The Serehuli (Soninke) in the Senegambia region remain devout muslims and traders. The almighty, land and trade are their inheritance and primary cultural signifiers. Keep up the good work!
Very good summary of our evidence on this Kingdom. I'd heard extensively of the Kingdom of Mali, but Ghana was just a name to me before this video. Thanks!
I wish Africa wasn’t just seen as this oppressed colonised country since it has such a long history and it feels reductive to only highlight the last 600-700 years thanks for showing us this really cool aspect of culture.
Great video, hope a lot more people see it! West African history is a favorite topic of mine, and I'm glad to see some covered on this channel. If anyone wants to learn more about Ghana, I have a video about the subject on my own channel that covers some different information.
@@justinsarfo829 I plan to cover a variety of topics in West African history in the future, including several other Medieval Empires around the same area as Ghana.
Actuall Wagadu Ghana does hav distant relation to modern Ghana as its be proported the wangara travresed through much of west africa an intermingled with other tribal city-states....
1:29-45 speaking as somebody who is a descendant of Ghana and well informed about my people. I can gladly say that is highly incorrect to say Morden day Ghana has no connection with ancient Ghana. Indeed they do 👍🏿
@@uncleobscurenobody8861The many different soninke & other maninge groups in this area were well known traders & politicians & were often involved in numerous forms of political & economic relations with all the surrounding groups.
They especially had many relations with the surrounding guinean cultures further south, during many periods of political instabilities in wagadugu there were often times many splinter groups that migrated south, notable examples of these are the modern susu, & the early akan were originally closely economically & politically related to wagadu until they moved south to escape Islamic encroachment.
@@sorongana5346 Ancient Ghana empire has four major Kingdoms/dynasties ruling within it. Diarra(or Jarra) Wagadu Agada Silla The early/pre Akans come from Diarra. Not just closely related but was apart of. Not to forget family/clan names that trace back to ancient Ghana empire.
Ok, has it become de rigeur to say that there's no connection between Ancient Ghana and the modern country of Ghana? I see this massive historical elision everywhere without any substantiation. It used to be said that there is no connection between Ethiopia of Antiquity and the modern country of Ethiopia. Now we know better. Gold Coast independentistes chose the name Ghana, not for unearned laurels, but because of the long noticed connections between social & religious structures, governance and migration history of Dagbon & Akan kingdoms and their documented homologues in Wagadu (Ancient Ghana). Just Wikipedia "History of Ghana" ffs. It's a relatively dry but accurate account of splinter from Ancient Ghana and then reformation in and around modern Ghana with references. Gold Coast historian JB Danquah is perhaps best known for crystallizing, explaining and providing substantiation for the hypothesis. But he was not alone in some left field. Other early C20th historians including some keen European observers had also previously and independently come to similar conclusions decades before modern Ghana assumed independence.
So the only thing of importance about Africa is European and or Arab colonisation? That's equally as bad as starting any historic discussion with reference to Greece and Rome, thus dismissing thousands of years of history. Mostly African history. This approach is outdated and boring
@@uncleobscurenobody8861 The entire video is literaly about a kingdom spawned out of Islamic imperialism . They spoke Arabic wrote in islam and worshipped allah as God exactly which part of this kingdom is African ? I'm not saying that Africa had no civilization I'm saying that whenever anyone focuses on Africa its always kingdoms like this , not acctual African kingdoms just products of some outside culture's imperalism
@@croixfadas Im pretty sure Arabs didn't invent Roman numerals and the latin alphabeth and lets not talk about the fact the Romans were directly involved in the creation of christainity ( I mean they did crucify christ ) .
Thomas Sowell points out that when you look at the ecology and geography of Africa, just about everything that would help a civilization grow is missing. Few easily domesticated pack animals (with tropical disease carrying flies making breeding such as there are uneconomical), rivers that are poorly navigable due to it being very high altitude in the central area which also prone to desertification and thin soil, smooth coastlines that offer few harbours for shipping and shallow shores that make larger vessels harder to build… just about everything you would ask for in a place to start a complex civilization are either missing or in short supply. Sowell notes that it is a testimony to Africans that wherever some of these disadvantages are somewhat mitigated (a navigable stretch of river here, a less unforgiving stretch of terrain there) we see kingdoms and small empires emerge. Unfortunately these areas are not close enough to encourage the kind of distance trading in goods and technology between them that were possible in the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian regions or Asian localities.
@@zarantikka106civilization in west africa is older than in Europe, so now what ? Matter of fact west african civilization was more advanced than the European until the 15th century .
Extremely interesting and well-made. Thank you for giving us some insight into African history. It's a shame that it is never really talked about.
The Serehuli (Soninke) in the Senegambia region remain devout muslims and traders. The almighty, land and trade are their inheritance and primary cultural signifiers. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for the awesome video as always. One of my favorite series😊
Very interesting, and well presented. Again not a part of the world we hear about especially in those times. Thank you.
Excellent series! Looking forward to more from a 1000 years ago especially from regions less talked about such as this one.
Very good summary of our evidence on this Kingdom. I'd heard extensively of the Kingdom of Mali, but Ghana was just a name to me before this video. Thanks!
Not Ghana lie, this was great! Thanks for posting.
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good vid, thanks.
Nice Video ♥
Thank you for your study.
Great vid
I wish Africa wasn’t just seen as this oppressed colonised country since it has such a long history and it feels reductive to only highlight the last 600-700 years thanks for showing us this really cool aspect of culture.
Love this channel, can always rely on it to learn something new from history
Great video, hope a lot more people see it! West African history is a favorite topic of mine, and I'm glad to see some covered on this channel.
If anyone wants to learn more about Ghana, I have a video about the subject on my own channel that covers some different information.
Will you make more vids on it in the future, or other similar vids?
@@justinsarfo829 I plan to cover a variety of topics in West African history in the future, including several other Medieval Empires around the same area as Ghana.
Please do a video about Monomotapa and Monoemugi
Another great informative video, thank you!
Wauw Ghama did have emperors and kings. They are often portrayed and celebrated in sahalian cultures.
Actuall Wagadu Ghana does hav distant relation to modern Ghana as its be proported the wangara travresed through much of west africa an intermingled with other tribal city-states....
Don’t worry their SUPER LATE to the party. In time they will “learn”
The way you said "..they call it.. gHaNa" gave me the ick.
1:29-45 speaking as somebody who is a descendant of Ghana and well informed about my people. I can gladly say that is highly incorrect to say Morden day Ghana has no connection with ancient Ghana. Indeed they do 👍🏿
Okay so what is the connection? It's not enough just to say "indeed they do"
@@uncleobscurenobody8861Zuwa dynasty. Also through the fasa dynasty 🤧👍🏿
@@uncleobscurenobody8861The many different soninke & other maninge groups in this area were well known traders & politicians & were often involved in numerous forms of political & economic relations with all the surrounding groups.
They especially had many relations with the surrounding guinean cultures further south, during many periods of political instabilities in wagadugu there were often times many splinter groups that migrated south, notable examples of these are the modern susu, & the early akan were originally closely economically & politically related to wagadu until they moved south to escape Islamic encroachment.
@@sorongana5346 Ancient Ghana empire has four major Kingdoms/dynasties ruling within it.
Diarra(or Jarra)
Wagadu
Agada
Silla
The early/pre Akans come from Diarra. Not just closely related but was apart of. Not to forget family/clan names that trace back to ancient Ghana empire.
Could you make a video about the birth of Islam and the life of Muhammad?
Yeah modern Ghanaians are remnants of the migrants from Ancient Ghana and the Sudan.
Ok, has it become de rigeur to say that there's no connection between Ancient Ghana and the modern country of Ghana? I see this massive historical elision everywhere without any substantiation. It used to be said that there is no connection between Ethiopia of Antiquity and the modern country of Ethiopia. Now we know better. Gold Coast independentistes chose the name Ghana, not for unearned laurels, but because of the long noticed connections between social & religious structures, governance and migration history of Dagbon & Akan kingdoms and their documented homologues in Wagadu (Ancient Ghana). Just Wikipedia "History of Ghana" ffs. It's a relatively dry but accurate account of splinter from Ancient Ghana and then reformation in and around modern Ghana with references. Gold Coast historian JB Danquah is perhaps best known for crystallizing, explaining and providing substantiation for the hypothesis. But he was not alone in some left field. Other early C20th historians including some keen European observers had also previously and independently come to similar conclusions decades before modern Ghana assumed independence.
Was Ethiopia King
In Horrible Histories known as the Ghastly Ghanaians.
So the only thing of importance about Africa is European and or Arab colonisation?
That's equally as bad as starting any historic discussion with reference to Greece and Rome, thus dismissing thousands of years of history. Mostly African history.
This approach is outdated and boring
Try watching more than 5 seconds of the video
He literally made an entire 20 minute video about the pre colonial society, dude
@@uncleobscurenobody8861 The entire video is literaly about a kingdom spawned out of Islamic imperialism . They spoke Arabic wrote in islam and worshipped allah as God exactly which part of this
kingdom is African ?
I'm not saying that Africa had no civilization I'm saying that whenever anyone focuses on Africa its always kingdoms like this , not acctual African kingdoms just products of some outside culture's imperalism
@JcoleMc you are the living definition of cognitive dissonance. In Europe you use Arabic numbers, north african scripts, middle eastern religion.
@@croixfadas Im pretty sure Arabs didn't invent Roman numerals and the latin alphabeth and lets not talk about the fact the Romans were directly involved in the creation of christainity ( I mean they did crucify christ ) .
Thomas Sowell points out that when you look at the ecology and geography of Africa, just about everything that would help a civilization grow is missing. Few easily domesticated pack animals (with tropical disease carrying flies making breeding such as there are uneconomical), rivers that are poorly navigable due to it being very high altitude in the central area which also prone to desertification and thin soil, smooth coastlines that offer few harbours for shipping and shallow shores that make larger vessels harder to build… just about everything you would ask for in a place to start a complex civilization are either missing or in short supply.
Sowell notes that it is a testimony to Africans that wherever some of these disadvantages are somewhat mitigated (a navigable stretch of river here, a less unforgiving stretch of terrain there) we see kingdoms and small empires emerge. Unfortunately these areas are not close enough to encourage the kind of distance trading in goods and technology between them that were possible in the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian regions or Asian localities.
Sowell doesn't know african history.
Thomas Sowell is a right wing propagandist, not a trustworthy source
Wrong analysis by Thomas Sowell, because thousands of years ago, west Africans had everything that breeds civilization.
@@zarantikka106civilization in west africa is older than in Europe, so now what ? Matter of fact west african civilization was more advanced than the European until the 15th century .