D and 4D!

  • @christopherparker6350
    @christopherparker6350 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love your channel, when I was a kid and ignorant to why mostly European history was taught it always puzzled me until I became an adult and learnt more about the constructs put in place. So when I see anything African Native American etc basically stuff I was never taught it blows my mind everytime.

  • @Internetsboifriend
    @Internetsboifriend ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your pronunciation is really great. Excellent content Brotha.

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1249

    I wished this was taught back when I was in school. All we got was mostly about slavery, the civil Rights movement, and the civil war if you were lucky.

    • @paxanimi3896
      @paxanimi3896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Afrika Smith. The first economic and military alliances between African tribes and Europe were made by the Portuguese navy, before the Spanish and the English. Portugal made an empire from North Africa to Japan based on trade, not on territory conquest. That came later.
      This is very well known by historians, but not by the public in general, because Portugal does not play the major league nowadays, and unfortunately, African countries have much to worry than past history.

    • @monjier
      @monjier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They don't teach New Zealand history in New Zealand. We only learn that there was a treaty and everything else is ignored.

    • @chukeulgadrt5377
      @chukeulgadrt5377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In my school they rarely talk about history and when they do they just talk about world war and some of my class mates even say that I was teaching them because of the information I know about history

    • @vivianwadida3292
      @vivianwadida3292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Afrika Smith, well in Africa esp Kenya we are taught world history... I mean WORLD HISTORY. By the time you leave High School esp if you continue with it in your 2 final years, you can lecture at a University.

    • @vivianwadida3292
      @vivianwadida3292 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@monjier 😔 sad.

  • @shan.tizzle
    @shan.tizzle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    Whoever you are, your voice is soooo relaxing 💆🏽‍♀️

    • @tumim8271
      @tumim8271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @shantice i'm watching you.lol

    • @babeena_gt_3645
      @babeena_gt_3645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He is my neighbors sisters cousins uncles daughters husband

    • @egrubbs8291
      @egrubbs8291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yesssss, I can listen to this brothers’ lecture all day everyday!

    • @egrubbs8291
      @egrubbs8291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@babeena_gt_3645 ha-ha! For real tho

    • @jamiemarcelle6394
      @jamiemarcelle6394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ASMR

  • @DetectiveBurtJerpis
    @DetectiveBurtJerpis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m so glad this showed up in my suggestions. This is a fascinating video!

  • @kelhimacmillan5675
    @kelhimacmillan5675 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an incredible video,thank you for this! 👌

  • @andrewndambuki6097
    @andrewndambuki6097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +662

    I am from Kenya, I learnt part of this history in my primary school level. This history seems to get lost in the higher levels of learning. Besides history, we need to expose the inventions and other contributions that the black man has offered to humanity. No one else is going to speak for us. Our history and contribution has been stolen, hidden or manipulated over the generations.

    • @nolanlandent4570
      @nolanlandent4570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      What example of contributions and inventions?

    • @samola282
      @samola282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you know that the brown eyes made arithmetic and have Europeans the alphabet?

    • @dp6297
      @dp6297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or maybe nobody gave a shit....that’s a good possibility too.

    • @trainwreckxix
      @trainwreckxix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@nolanlandent4570 read books sometimes don't be foolish

    • @andrewndambuki6097
      @andrewndambuki6097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      Nolan Landent
      1. Coffee - as a beverage originated from Ethiopia in the 10th Century BC
      2. Modern Art - The world ignores the fact that African art greatly inspired European artists like Picasso, Matisse, Kirchner and others.
      3. Iron Age - Our Iron sculptures prove that Iron Age in Africa pre-dates European Iron Age. Africa lept from Stone Age right into Iron Age while Europe was still in Bronze Age. Iron Age smelting facilites discovered in Nigeria date back to 2000BC
      4.Mathematics - The Lebombo bone from Swaziland and Ishango bone from Uganda are the worlds oldest mathematical objects. The Ishango bones date 8500BC and proves Maths was birthed in Africa. These bones have series over calculations carved on them.
      5. Music - Every musical element - Rhythm, Harmony, melody, timbre and basic forms of Jazz is African in background and derivation 6.Mummification - started in Africa. Started in South Western Libya in 5600BC 7. Irrigation- Started in Africa. The oldest Irrigation scheme has been traced to Engaruka in Tanzania done in the 15th Century
      8.Architecture - The stone structures of Zimbabwe date 11th Century BC, built without mortar!
      9.Astronomy - The Dogon people of west Africa since ancient times had their own systems of astronomy, calendrical measurements, calculation methods, anatomical and physiological knowledge. The Dogon knew about Sirius B prior to western civilization
      10.Metallurgy - African metallurgy predates other civilizations. Artifacts from the Yoruba and ancient Congo proves this.
      11. Surgery- The Banyoro people of
      Uganda used to perform C section before the arrival of the white man in the 19th C as recorded by an eyewitness British explorer Robert Felkin
      12. Writing - Hieroglyphics done by the Nilotic tribes discovered in the Nile Valley predate Greece and Rome
      We can go on and on and on......

  • @AntheaMay101
    @AntheaMay101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1678

    Your voice is so calming, and this is all so interesting. As a South African, I still find it strange that we were taught so little about African history
    Edit: I went to school after apartheid ended, meaning the ANC was (and still is) in power, meaning they have control over what is taught in schools.
    It’s tragic how, instead of using their power to empower the nation through things like including more education about Africa and making learning more African languages such as Zulu or isiXhosa accessible, they’ve simply focused on breaking DOWN the quality of education in schools.
    I always thought it odd that, after 12 years in school, the only languages I was exposed to were English and Afrikaans within the school syllabus, despite the fact that we have ELEVEN national languages. There was also absolutely no schooling on helping us understand the wealth of cultural diversity.
    And again, those in power with the ability to control and shape what we learned were not white. Which was the point of my original statement. Insinuations that “it’s by design to push a western agenda” are dumb, because the heads of the education department were and remain black. If you are a South African, you’ll know how poorly our education system is being handled, and how it isn’t a tool for empowerment as it should be, which I see as an utter betrayal of the ANC’s original promises to us, their people.

    • @afrovarangian
      @afrovarangian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I just feel history as a whole isn't taught enough.
      In school I was taught a lot about apartheid but I don't remember a lot of anything else.
      Sure there were some references to great Zimbabwe, Mark Shuttleworth, Shaka and the world wars.
      There was never context, why was Germany attacking the allies, where did Germany even come from? Who's Prussia is it like Russia?
      I never knew Namibia was a province of South Africa until I looked more into the world wars. I never knew Ethiopia was a Christian country for a longer time than a lot of western counties.
      So yeah, I feel history in schools is not only inadequate at portraying events in Africa but the world as a whole.
      If I can find out more about the world in 4 years online than 12 years I paid for school I think I should be entitled to a refund.
      I do think other people are starting to think the same way however, many people that play history games have started to name African nations as some of the most interesting and fun to play. Such as Butua and songhai in EU4, Abysinnia and Hausaland in Ck3 etc.

    • @samoorebp
      @samoorebp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      It was a evil agenda to hide everything from us B1.

    • @molebogengm3381
      @molebogengm3381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@afrovarangian I think this was done intentionally. Right now the motto is "history is not important. You can't change history. Focus on the now, and work for the future." That enables us the working class to not figure out why/how we work so hard for so little... And we are 'kept busy' by focusing on the things we are told are 'important' by those who started this narrative. Which is the europeans. (I say them because they are the ones who shaped our world today)

    • @techknowhow8897
      @techknowhow8897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      We are taught about Hitler and Churchill and Malan. Masepa fela

    • @darienwashington482
      @darienwashington482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Because teaching African History would expose the lie/myth of European supremacy

  • @benedictagu9409
    @benedictagu9409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    History is meant to guide and to let us know where we are coming from.
    Listening and viewing your content is a significant approach in letting us know our history even thou we weren't thought in school i.e I am from Nigeria and when I was growing up, I was thought Current Affairs and not History. But as time goes by, i came to an understanding that Current Affairs is different from History. History tells us where we are coming from while Current Affairs tells us where we currently are in history but it doesn't give in details about History itself.
    Thanks for this video.
    It's an eye opener for me.

  • @BoomieV
    @BoomieV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yo this is amazing

  • @andrewhaze3719
    @andrewhaze3719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1334

    Knowledge is power and builds pride and self esteem.

  • @tam3116
    @tam3116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +952

    Well they clearly left all this out during black history month when I was in school.

    • @nicolebentley984
      @nicolebentley984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      My brother told me when I was young our history books are wrong... he was younger than me..... he was right

    • @Charmagne1977
      @Charmagne1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@nicolebentley984 My father said the same thing...and I tell my children the same thing

    • @fancyreyes4962
      @fancyreyes4962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Our History is The ish. This is why they ( whites) hide it. Jealousy is a bitch 😂🤣

    • @robfolks
      @robfolks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      They???? Why would whites teach black/ African history in the USA? It's not like blacks created the USA. Defeated the Brits. Stop expecting whites to teach you black history.

    • @tseyazmutseyami1402
      @tseyazmutseyami1402 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      we learn about this stuff from primary level

  • @nathangehrls5491
    @nathangehrls5491 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sir. The graphics are gorgeous and the history is enlightening

  • @CactusJackIV
    @CactusJackIV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, keep up the awesome work!

  • @cristalb1
    @cristalb1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    As a Jamaican, I always wondered about the history of Africans apart from Slavery. We weren't privy to this information so thank you for this information

    • @incognito96
      @incognito96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree but as a fellow Jamaican I want to no where we really came from.

    • @incognito96
      @incognito96 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Teflon Don Africa is a continent so where exactly.

    • @chemacs4960
      @chemacs4960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@incognito96 mostly from the gulf of Guinea-Cameroon-Nigeria

    • @TheMagnificentArtist
      @TheMagnificentArtist 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sultan Abdulhameed II he wasn’t the richest man on earth

    • @andyphelps3064
      @andyphelps3064 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All you have to do is look online its all there you can learn about the Songhai Askem the various Nubian empires the Ethopian empires everything, there are also tons of books that you can buy online you just have to look for it and you'll find it i believe in you

  • @bikosteve8864
    @bikosteve8864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1402

    So what you're saying is, the Africans generosity became their eventual downfall
    Thanks for the likes guys!!!

    • @nancym3041
      @nancym3041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +340

      And it's still the case to this day, we need to stop being so sharing

    • @nukonuko1184
      @nukonuko1184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      And naive. 😒

    • @jenniferpuentes3710
      @jenniferpuentes3710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      The same thing happened to the indigenous in Latin American.

    • @anonimouz_8377
      @anonimouz_8377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@LK-ho1dg developed food??

    • @anonimouz_8377
      @anonimouz_8377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LK-ho1dg ohk

  • @bmac6165
    @bmac6165 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work!!! Thank you much! 🙏🏿

  • @charliearmstrong6526
    @charliearmstrong6526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff. Thanks!

  • @monaleon7184
    @monaleon7184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +545

    The voice is soothing and this history is informative

  • @hardchooligan
    @hardchooligan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1147

    The Mali empire is so interesting it doesn't get nearly enough recognition in my opinion

    • @SerjEpic
      @SerjEpic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      It's because it was isolated from everyone else and we don't know much about them. They had connections with other empires, but those connections were very loose. If you were near the Mediterranean you were in the center of most civilizations. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Islamic Empire, Persia and many many more fought for the same land and resources. Even China had better connections and they are even further away.

    • @hisexcellencypresidentofre4118
      @hisexcellencypresidentofre4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@SerjEpic true. And the massive desert btw Mali and the ancient world serving as an obstacle obviously didn't help..

    • @SerjEpic
      @SerjEpic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@vibrations69 true but that alone is not the only or even main reason

    • @amauritaniannomad6533
      @amauritaniannomad6533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I think the first problem you face with anything related to African history or culture (including the Mali Empire) is lack of documentation and overall recording of events. Most of what know about the history of Africa is through oral traditions or through foreign writers like Arabs or Europeans who visited. Arabs especially have made a lot of writings about the Mali Empire and thoroughly described it.

    • @chrisbogan402
      @chrisbogan402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Adam O It’s because they’re black they don’t teach about black success

  • @sheepdog1102
    @sheepdog1102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I’m 67 years old and this is the first time I’ve heard this history and it’s very interesting. I don’t understand why this isn’t included in world history classes. Who’s in charge of these sorts of things?

    • @1truek269
      @1truek269 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      White people...

    • @leydenfisher7807
      @leydenfisher7807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Richard M... Your question, who is in Charge of these sort of things? MY ANSWER- THEM,,, THE MUZUNGOS... This is what they have been hiding for centuries...

    • @demarius71
      @demarius71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because he never made it to the Americas and lost at sea. Don't believe everything you hear even if it sounds good, don't be lazy to research it yourself.

    • @joshjones718
      @joshjones718 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      jewish owned company 'Pearson Education'; however, this video is garbage and anyone who even mentions Mansa Musa is a dead give away of someone trying to reach for a documented historical achievement. There is one crude drawing where you can tell the gold was added at a later time. Yet the claims are grandiose to a laughable degree. the drawing is hilariously simple and looks like a child drew it. Sub-saharan african peoples and their history has been recorded by other peoples; they are what everyone knows them to have been; primitive, stone aged, nomadic warring tribes. Northern african peoples werent "black" and they have a longer recorded history, that has nothing to do with "africans" as black people would like to think. History is fluid and you can trace peoples and migrations; art and architecture, language and food, et cetera. There are no big missing gaps on record, only in a person's knowledge of historical events. When there is a large amount of missing information it is due to a population's lack of written record, as with the stone aged tribes of the americas, africa and islanders. As the narrator said, "according to oral traditions", when it comes to the "records" associated with those population groups. Take the tribes of papua new guinea; one being the "cargo cult". They think the airplanes are sent from their ancestors and that the white men stole them from them. They dont write about it, but carry on oral traditions. Imagine a youtube video 500 years later recounting their oral traditions of grandeur and the accuracy of their claims. We know whats what; sorry african blacks, your history simply is what it is.

    • @moritzp.4437
      @moritzp.4437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely taught in world history, most of this is information that was taught in my world history AP class in Texas at my high school in 10th grade.

  • @Morbid_Freyja27
    @Morbid_Freyja27 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow I just came across this for the first time and it is very interesting. I'm glad I watched this video and subscribed 😁👍🏼

  • @desmondhewitt9683
    @desmondhewitt9683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Sometimes Africa being talked about like it is a country, when it is a continent. When I was growing up, it was said that Africa is the richest Continent, but I suppose, the people don’t know it’s worth. Oil in the ground, diamond,ivory , gold, silver you name it, but the people that knew of its value Well well well

    • @lestersfixins4348
      @lestersfixins4348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @scorpyus4ever keep in mind most african nations just gained independence bin the past 60 years

    • @benzuckerman
      @benzuckerman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      As Economics teaches us, the only resource that matters is the Human Resource. Gold, oil, diamonds, etc - they are all just commodities, sold at the price set by the lowest cost producer.

    • @m7wgbh
      @m7wgbh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mansa Musa read about him peace brother

    • @mainzachewemuleya
      @mainzachewemuleya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @scorpyus4ever Why would you even say that? You just called all African countries dull, lazy and violent! No... That's like me saying the Americas are nothing but drug dealing dictators with no value for human life. Again, Africa is not a country... Fyi, IQ follows a normal distribution curve everywhere; whether Europe, Asia, the Americas or (yes) Africa.

    • @sregitmp
      @sregitmp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @scorpyus4ever - Exactly.

  • @notofthisworld3296
    @notofthisworld3296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +786

    Africa is large, and were not all together as people so I guess it depends on what section of Africa we're discussing.

    • @Long-Bow
      @Long-Bow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Right, also alot of the people there dont even call it Africa. Africa is a name Europeans gave the continent. If you look at maps from the 15/1600s Africa looks like a small city in Mauritania. Lol them Europeans been twisting history for hundreds of years now.

    • @RoyceLerwick
      @RoyceLerwick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @S E P I like the way you say that as if it makes sense.

    • @RoyceLerwick
      @RoyceLerwick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @S E P Ogam. Runic.

    • @ernestocanaval9382
      @ernestocanaval9382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @S E P, the phoenicians *were not* africans, by the way ...

    • @ernestocanaval9382
      @ernestocanaval9382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @S E P, Not, you did not ...

  • @sogsog6321
    @sogsog6321 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man! You're amazing! I love it! Keep doing what you do best! More history aba Africa please splendid ! 👏🏽

  • @hewamzantsi
    @hewamzantsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent truthful narration. Big ups!!

  • @danzada7769
    @danzada7769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +889

    As an East African, I know thru oral history that we were cultured folks, with tribal chiefs and systems of government. We traded with neighbours and settled disputes in local courts led by chiefs of the different villages. Men, Women and Children roles were well defined. Life was simple but elegant in its own right. Until the Europeans appeared.

    • @mariannagreenwood8307
      @mariannagreenwood8307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      ...simple but elegant... That part is so soothing.

    • @danzada7769
      @danzada7769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mariannagreenwood8307 agreed.

    • @schemar17
      @schemar17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@danzada7769 what about the arabs??

    • @Brian-bo4bz
      @Brian-bo4bz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@schemar17 arabs traded with africans

    • @danzada7769
      @danzada7769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Caligula Africa shall and will always remain the cradle of civilization. Your attemp at making a cultured and intellectual point is mute. Hurry up and study.

  • @aneshow2903
    @aneshow2903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1131

    Is it just me that feel like his teachings is like food to your soul

    • @kmindproduction
      @kmindproduction 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      No dear. Not only you, this westerners have taught and made us feel like we don't have a history or our history don't matter

    • @deshawnbrown6957
      @deshawnbrown6957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The truth will set you free

    • @andyjarman4958
      @andyjarman4958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not just you, you and a few others. Not many, just a few.

    • @kmindproduction
      @kmindproduction 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrdoggo6094 what about yours that you have fed with emptiness?. And erase your true history and story while working hard to steal ours

    • @kmindproduction
      @kmindproduction 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mrdoggo6094 you are white. We are Africans and no matter what's happening. We will always be greater!!

  • @chukwunonso.captures
    @chukwunonso.captures 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative video✊🏿

  • @wintermute7378
    @wintermute7378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an amazing channel
    * instantly subscribed *

  • @thaddeaus9805
    @thaddeaus9805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    So basically people from every walk of life have conquered and been conquered.

    • @jbb4105
      @jbb4105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      is this news

    • @emekaamerican863
      @emekaamerican863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep

    • @sw8741
      @sw8741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Yup, the world even 200+ yrs ago is nothing like today in most respects. Civil Rights? Individual Rights? Rights of Self Determination? What in the hell are you talking about? Get back to your labor or I'll whip you again or worse! The "common" person had nothing. People today have no clue.

    • @johnhruby6205
      @johnhruby6205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Dickheadpunk 69 White people are just the best at it

    • @pacorondon3680
      @pacorondon3680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Dickheadpunk 69 back in history, in Europe entire poulation disappeared under the slavery, all europeans and asiatics were slaves first.

  • @regulator674
    @regulator674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    This is awesome, as a Polynesian they don’t teach ANYTHING like this in school about the different groups that sailed the oceans other then the explorers we were taught about in school. Thanks for sharing. 🤙🏼

    • @StompingRabbits
      @StompingRabbits 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are no written records left behind from ancient seafarers who crossed the Pacific in antiquity.

    • @regulator674
      @regulator674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@StompingRabbits can you explain your comment?

    • @dravidia9593
      @dravidia9593 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@regulator674 Primary Sources I believe

    • @darganx
      @darganx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@StompingRabbits ..or destroyed/stolen by the British, as in Nigeria..

    • @imyourfriend1680
      @imyourfriend1680 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      White people also was slave in barbary slave trade and arabs enslaved White and blacks in arab slave trade

  • @vnonkwinn6233
    @vnonkwinn6233 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now, this is History well worth Documenting and bringing to the forefront of the World. And the *Home team* is to be credited for its contribution and getting it started. (Salute)

  • @vikvik7262
    @vikvik7262 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is so interesting, a gap of knowlege for me has been filled :)

  • @icu4life240
    @icu4life240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    This is exactly what needs to be taught to our children. They deserve to know the truth as thyself.

    • @jeraldmacklinii6440
      @jeraldmacklinii6440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hell yeah

    • @moniquemonique9467
      @moniquemonique9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Will you open a school and teach them?

    • @icu4life240
      @icu4life240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My motto is Each one Teach one. I may not have the resources to open a school however I will pass on this info to people/ parents because the US school system will never teach our children the truth.

    • @alishabazz5905
      @alishabazz5905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ICU4life !!!! So then start teaching black children this instead of posting it, go into direct action 💯✊🏿🤴🏿

    • @shaquilleoatmeal5975
      @shaquilleoatmeal5975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @MrReallionaire100
      Your comment tells me that you've never attended college. It's nothing to be ashamed of but you shouldn't speak with ignorance about what you don't know.

  • @superspace9195
    @superspace9195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    You left me on the brink of wanting more. The lingering desire to know more, more, more about my ppl. Thank you for the work you do.👏

    • @greenhornet8262
      @greenhornet8262 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Gray your people were not always americans

  • @christschess7069
    @christschess7069 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    As a white european I'm only just starting to learn the extensive and interesting history of africa. As someone who was always very interested in history it really shows me how whitewashed history has been and how overlooked the amazing achievements of african cultures are. Thank you very much for this video and educating people.

    • @steviestone1668
      @steviestone1668 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What were these 'amazing achievements' again?

    • @edwinamendelssohn5129
      @edwinamendelssohn5129 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whitewashing is a term that attempts to exonerate African form their part in the slave trade. They started it a ran it 700 years before the African slave trade.

    • @christschess7069
      @christschess7069 ปีที่แล้ว

      @White man invented everything Oh, you mean like black powder and higher mathematics *hrmpph*

    • @borisgodunov6
      @borisgodunov6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You cant tell me 1 thing that is whitewashed and i can tell you several that are blackwashed :)) you filth of the race

    • @borisgodunov6
      @borisgodunov6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @White man invented everything that you cant tell me one historical fact that is claimed by whites but in reality is not theirs but i can give you many examples how black people steal others history and culture.

  • @FeeFeesolovely
    @FeeFeesolovely 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much this was very helpful king

  • @erin_8183
    @erin_8183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    It is great to learn about the history and importance of other cultures. I am white and live in the US and it’s crazy how I have never been exposed to any history and culture that doesn’t relate to the United States. I have only ever learned about other countries in relation to how they help or hurt the US, and I have been taught through the lens of only white people and a world that began about 500 years ago. it’s extremely unfortunate that such rich and relevant histories go unrecognized by many parts of the world. I feel so ignorant that I know absolutely nothing about most of the world. Anyways, thank you for creating this video and I hope that although unlikely, recognition can be widely brought to all of earth’s amazing cultures, histories, and people

    • @lawrencer.5375
      @lawrencer.5375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Awesome post. Thank you.

    • @gabrielchris5163
      @gabrielchris5163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Erin_ you are right because the educative system is restricted and most americans don't travel outside US so you need to seek for history books

    • @ucanthandledatruth01
      @ucanthandledatruth01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It takes strength of character to be honest. Unfortunately many of your people are driven by their delusions and narcissism which requires them to be indenial. That's how schools can be sure a beacon of hope for future generations, so crucial to the development of the mind and yet be executed in a way whereas you realise you've been deceived and kept in ignorance, that automatically implies covert malevolence in the higher echelons of that institution and government, and you should believe those people in those places operate with a eurocentric paradigm that benefits Europe (whether the benefits be small or great in scale...but when we talk about communities small benefits usually amount to bigger ones if no crime has been done to interrupt that progression (which is why black market crime is more of a focus for white society than white collar crime).

    • @b.e.tillman2251
      @b.e.tillman2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Erin _ well said. I feel the same way. Because of being black here in the states, all of the history and culture of Africa was definitely hidden.

    • @mosesm6040
      @mosesm6040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Don’t kick yourself that hard. It is practically that same in Europe as well. Herodotus, the historian wrote about Blacks from the Caucasus with their roots to the Narts(now centred around Abkhazia-Afro-Abkhzians) over 2000 years ago, Athenes, Crete and Italian islands have their share of native blacks for over 2000 years. Only Turkey proudly shows and writes about its native blacks as ancient citizens. In Austria-Turkish war 1716-1718 the mighty Turkish army consisted of 30,000 black Turks fighting alongside other Turks. Remember that the sub-continent Europe suffered so much in the Middle Ages to get rid of its impoverished over populated Europe. It isn’t nice to remind the rest of the world about the past Oliver Twist poverty stricken lifestyle in present day history of Europe. It may not be fair to underrate European achievements. Europe has achieved at lot in just 500 years. I am not hear to justify the means of achievement which was really dark!!

  • @zombiekush760
    @zombiekush760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    "Colombus knew the Moors had navigation skills as they sailed to Spain to begin with"
    LOL
    North Africa is literally just 9 miles from Spain

    • @m7wgbh
      @m7wgbh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Now we can begin to ask what happened in 1492 the fall of Granada

    • @hisexcellencypresidentofre4118
      @hisexcellencypresidentofre4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Yeah, like you can even walk to Spain..lol

    • @NOTTHASAME
      @NOTTHASAME 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@m7wgbh
      There was not a place called Granada on 1492.
      Alkebulan was thw entire middle east , they were ruled by 18 dynasties of black kings and queens.
      There was no ancient Egypt , it was Alkebulan .
      If that sounds like an African name , you are right !

    • @ironboley
      @ironboley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Whats so funny, you think your Iberians are great??? Their not even Europeans they are Mesopotamians that were kicked off their land by Alexander the great. Thats why people from Iran and Spaniards look the same!!! Same nose same busy eyebrows. Laugh at that pretender!!!

    • @heofonfyr6000
      @heofonfyr6000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@ironboley are you fucking insane? they're mostly Goths, you clown... the Goths bred out the other ethnic groups in Hispania. The ones you're calling 'mesopotamians' (but just like Greeks in reality) make up barely a fraction of Spanish genetics today.

  • @dudleylightbourne4086
    @dudleylightbourne4086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep up the great work ✊

  • @davidwood1923
    @davidwood1923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!... Great Video... So many stories that have not been told.

  • @SS-iy5zo
    @SS-iy5zo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    This is one of the best formats of teaching African history I’ve ever come across.

    • @OuuThatteaHot
      @OuuThatteaHot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly

    • @Miolnir3
      @Miolnir3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The best format is called "honest own investigation". Video presentations are entertaining enough to take away from us the need of revise what is being told to us through it. And that is too much of a risk.

    • @123agidee_2
      @123agidee_2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are from the western world then thats the history you should mainly be taught with less detail on the history of other parts of the world unless the event happening in those places is very significant. I think people from Africa should also learn more about African history and less about western history

    • @OuuThatteaHot
      @OuuThatteaHot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@123agidee_2 no Tf we shouldn't if it wasn't from yo people taking us from our country, we wouldn't have to go through this bull now STFU and stay in yo lane✌🏽

    • @itsabouttogetreal8051
      @itsabouttogetreal8051 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OuuThatteaHot where were you born?

  • @owlbeno297
    @owlbeno297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Y'all open to having African language translations on your videos so it can reach an audience here?

    • @etondeelong8813
      @etondeelong8813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Ready to translate that shit in 3000+ languages?🤔

    • @user-lp9tb2ng8t
      @user-lp9tb2ng8t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@jalousy100k7 in Africa its less than 1000 languages. The African popular languages is less than 40 because these are languages spoken more than one country. For example my language is spoken in 11 countries.
      See one sentence : ߒߞߏ ߦߋ߫ ߡߊ߲߬ߘߋ߲߫ ߝߘߏ߬ߓߊ߬ ߞߊ߲߬ ߠߋ߬ ߘߌ߫ ߊ߬ ߛߓߍߘߋ߲ ߕߐ߯ ߟߊ߫ ߣߌ߫ ߡߍ߲ ߠߊ߬.
      Don't worry we'v all our history written.

    • @shadmoney6617
      @shadmoney6617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@user-lp9tb2ng8t Those are some cool characters.

    • @FlowerTower
      @FlowerTower 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They ain’t got no internet in Africa anyway 💀💀

    • @FlowerTower
      @FlowerTower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@jalousy100k7 i feel bad that a white teenager stepped into a diaspora discussion as if they had any place here. But that’s the colonizer in you. Stay in your place, Chad. The strife that exists within the black diaspora is your fault. Stfu
      Also, who said I’m african ameeican? I feel bad that white people think every black person not in Africa is african American. Did you know only 5% of the slaves you all dragged from Africa were taken to the USA? The vast majority were taken to the Caribbean and South America.
      Im surprised you didn’t know that since you know so much.

  • @JohnGilbertmoore
    @JohnGilbertmoore 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff!

  • @nilesmouser6670
    @nilesmouser6670 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff. Keep it up. Rich diverse history should include EVERY people and region

  • @rashida7777
    @rashida7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    So, when he said "encircles" the earth....even the Africans knew the world wasn't flat. And they were supposed to be the primitive ones.

    • @m.f.hopkins8728
      @m.f.hopkins8728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      IKR? The Dogon people had detailed astronomical information hundreds of years before 20th century astronomers.

    • @m.f.hopkins8728
      @m.f.hopkins8728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @i am fierce Um, people who understand science, history, and FACTS care.

    • @m.f.hopkins8728
      @m.f.hopkins8728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @i am fierce If the earth was flat, we wouldn't be here to have a discussion about it. LOL

    • @m.f.hopkins8728
      @m.f.hopkins8728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @i am fierce So... going back to the comment we've commented on, the overall discussion is about how Africans aren't the 'primitives' that White and/or Europeans thought they were. So yeah, part of the discussion is about the earth being round - not flat. What you believe or 'feel' about it is irrelevant. Bye.

    • @iam1blackpowercoachkc51
      @iam1blackpowercoachkc51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I caught that too!

  • @iconicfifi1596
    @iconicfifi1596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    To be from Mali 🇲🇱 is amazing! But you don’t see us competing & bragging about who’s country’s the best!

    • @anarcho-communist11
      @anarcho-communist11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are deeper issues going on. A lot of black people in the US hate on white people and think they're the main cause of all bad things in the world. Attacks on white people are ignored by mainstream media but they happen. White people tired of all this want to prove that Africa had the same issues today, or was worse, before whites came along.
      Then there are white Americans who treat black people like they're a dumb race and can't accomplish anything, because they're in poverty more than anyone else in America. Some racists point to the problems of Africa today as evidence that black people are genetically inferior. For this and other reasons there's a lot of fighting about how Africa used to be.

    • @DavidDavid-lp9yv
      @DavidDavid-lp9yv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the mali empire hasnt got much in common with the modern country but mali is amazing!

    • @nhloniphoingqwele5433
      @nhloniphoingqwele5433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm south african and i respect the people of Mali

    • @biggnutts3156
      @biggnutts3156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🇺🇸 the best

    • @purplepheasant4776
      @purplepheasant4776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or the richest....🙄

  • @leesleeper8488
    @leesleeper8488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent. We need to put the world in perspective as you are doing.

  • @albert_vuurwolf
    @albert_vuurwolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! Liked and subscribed 👌

  • @monke6774
    @monke6774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    11:14 For those Confused when he was talking about how Negus Eskender the Ethiopian King was Christian he mean't Coptic Christian which is separate from the Roman Catholic Church and the many Protestant offshoots as it is closer to the original Christianity in the Levant, Ethiopia was one of the only places in the world to never become Colonized and there is still a very strong Coptic Christian population there today.

    • @RoyceLerwick
      @RoyceLerwick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For a while yet. Until the Muslims get to them.

    • @flannymcflynagan8081
      @flannymcflynagan8081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow wasn't the book of Enoch found in Ethiopia? Or do you know ?

    • @lulteazy120
      @lulteazy120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@RoyceLerwick The Muslims cannot conquer Ethiopia. Mousilinni of Italy learned that the hard way. They will have a fight on their hands they have never seen if they even try.

    • @RoyceLerwick
      @RoyceLerwick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lulteazy120 And we all need to respect the Ethiopian space program.

    • @lulteazy120
      @lulteazy120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RoyceLerwick Who is we? Didnt you read my comment? I was giving Ethiopia props all day!

  • @dolla316
    @dolla316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I love these particular time stamp series I would love to see more of them from different time periods keep up the great work this channel is truly invaluable

  • @tonywoods5125
    @tonywoods5125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Was not taught African History in school, but if it had been taught , I would have loved for you to had taught it .. Thank you sir

    • @SeeeDFan93
      @SeeeDFan93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a legit question: Where did you go to school? In Africa? Or elsewhere?

  • @pinkinwarri304
    @pinkinwarri304 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for teaching me this of my history

  • @AlimiAlpha
    @AlimiAlpha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Found this video when I was preparing for a performance art a few weeks ago it was on colonization and religion. As a Yoruba Nigerian born in the states growing up I thrive for this kind of information and felt like you put this out at the best moment for me thank so much for this

  • @alicemoh9225
    @alicemoh9225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    Read the book : "they came before Columbus" by ivan van sertima. He talks about african visiting the Americas by ship way before the Vikings or Columbus.

    • @anthonycoote9546
      @anthonycoote9546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      That has nothing to do with the topic. Many of us know this already

    • @jeremiah_12
      @jeremiah_12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Crazy thing about it is that wipipo disregard it as pseudo. Now I expect them to view it that way but it kills me when other melanted folks have that mentality too.

    • @CrowdPleeza
      @CrowdPleeza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The Olmecs were not Black people. Those stone heads only share a superficial resemblance to Black people.
      Here's how the Olmec likely looked:
      th-cam.com/video/wRkaAJECW3k/w-d-xo.html

    • @sixty40talkshow71
      @sixty40talkshow71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What's happening sis it's me the "Nobody". Hellafied crossover on the information. I've never even heard of Ivan and I love it when I get shut down. I guess I have more studying to do. However check out Merkabah the first series alone still has me going over it again. It's a 6 hour session so if you have a hectic schedule look at it in increments. Thanks again and as always love one another
      ONE

    • @kingza97
      @kingza97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@CrowdPleeza the Olmecs spoke the Mende language, which is the same language spoken in West Africa. And BBC confirmed that the oldest human remains in South America came from an African woman named Luzia, so it's not that hard to believe that the first major civilization in South America was founded by Black people. Especially not when you consider the fact that Africans were the first to sail the world.

  • @RobAllbanks
    @RobAllbanks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video my brother

  • @RVingwithG
    @RVingwithG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing

  • @andremaines
    @andremaines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    There's something so magical about history. Especially for those of us who were lucky enough to have good history teachers as a kid! I remember in middle school my history teacher was so enthusiastic and energetic with the way she described history she wasn't reading out of a textbook she was really telling a story and we all got captivated by her enthusiasm. That's how history should be taught. Not by memorizing a bunch of dates out of a textbook.

    • @thunderlifestudios
      @thunderlifestudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why I use to love history as a kid. Eventually it got boring to me.

  • @europhobia3306
    @europhobia3306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +630

    First off Africa is a continent not an ethnic group...

    • @oliversmith9200
      @oliversmith9200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      A point not to be forgotten for sure. A very large, geographically and ethnically diverse one, yet, in the course of global events, one whose nations share a general past period of absolute European colonization and destructuring, and still struggle to free themselves from various force imposed situations of the most cruel exploitative economic colonialism; where do most of the famines happen? A now Euro-American colonialism that when it has murdered a champion of African nation's economic freedom and bombed a prosperous nation into bloody dust, cackles "We came. We saw. He died", claps it's hands, and laughs. In that context, some reference to "Africans" as a whole can be useful, without at the same time forgetting it's limits.

    • @oliversmith9200
      @oliversmith9200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A point not to be forgotten for sure. A very large, geographically and ethnically diverse one, yet, in the course of global events, one whose nations share a general past period of absolute European colonization and destructuring, and still struggle to free themselves from various force imposed situations of the most cruel exploitative economic colonialism; where do most of the famines happen? A now Euro-American colonialism that when it has murdered a champion of African nation's economic freedom and bombed a prosperous nation into bloody dust, cackles "We came. We saw. He died", claps it's hands, and laughs. In that context, some reference to "Africans" as a whole can be useful, without at the same time forgetting it's limits.

    • @oliversmith9200
      @oliversmith9200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's like, no wonder numbers of nations of Africa are dealing with the Chinese.

    • @allmendoubt4784
      @allmendoubt4784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@oliversmith9200 Scramble for Africa Phase 2. China and the US.

    • @kenhubbard3390
      @kenhubbard3390 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      adultmoviesh

  • @quickfast100
    @quickfast100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your content bro and your intro

  • @michaellarocque1975
    @michaellarocque1975 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is excellent!

  • @MaryamofShomal
    @MaryamofShomal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    As a historian, lawyer, and immigrant of MENA descent: I am so damn happy to have found this channel. Subbed right away. God bless you.

  • @ottoilyasova1071
    @ottoilyasova1071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +858

    Its funny how everyone is African experts in the comments.

    • @peterturner345
      @peterturner345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lol truth

    • @peterturner345
      @peterturner345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Jamal Al-Uqdah most of the black men and women here arnt from Africa so it isn’t anywhere near there family or there culture. Super racist to say I have something to do with Ireland or Poland I mean why because I’m white? Irish and polish are pretty different people, they have distinct cultures. It would be disrespect and lacking honor to pretend to hold something close to them just because some of my genetics come from a VAST and diverse section of that continent.
      I mean that’s all race based right?? All genetics? That’s racism. I mean technically then I have African genetics because all humans are based from that continent.
      Man they been holding us down brother, shout out my great great great great great great great uncle homawanatumbay. He was a good guy
      African pride✊

    • @ice843
      @ice843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Peter Turner id argue that mostly whites would be called european much like blacks are considered african I dunno why we cant just accept that where all planet earthers but thats just me

    • @etxsports5836
      @etxsports5836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There's Pyramids in the Americas also oil and gold, God's people were circumcised without all the piercings

    • @peterturner345
      @peterturner345 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ice well I figure that when there isn’t anything bigger than the flesh or the world to bring us together, then we focus on those things and there little deference’s because it’s all we have.

  • @lusterbug7003
    @lusterbug7003 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @MsKwaiChang
    @MsKwaiChang ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank-you for that history lesson.

  • @jalen7690
    @jalen7690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +995

    They was minding they own business seems like

    • @Came42
      @Came42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jalen dmnnnnnn

    • @levarhiggs3174
      @levarhiggs3174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Fighting and killing each other. Civil War, murder, sleeping with the enemy for the come up..... you know.... the usual

    • @mikeayensu-mensah8050
      @mikeayensu-mensah8050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Is that all they did with all their time? I don't think anyone is arguing that violence existed in ancient African cultures, but it's just ignorant to assert that it's all they did

    • @adifferentpolitics5129
      @adifferentpolitics5129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Levar Higgs they were involved in geo political conflict. Aren’t we still faced with such conundrums?

    • @Ty-J_250
      @Ty-J_250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Cooters BBQ A lot of truth spoken here. I hope you're just real and not one of the ones who has something against other colours.
      Pure facts spoken either way

  • @conservos2349
    @conservos2349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Great channel, this guy puts hard work into his videos. Mad respect.

  • @twentysixlinx327
    @twentysixlinx327 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, for the research.

  • @loveblue2422
    @loveblue2422 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thank you so much for your videos

  • @op4lnah527
    @op4lnah527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Literally everybody made it there before Columbus. Vikings, Africans, Asains..buy the last to the party is the one that said they discovered it

    • @Jayyy667
      @Jayyy667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Minus Africa kang

    • @op4lnah527
      @op4lnah527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Mtpimenta nah... they where an invading species like kudzu that threw off the eco-system... if we want to be honest and argue this point

    • @op4lnah527
      @op4lnah527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Mtpimenta wow u got all the facts wrong... did you not watch the video.. Africans created the system of measurement. Algebra created by an African Moor is standard for measuring.. you are confused

    • @mrpanamera7599
      @mrpanamera7599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mtpimenta John Baldwin wrote in his book “PreHistoric Nations” (1869): “The early colonists of Babylonia were of the same race as the inhabitants of the Upper Nile.”

    • @mrpanamera7599
      @mrpanamera7599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mtpimenta More Than 50 Million Brazilians Live in poverty. You’re glad whites colonized Brazil? What good did that do?

  • @jesuisdavid1
    @jesuisdavid1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Europe learned so much from moorish occupation after so many hundreds of years that once they started conquering they never allowed African continental ambitions to grow as far as it once it did...

    • @riflechess7693
      @riflechess7693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      *"They never allowed," who tf needed their permission? This is the problem with black men, always failing to deal with reality & taking the victim stance!!!*

    • @wanjikuroki2688
      @wanjikuroki2688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      True this was further enhanced by colonisation and slavery

    • @anthonycoote9546
      @anthonycoote9546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      The problem with the Moors, which were the most powerful blacks, is that their Muslim and Arabic religion made them vulnerable for a number of reasons. They fucked outside their race, and interbred, whose offsprings claim to European power, caused strife and distrust, poisoning and killing their half brothers. That's a simplistic view, and they were too content, and never thought they would lose power. They controlled most of Western Europe, and revered, and ended up marrying out of their race, and no trace of their lineage, except their coat of arms in Germany, Austria, Italy and many other European countries. And it still happens today with many or most wealthy blacks. They marry out of their race!! The same thing in Egypt, Greece, Italy, and present day

    • @jesuisdavid1
      @jesuisdavid1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@riflechess7693 ahh what's your problem brother...just an expression. If you and I playing bball 1v1...and I don't allow you to score in the paint how is that not having a handle on reality. Plus why the aggression? Powers rise and fall, Empires rise and fall, Men rise and fall...black or not Europeans had a good run for the last 500 years...right now we are in a time of transition...Asia's time now. Africa will rise again but in time once we have learned what we lost

    • @hasankidar4646
      @hasankidar4646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the first war between us and the Europeans
      Look who was the reason !!
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mu%27tah

  • @jazzyj6640
    @jazzyj6640 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this education. :)

  • @elvisidehen2276
    @elvisidehen2276 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this, I'm currently writing a movie involving this history

  • @opaluni
    @opaluni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank you for the insight. I really appreciate the work you put into these videos.

  • @nw9801
    @nw9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Literally was just researching this. Right on time!

    • @Kall_Mii_Kemo
      @Kall_Mii_Kemo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

    • @cortion730
      @cortion730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What did you find out during your research

    • @nw9801
      @nw9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cortion Carter just trying to make the connection between the Moors and slavery. Like, what happened between 1492 and 1619? Very interesting subject.

    • @sacatracreoleoflouisiana3004
      @sacatracreoleoflouisiana3004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nw9801 Study Creole people

    • @nw9801
      @nw9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sacatra Creole of Louisiana yup it’s on my list! 👍🏾

  • @andrearashford-hewitt7015
    @andrearashford-hewitt7015 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing your research...very educational. So important to know this. Our history but more importantly its World history, everyone should know this!

    • @bernie5951
      @bernie5951 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's nonsense

    • @Tamaska-ld3xj
      @Tamaska-ld3xj ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bernie5951 you say it’s nonsense but if you search some of the things on the internet of what this man says it contains information that shows people who has once lived with previous lives as their name shows the legacy of their past.

  • @ButchBirdie
    @ButchBirdie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have a wonderful narrating voice

  • @simontuffs4106
    @simontuffs4106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    Can you do something on the Barbary coast pirates, you know the north Africans, that took and sold black and white people to the Arab Muslims....

    • @ronalddececco4662
      @ronalddececco4662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      True.....they have an anti-western and anti-white narrative like blm and never tell the truth or distort the real facts!!

    • @billyruben116
      @billyruben116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Islam has dominated the African slave trade for more than a thousand years, and still does today.

    • @billyruben116
      @billyruben116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Revoltingsheeple Short answer is, "No". The good news is that you can learn to live peacefully with your neighbors and appreciate the good things that come from that.

    • @cmmerchant9647
      @cmmerchant9647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think the author of this video is too coward to speak on Arabs
      .it doesnt fit his agenda.

    • @CannabisDreams
      @CannabisDreams 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Revoltingsheeple cry about it, I guess

  • @georgethomas2004
    @georgethomas2004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is the way to learn history. In context. Right on brother 👊

  • @Sugaa22
    @Sugaa22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Teach the youth. Your Channel is extremely important. Thank you

  • @melissasturgis
    @melissasturgis ปีที่แล้ว

    Bring more of these videos