Kings and Emirs - History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 6]

[@jossytm6814]

God bless my African brothers and sisters worldwide, its time for us all to come together n live in peace. Love from Eritrea🌊🌊🇪🇷🇪🇷

[@eileenboyce7789]

EXTREMELY BRILLIANT.

[@safikasaid4870]

agree well said brother love from somali

[@helen8440]

Rami Sebit how about you go and fight for freedom then..

[@Andolem]

Me too, I miss the people that I don’t know.

[@hanadubah9067]

When are you going to get rid of the dictator .... My ereterian brothers

[@nihanova260]

This is the first time that I see a documentary who talk about the african history I’m so proud

[@Sekou156]

where have you been ? we have thousands !

[@vvmimii4340]

Same 😎

[@blazingbomba6137]

Africa's history can't be counted we have too many to count Billions of years of history it will take for ever to cover Africa's history starting with the creation history

[@jossytm6814]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZvYmXyEl6umg6M

[@kevinthomson2691]

niha nova This documentary is not accurate. There are many missing and inaccurate things.

[@mn3702]

In my European home country, Africa is only mentioned in history class when referencing Ancient Egypt or colonialism. I never knew about the civilisations of Kush or Aksum until now. Thank you so much for this wonderful series! Love from the Netherlands

[@nasirben4112]

There are more Africans histories out there . I really don’t know why Europeans ignore good histories to teach about colonisation saying there’s no more . Ask me any country I will try to tell you their best histories. Now I suggest you to look Empire of ghana and Mali , Mansa musa is the richest man the world has never known till today that guy was Malian .

[@yannylane]

Same in the US…mostly just about slavery

[@nasirben4112]

@@yannylane Exactly, I’m really glad people can know everything about histories in this era in everywhere !

[@Klassyladyk]

The bible is a history book about Africa which was known as Ethiopia at the time with many lands named such as cush, etc...The Romans/Greeks whitewashed it and added the new testament which was their twist to the stories they stole form the ancient Ethiopians.

[@nerthus4685]

Self hating white detected. Who do you think brought you all of this information? Europeans.

[@tilethio]

Dear Zeinab as a proud Ethiopian with our culture and history, I would like to thank you very much for considering Ethiopia and Eretria in this edition. I believe through this series Africans shall develop a sense of respect and integrity for ourselves. This will create a strong public to public ties through understanding our shared history and tradition. In this series, you had tried to tell us a little about the Abyssinian middle ages. I believe your memories from the tour across Ethiopia and Eretria will be long-lasting. I had started subscribing to this channel and looking forward to seeing from all around Africa. Magnificent work!

[@Suthynia]

As they should.

[@TOTM]

I absolutely agree with your statement. It is through knowing our history AND passing that knowledge onto our children that we will develop self-love, self-esteem, self-respect, and commend respect from others. It is in that mindset that I started my KZbin channel narrating stories to people of all ages. Some of my stories are fiction and others are based on real facts, but they have the common goal of teaching a few things about Africa and its beauty and diversity. Please check it out when you get a chance. Thanks 🙏🏾 P.S: I briefly and accidentally visited Ethiopia last year and LOVED IT! The richness of its history is mind blowing.

[@IshtarLinqu]

Nupuqi Om-Re Khonectics chamber degrees will guide you

[@tilethio]

@@TOTM I just visited that Tales of the Motherland channel. It is really a good way to teach kids even adults since our generation easily grasps some basic history from videos than reading books. I had subscribed to it and I will watch and share the videos there too. Thank you so much! If you have another visit to Ethiopia I think I wish to see you!

[@TOTM]

@@tilethio aww, thank you so much 🙏🏾, I’m glad you liked it and I am grateful for the support. I will definitely return to Ethiopia. There’s still a lot I didn’t get to see last time I was there, so it’s on my list for sure 😊 Feel free to DM me on Instagram (@TOTMotherland) whenever you want; I’d like to meet you too, my fellow African. Take care 🙏🏾

[@mahtabuddinbd5163]

Love from Bangladesh to Africa

[@Tallorian]

Greetings from Russia! Thank you for this amazing line of videos about Africa, I greatly enjoy this excursion into the history and modern society of the completely foreign and unknown land. Great delivery and narration, amazing sights, interesting interviews - I am totally charmed.

[@wayj2168]

Gods blessings to all our African brothers and sisters around the world 🙂

[@adrianalainez8499]

But we all come from Africa. So aren't we all African brothers and sisters?

[@cynthiahendrix285]

@@adrianalainez8499 I DON'T THINK SO ON THE BANKS OF THE JAMES RIVER IN THE YEAR 1712 WILLIE LYNCH STARTED WITH AGE THEN SKIN COLOR. BUT THEIR ARE STILL ASIATIC PEOPLE PRESENT IN THIS WORLD 🌍WHEN THEY STARTED THE 1 PERCENT BLOOD MAKES AFRICAN (NON HUMAN) IT C H A N G E. E. V E R Y T H I N G. ASE'

[@emeldamcdowald8521]

We love you too brother

[@koala10ish]

Adulite Eritreans predate the inferior Ethiopian Äxumites [Agames + Amhara-donkeys] by 1000 years! Indeed, just like the engineers & technicians who built Addis Ababa city, Ethio-Telecom, Ethiopian Airlins, etc. from scratch, it was the Adulite Eritrean skilled craftsmen and technologists who built Axum as a trading hub for auction of ivory, hides, herbs and of course GALA & SHANQILA slaves captured by Agame and Amhara feudalists and sell them to the Arabs & Portuguese at Axum's auction market!

[@mahmoudbarreh88]

Brilliant. No sensationalization of events to match with the usual narrative as we often see. In Ethiopia and in Eritrea different religion followers live side by side and there are intermarriages between them. The current Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali was born to a Muslim father and to a Christian mother. He followed the religion of his mother. Ethiopia and Eritrea set an example to the rest of the world.

[@SabzKhumalo]

Most people who live side by side regardless of religion tend to marry each other. Unless of your religion is a cult and you only have arranged marriages, but that is a different story.

[@jossytm6814]

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[@abc_cba]

He has the religion of his father. He's a Muslim.

[@thicky]

yes thats abiys story. but this is not how islam works. in islamic theology it is rule to take the religion of the father and if the man marries a woman she must become muslim. the only reason why you have these anomalies throughtout africa with mixed religion families is because islam came to them differently from the rest of where it dominated. islams history was mostly conquest in the areas that are predominantly islamic today. in the case of ethiopia it was mostly through trade. the same for places like senegal, gambia, nigeria and mali for example. you will find mixed religion families. but mostly the man is the muslim and the woman is a christian. a muslim woman would never marry a christian man. whether they follow the précepts and theology of these religions is another story. usually they dont. and many dont even understnd the theology. for them its just religion. cause if they did they usually would not get along. and i have seen this happen

[@desalegnist]

@@thicky I t heavy to swallow. Why not the reverse. If a woman married to a man..the man has to be converted to her religion. .... You need to liberalize yourself. All religion are same but specially I. Muslim, they all try to protect their God. This is so funny. Give the choice to the person her/him selves.

[@madesign21]

16:18 relly Amazing blessed place proud proud to be ETHIOPIAN African

[@gingerbadjie9670]

I am loving this series. It’s keeping my brain engaged during lockdown. I’d love a second series covering it in more depth. As massive task given the rich history of Africa

[@mirkhwand]

I second that recommendation. I, too, hope there is a second series to this.

[@shortydotnet]

agreed! I could watch this for months

[@FessanPanafric]

Those who have been saying 🗣 Africa 🌍has no HISTORY will have to zip! 🤐🙏🏾

[@MohamedGaber111]

You said the words I wanted to say

[@msontopoftheworld]

"Just as empires rise, so inevitably they must decline.." Remember that my people! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

[@edelogolla2629]

Very soon, this empire that has brought so many tears to our black people will collapse. ✊🏿

[@kordellsmall8301]

Every kingdom has there rise & fall. We will see rulership again very soon

[@carolynedwards2689]

They Collapse, because, because Wicked People, come in and Ruin things, with wickedness, this in the bible, i will be glad when our Father The Most High, destroy all of them, the Bible say that Esau is going into Slavery, because of the wickedness that have done to his People. I know they have not read about. Because they go by Religion, aand not all of his words, they break up and divide his words to give them, what they want them to mean, because they don't Truly understand his words, and then their people, don't know how they, Manipulate the words, and the way they teach the words, become Inherited lies.

[@BristolsPlummer]

TV

[@JcoleMc]

I will I just wished I didn't live during the collapse

[@miaa7097]

I'm literally as old as civilization. Im still craying those ancestor genes inside of me. Half Somali, half Yemenis. Born and grow up in Saudi Now living in Canada. I love Ethiopians, Eritreans, and rest of horn of Africa #unitedwewin

[@IshtarLinqu]

Nupuqi Om-Re Khonectics chamber degrees will guide you

[@fatimaismail9051]

LOVE to Ethiopia from Sudan ❤️

[@JMCH555]

We ❤️ you back !

[@abyssiniank7153]

Love you back

[@abadirzulu5249]

I feel sorry. 4 you fatima if you think islam will get you 2 heaven

[@Tofaman-p9j]

we love you too

[@aronyonas7563]

tigray made ethiopia but know ethiopia is down eritiea & tigray they live in to country the same family ❤

[@abzanali7779]

The presentation of these documentaries are of the highest quality. I am of Caribbean descent the island of St Vincent. Hopefully more of my people will watch this type of information.

[@teddyamhara]

I am speechless about the documentary film, its stunning. Just I want to say thank you to Zainb Badawi🙏

[@rediettadesse2828]

I think it could be done better Historians should research more

[@atmike123]

Recently I learned that senior Jurnalist Zeineb Bedawi has her roots from Sudan, hence from the horn of Africa. No one feels us more than her. She is the best to make this documentary. Happy to see the truth between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

[@Renovatio-BYH7]

Except part of Eritrea she presented , I have been to in all the other areas in this video. Even though some of the stories past the guides talking about is stretched out narratives ,most of historical and cultural descriptions about Ethiopia is the most genuine production I have ever seen! Thanks. Ethiopian Dude😬

[@fekadesolomon3895]

When I saw Ziena on BBC I thought that she was an Ethiopian. To remind how we look alike in the horn of Africa. Now you Ziena is looking backward and linking the Historical traces to interpret how the Ethiopoans, Eritreans, Sudanese, Somalis and others around were living together . Politicians need to understand this for a coexistance and dreaming a United East African nations.Thank you Ziena Bedawi

[@sendigom]

I understand that Ziena’s grandmother is from Ethiopia who migrated to Sudan.

[@ethiopia9011]

Somaliland is also a country in the Horn of Africa

[@mohamudabdi6304]

@@smokecityable Somaliland is its own country

[@heaventm9661]

@@smokecityable Eritrea was never apart of Somalia nor was it apart greater Somalia

[@smokecityable]

@@heaventm9661sorry I meant Somaliland

[@markenmelkamu9352]

No one would do it better than zainab bedawi . Respect Madam

[@kedirassefa16]

Zeinab you are one of the finest journalist ever lived on earth , through this and other five episode documentaries you well linked your ancestors roots . To produce such outstanding documentary needs not only researches on written manuscript it needs great deal of self imagery vison enlightenment . Dear Zeinab it a very great work .

[@isbar2903]

Zeinab Badawi, you are the perfect producer, I loved everything of the program. Your jokes and integration with so many different cultures in a short period of time and yet managed to adopt the new people in different places what a wonderful personality. I enjoyed every bit of it . Thank you very much.

[@fantastic1231]

Thank you so much Zainab Bedawi for visiting and introducing our wonderful and proud ancient Ethiopia to the world!!! I must say I love your humor and wonderful voice listening to your programs on BBC radio!!!! You are beautiful in and out!!!

[@bobshropshire2781]

The history is so rich. I’ve been tracing my ancestral journey through history, I can see where many of my ancestors made a stop through the eastern part of Africa somewhere along the Arabian peninsula- my DNA also indicates shared linage to Ramsey III as well. So this series has enlighten me. Thank you so much-

[@nakfa3173]

Thank you zeinab for exploring, sharing knowledge culture and history that's amazing,I hope you enjoy your stay, throughout your research.love from Eritrea 🇪🇷

[@african-history-fountain]

Axum was a great African kingdom.

[@tegsitemom4639]

yes

[@selamselam1756]

Zainab what a balanced documentary! Enjoyed all of your documentaries. Thank you for putting everything in order. I am Eritrean born in Dredawa Ethiopia. I am part of this society and I consider it as a blessing to grow up in a multicultural area. God bless our nations. I miss my home town and people.

[@amanuelhabtayeyenumberone1581]

Your number ? Lol

[@tarekeldomiaty1075]

Dear Mrs. Zeinab Badawi .... you will definitely remembered in the history of humanity. You have done a nobel documentary that doesn't only offer a contribution to the evolution of humanity, but furthermore, offers a critical evidence that many generations have vanished due to greed for money that escalated to wars and extinction in many forms. This is a starting point to alarm the current generation about the future of humanity. When does that day come when educational institutions, and the world media show the benefits of peaceful coexistence. The humanity is quite thankful to you Mrs.Zeinab..

[@busuulwaemmanuel163]

i am so much in love with this African history which has been hiden for so long. Thanks Badawi

[@shawnbarry4759]

Blessed be the motherland, Africa we will rise again

[@tinasweeting6391]

Almighty and Everlasting God Please bless Africa! Let Africa rise back to its Glory! Amen

[@donnalewis3975]

It will

[@yaredy.zegiorgis6414]

Thank you Zeineb for putting this information together and sharing to the entire world እጅግ በጣም እናመሰግንሻለን። ዘይነብ በዳዊ።

[@amosngongo6274]

This is very insightful and informative. I like the patience with which the narrator applies to interview the participants. May Allah/God bless Africa, The cradle of civilization to all Mankind for such a rich History.

[@AirborneAirAssault6565]

Zeinab Badawi and her crew of researchers, writers, camera and audio crews are outstanding! I've learned so much and very thankful to have found these History lessons. Thank you and may God continue to Bless you and yours.

[@myhandsaslanguage]

Loved that dancing towards the end! :)

[@viktoabbayoutoomuchiloveth7107]

Good morning

[@viktoabbayoutoomuchiloveth7107]

Are you from Ethiopia

[@Bestyared]

it is amazing old civilisation, it takes my breath away

[@MacrobianNomad]

There is also another mosque in Zeila (now part of North-Western Somalia), which dates to the 7th century AD and has two Mihrab's one facing Jerusalem another facing Mecca, and it's claimed to be built also by Muhammad's companions after they sought refuge in Aksum.

[@ethiopia9011]

Zeila is part of Somaliland, not Somalia. Now is puntland north part of somalia.

[@ethiopia9011]

@Ebro Big boy Listen to me, we are now living in year 2020 and not between 1960 to 1991. Zeila town is located in Somaliland and is not controlled by government in Mogadiscio. Somaliland is an independent country and is no longer together with Somalia. Every country has its own history and territory. Greater Somalia has fallen and remains a dream and curse forever. Move on and don't hang in the past.

[@smokecityable]

Eritrea Somaliland is like Disney Land, it doesn’t exist

[@user-tk4qd8dj1p]

My sweet, beautiful, kind people. Too sweet for this world.

[@marcykifle4376]

This churches can tell you who really carved the pyramids in Egypt was Ethiopian.Good Bless Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and Eritrea🇪🇷 .

[@hfugjfjvccjgj]

"Amshu Al-Habasha" Makes me very proud that God chose Habesha people to protect Islam. Very proud Habesha ✊

[@philliplyn2692]

Loving this one thanks for sharing very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪

[@tl6752]

Yoooo what a small world 🌍 and a lesson on the interconnection of us all. I’m reading this comment and I see my last name Lyn! Toney Lyn here, peace and blessings Phillip. 🇯🇲(🇹🇼)/🇺🇸

[@aschenakimwubie2561]

Zainab …you doing exceptional job for humanity. A heartfelt Thank you to you! Thank you!

[@ideashare8887]

Zeinab Badawi and the team , Thankyou for such amazing documentary.

[@ayookanlawon7364]

Great work from Zeinab and the team...Lots of eyes opening lessons. The similarities in the cultures of Africans from the East to West,North & South is strikingly obvious.

[@rahelkidane8896]

Mmmmm No.... there isn't....

[@ferdinandochieng723]

These sites are breathtaking...great job

[@jeronetausa755]

Africa, what a culture and history. God bless Africa and it's people.

[@teachingtechnologyy]

Every young black boy and girl needs to see this and understand the great potential that they have. Ancient Egypt (dark-Africans) was the greatest society in history and it isn't even close.

[@TravelAfricaTours]

Great job Ms. Badawi in showcasing the amazing history of Dahlak, Lalibela, and Harar!

[@amdemichaellidetu155]

Thank you Zeinab for your in-depth look in the Horn of Africa, Kushetic Kingdom. Some new facts are being constructed which need to amend these historiography. I hope you will be back in few near years.

[@Benheps]

"Your language is mixed just as you are" Love it, Zeinab Badawi breaking barriers.

[@gipsi2001]

What a beautiful, intelligent presenter. Love her voice

[@1inMilli]

Big thanks to BBC Africa and the amazing host Zainab Bedawi for shedding light on the fascinating history of East Africa!

[@toko631]

Thank you for sharing all this information about these amazing people and how they traded for a social and expanding conflict and family life as we are today..2020 lockdown .. covid19.. peace and love to you all and blessings....

[@apdapd7568]

God bless zainab Badawi for this insightful documentary. U are really helping Africans milenias putting together all the missing pursules. Another great documentary.

[@theeverlastingfather1111]

Just I've shortage of words to describe your fantastic deed dear zaineb!!! Keep doing so, and fhanks a lot you are amazing.

[@derartumohamed2333]

Same here I am so impressed!

[@aanshow]

The documentary ended at 13th century with the re-establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yokunu Amlak. What about the Ethiopian history after that? Upto the European invasion after the partition of Africa? The Oromo history in Ethiopia? Oromo is mentioned only once but has a critical history to understand the modern day Ethiopia. The balance of the core historical issues were understood and well presented. I understand some people feel missing historical facts and yes that is true. In the presentation of Southern Africa Kingdom in another documentary, Zenab narrates the Portuguese influnce to the end of colonisation by Europe and the scramble of Africa in the Congo documentary. The part that says: "Islam is as the history of Ethiopia as Christianity is" is central to understand the history of Ethiopia. To this day you can see the two religions living side by side tested with centuries of conflicts and tolerances. There are so much missing but I would say this serves as a good introduction. Great job Zaineb, UNESCO and BBC.

[@tinasweeting6391]

When I hear of the Red Sea I can!'t help but think how Almighty God part it. It is so Awesome! Thanks for this documentary! BBC YOU ARE THE BEST!

[@abdurezakmuhaba6625]

Wow‼ it is so amazing, thank you so much for your hard work zinab badwi💗🇪🇹

[@nuryusufdiriye7561]

The Adal Sultanate, or Kingdom of Adal (alt. spelling Adel Sultanate), was a Muslim Somali kingdom and sultanate located in the Horn of Africa. It was founded by Sabr ad-Din II after the fall of the Sultanate of Ifat. The kingdom flourished from around 1415 to 1577.[1] The sultanate and state were established in Zeila (Somalia now) but Harar was acapıtal

[@Mohamed-kv8to]

@Dawood Suleiman rageed baad tahay xabashida abaal kooda mari

[@RasEthiopia.]

Somalia was created by white men from italy and britain. Prior to that, somalia never existed.

[@tesfutesfa6036]

but you have not aydantity lokat your name lokst your writng sistsme ?????

[@ethiopia9011]

Listen to me, we are now living in year 2020 and not between 1960 to 1991. Zeila town is located in Somaliland and is not controlled by government in Mogadiscio. Somaliland is an independent country and is no longer together with Somalia. Every country has its own history and territory. Greater Somalia has fallen and remains a dream and curse forever. Move on and don't hang in the past.

[@puntitegeneral2117]

Eritrea Keep hating Somalis will unite one day in the future inshAllah and will become the greatest like before “Somaliland” is home to Somali people and so is “Somalia”, “Ogadenia”, “Djibouti” and “NFD” and we all speak the same language, have the same culture, religion, phenotypes, ancestory et and we are the most homogeneous tribe.

[@DailyPost2025]

Thank you for your hard work Zeinab, it’s good to see this hidden history.

[@HagosKonjit-be8qu]

Thanks Zainab! This is my first time to watch and impressed by a documentary like yours, Unbilivablle presentation. I heard exactly what I know words from my childhood.

[@yohannesberhe6667]

It presented very well and I am pround to be part of this story. Its shows that, how eritreans and ethiopians were civilized in the back centuries.

[@habtamualem1488]

its fair to say civilization declined since then rather than advance, because of what we are doing to each other this days!

[@fekeh2450]

You are so terrific Zeinab. You put your share for writing and preserving African history. I knew you, when you did Hardtalk you were outstanding. I thought it was a demotion when they put you here but it looks perfect combination for you. your voice is a flavor and your knowledge of subject matter is a beauty of your film. I belief producing historical documentary film without computer graphics is half empty because it doesn't show full picture of the subject matter but not on your production. It is magnificent! You are amazing and a pride of African people even though you are British woman.

[@naranlob1281]

i love being ethiopian sm. i love my culture.

[@derartumohamed2333]

Me too we got an amazing culture.

[@HagosKonjit-be8qu]

I watched all your six episodes with impressive interest, waiting with hope for the seventh. All episodes are impressive. No words to comment.

[@differentabdi5699]

Wow, she went all in. I love the approach to the very sensitive topic.

[@EriPages]

Why is it so sensitive?

[@samlsd9711]

What sensitive?

[@lt2672]

She lied. Harar right now is not peaceful.

[@EriPages]

@@lt2672 give an example of what's happening in harar right now?

[@lt2672]

@@EriPages Ethnic cleansing. She said Somalis and Hararis are living peacefully but the reality is that Oromos (largest tribe in Ethiopia) has been killing and ethnically cleansing the owners of the city from Harar with the help of the Ethiopian military while the rest of the world ignores this. Now Somalis are Hararis are a minority in their own city. Somalis are almost non-existent and Hararis are starting to leave too because of the violence.

[@sohailsaeed9447]

I am very delighted to know about Africa with a new perspective. Very beautifully and effectively presented.

[@miketecle369]

This is great stuff. Thank you

[@afrohuman7022]

Our Pride, Zainab, it's a such a treasure to exhibit, the Golden history of East Africa . What an interesting ,short and first hand narration that can have a valuable impact to uplift the existing and coming generations sense of identity and belongingnes. Keep the hard work up !!

[@dr.abdialihassan1759]

Sheikh Abaadir Umar Al-rida (Harari: ኣው ኣባዲር, Somali: , Arabic: الفقيه عمر الرضا أبادر البكري الصديقي التيمي‎), also known as Fiqi Umar[1] was Emir of Harar and patron saint in modern-day eastern Ethiopia. He is the immediate ancestor of the Sheikhal he is a well documented saint of Islam , he spread Islam throughout Ethiopia after his migration from southern Arabian Hijaz Province. Ar-Rida is the main figure in the Fath Madinat Harar, an unpublished history of Harar in the 13th century. According to the account, he along with several other religious leaders traveled from the Hijaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia to Harar in 612H (1216 AD).[2] Other sources however claim he arrived in 999 AD and became Emir of Harar.[3][4] Ar-Rida subsequently married a Harari woman, and constructed the city's Jamia mosque. source First Emir of Harar: Sheikh Abadir Musa Warwaje’le ^ Siegbert Uhlig, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N, Volume 3, (Otto Harrassowitz Verlag: 2007), pp.111 & 319. ^ Baynes-Rock, Marcus (2015). Encounters with Hyenas in Harar. Penn State Press.

[@TheQuranExplainsItself]

Bullshit!

[@yordanosa9646]

Wow Zeineb , That’s wonderful African history amazing. God bless you again.

[@MacrobianNomad]

Harar my home town ❤️

[@Abyssiniaaa]

The best documentary ever Thank you BBC Africa

[@cm.7447]

You forget somalis because the largest territory in east Africa is somalian and they have long history from diredawa up to lamu kenya

[@howtotieatie5845]

You were defeated by the Arabs & they changed you to muslims which is the whole world knows it might be intolerant .

[@kurobeard9467]

@@howtotieatie5845 Lol. Arabs never fought against Somalis.

[@african-history-fountain]

@@kurobeard9467 Yeah...they just 'converted' them. Look. Most of these West African empires turned Muslim because after the blacks lost Egypt and North Africa, muslim Arabs took control of the northern coast and hence the trade exit routes of the Mediterranean. The Arabs would trade fairly and ease tariffs only if they dealt with fellow muslims, hence the 'conversion' of many North West African monarchies to Islam. It was purely economic.

[@TheQuranExplainsItself]

Stand Against FGM arabs never reached ajuuraan stupid and if you knew Somalis you would’ve never said “married their women” you can count the few that have it wont even reach 3%. Ethiopians on the other hand literally mixed with them and you can see that from their appearance so don’t even try that nonsense.

[@smokecityable]

Chill people. We can all appreciate everyone contribution without insulting. Somalis built Adam empire, Ajuuraan empire, Geleedi empire,...that we’re powerful states that defeated Portuguese for example in land and sea.

[@junebug6797]

This history is heart warming. It’s about time we get to learn such a wonderful history .

[@Zara-dg7up]

Thank you zombie I enjoyed watching my country history 💕💕💕👍🏾

[@THESURAFELB]

Correct your spelling. It is Zeinab

[@abebebahiru5244]

I would really, really like to lend my great appreciation and thanks to the guide and informer for his deep and profound knowledge of the history of churches and great fluency in the English language.Zainab Badawi,you are so lucky to get such a capable guide and you,too, deserve lots of thanks for your making of such a lovely and instructive and good knowledge feeding presentation!!!May God bless and safeguard Ethiopia!!!

[@MegaZaaak]

Correction : Adal sultanate was found in Zeila in Somalia. Also u can’t mention Harar and forget to mention Imam Ahmed Gurey . This guy conquered Ethiopian Highlands and slayed many Portuguese Soldiers.

[@xaasiyohooyoali5130]

naah we just gonna ignore that.

[@ethiopia9011]

Zeila is part of Somaliland, not Somalia. Now is puntland north part of somalia.

[@girmatube551]

what a wonederfull and porofessional journalist you are! I have a big respect for you dear Zeinab .your approach and respect of the people and their culture should be taken as a model to all journalists and any professions. I got a big lecture

[@seniduteklu4935]

Thank you so much BBC Africa for educating me about historical facts ....

[@yunusharahap8376]

Thanks to Mrs Zainab & BBC media,...for your report documentary, its very higher value for muslim heritage history report. Salam from Indonesia. 💞👍

[@derartumohamed2333]

Selam! Ethiopian Muslim really love Indonesia.

[@yunusharahap8376]

@@derartumohamed2333 Thank you brother, insya Allah Aamiin.

[@MacrobianNomad]

I have also read that Zagwe was in fact founded by Gudit (Queen Judith) whom overthrow Dil Na'od the local Aksum ruler in Lasta and was succeeded by her son Takla Haymanot who was also the son-in-law of Dil Na'od in the late 10th century AD. Gebre Mesqel Lalibela wasn't therefore the founder but he expanded the Zagwe dynasty in Lasta and established it's great capital which was named after him. Thus questioning the story of Gudit being a Jewish leader who destroyed the great Aksum kingdom.

[@kimchernet3651]

As far as I know Gudit is Felasha in Gondar and zagwe dynasty is in Lasta (Himra), wollo. Both are sub tribe of Agew but I don't think they are related.

[@tahachouaib1547]

💙 اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّــــــــــــــــــــدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّـــــــــــــــــــــــــدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّـــــــــــــــــــــدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّـــــــــــــــــــــدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، في العالمين إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ💙

[@WashingtonDC20032]

That's the same dancing we do here in America to Hip Hop Music! Same moves!

[@Dodo-ym8cc]

sorry but you USA-ians don't have any culture. cannot compare.

[@ayyotube5224]

@@Dodo-ym8cc balege

[@sisterphyllis4753]

Thank you for sharing this fascinating history. 💕🙏🏽✌️

[@ayookanlawon7364]

On a side note,I will love to visit those sites, are there any Ethiopian/Eritrean tourist company providing such services? Such should post a link here.

[@Officially_abel]

why not, of course you will have all the finest of Ethiopia :)

[@benjami4359]

ayo okanlawon please come visit peaceful Eritrea.

[@jossytm6814]

You welcome to see the bless country of Eritrea very peaceful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZvYmXyEl6umg6M

[@derartumohamed2333]

Welcome to our beautiful country. Ethiopia is really amazing country.

[@janellamurphy4212]

Kudos to you Ms. Zeinab!!! Excellent job in posting this valuable video!!!!

[@djiboutian9899]

Sheikh Abadir Umar Ar-rida his ancestor is the Sheekhaal sub-clans of (Aw-Qutub), This is my grandmother ancestor but grandma is from Zeila.

[@dr.abdialihassan1759]

Sheikh Abaadir Umar Al-rida (Harari: ኣው ኣባዲር, Somali: , Arabic: الفقيه عمر الرضا أبادر البكري الصديقي التيمي‎), also known as Fiqi Umar[1] was Emir of Harar and patron saint in modern-day eastern Ethiopia. He is the immediate ancestor of the Sheikhal he is a well documented saint of Islam , he spread Islam throughout Ethiopia after his migration from southern Arabian Hijaz Province. Ar-Rida is the main figure in the Fath Madinat Harar, an unpublished history of Harar in the 13th century. According to the account, he along with several other religious leaders traveled from the Hijaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia to Harar in 612H (1216 AD).[2] Other sources however claim he arrived in 999 AD and became Emir of Harar.[3][4] Ar-Rida subsequently married a Harari woman, and constructed the city's Jamia mosque

[@TheQuranExplainsItself]

Bullshit!

[@thomasshabazz8946]

Incredibly powerful inspiring and historically accurate well done my sister Tariq Shabazz

[@ivete5524]

Great series Zeinab ! its a shame that you didn't show the full feature and insides of those magnificent Lalibelan rock hewn churches. I must say though that i couldn't imagine anyone today more appropriate to do these series of Africa. Well done ! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 👌🏽👍🏽

[@deresseayenachew2631]

I appreciate Journalist Zainab’s efforts in promoting the history of Africa to the world. I have seen the BBC African History documentaries particularly on the history of Ethiopian and the Horn. It is really interesting particularly her presentation on the current cultural demonstrations of different parts of the Horn of Africa. But it is a disastrous presentation when we come to the history of Ethiopia. She even could not differentiate between Zagwe and ‘Solomonic’ periods. Above all, she confuses the Zagwe with the ‘Solomnic’ dynasty. But it was the ‘Solomonic’ dynasty (1270-1974) that shaped the Horn Africa for more than 700 years. All churches she visited in Aksum were built by ‘Solomonic’ dynasty. Surprisingly, she did not even pronounce a word on the ‘Solomonic’. The rivalry between Christians and Muslim kingdoms never been between Zagwe. I know she is an unexperienced on the presentation of the history of Ethiopia and the Horn but she could have been consulted by historians of the periods. When we come to her narration on the pre-Christian Ethiopian and Eritrean, her approach is diffusionist. She told us the story of the Sabean migration, which invite to believe the civilization of the northern part of Ethiopia emerges from the South Arabia. It would have been easy, if she could have checked in recent books on the history of Aksum authored and available in the libraries of London. She would have presented the contrary. Today, we are by far in a position to disprove the Hamitic myth. It is unfortunate if BBC, continue to present as she narrated the history of Ethiopia and the Horn with the same miss-interpretation, she is misrepresenting the history of the whole content. Please stop or diffuse the history of Africa with prudence.

[@ambessashield9360]

So basically, the Axumites (Ethiopians/Eritreans) sheltered Muslim Arabs for decades but when the Muslim Arab got powerful enough, they turned on Axumite and defeated them at the end.. damn, talk about backstabbing

[@alinur5568]

Not all Muslims in Ethiopia at the time were Arabs. There were indeginous people's who converted to Islam.

[@user-mq6qv6bi2g]

Taquiya in practice. Don't trust Arabs. Keep them out of Europe.

[@alinur5568]

@teshie debebe I'm from Ethiopia and historically speaking, it's known that Islam spread to Somalia and Eritrea first then spread from there to ethiopia

[@alinur5568]

@teshie debebe this same video talked about the sultanate of Ifat. Go back to the video

[@alinur5568]

@teshie debebe history in and of itself is very opinionated and events that happen r always translated differently

[@divora5]

Zena Bedawi is my favorite media person. She is my pride, I love you so much

[@ragnarandersson2866]

Good dokument 👍

[@wonderingsoul9262]

OMG! It feels so good to hear your language in😊

[@GoogleUser-wp6sg]

Sons and daughters of Aksum= Eritreans and Ethiopians

[@IshtarLinqu]

Nupuqi Om-Re Khonectics chamber degrees will guide you

[@hannahkassa6319]

Zeinab, again what a superb historical journalistic coverage you did! Hands down to you for your amazing style, knowledge, and the ease you move about with everyone you met!!! You are "a little bit nervous?" about being around the hyenas? I'd have been a whole lot nervous if I were there... You are brave to go there. I wouldn't... But you left without feeding them, great choice. Thank you for another great coverage. I sure will be watching more of your program, esp anything to do with the Axumite Kingdom.

[@somalistars2294]

Let me correct you Zeinab. Adel Sultanate has nothing to do with Ethiopian. Adel Sultanate was Somali, Adari, Arab and Turkey. Our ancestor were from Harar. We have had so many saints in Harar who hails from Somali, adaris and Arabs

[@Doncosttty]

Zeinab is great. Thank you BBC

[@fresh8288]

Sultanate of Adal was established at Zaila at north Somalia not Harar.

[@dailyafrica6498]

harar was the capital of adal

[@lt2672]

@@dailyafrica6498 But it was not established there. It doesn't matter anyway because they're both Somali cities.

[@lt2672]

African Gang Harar the city belongs to Somalis and Ahmed Gurey by all accounts was a Somali. Stop lying about history.

[@smashtv9694]

I felt disappointed when Sainab Badawi totally ignored the great history of the sultane of Adal in the 16th century by not mentioning the leader of the sultane Imam Ahmed Gurey(Somali) who totally destroyed the power of the highland christian kingdom and governing Ethiopia for almost 2 decades and she only mentioned the city of harar and their current residents and not mentioned where the sultante flourished Zeyla. Sainab Bedawi misinformed her documentary and i got alot of suspect to the rest of her documentaries. SAD

[@lt2672]

@Hobel Harar belongs to Somalis, not Hararis or Oromos. We gave the Hararis their name. Hararis are just Habesha and Oromos who were guests in our city of Harar.

[@tbakerel7610]

islam indeed an amazing experience, thanks for sharing this gift..

[@smashtv9694]

I felt disappointed when Sainab Badawi totally ignored the great history of the sultane of Adal in the 16th century by not mentioning the leader of the sultane Imam Ahmed Gurey(Somali) who totally destroyed the power of the highland christian kingdom and governing Ethiopia for almost 2 decades and she only mentioned the city of harar and their current residents. Sainab Bedawi misinformed her documentary and i got alot of suspect to the rest of her documentaries. SAD

[@getawbelku262]

SMASH TV great lie for for your saying 2 decades govern the truth they come like great seasonal locust stayed for few months but thanks heroic fighter from Tigray they killed him and smashed all and no one was left to tell the story.

[@smashtv9694]

@@getawbelku262 that time the tigres were the amhara donkeys

[@getawbelku262]

SMASH TV yes

[@getawbelku262]

SMASH TV yes

[@getawbelku262]

SMASH TV yes