History of Africa from the 16th to the 20th Century

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[@JabzyJoe]

Corrections - The Omani Ruling Family was the Yaruba Dynasty, not the Yoruba. Sometimes I say 17th Century but the timeline says 1700s. Forgot to put Burundi and Rwanda as Belgian after WW1.

[@tessy4018]

*Belgian protectorate

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

Any video on india like anglo-mysore wars or remaking that mughal-maratha war or Mughal-rajputs war?

[@JabzyJoe]

@@Hahapro nevada City

[@secondexodus9105]

The igbo have been recognized as the biblical Israelites by the Sephardic Jewish Rabbinical Court Obadiah Alliance. It would be interesting to talk about the Igbo relationship with the Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal in 1492 and the Songhai empire by Askia Muhammad also in 1492 in Timbuktu

[@_genova6230]

@@secondexodus9105 igbos arnt jews my man ,doesnt matter who recognises them look at genetics and look at archealogical history

[@victorriwhite823]

I love how long your videos are. I'm a truck driver over the road and it's so nice not to have to change videos every 10-15 minutes!!

[@Sammyconray]

W 👍

[@Kunfucious577]

I put these on and woodwork. The best

[@frankieshankly5368]

You dont drive and watch at the same time I guess? :)

[@salto7yx586]

@@frankieshankly5368 just what I thought 😮😅

[@bobsmith3291]

Keep your eyes on the road you

[@bakedpretzels1378]

I gotta be honest my jaw dropped when I realized that this wasn't a podcast or something like it and realized its a documentary. Three and a half fucking hours of detailed African history, fully scripted, and well articulated. Just spectacular!

[@splnter648]

This was exactly what I was searching this whole time

[@octaviano7360]

@Therapeutic Class can’t find it

[@Andrew-wc8tc]

and very brutal, too

[@mjmedia09returns]

I finally made the REAL connection of the Black Slaves were the descendants of the ANCIENT BLACK Egyptians. See the video I uploaded 3 days ago.

[@dpd420]

@@Andrew-wc8tc all history is brutal

[@frankeinstein6392]

I fell asleep while watching youtube and then it got to this video. And unknowingly the history started flow in to my dreams in a form of visual story and I just couldn’t keep up and I suddenly wake up from a history lesson that feels like ages.

[@fathershellnut2108]

you too?? happend to me rn

[@howlishot8548]

SAME

[@Buicy_Jalls-ut1ge]

it says you retain more information during the moments when you are about to wake up, knowing that this video is an hour long then you are partially awake lol

[@georgeparku7623]

Same here!!

[@peterburkey3740]

A great way to study!!

[@SS4Luxray]

I love any video on the history of Africa but your videos are fantastic. They don’t paint Africans as weak, ignorant “others”, nor do they rewrite history as portray Africans as ancient superior humans. They portray Africans as being as important and equal to human history as every other group of people. There was so much going on throughout the planet pre-Euro/American dominance (let’s say 1600 to the present) and Africa is usually always left out of that conversation.

[@emiledarraghbarry]

Who invented the technology? Are you smoking crack?

[@trevormcdonald385]

IMO It paints them as idiots who allowed foreign forces to easily occupy their countries

[@Ghe608]

Europe and Asia everywhere in the world there was some form of servitude Slavery exetra Europeans sold Europeans to the Barbary pirates, as well as other people were sold into that trafficking in Africa. There were these servitude forms of slavery as well not that they were walk in the park, but racialized, shuttle, lifelong slavery, where you could never be free and white people said you were inferior and white people created sciences to prove they were supreme is a very important part of the story, and as you can see, so many white people left Europe in order to conquer and take over Africa and Africans exploit them murder them appropriate their religions and their contributions to society and the richness of their soil and the gold and diamonds. You recognize Africa is a black continent but many of these pictures he’s putting apart of white people who left Europe to do wickedness and nastiness and terrorize Black people Black people did not leave the continent of Africa, nor did Asian people leave their continent to go to white peoples continents and terrorizing enslaved them, exploit them rape them, and all manner of inhumane wickedness Black people didn’t do that, so what’s most interesting to me is there’s never been a time in history since white people have existed on the planet that they haven’t been trying to attack and exploit Africa and Africans and the African diaspora

[@Weberkooks]

Yeah he is aware of the biases that exist in others and his own biases and can thus approach history from an intellectually honest position and do a damn good job of it. Really one of the best documentaries I've ever seen Edit: Africa is so culturally and lingustically diverse and enormous geographically that I think it's an overwhelmingly powerful tendency to simplify and generalize african history rather than to do an honest study of it.

[@G.Y.-bw2no]

@SS4Luxray As a white that grew up in Lesotho, I acknowledge that. I'm also fed up of being called racist because white. There is a point where I will stop paying lip service to the Zeitgeist. It hasn't come yet, though. I'm indeed one of the people defending the idea you're laying out, in day to day conversations, because I do know a few things about that umbrella term called "Africa". I'm however starting to wonder how wise that is given the ton of ignorance I see from both the whites and the blacks, the whites accusing me of being a Soros lefty, and the blacks accusing me of wanting to kill them. If setting the historical straight was merely a matter of scientific honesty, I would not be bitching here. However, if history is taken as an excuse for bitching in full ignorance (from both the white, the blacks, and the muslims), well, my patience is starting to grow very very thin. Whereas domination may go one way (which also happens to be a lopsided view of history, as implicitly shown in this video), racial hatred does go both ways, and I do not believe it is smart portraying people opposing genuine racial hatred on both sides as ontologically racist on the only basis that they could happen to be whites. If the whites disappeared from the face of the earth, people would still find other racial excuses to kill each other. Long live Lesotho, the only country I love.

[@jonathonsmith8299]

Amazing video! Thank you so much for covering this sweep of African history. This is my second time watching and I'm still just as glued to it, discovering new things about nations I'd barely heard of before.

[@timombachi]

Just had surgery and I'm struggling to get some sleep in the hospital...this video has helped me through the night...thank you...

[@theskycavedin]

The most comprehensive history of the scramble for Africa ever released on video, and one that doesn't rely on basic narratives and tropes. Truly a historiographical triumph.

[@Bushwhackinchronicles]

indeed what a fantastic job they've done

[@al-zw7os]

q2a

[@GeneralLiuofBoston1911]

And pretty solid art too

[@neetfreek9921]

My brain is fried

[@BleedVerseArrow]

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[@DarrenRFC]

This is a masterpiece. Nothing on youtube compares to this. There is nothing more concise or thorough i can find about the recorded history of africa. Its 3hrs plus long yet sharp to the point. And it just enough to fill in anyones blanks and cue further research. Truly the finest creation ive seen. Wow man👏

[@brianwilson4861]

It almost seems like he had to make it up because who would know who the leader of Ethiopia is currently let alone 100 years ago. Surely no one took the time to write that kind of information down because what's the point? That's like having a bee hive and naming every bee because you want to write a biography about one of your bees some day. Ha ha. You said blacks instead of blanks.

[@DarrenRFC]

@@brianwilson4861 i know bro what a typo that is man😭😭😭. I shall fix that hahaha

[@bigdunc228]

Love to know his progress , not his research but how he timelines so events .

[@DarrenRFC]

@@bigdunc228 mate thats what i was thinking the whole time how does he knit the spiders web into something coherent and flowing.

[@ez6810]

He's a good researcher. I approve most of his messages about East & South Africa.

[@salvadeng]

This is the longest documentary I've ever watched. Nothing beats interest in something made interesting. Thank you! ❤

[@flyingeagle3898]

awesome work. This an important period in history, that no one else on youtube has managed to cover in anywhere close to this amount of depth. It was a great series and now its all in one place

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

the crazy part is this is still insanely surface level stuff, african history is way more complex than this, even before this time frame

[@JcoleMc]

@@LillyP-xs5qe Yeah this documentary only starts in the 16th century but most African kingdoms go back way further .

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

@@JcoleMc it's like humans originated in Africa and as such some of the oldest kingdoms started there or something ;)

[@suttonrylee6972]

Ht

[@beepbop6542]

@@LillyP-xs5qe Humans didn't originate in Africa

[@ibrahimhassan711]

loved this video very much. I'm a very proud Somali and was pleasantly surprised at how generally accurate your information was. Often Somali history is overlooked when discussing pan African history I'm glad this wasn't the case in this video. You very skilfully provided generally holistic and contextual history of the continent for those 400 hundred years. you even created links between different regions demonstrating you depth in knowledge. Keep up the good work

[@jccjjccj3305]

I invite you to join the mosque me to movement

[@ibrahimhassan711]

@@jccjjccj3305 what’s that ?

[@jccjjccj3305]

@@ibrahimhassan711 seek and ye shall find

[@Bhd93540]

@@jccjjccj3305 what are you talking about ??? Me too movement ? confused guy

[@Bhd93540]

@@jccjjccj3305where u from ? u bantu? 😬

[@allenbrady8083]

On my 7th listen. Thank you @Jabzy 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@SenegalStyleSinetaGeorge]

Thank you for such an informative video! I am ADOS living in Senegal and having a source explaining exactly who did what to whom helps me put into context what I already thought I knew from my own research and observations. Congratulations on a job well done!

[@justwannaname]

I cant imagine how long this must've taken you to make. Thank you so much. Crazy how detailed this is.

[@warriorory3246]

Thank you , Im from Oman 🇴🇲 our country is very diverse in people because of our history and we all live together happily 😊

[@anasevi9456]

incredible work, thank you so much for over 3 hours of history!

[@diggingwithdugan3084]

Your work on a vast and under-understood area is greatly appreciated. I've never seen such a work on any part of Africa outside of carthage or Eygpt

[@nathanprentice7230]

Funny that isn't it? That outside of cartage and other very distinctive parts of North Africa no one has really paid attention to any other aspect of African history. I mean, I know for a fact that the bantu have genocided three very distinct non bantu ethnic groups, but they never get a mention. It's almost as if no one cares.

[@LuisDeAraujo-sr3pf]

bulb CNN gbzyz 6 v. Not m b

[@anthonyharris2231]

Bet you benefitted from the resources of those lands you never seen

[@oliviamonteque6407]

@@anthonyharris2231 As Always.

[@chadhilgeford2757]

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[@oldbrokenhands]

As a black man in the southern USA, this definitely gave me a lot to think about. This is an existential reality check.

[@JabzyJoe]

Genuinely curious... why is that?

[@oldbrokenhands]

​@@JabzyJoe Back when I was a Christian there was a line in the Bible that stated, "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory." In your video I see a very complicated and nuanced view of all the parties involved in the slave trade and realize this is more than just a European vs African story and more of a story of how all mankind is complicit in enslaving one another. In the USA blacks don't really get a lot of information about Africa unless it's portraying the continent as this wild and primitive area that nothing developed from. But in your video, I see a sophisticated and sad history that rivals that of Europe, Eurasia, or Asia. Your video helped me to understand why Africa is the way it is today, and why it may never be united or have a renaissance.

[@raftguy1376]

@@oldbrokenhandsold blood feuds die hard, and Africa is the oldest of all.

[@FronzelNeekburm]

You shouldn't feel disillusioned about Africa or black men; we are all humans and we all have histories tied to certain lands -- if anything, African history paints an ill portrait of ALL man, as does most of other history. That hopelessness you feel gnawing is only fear. Thinking men have felt this paranoia for all of history, everywhere, I am sure, from Africa to Europe to Arabia and Asia and America and everywhere else. I only hope we as a species can make it all work before its too late, but right now the powerful are still focused on war and profit and still using people like you and me.

[@G.Y.-bw2no]

@@oldbrokenhands Africa may well not be unitable. Which is arguably a pipe dream. But Africa is definitely working things out one by one. When I was a kid, literacy in the kingdom where Wakanda was shot was dismal. Now, almost fully literate. Africa has access to smartphones and thus Wikipedia. Lagos is developing its IT tech industry. There is no shortage of reasons for hope. Sure, some killings will still happen, authoritarian tendencies will not die (nor did they die in the West), but austral Africa is pretty much democratic by african standards. Sure, they still have religious wars disguised as ethnic wars such as around Sudan. Sure, sure, sure. But I do not see Africa as anything else than slowly rising. Demographic transition is starting to end. What is there to be pessimistic about ?

[@SHGames97]

Truthfully, this documentary is a tier of its own. Unrivaled, very well done.

[@toni3nity229]

A quick correction about my people the ancient kingdom of Benin. Still in existence to this day. It was the Oba of Benin, not the oda of Benin as stated. Honestly, this is the most informative history of Africa I have seen on KZbin. Many thanks for your effort.

[@kidfly2ify]

You are no greater than the individual you are.

[@dtait2311]

Why don't you give it a go, considering you know better

[@danielshoudy265]

Thank you as a historian myself I think it’s so important to tell more of sub-Saharan African history… It is not my forte/time and area of expertise and while I know more than the average person my knowledge of this region an it’s history is pitiful for my standards (for myself).

[@tyiingram9878]

As historian can we end the usage of the term sub-Saharan. It’s very problematic and has racial charged

[@danielshoudy265]

@@tyiingram9878 It's just easier to say than south of the Sahara or below the Sahara. I fail to see how it's problematic aside from making it so.

[@tyiingram9878]

@@danielshoudy265 Ok, so this is a teachable moment. The term Sub-Saharan was introduced during late 18th early 19th centuries as a way to divorce the black history of Egypt. The proximity to Europe, and the presence of pale Arabs made it easy for egyptologist to divide the Northern part of Africa from the South and claim Egypt as a western European empire Sub-saharan became a pejorative because it was used as a way to establish the misconception that the people below the Sahara were savages without a culture or history.

[@danielshoudy265]

@@tyiingram9878 That makes total sense and I double checked that so thanks for correcting me. The more I know! 🌈

[@tyiingram9878]

@@danielshoudy265 aye 😄. I appreciate your openness and willingness to listen. 🙏🏿. We’re definitely stronger together

[@yb_felice]

The dedication you have to do a 3 and a half hour video is spectacular, your work is truly inspiring

[@roberttuke]

This is one of the best youtube history documentaries I have seen in a while, I watched the entire thing from beginning to end. Thankyou for putting this together!

[@abiliojaribu1061]

I'm absolutely amazed at how detailed this is. I'll need weeks to even begin to properly digest this information. Bravo, sir and thank you. This is humbling.

[@LucasGuretti]

After watching that in the background while playing age of empires, i realized how much i didn't know about colonial african history even though i pride myself as someone who does, and how i literally learnt 4 years worth of university education in nearly 4 hours, excellent job Jabzy 💪

[@herzkine]

If you wanna follow the true path, skip aoe first and play Europa universalis . ;-)

[@brianbillingham3283]

mostly exaggerations

[@ninzapou]

Lol you are saying your 4 years of university is just a joke?

[@LucasGuretti]

@@ninzapou i never went to uni lol

[@MrElkhattaby]

@@herzkine I couldn't agree more

[@forkman2187]

Fell asleep while watching a short video about GoT lore and woke up sweaty af at 5am to this playing :D

[@JabzyJoe]

Well im honored to be your sleeping kink

[@knowstitches7958]

Never did i hear anyone speaking about Africa,than Africans themselves.Great man!

[@123four...]

Oh my god finally. There's so little information about African history before European colonization. I've been trying to find info on 18th century Africa and previously to no avail. Thanks for the video.

[@tygsv4021]

Hope you came to realize that Africa before European colonization wasn’t any better. This was bound to happen.

[@wcclarence2147]

​@@tygsv4021 Bullshit

[@beepbop6542]

Information is basically nonexistent because there were almost no writing by the people, so almost everything we know south of Timbuktu comes from outsiders and modern archeology.

[@Zulu.Warrior]

THIS INFORMATION (ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ZULUS AND NDEBELE IS LARGELY INCORRECT, IT WAS MZILIKAZI A GENERAL IN SHAKA'S ARMY WHO WENT ON A RAID FOR KING SHAKA, DECIDED NOT TO RETURN AND TOOK WITH HIM SOME FOLLOWERS AND THEY FLED FROM SHAKA AND HIS ZULUS FLEEING FROM SHAKA AND EVENTUALLY ENDING UP CREATING THE MATABELE OR NDEBELE WHO MADE BULAWAYO IN PRESENT DAY ZIMBABWE. NOTHING TO DO WITH BOERS FIGHTING WITH THE MATABELE AND CHASING THEM ALL THE WAY TO ZIMBABWE AS THIS NARRATOR CLAIM, HE IS TALKING TOTAL BULLDHIT

[@vevvenennevvev5945]

They're called books, locate a few and read them instead of waiting for someone else to make you a youtube video lol

[@samuelowusuannor8256]

Fantastic research and presentation, such accuracy. I loved it. Much love from Ghana 🇬🇭. ❤

[@dailypolishme]

Jabzy, thank you for your hard work and sharing this video. This needs to be taught in schools

[@nathanprentice7230]

In africa

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

"Russia never became a colonial power..." In Africa, admittedly. Though unfortunate people from the Caucasus to the Arctic and north Pacific coasts may say it's the only European colonial empire still extant.

[@MohamedGomri-q6h]

They didn’t because they couldn’t. They had every intention to become a colonial power and works towards it. but Britain and France conspired against it.

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

@@MohamedGomri-q6h Didn't work in N. Asia. Russia still got all that.

[@MohamedGomri-q6h]

@@squirepraggerstope3591 true

[@witzman]

Whenever i wake up after falling asleep with autoplay enabled, this video is playing…

[@JabzyJoe]

I thank you for your undying attention!

[@sounavchaudhuri6841]

​@@JabzyJoe I am from India the truth is Morocco is a bad country.

[@simoneseman4504]

Idk if this is connected to this documentary's topic, but in the the 1930s, Lithuania actually had a proposal to set up a colony in the Northern Tip of Madagascar to act as a sort of safe haven for a large proportion of the Lithuanian population in the event of a German, Soviet, or Polish invasion. Of course this proposal never went anywhere as Lithuania was too poor to buy the land from France ant to maintain the colony , and because the logistics of setting up such a colony was quite overwhelming. The Colony would've been called "Dausuva", named after Dausos, the spirit world in Lithuanian pagan mythology and it was estimated that up to a 1/3 to 2/3 of Lithuania's population could be evacuated to the colony in the event of an invasion of the Homeland.

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

Madagascar and other parts of Africa were also considered to be the new homeland for Zionist Jews to relocate and establish a Jewish state of Isreal. But it never materialised either. Funny how back then Europeans were the ones carving up other people's land and mass migrating, yet today are the ones fighting mass immigration.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

More a fantasy than a proposal. I suspect the majority of the settlers would have died of tropical ailments within five years.

[@unreliablenarrator6649]

Excellent. The is the most informative overview of African history I have ever seen. High praise & respect for your work.

[@emmelsmusic79]

For the algorithm! Thanks for keeping me company at work.❤

[@evolution1762]

Amazing! The most knowledgeable and informative case study about Africa History I ever came across until now! I have learnt more watching this video than all what I have been told in school or by others. In 3 hours of video you created a masterpiece that should be an compulsory case study in Africa history education. I salute you for this amazing case study you put together! Well done!

[@L_0522]

This is absolutely amazing! I’m studying South African history between the 1400s and 1900s and this video seems very informative and helpful. So thank you.

[@cinnamonstar808]

*SWARTY EUROPEAN. 🤴🏽 🤴🏾 🤴🏿 👸🏽 👸🏾 FIND THEM it will also explain the Roman's attitude and cognitive dissonance amongst the new comers to The America's and to Africa.

[@readme8981]

Lol yeah "South Africa" didn't exist in that time period. You want to know history ask the native people of that land and you will gain authentic knowledge and information. I advice you to travel to that land if you are really 💯.

[@Thomson07]

@@readme8981 I would absolutely love to travel to many places in Africa and learn from the people themselves. I know it’s possible but many people don’t advise it.

[@cruisepaige]

It’s fiction but James Michener’s The covenant is so good.

[@CarlosRodriguez-vt8bg]

They never told us this in school

[@flyingraijin9889]

Firstly I want to thank you for this well detailed and clearly researched subtle history of Africa . I am also happy with you showing love to my people the AmaXhosa , we are often over looked in History in place of the Zulu who are overestimated honestly. We Xhosa wiped the floor with the Zulu during our medieval times but unlike them we weren't heavily focused on warfare like they were.

[@G.Y.-bw2no]

@flyingraijin9889 there is not much love for Shaka Zulu from the basotho people either. When you hear "Mfecane" in a video on youtube, you usually know that the video is about accuracy and not propaganda. Usually.

[@schoolofhardknocks6736]

Bro I appreciate the time and effort, plus not to mention the amount of study that it took. Gave me more knowledge about the continent.

[@mzingayemthethwa8019]

Becareful of psuedo historians who deliberately distort African history! The Khoi Khoi are African people just like the Ngunis! Don't fall for the divisive narration! The Portuguese were amongst the first European people to land in our part of Africa, they were repelled by the indigenous Africans. The Dutch arrived over a century later!

[@vaktus3380]

Just a correction at 15:30, After mansurs death Morocco went into deep instability and civil war which broke apart the empire, Songhai to Gao was then self governed by the Pashilik of Timbuktu and their Arma ruling class (Descendants of the invaders with local women), this would last and pledge allegience to who they deemed as the legitimate sultan of Morocco, including throughout the Reign of Moulay Ismail of the Alawite dynast in 1670, they provided a regular supply of Gold and most importantly slaves. Most of whom were used in the notorious Black Guard in Moulay Ismails Army. After Ismails death Morocco once gain sank deep into civil war and the pashilik of timbuktu fell into steep decline where they lost territory then became Vassls to the tuaregs in 1771.

[@plzineedtogowayrn6353]

This is truly one of my favorite videos on yt, love the calming ambient sound you used in the background.

[@drkipmpnin9e]

Can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate how well made this doc is, thank you thank you thank you!!!!! Got my sub

[@Rabanthebrain]

What an amazing comprehensive video. Truly amazing that this can be free. Insane kudos

[@fisayooyekole2151]

This is the BEST history documentary I've ever watched, Thank You!!! I have started recommending it to others.

[@carmenbarreto1195]

I just gifted to this video! ❤️ I just started following your channel :) And I learned a lot of new and important events -that I did not know previously. I applaud the time and dedication into crafting this video! Thank you! 🙏 ❤🤗

[@bluegizmo84100]

I wish I had known about your channel while I was working on my history degree! I had a fantastic African history professor, but would have loved some additional material.

[@skullseybones]

I’m so impressed with the depth of information in this video! Bravo!! 🎉

[@MrAnon4700]

This is an impressive compilation. I particularly love the unique images with different body features, poses, costumes, and colors for each character you flash up as you display different people while discussing them. I also appreciate the coloring of the map to help clarify which part of the continent you are discussing at the moment.

[@senzokhoza434]

The work and time put into this is absolutely incredible and the efforts show in the final product.

[@leogazebo5290]

3hrs of informative content and for free, thanks.

[@Lodestar.]

Thanks for all the time you put into this

[@E-63836]

WHY DOES THIS VIDEO KEEP AUTO PLAYING

[@ukcountryball.81880]

Respect to this guy. He made a 3 hr long vid having all the information about africa. Well done.

[@markmelvin299]

What a work. Thank you so much for this. Obviously running through the entire huge continent in only (ha!) 3 1/2 hours meant skimming through things. But just wow. Thank you so much for this riveting documentary. It could be my all time favourite ... so far that is. Thanks again.

[@dueldab2117]

Got to the 4 minutes mark and saw this is 3 plus hours long! What a gift! A sober telling of African history!

[@mA-ug5ts]

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[@dueldab2117]

@@mA-ug5ts make believe.

[@jasonhare8540]

Excellent quality . Well researched. My God . Not even one mention of ancient aliens ... I honestly may weep . Seriously though this is the best thing I've seen in a while.

[@Matteus2109]

Cheers! Saves having to go back through all the separate videos.

[@FluGameE]

Onion hovojviovvji bud

[@ladonnawhite6914]

I love that you present a lot of information, but it's a lot all at once. Could you maybe think of breaking it up into smaller segments? Maybe by area in Africa, or maybe by era or something. I don't know a lot and would love to know more. Thank you tremendously for all of your hard work and research. You are a blessing to all of us.

[@nuclearwinter1984]

watch it in segments, sorted.

[@designedforvictory]

@Jabzy, I have an African Pastor which makes me more interested in Africa and the globe so I thought I'd look around on KZbin. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@akhaotic]

i read somewhere that this is “the most comprehensive history of the scramble for africa ever released on video, and one that doesn’t rely on basic narratives and tropes. truly a historiographical triump”. wow i gotta watch it now

[@sableindian]

Propaganda Will you research the idiosyncrasies such as relating to the Bayaka with a derogatory expression? Or leaving out how Christians sold Christians in the Kingdom of Kongo or showing a person from the Xhosa as chalk white? That is only within the first 10 minutes. Not to mention the use of only one map when there were several maps of Africa during this time period that showed different borders. I just hope you don't just act passive. Propaganda only works through passive participation.

[@Twigs1836]

Yes, this is an incredibly well-made and well-researched video. I learned a lot from it, and recommend it to others looking for a reliable source for African history.

[@fooman1188]

This is an incredible compilation of history that is routinely ignore. Your research was very well done!!!!!!!!!!👏

[@Duececoupe]

Just popped up on my feed.... phenomenal work! Watched, liked and subscribed!

[@monkeyman321]

Three hours of African History, here we go!

[@ronaldwilson7334]

Pure evil for greed , power, and control. It is now fine time that “everyone “ find their way back to where they, and their forefathers came from. If they want to go to another country, or want something from another country- just go about it the right way- in peace , love, and respect ! Let’ us all start over now from SCRATCH !

[@midmaster69]

thank you for this video. a small crticism is that i would have appreciated a bibliography /list of sources somewhere, but i understand that would be a lot of work.

[@ayite8163]

my man! this is the greatest content. Thank you!!

[@emperorcorning8329]

Incredible. Thank you for this series.

[@jjames6552]

Take all the praise! !! Well deserved that bloke! Awesome content and the human voice is such a bonus!!!

[@lindsaykania106]

i love these videos never stop jabzy

[@D-E-S_8559]

RIDICULING incoherent folks is easy, but, even as we dismiss them it's important to contextualize their claims to the realm of either known history, or probability of lost history through enslavement -- it is up to you to separate the wheat from the chaff...How did you come up with the thesis that "civilization started in Ethiopia", do you have proof of that in antiquity....??? The Europeans wrote whole books on their European historical whitewashing lies---the so called "Barbary" are the term they used for the generations of European born and expelled Moors, Africans, Jews (yes, jews!) and Muslims, who were still seething from the systemic genocidal crusades, black deathing, inquisitions, forced conversions and expulsions from Europe, that they literally took-over the entire Mediterranean sea board and parts of the coastal Atlantic sea routes, as restitution and reparations ---on the other hand the reconquista, had already metastasized into full borne conquest, SLAVERY and colonialism, and that was the backdrop of the so called US treaty of Tripoli... Please DO NOT conflate the Moors for the Ottomans, those are historically two very different civilizations, the Moors predate the Ottomans by nearly 400 years---we can argue all day about who were the Moors, but you cannot confuse and deflate the presence of the growth and spread of Islam and the influence of the Malian Empire in that VERY same Sahel region. Think about it, if Mansa Musa made hajj to Mecca in 1300's with an army of 60,000 behind him bearing gifts of gold, ivory, salt and slaves (12,000 each carrying 2kgs of gold), as a Muslim himself who was also allied to the Marinid and Mamluk Sultanates, the former been the rulers of the Iberian peninsula.... One thing the Mansa's had that the Marinids needed more than gold was men, particularly free and enslaved soldiers (Muslims don't enslave Muslims) to hold their territories in Iberia and we know this to be historically and factually true---that there were ten of thousands probably even hundreds of thousands Black African soldiers in the Peninsula is very obvious, Islam after all was expanding and there were never going to be enough Arabs to conquer and hold Al-Andalus without the Malian Empires corroboration.

[@borisdejong8962]

Damn 3.5 hours, I respect the insane amount of effort, quality too

[@bcvetkov8534]

You did such a good job with this video man. I'm ecstatic for you that it's almost at 10 million views.

[@Heywhatsupmyman]

Janz is my 8th or 9th g grandfather and I am just totally geeked other people know he was a pirate! The Morrocan Sultan gave him a daughter to marry, which is his son Anthony Van Salee, whom migrated to freshly colonized New England and married a Gulick, which is my direct line to him, my grandmother was a Gulick from NY. Pretty interesting, crazy other people know about him! He’s not very famous

[@TheBrownCoyote]

Not just a pirate but a slave runner

[@theonlythingihavetosayis9333]

He owned slaves..... He was awful

[@ohhi5237]

@@theonlythingihavetosayis9333 he let slaves live, he fed and paid them, he provided medial care you racist heart hates people

[@ohhi5237]

@@TheBrownCoyote A REAL CAPITALIST, ARE YOU A COMMIE MATE?

[@titanicisshit1647]

No one is in awe that you ancestor was a pillaging thief

[@kilejo]

I appreciate your hard work. There seems to be a mistake in your coloring of the leaders and Kings of many states. It seems you make the soldiers dark and the kings lighter. Samori Toure was a dark man as was Menelik. Much darker than your average North African. Can you correct the color for the sake of accuracy?

[@cruisepaige]

I put this on Or background noise a couple of months ago and it was so good I turned it off and promised myself I would come back when I have time to listen carefully and fully enjoy. Today is that day my friend. Thank you

[@ayylmao3414]

amazing how well researched this was, thank you

[@D-E-S_8559]

RIDICULING incoherent folks is easy, but, even as we dismiss them it's important to contextualize their claims to the realm of either known history, or probability of lost history through enslavement -- it is up to you to separate the wheat from the chaff...How did you come up with the thesis that "civilization started in Ethiopia", do you have proof of that in antiquity....??? The Europeans wrote whole books on their European historical whitewashing lies---the so called "Barbary" are the term they used for the generations of European born and expelled Moors, Africans, Jews (yes, jews!) and Muslims, who were still seething from the systemic genocidal crusades, black deathing, inquisitions, forced conversions and expulsions from Europe, that they literally took-over the entire Mediterranean sea board and parts of the coastal Atlantic sea routes, as restitution and reparations ---on the other hand the reconquista, had already metastasized into full borne conquest, SLAVERY and colonialism, and that was the backdrop of the so called US treaty of Tripoli... Please DO NOT conflate the Moors for the Ottomans, those are historically two very different civilizations, the Moors predate the Ottomans by nearly 400 years---we can argue all day about who were the Moors, but you cannot confuse and deflate the presence of the growth and spread of Islam and the influence of the Malian Empire in that VERY same Sahel region. Think about it, if Mansa Musa made hajj to Mecca in 1300's with an army of 60,000 behind him bearing gifts of gold, ivory, salt and slaves (12,000 each carrying 2kgs of gold), as a Muslim himself who was also allied to the Marinid and Mamluk Sultanates, the former been the rulers of the Iberian peninsula.... One thing the Mansa's had that the Marinids needed more than gold was men, particularly free and enslaved soldiers (Muslims don't enslave Muslims) to hold their territories in Iberia and we know this to be historically and factually true---that there were ten of thousands probably even hundreds of thousands Black African soldiers in the Peninsula is very obvious, Islam after all was expanding and there were never going to be enough Arabs to conquer and hold Al-Andalus without the Malian Empires corroboration.

[@ayylmao3414]

@@D-E-S_8559 you have schizophrenia and should seek treatment. I'm not gonna take time out of my day to lose brain cells by reading what you just said.

[@ayylmao3414]

@@D-E-S_8559 everyone is out to get you but me, they're in your walls, under your skin, and on the street watching and ridiculing your every move. Break the cycle, kill them.

[@hommeboy]

not enough talk on kanem bornu. truly a humongous empire, spanning from nw nigeria to a little north of fezzan in libya. underrated for sure

[@maxheadrom3088]

Great video and an important subject that has little coverage. Thanks from Brazil!

[@joeharney135]

Great Work - damn will make a great TV series with 20 seasons. What a Great Job i cant stop listening.

[@bigdunc228]

I dont think i have learnt so much in a short time ( despite it being a long video) only took 20% in , so simply started it again immediately. Thank you

[@tcoyle440]

africa is and always was important to the world, and a giant influence. nice to learn about it.

[@Numba003]

I'm not quite finished with the video yet, but thank you for such a broad and in-depth video. I quite enjoy these longer videos for playing in the background while I drive, do chores, play Minecraft, etc. I'm not terribly familiar with African history, but videos like these are helping me learn. Thanks again! God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

[@amosculbreth5308]

Wow I’m African and I don’t even know all this history, truly an amazing video

[@Bcorcoran100]

As an African born and raised in NYC, I finaly learnt what my culture was like. I am so happy to be African

[@vansan2120]

I am so happy to be European.

[@Bcorcoran100]

@@vansan2120 nudda wyte boi sayin dis lyke yo we made errything invention yall use n yall steal all of dem, lyke da fuck ya even sayin if I saw yo ass u be done frfrfr u thinkin yall so fukin smart and sheet but like nah u all be yappin and cant say sheet afrcia was the original future, yall needa watch black panther n learn yo

[@kennethhammond4028]

I'm happy to be happy 😅

[@djquinn11]

@@vansan2120: I am so happy to be human.

[@ahmedhussein1694]

​@@vansan2120 I'm happy to be African. Not only am I 6'6 and quite strong genetically. I'm also an honours student. Brains and brawn 👍🏾

[@pierrelabounty9917]

Inspiring and very good historical work, thankyou for doing this.

[@suntosflow]

"many Africans are still living with the consequences today." It was worth watching the full 3:39:02 run time! Great work!

[@ohhi5237]

how long will that last? can we expect any kind of progress from africa? will it stay poor and militarized?

[@HW-sw5gb]

@@ohhi5237Probably, it’s just basic materialist economics. Eventually China will reach 1st world standard of living/industrialization, a new nation’s manufacturing will be cheaper, and they’ll become the factory of the world instead. And so on until everywhere is fully industrialized. Eventually it’ll be Africas turn. But it’ll take a century or two or three though.

[@Matthewwayne1399]

Soo I'm a white person living in south africa. Been here my whole life; and I can fully agree with this statement. Africa has the potential to rival if not overtake other continents in terms of economic & military potential. Mother Africa is a sleeping Giant, her hidden wealth and beautiful people will make certain this becomes a reality.

[@Matthewwayne1399]

​@HW-sw5gb the world is moving so fast. I believe within a century we'll see beginning of this.

[@banko1808]

This had more to do with european involvement in Africa than Africans themselves

[@bboi1489]

Exactly

[@SeanMichael-yt4ps]

Ancient African history would knock your socks off

[@joxa1013]

CAMEROONIAN here! You did a wonderful job!

[@jeskoumm]

“When I was at university, I came to know Africans- they were not studying this material- and while some may call this _modern world history_ , it is not necessary for matriculation….Alternativey, I learned the majority about the people of African from _Black Panther_ and _Wakanda: Forever_ ”

[@admirekashiri9879]

What are you talking about?

[@jeskoumm]

@@admirekashiri9879 “…. _Coming To America_ happened before I was born….there needs to be more African cinema in the Americas or does Bollywood pull better fast food ummm hey Google 🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒”

[@outlawfrom1899]

Awesome content man! Keep it up!

[@schrecksekunde2118]

your work is impressive and very well done. just found it some days ago and i guess I'll dive into it the next months

[@cinein5503]

Amazing, great to have such a comprehensive video on a topic that's too often ignored

[@RAGEHXARAGO]

I’m a proud Ajuran, awdal and warsengeli man. 🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴💪🏾💪🏾

[@jacquesfrancois4275]

Life Lesson : When your chief or traditional healer tells you he has a magical method of turning the enemies bullets to water, he's probably lying.

[@M0VI3GUY]

What a great summary of these area and their developments, absolutely great, if I had a "super-like" you would get it for this video. On a side-note, now I understand where all the city states in the game Civilization come from and their histories. Just amazing!

[@MKRex]

The Ono empire’s involvement in the slave trade, was retaliation and self defence against Dahomey. The Oyo empire, being a powerful kingdom, was seen as a threat to tributaries.

[@Chrisfrom_Dallas]

What All over the place coverage.. you've done years of research, but because the explanation cuts off dead cold for every example you cover I can't wait for the next one. Good job

[@EZquickclipz]

good morning yall just woke up at 3:30:09 idk how i got here but im here

[@quinm]

Same 😂

[@EZquickclipz]

@@quinm lol

[@503.00]

fr

[@Endgame707]

Africa is awesome screw the haters love from USA 🇺🇸

[@DEADG6D]

Awesome resources -rubs hands together-

[@Sowsow0]

1:53:57 Point for correction, In 1892, the Italian explorer Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti for the first time labeled as Somalia the region in the Horn of Africa referred to as Benadir. Later, it was referred to as Somalia Italia since it rhymes with Italia.Before 1892 that area of horn of African was known as the land of Somal espcially the coast of the current state of Somaliland. Since the 14th century until 1887, the area of horn of African was known as the land of Somal especially the coast of the current state of Somaliland. later was named as British Somaliland.