African Writing Systems

[@esteveinelieto9679]

Brother I am from Drcongo and I love what you do.I am glad I am finding so many Africans in America getting to know themselves historically and spiritually

[@littlegothgirl8869]

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. - Marcus Garvey 💖

[@sjappiyah4071]

So much for the European myth that Sub-Saharan Africa had no writing system

[@sjappiyah4071]

Cinnamon Starr Europe did have writing systems let’s not be disingenuous, the Roman/Latin Script is European, The Norse Runic script is European etc...

[@sjappiyah4071]

kokainuser who are you responding too?

[@MonDieuMaCauseMonEpee]

Cinnamon Starr you're funny as hell

[@amaka637]

+Samuel Appiah All "European" writing systems derived from the Phoenician alphabet, and that came from OUTSIDE of Europe.

[@sjappiyah4071]

Ciara Majesty Yup that much is true!

[@hometeamhistory806]

@2:10 meant to say Phoenician was derived from Egyptian.

[@themans3584]

+james1014328 shut the hell up you Euro clown

[@themans3584]

same back too you

[@themans3584]

Evolution is bull shit.that my point.If you are debating people on evolution they are fool.

[@themans3584]

It.s about time LMAO

[@themans3584]

YET THEY WILL TRY.

[@tshepokgwele1789]

wow dude, i'm a south African and i constantly have to deal with racist white people who try to call all African people stupid by saying we were as illiterate as animals, and that when colonizers invaded and killed us it was merely an act of culling the animal population, which is why they don't feel any remorse at their history of colonization and racism, they feel completely justified in the actions of their ancestors all because they believe the native people had the minds of animals, such videos are important because they are good learning centers for racist white people who cling to that colonial mindset...you have one new subscriber

[@icarus387]

Which is why I dont feel sympathy of them becoming the minority in their own countries.

[@badboydunie5603]

we know how these devil are jealous of us because black people are the greatest and we will always be, love to the black nation

[@JustYohannes]

Great video king!!! keep the knowledge coming!

[@Okwash1]

Even Southern Sudanese tribes like the Luo, Dinka and so on have always had a writting system.

[@asheru9254]

Can you drop a link to your claim?

[@alemtsegay8595]

It's not only"even " It's assured historical facts that the Lou, Dinkas are an integral part of the great Nilo-Saharan civilization. The truth is revealing and the shine bursting all over the hook corner of this Black Land [ Kameta].

[@cooper482011]

Pictograms and Logograms originated in Africa. African pictograms have survived for thousands of years in the Kalahari and Sahara regions. Archeologists and historians call them "rock paintings."

[@waurdhiewaurchei5473]

It's ok as long as we know. We will return home and grow to our fullest potential!

[@brandonsaraniti771]

Love this video! I'm such a big language geek so it's was VERY informative! Your videos are great! African history is so cool!

[@buckeyewill2166]

Ignore the trolls please. They are reactionary conservatives

[@goldbluetears]

These letters and the description of the court where so beautiful and poetic. Thank you brother for your work. It is a healing!

[@davidking6242]

he forgot the akan symbols. they're so iconic in African literacy

[@gonjoguaiya926]

Thank you.. I didnt know about Akan. Just did a research on Akan Symbols.. found out that most of these symbols are in Movies, papers, and Facebook Emoji. WTF!! they rob Africa of her Gold and everything with no credit to her... Messed up!!

[@connormurphy683]

Don't most Adinkra stand for proverbs instead of words?

[@sjappiyah4071]

Connor Murphy Some of them are direct symbols for words, whilst others as you’ve pointed out represent proverbs. However, the proverbs themselves usually have a theme whether it’s courage, perseverance, patience etc... And so you can link a symbol meant for proverbs straight to direct words

[@c-lao]

kwadwo baidoo anh adlam

[@frankscott1708]

The Akan symbols are not exclusively Akan. Some have been found in Kushitic tombs. See Tony Browder's work in conjunction with the University of Ghana. They also don't represent a script. They are very loaded, very abstract ideograms.

[@kevinhayes6933]

It's been very hard until the past few years,to get any books on ancient Africa, I have no more than half a dozen. Just shows how much archaeological work has been done. How many more civilisations are out there. How many writing systems are there?

[@MizzweetsTarot]

I'm glad I found your video. New subby by the way. I'm familiar with runes and another Celtic and Norse symbols but it's sad to say I knew nothing about the writing scripts of the continent where my ancestors were from. I can't wait to dig deeper!

[@rondamton5757]

learn something new every time I watch your videos

[@TRINIBOY411]

Honestly thank you for doing what you do. We wont learn about ourselves unless we teach each other about our history. You and I both know that you wont learn this in the USA school system. I like to think of myself as well versed and well read when it comes to black/African history but I must say i myself have learned a lot from your vids.

[@moneypromusic4419]

nubia is the mother of Egypt but never get the credit for its advancement

[@treanishajackson2295]

@Lola Renee exactly, they would never allow it

[@amenrakwamehotepporchprima9307]

Nubians were genetically , linguistically and culturally unrelated to ancient Egyptians

[@branching123]

Nubia was a region that s swallowed up by Egypt. I think that's the reason

[@kintulawrence.5468]

@Lola Renee Even Ancient Egyptians where Black too!

[@keepitreal888-gnc]

@@amenrakwamehotepporchprima9307 That's a lie. Even the Bible tells us that Kush and Egypt were brothers.

[@takwaxaweelew8017]

Why don't you use the term Mdu Ntr which is Kemetic, not Egyptian? If we're claiming our righteous place in history, it makes sense to not use European terms.

[@brooklynknite]

You right in some ways.

[@sjappiyah4071]

Because the video is in English, meant for an English speaking audience and therefore we understand it as “Egypt “ not “Kemet” .

[@darrellmitchell4338]

You right but he just using a relative term

[@sjappiyah4071]

Tracy Sharp No you’re reaching 🤦🏿‍♂️ Different languages have different names for nations/ capitals. We call the capital of China Beijing when it’s Peaking. If you’re going to do an English video, it makes sense to use it’s English name, it’s not that deep

[@vladimirmomperousse4340]

@@sjappiyah4071 speak for yourself. It is Kemet clown

[@Frankycent1]

I just wanted to thank you for your work. Thanks to you far over 300k people know more about the african history. I'm born in Germany and here we don't even learn much about slavery.. and african history doesnt even exist.. At least not if it is older than 1950's. Pease keep on... you are realizing me and many others from the chains of unknowing.

[@sosa9220]

Me waiting for him to mention Nsibidi me:................ 7:59 NSIBIDI!!!!

[@kmtelder1433]

Thanks for this video Hometeam! I've been trying to study this topic. They try to say that all African writing systems resulted from dreams that occurred recently, I of course, do not buy it for a second!

[@ManeOuattara]

0:38 is very interesting... In my language, Bambara (in Mali), our word for Egypt means "the land of cows". This makes me wonder if there may be a proto-Saharan origin of the word.

[@TheEmpireStrikes74]

Archeologist that the Wolof in Senegal and other people groups of the Mali Empire ( such as Mande, Bambara, Fulanj, Mandinka etc) in Senegal have the closest language , culture and linen making style to Ancient Egyptian than other people group meaning that they migrated over the Sahara over 1000s of years..So the Bambara being if those groups in Mali are also are amongst those people groups..

[@LordRuin]

Wonderful videos, and very informative. Don't ever stop making them!

[@ChrystalClear]

Excellent presentation

[@sashenne8193]

Your work is deeply moving to me. It is filling something inside of me that was missing.

[@AGirlCalledNicole]

To be clear, the first 3 writing systems mentioned are derived from the same groups of people formally known as the Nilotes (people-of-the-Nile / Nile Valley) who were the first to inhabit the Nile Valley. Nubians, Kushites, Kemetians, and other are not necessarily different in terms of ethnicity. This group of Africans travelled down the Nile River from East Africa to the Nile Valley. Thanks for sharing and including my people on the list!

[@zigzag1able]

Nicole ATCQFAN If some fractions of Egyptians left Egypt, moving southwards after the Sahara became a desert, then why don't we see many of examples of similar kingdoms such as Egypt itself down in sub-saharan Africa? Not trying to be pompous I'm just asking a serious question?

[@ladymae6710]

@@zigzag1able There are reminisces of ancient kingdoms from my understanding (such as structures) but colonization has destroyed this wonderful history and way of life.....

[@adjoa-anima]

To west Africa Senegalese are nilotes

[@thaliahall4599]

​@@ladymae6710 👍🏽👍🏽

[@LadyLowe321]

👏🏽 Truly love & appreciate your videos. Thanks for your HUGE contributions to the world. Cheers

[@nonnieJ94]

So Africans have been saying “Shalom” for such a long time! Thanks for sharing ourstory!

[@quameiharaymond-ducheine7960]

Woooooooowww this is amazing! I smiled the entire time! Thank you so much for sharing! I have learned so much from you, please continue to teach and elevate the people!

[@rogerwilliams4742]

This is all quite extraordinary and interesting! Thank you for sharing this my brother.

[@stephen2849]

Greeting HomeTeam History. I am curious on your view of the spread of the Latin alphabet within Africa, coupled with the displacement of many Sub-Saharan scripts. To my knowledge the only major Sub-Saharan script that remains is used is the Horn of Africa region, particularly Ethiopia with the Ge'ez script. I personally see a parallel between this phenomenon in Africa and the displacement of Northern European scripts by the Latin alphabet starting in the 11th to 12th centuries.

[@MsSteeldog]

+Stephen Very interesting point/question. I would like to hear some thoughts by others with far more language knowledge than me.

[@abrihamabe7361]

Stephen :Because it is one of the two countries in Africa that weren't colonized. Liberia being the other.

[@charisseagnew1788]

& Bro Dave . . Your such a blessing to me and your community . . 🙏😃✊😃✊🙏😃✊

[@Historyisstrangerthanfiction]

home team you are on point and some brothers up in dc wanna link up with u on the education tip

[@rzeka]

I absolutely adore the Ge'ez/Amharic writing system. The way it works is brilliant.

[@yonasberhane6257]

rzeka tell me abt it :)

[@imbosstomylife6806]

It's not amharic system of writing. It's called ge'ez writing system because it also represents tigrigna of ethiopia and Eritrea.

[@adjoa-anima]

It looks good too

[@fadigafarafinamansour6514]

All the things that they give us at school was lie.. I still remember that was the reason the first president of Guinea got resign from school because of the lie and the irespect they were driving on our ancestors... Long life Africa Peace..

[@kingkatzkontrol]

I wish u called the egyptian writing by its true Title; Mdu Ntr (Medu Netjer) awesome video tho

[@janiceevans8844]

Thanks for sharing all of this great knowledge! I really enjoy every bit of all of of your videos! Please keep informing us! When I am able , I will definitely be supporting your works!

[@SylentIntensity1122]

Very, very well-spoken, eloquent and knowledgeable. Thank you for posting.

[@UGOEBENAJA]

AKWA NSHI-BIRI Is The Oldest Writing System In AFRICA. There Are Many Versions Od Nsibidi. And It Is Most Closet To Mdw Ntr. Nsibidi Was Created By AKWANSHI. Key Words To Research: IGBO-OGHAM-STONES AKWANSHI = AKWA NSHI-BIRI UKARA-IGBO AKAGU-NSIBIDI-IGBO Nsibidi Now Has An Igbo Dictionary. Google. Nsibidi Dictionary.

[@dcrump]

Glad you stuck with it💪 I probably watch one of your videos everyday 🔥

[@novusordoseclorum1915]

Very cool! The breakdowns are A M A Z I N G. This is a dope ass channel! Keep it up!💯💯✨

[@sincerelyhoneyp2790]

This is so important. Thank you

[@sakurakou2009]

I am Nubian from Egypt :D

[@sakurakou2009]

***** wa alaikim salam :)

[@MichaelJackson78100]

Well done my black brother/sister

[@jiggadred]

IM hooked brother I love your channel. I want more please.

[@shakadee6839]

My homeboy, it's a joy to hear you read the early historical writing of our ancestors these you never learn in schools our people have given the world so much literature this stuff needs to be thought worldwide not just to black people but white people because they have been lied to as well the more you hear a lie the more you subconsciously believe it so keep up the good work hotep peace be with you.

[@Shadowbannddiscourse]

I can say where I go to church we still use the geez language. I was also told it was an afro Semitic language similar to Aramaic also Aramaic is also thought of as an afro Semitic language so I guess the best way to say it's a kushitic language versus Northern I guess African language I don't know. But we still pray it also Coptic it's probably the only form of way to translate the hieroglyphs from what it's being said and that's actually prayed in the Coptic churches it's funny a lot of these Orthodox especially the African have held onto the original languages and I think personally like if there was any interpretation of the Bible those languages in those cultures in Africa and part of West Asia should definitely be looked at it's the only way in my opinion to get an accurate view of Christianity even in its original context but yeah man great Channel I did all the content on here and keep up the great work man I just saw the video that you're not going to be posted on KZbin anymore at least hit up black Junction I have to go over to patreon and see what I could do but for now I can't really afford it but thank you man I like your stuff

[@theayatollah8227]

Nsibidi ( or what ever it's called) has gotta be the most interesting one out of all of them. That is one really cool way of writing, and very unconventional way of writing.Also glad you showed the berbers for their true color, as some Afrocentrist will try to depict them REALLY dark, or not tan at all. Berbers could be confused for Arabs, but they aren't. The only dark berbers that existed were the Moors.Anyway, would you do an episode that has relevancy to the Turks (my people) with the people of Burnu? That would be interesting as the Ottoman Empire is our proud and joy.

[@mikeaskme3530]

Oh and before I forget the Ottoman empire along with the Romans, Persians,greeks , Visigoths,and Huns also the English and few sell out black Africans is why Africa and the African people in the Diaspora is so screwed up today. If they would have just cut you northern invaders throats we all would be in a much better way. PS this is about Africa not the Ottoman invaders, and the original people of Africa was black not the imposters of north Africa and not the invaders who call themselves the original Berbers.

[@britneystrum2148]

This is an African History Channel

[@frankscott1708]

Berbers were Blacks according to Romans who generally called them Muur/Moro, which only meant Black the way Ethiops only meant Black under Hellenistic Greeks. Berbers were often confused with Arabs because Arabs were Blacks under the Umayyad caliphate. The Turks ended the Abbasid caliphate with a series of high profile assassinations that brought the full weight of Aryanization, violent fanaticism to Islam and the installation of Hashemite White rule. This history, including the timeline of the whitening of Arabs, is contained in an important book called "Kitāb al-Nizāʿ wa ’l-takhāṣum fīmā bayn Banī Umayya wa-Banī Hāshim", “The Book of Contention and Strife between the Banū Umayya and the Banū Hāshim. Yours is a legacy of unspeakable violence.

[@semykeba2707]

Why is there so much hate in the comments? This guy is just proud of his people, stop attacking him for this.

[@zigzag1able]

Geeze you guys act like him in his people can't have history

[@frankscott1708]

Lots of good stuff here and in your other videos too. Some gaps though. Maybe I can help out on pronouncing African names: Piye is pronounced Pi-Ye not Pie. Nsibidi is ancient and pronounced insibidi. Nubia (Ta-Seti) while an early state, was not the first. It was preceded by Yam and Bompata, which were already in decline during the rise of Nubia. If you know tha names of African scholars working on revealing African scripts who we can follow, please pass their names along. Peace be upon you.

[@thaliahall4599]

Great lesson on ancient writing & scripts.

[@zephaniarutlokwana2891]

Thanks brothet for bring back our dignity through our history. Writing was here in Africa before colonization. It coulf have been developed had we not been confronted by European colonization. Yes we are without them and it's their imposition that makes it appear as if there is no us witjout them. Bring it on this is the history that l can be proud of as an African

[@aloyssamleyin1107]

The Dogon mystical writings, 10,000+ yrs Ishango writings or the Shabaka texts..

[@crenshawgrinder4725]

There are other older writing systems in West Africa.

[@cec6607]

I want to be able to read that African form of writing, I am really shocked at how good you read them and how intricate they seemed to me. I just want to know more about it. Maybe as I saw that writing was more about actions than real sentences, they described situations and actions maybe. As what I thought.

[@chrrylocks]

NSIBIDI writing was used in the movie Black Panther.

[@ianbynoe6515]

Nice. At least we were writing before the man said that he taught us how to write. Let the facts be known. Peace!

[@JonnRamaer]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE !! THANK YOU BROTHER!! WE DONT COME FROM NOTHING!!

[@triplestagedarkness2619]

I'd be interested to see a video on the Black guard of Morocco and blackness in early Islam.

[@themans3584]

damn you are good

[@FromGuiriga]

Thanks Hometeam!

[@rahkeemthegreat360]

@HomeTeam History Egyptian hieroglyphics derived from Sumerian cuneiform script. Mesopotamian artifacts have been find in pre dynasty Egypt specifically in the badarian 3 period.

[@hometeamhistory806]

+Radimir cossack The origin of Egyptian hieroglyphs is not well known but most scholars agree that it was an indigenous invention. Sumerian and Egyptian developed independently. That theory is outdated unless you have a source of new information.

[@mikeaskme3530]

BS Sumeria had nothing to do with Egypt,Egypt is a child of Africa not Iran,not Iraq,not Europe. For you to come on here and push that bs, you do yourself a disservice.

[@rahkeemthegreat360]

mike askme Egypt is a child of fertile crescent (west Asia) and central Sahara (North Africa).

[@mikeaskme3530]

Home team please ignore these Arabs and Persians, please keep educating our people of their history. I am so glad I found your channel,although I could do without the comments from certain Arab and Persians on here. You my friend should be teaching African history to the young ones. So many young African American children have no concept of their history before slavery and that is a crime. If a tree doesn't have deep roots any type of wind can destroy it,dame as with people.

[@rahkeemthegreat360]

+mike askme Egypt got it's farming techniques & farming tools , animals, crops from west asia (middle east) news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080211-egypt-farming.html

[@TrancEndingMedia]

Nsibidi is from the thousands BC bro. So id vai. Soooo many more that were destroyed with colonialism

[@lorellarouster6596]

Could you put up a link to the chart with Egyptian, Proto-Saharan, Phonician & Egyptian hieroglyphics? I'd love to examine it more closely. Thanks for considering!

[@newjerseylion4804]

I would say because writing was kept secret among ethic groups in west Africa and not dispense to the general public prove to be disadvantage to west Africa. I feel Africa would have been much better if the secret societies educated general public before the Arabic system was introduced.

[@LibraGoals]

Thank you so much home team! Valuable information!

[@imbosstomylife6806]

ፈጣሪ ኢትዮጵያን ይባርክ ። God bless ethiopia. 🙌😊

[@SentryWater]

Your research is profound!! Do you plan on visiting some of these archeological sites?

[@tyronewade5788]

I start studying African writing in 2000

[@nathandurrell3951]

this legendary channel

[@SuperRoxasandSora]

Glad to hear back from you!:D

[@dumartowns2290]

Damn where you been?

[@treadbolt5]

You are back! YAY!

[@DMX-PAT]

Thanks man, great video!

[@sipchronicles]

You mentioned the veneration of the cattle among the early Nile African cultures and that reminds me of the Aleph, which was the cattle or Ox worshiped by the ancient Egyptians and is the origin of the latter "A" which was adapted by the Israelite peoples and regarded as not just the first latter of their alphabet but also the name of God, it appears in early from Africa, the Middle East and the Levant. The egyptians used an Ox's head to depict the aleph which was later changed to the vulture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleph

[@DeliciouslyRaw]

Great video.

[@michaelscott751]

hey home team I love your videos brother I learned a lot from your videos. can you guys make a video on Hannibel barca that would be great thinks bro

[@Steadno]

*very interesting*

[@menaseven9093]

In history learning how to read, write and education was reserve for the children of the elite. Ony when the African Moors conquered Spain in the 8 cent CE they make education universal and available to the general population.

[@tmyte6896]

interesting, I wish he would have given dates.

[@jeremiahjoel1487]

That's awesome!

[@AbasiibiangakeItina]

Wow... nice video insibidi is Efik/Ibibio. Please make a video about the Efik/Ibibio of Southern Nigeria

[@Kwamu22]

Really great work again.

[@ma7eer]

Great video!!!

[@MichaelDavis-cv6rr]

Latin/roman, cyryllic, greek, phoenician, arabic, aramaic, hebrew, canaanite and eastern assyrian all descend from Hieroglyphic script...

[@sulaimaanahmad]

although i don't speak the language, i can read the tifanigh writing system. from my amazigh background.

[@DPearson97101]

Thanks for the video. Your fighting the stereotypes. Even though I don't care if others think we're savages as long as our own kind don't think so.

[@AllenBeatcake]

What part of Africa does your family originate? Just wondering, stumbled soon your channel love it so far!! African history is interesting to learn about

[@hometeamhistory806]

+IEAT BURRITOES My people are from Jamaica and Antigua

[@vtecnegro85]

HomeTeam History so akan is the majority also to add Kongos(northern Jamaica) and even igbo.

[@mrduerson3515]

great video

[@onlyb6854]

Languages We should learn ???

[@Naturenerd1000]

Very interesting. African secret societies.

[@DPearson97101]

Informative video. I knew about amharic and Egyptian hieroglyphic. But there's also coptic writing from the Egyptian Christian priesthood and sudanese arabic writing from mali. I'm sure there's tons more not in this video.

[@jenohavin]

Can you send me a link for that Songhai script? Been looking for it & cant find anything on it?

[@mentumatmenekerpera1534]

nice video

[@LiLiLit]

Hey thanks for this. How did you learn Nsibidi?

[@shariffbrown8087]

We. As black people need to. Know this

[@AmanShah187]

love your video as always bring, however for once I have to disagree slightly, while their early writing system is incredibly important I would say that early sanskrit and indus Valley writing and language and even maths are by and large the most important and influential in human history as it originated Indo Aryan language and writing even modern English numbers are sanskrit not Arabic as is commonly misunderstood, that early communication birthed languages from Greek and Latin to Persian and farsi as well as German and everything in between, your videos are always scholarly and we'll researched academic sources just wanted to share some of my perspective

[@mrduerson3515]

brother u need to fix ur donate button, it's tripping

[@anthonywest4173]

YOU ARE THE TRUTH. TEACH.

[@janewairimu2743]

Check the Gicandi script from Gikuyu of East Africa

[@bogyel3308]

the under armor people even stoled from Africa damn

[@BluEx22329]

An the nerve of some people for saying black people didn't have a language pre colonization

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

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