What happened to the many African Kingdoms? History of Africa 1500-1800 Documentary 1/6

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African Kingdoms, Sokoto Caliphate, Mali Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Rozvi Empire, Ashanti, Oyo, Kingdom of Benin, Funj, African History, Moroccan History, Barbary States, Mutapa, Zulu Kingdom, Xhosa

[@HistoryScope]

I made 2 videos about Africa and that video gets A LOT of racist comments from people who think that Africa had nothing going on in this period, except people living in tents or caves. It's very nice to see a video which covers topics like this; one of the least taught periods of one of the least taught continents.

[@blenshanegro3260]

@Stratos I lol

[@papachocolate1677]

@Stratos I how much research have you actually done? I'm not asking this to insult you, i'm just genuinely curious. Because even a decent amount of research into pre-colonial african architecture reveals structures that cannot be labeled just simply as "large huts". Infact just simply googling "pre colonial African architecture" is enough to get these results. Not to mention that they didn't have the same architecture achievements and styles from 12000 years ago. Cause like with all places, techniques and aesthetic sensibilities changed over time. So honestly, how much research did you do? because everything you said was false.

[@crazychicksheena]

@Stratos I yes that's racist black people aren't dum as you think 🤔

[@admirekashiri9879]

Racists will always come and do their keyboard warrior shenanigans.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@Stratos I All measures like what exactly give a few examples with evidence.

[@googleme6053]

It’s so hilarious to see people literally be ANGRY that “subsaharan” Africans had lives, civilization, travel, trade routes, and political intrigue before Europeans arrived.

[@cavaugnsharkey2699]

There's a word I like when referring to their behavior: cope.

[@ezra5788]

Also people love to generalize when it comes to Africa. They speak of "sub-Saharan Africa" like it's a single homogeneous place. So-called sub-Saharan Africa has more genetic diversity than all of Europe and the Americas combined. There are over 1000 languages spoken, There are over 900 ethnic groups etc.. The Khoi San are very genetically and visually different from the Nillotes, who are genetically and visually different from the bantu, who are visually and genetically different from the pygmies, who are genetically and visually different from the Cushites etc. The average African you will see in South Sudan will look VERY different from the average African you will see in South Africa. Botswana is as far from Nigeria as Ireland is from Kazakhstan etc. Falling into generalizations for such a huge and diverse area is being very shallow.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

I think it's funny that people need to identify with them. My ancestors were called Barbarians, vandals, savages... Probably why Germans wanted to identify with Aryans. I can see the same thing happening to black Americans. When you teach someone to be disenfranchised then provide them with.... something.

[@yoboiboy4182]

Right????

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

Exactly! I’ve noticed these new channels always make the same MISTAKE either willingly or unwillingly. For example, the Slave Trade associated with European colonials, they call it “Atlantic Slave Trade” which whitewashes any ethnicity or religion. However, when it comes to the Indian Slave Trade, they call either the Arab Slave Trade or the “Islamic Slave Trade” which emphasizes an ethnic or religion. This type of hypocrisy is why western historian and KZbinrs who don’t see it or refuse to it become a JOKE!

[@kenkioqqo]

I'm from Kenya in East Africa. I really enjoy watching these African history documentaries every evening after work.

[@b52goats]

Dude look up Mansa Musa or the Kush kingdoms, yall dont teach your own history in school?

[@JasonRobards2]

Are there good series like this made by youtubers from Africa? My youtube suggestions almost exclusively suggest European/American history channels. It would be interesting to watch this content from a different perspective.

[@Niani23455]

@@JasonRobards2 1. Hometeam history 2. From Nothing

[@JasonRobards2]

@@Niani23455 thanks!

[@Erishiano]

Nice to see another history nerd

[@malekaltayari3936]

Love to all my African brothers from Tunisia 🌹🇹🇳

[@ramire7heavenz252]

Love you too, from New Jersey, America

[@kolaxx7183]

🇹🇳🤍🇩🇿

[@cavaugnsharkey2699]

Good work. I've notice there is a trend of channels interested in African history or aspects of it, and so far it's a positive change to the usual imagery of poverty, starvation, and corruption that we are constantly fed about in regards to Africa.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Agreed, most people seem to only demonize or patronize that continent, both groups just love to oversimplify everything to

[@cavaugnsharkey2699]

@@christianweibrecht6555 You summed it up better than I could.

[@ericcloud1023]

Same here, history channels are starting to diverge from the euro-centric viewpoint (which is still my favorite area of history) and done videos on India, SE Asia, Africa, S. America, and the central Asian/Iranian area of influence that is just as rich. For example the Khazar Khaganate converted to Judaism....a nomadic horse archer culture actively embraced Judaism! Doesn't that just blow your mind! That and the Indo-European descendants living in the Gobi desert that were wiped out by the Medieval Chinese empire, (the Tar-somethings) history is full of amazing one-off irregularities like this and I love it! Like for example the Tai-Ping rebellion was started by a Chinese man claiming to be Jesus' brother which caused the deaths of up to 10million!!!

[@Farhan917]

They wanted to keep Africans poor as long as possible that's why.

[@Bradley2806]

@@ericcloud1023I haven't heard of the indo Europeans in the Gobi, are you referring to the Tocharians. They were a group of indo Europeans in the Tarim basin, but they eventually assimilated into the ugygurs.

[@Bloodycupcake54]

Well done! It's rare to see African history talked about in an objective factual way!

[@DeadGivaway]

what are you watching ?

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

@@DeadGivaway alot of pre-colonial african history that non-academics have access too is either eurocentric or afrocentric. The others refusing to see any progress in africa for thousands of years, the others somehow attributing anything good in the world with africa somehow or treating it like some sort of paradise.

[@bobcostas6272]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@bobcostas6272]

@@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506 hahahahahahah ok simp

[@bobcostas6272]

@Kyjohc literally never made a road

[@justalittlebee]

I appreciate your work on this series, I'm going to watch them all! I never imagined I'd ever see unbiased content on African history on KZbin, nor did I think it'd be suggested to me by the algorithm ... awesome

[@EvilSmonker]

Love your new style of videos you have been making in the past year (being the longer format), it really allows you to go into detail in the nuanced, unbiased way that you tend to explain history. Still seem short but history is so dense that there is always things that are gonna be left behind.

[@chris2thejmedia]

History is not simply what is told in class, but the culmination of millions of day to day choices made by billions of people throughout their lives. This video just goes to show that it is so much more complex then students are lead to believe

[@psychonautguide5630]

@roger barron i mean, you're wrong. But you're entitled to your opinion.

[@Mansa_Musa_al_Malik]

@roger barron 😂😂😂

[@jaijai5250]

There has to be a desire for truth in order to know true history. The “primitive” narrative of Africa suits Europeans. Most of them would be mortified to know the real reason behind the renaissance. They need to read the “Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Mackey”, and study the history of the Moors in Europe. I think they’d die of heart attacks because it’s contrary to their beliefs. I know the creator tells us not to wish for his judgement day, because none of us really knows where we stand but it will be great to see the smiles wiped off these racist fools faces. Jeremiah 16:19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. We are living through some very trying times, and only those with discernment can see scripture unfolding, and prophecy being fulfilled right before our very eyes. Black people remain proud that you were created in the image of the Creator and we have all seen the following: Ecclesiastes 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

[@allopez33]

You just now learned that?????? You missed out on Tolstoys 'War and Peace'. Then again, I doubt you read much, if at all.

[@allopez33]

@@jaijai5250 Loincloths, Spears, Absence of written-language system until contact with Islam, Shamanism, Albinism understood as a tribal curse even in the modern era, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, HIV, Sickle Cell Anemia, Malaria........that's what you had and still have. THE APPROPRIATION OF NORTH AFRICAN HISTORY (Berbers, Arabs, Moors, Tuaregs) is about your biggest historical accomplishment. What is comical about these uploads is the all-too-patent desperation at trying to compensate for the glaring absence of any notable achievements when compared to Europe, China, India, Israel, The Golden Age of Islam. To be sure, the Golden Mongol Horde under Ghengis Khan was more interesting and important than the entire history of Sub-Saharan Africa combined. By the way, leave the Egyptian pyramids alone. TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE FEATURES OF EGYPTIANS TODAY: THATS WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED THEM LOOK LIKE. AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY YOURS WITHOUT CITING THE SPIRITUAL MUSINGS OF A WANDERING SEMITIC PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DID GO ON TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MODERN WORLD. CULTURAL ENVY IS ALL YOU WILL EVER HAVE.

[@phunkracy]

Nice video, though I think Benin Empire deserved a mention, if only for the fact that its capital, Benin was one of the largest cities of its time (worldwide) and a wonder of city planning, divided into self sufficient districts, with sewerage and street lights. The plan itself was based upon mathematical principles in a fractal-like divisions.

[@JabzyJoe]

Will be mentioned a couple times throughout the series

[@phunkracy]

@@JabzyJoe

[@ab9840]

Never heard of Edo the capital city of the once empire of Benin. Thought, the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán (modern day Mexico city) was the wonder of the world back then.

[@obatalaosun2222]

@@ab9840 Look at that! You learn something new everyday!

[@Cindy99765]

@@ab9840 As someone whose parents come from Edo State and have Benin ancestry, I'm still really happy to see folks express interest in learning about our history!

[@leroyeli399]

Thank you so much for covering this topic in as much detail as you did. Please keep up with such great content 😍

[@BasileiaRomaionHistory]

One of the most informative videos I have ever seen on the subject. I have learned many details I was unaware of. Keep up the great work!

[@VolcyThoughts]

Thank you for bringing light to the fact that there was history and cultural exchange before the scramble

[@someguyand...whatever23]

I was waiting for this day to come.... and it came!

[@512TheWolf512]

It's common knowledge though.

[@VolcyThoughts]

@@512TheWolf512 you’d be surprised how many don’t know that there were civilizations outside of Egypt in Africa. A lot of people believe it was just a bunch of tribal mudhuts. Nothing complex

[@Yawnymcsnore]

What a joke, Egypt Morocco etc are not really Africans they are Arabs. The Africans hadn't invented a written language, the wheel or a two story fucking Building what a joke.

[@VolcyThoughts]

@@Yawnymcsnore your first sentence is correct, the second is incorrect

[@JabzyJoe]

Corrections - The Omani Ruling Family was the Yaruba Dynasty, not the Yoruba. Sometimes I say 17th Century but the timeline says 1700s. This is Part 1 of 5 on the Scramble for Africa (obviously this is just setting the scene). Thanks to the Patreons for voting and, if you'd like, I could always do with a little support in making these longer series and survival guides - www.patreon.com/jabzy

[@christidiscipulus1576]

can you do more on the congo kingdom?

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

A video on Mughal-maratha war?

[@LuisAldamiz]

Add to the corrections that you confused Madeira with Canary Islands, Madeira is further North, almost equidistant from both Portugal and Morocco (but was uninhabited when Portugal claimed it). It is also much smaller than the Canarias, and was the first ever slave plantation colony, after the woodlands it give it the name were destroyed by intentional massive fires in order to plant sugarcane. Granted that Portugal was also involved in the conquest of Canary Islands but soon it was claimed by Castile instead, leading to some rivalry between the two Iberian powers in the region that would only be solved by the Tordesillas Treaty.

[@lif3andthings763]

Also Morocco didn’t really single-handedly defeat Songhai. They captured and looted a few cities like Timbuktu which wasn’t even the capital but them were forced to retreat due to uprisings from the people.

[@lif3andthings763]

The Zanj revolt is actually have said to be a revolt of the peasants along with free and enslaved Africansz

[@nobody8328]

Thank you for these videos. I love learning about history, especially the many people and civilizations that weren't discussed during my "classical education".

[@Theplanet_Information]

Morocco is a rare example of a empire that later became a kingdom, whos people never gave up and kept believing in their Leader and kept fighting for their territories and against colonialism

[@zenosama8599]

​@@NEVERmoreLenoreEVERnope only Moroccans

[@magimon91834]

I feel like unfortunately an online discourse we never really give much credit or respect to actual African History either treat it as something unimportant or as one big tragedy with nothing good to it due to European interaction. I appreciate this video making a legitimate attempt to show what happened in a period and region which doesn't get the coverage it deserves

[@Klipz369]

It’s like if we just cut out the 1600-1900 for Europeans and just say their history is 3BC-1400AD lotta goofy ass mfers. There’s a reason anywhere we touch down in big numbers whether it’s the slave trade in Americas or immigration to Europe sub Saharan Africans have a big impact on the culture especially the music we’re the oldest demographic of people on this planet and will likely be the last

[@beepboopbeepp]

It's half the european propaganda aspect of the "white mans burden" which heavily influenced this view, and also the idiotic discourss in america doesn't help the situation where even african americans argues that everything in Africa was purely black or darkskinned. The debate is so dumbed down it's like people put in their own personal views in history when in the end who gives a shit if north africans look different, so does south-africans, and eastern africans and western africans. They'd still all be africans is what people seem to ignore.

[@niklassule-unofficial4200]

@Stratos I Sumerians were never called Iraqis.

[@niklassule-unofficial4200]

@Stratos I 1. Sumer was never an empire, the first empire was the Akkadian empire. 2. Yes, Sumer was located in the region that became Iraq, but that doesn't make their inhabitants Iraqis.

[@niklassule-unofficial4200]

@Stratos I Whatever you say man. Never heard any Archaeologist say that Sumer was an empire.

[@snaps5373]

I love finding new channels like this. Thank you so much for taking the time to not only research but compile everything.

[@Baller4lifeATL]

Great work. Thank you for the high level overview of the side of African history that doesn’t get much coverage.

[@aerialpunk]

This is just so interesting! Thanks for providing such a balanced overview. I really appreciate how you added enough detail while still keeping it brief. And also how you avoided a lot of modern political traps and just focused on the facts. It was just very thoroughly interesting.

[@rickwilliams967]

Sounds like you're trying to find said political traps...

[@lindseyfrancesco4]

I love videos like this that go in depth on the subjects generally neglected by history

[@allenhunt9732]

You're doing incredible work highlighting history that's often overlooked!

[@bubbakatevsthestate9290]

😂😂😂

[@kwakuba9167]

The biggest challenge about presenting Africa to the world is overcoming the entrenched myth that Africans are a people. A simple monolithic block of people called Africans. Ha ha ha. No. We are the African peopleS. Emphasis on the S. Plural. The continent has more human diversity than the rest of the world combined. In terms of language culture skin colors etc etc. I am from Ghana and apart from skin tone I have nothing in common with say a Somali or Botswana or Ethiopian. The only famous person I have seen address this nuance and present the specific context of certain issues is the late Fidel Castro. Even though I don't like communism I give Mr Castro credit for correctly presenting the correct context and nuance of specific issues on the continent and not using the broad brush "Africans" approach that still pertains to this day. .

[@DevinMacGregor]

It is always amazing how so many use broad strokes for a continent of diverse people. Not just Africa which many do not understand just how HUGE it is is but Europe and Asia as well. I have friends who wear their wokeness on their sleeves but then conflate Asian cultures, umm no that is Chinese and that is Japanese. Africa has SOOOO many different cultures. I was reading of just the diversity say in Nigeria is staggering. I was referring to all peoples but took some heat when I said that one of the worst things of appropriation is when someone claims another culture as their own just because the skin color is similar. I think it was the BBC but they have this documentary on 5 ancient kingdoms in the Sub Sahara Africa. I thought it was really good because it is something you normally do not see and all of these were far from each other as well.

[@kwakuba9167]

@@DevinMacGregor you have read wide.thank you. The cultural appropriation argument is an another silly example of the ignorance of wokeness. It would mean a Thai is prohibited from wearing a kimono. Or a Nigerian is prohibited from wearing kente which is native to southern Ghana. Or a Zimbabwean is prohibited from wearing the boubou which is native to Senegal. Its just silly and ignorant. They even forgot that under Wokeism then dark skinned people should not be wearing suits shirts or coats because those came from cultures elsewhere .

[@DevinMacGregor]

@@kwakuba9167 I love when it gets shifted to food such as I can not say if a food was good or not that did not come directly from my culture. Yet I live in a multicultural society. I am thinking, but food is not genetic. I have a work friend who we would go to lunch periodically and she completely bought into this such as I could not tell her if a burrito was good or not because I am white and she is Mexican even though I grew up in Southern California eating burritos, tacos etc. Not to mention a burrito is what we call Tex Mex and it has only been in the last several decades the bulk of Mexico even knows what one is. It was not a part of Mexican cuisine. It is like certain foods here that you find in Chinese restaurants did not come from China and are not a part of traditional Chinese cuisine. So then I asked her so how can you tell me what a good Sushi place is because last I checked you are not Japanese. She had nothing to say after that. She loves sushi bars btw. It is just silly. If you want to know how to make a schnitzel I will tell you and I will trust you and your taste buds. All of this comes out of a hyper sense of identity.

[@PAGoldenglovechamp06]

You have nothing in common with me and I am African American within 3% Ghana blood

[@MrMagic-nw2tl]

All 🩸 from the same creator different cultures

[@benc640]

Brilliant. I’m ashamed to say that most of my knowledge about early African kingdoms comes from playing EU4 😂 I also had no idea Tangier was in English hands for a time. Great video - subscribed.

[@YoungMesrine]

That's what internet for just look for it.

[@TK-js7yz]

EU4 and learning about history can go together -- nothing to be ashamed of. On the contrary -- the game is so complex -- only hard core history fans can truly enjoy it

[@prestonjones1653]

Ck3 led me to a multiday rabbit hole.learning about the Oyo Empire. The spark to drive a search for knowledge matters little, so long as learning is pursued.

[@FrnnkEducation]

Excited to hear what you've compiled!

[@randomperson6988]

I would love to see more African history or discussion about conflict in Africa today

[@marttiereeds3494]

Everyone knows most conflicts in developing countries including the Middle East has the hand prints of Western Countries

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

THIS is the sort of video you want Boosted for Black History Month.

[@mikeld2067]

Multiple tribes killing eachother is about all they can do lmao

[@matthewgardner5364]

​@@mikeld2067 More of multiple Empires competing against each other; the Empires of Europe/Asia weren't so different with their killings. Just shows how close together we all are

[@aerialpunk]

@@matthewgardner5364 Yeah agreed, I feel like this is not only an interesting overview of African history, but it's very humanizing in a way that a lot of modern talks involving race are not. I feel like it's all heavily, heavily coloured by the history of African slaves in the US, and people from all sides of the topic take those issues and project them onto every part of African history, and it's so inaccurate. Of course Africans had their own kingdoms, cultures, economies, trade relations, etc and very complex relationships with people all over the world - just like people from other continents did. Real history is so much more fascinating than the oversimplified, politicised versions.

[@matthewgardner5364]

@@aerialpunk Such a refined way to explain it lol. I concur dude this video based. Like this kinda history right here with its good and bad right and wrong; is my cup of tea. If history was taught like this in the classes and beyond more people would find it interesting. The winners in history can be so biased and leave things out or exaggerate things that were not meant to be so this video speaking from all sides is truly a gift.

[@aerialpunk]

@@matthewgardner5364 Thanks haha. And yeah I agree, watching this made me really feel how narrow the stuff we learn about in history classes is. I remember back when I was in high school, I felt like we spent every year learning the same things about WW2... Funnily enough, half my family is from Poland, and as I'm learning more about that sides history I realise that even with all that education, I actually knew very little about how the war affected the Polish. And that's in a continent we actually learn something about, nevermind places like Africa where you're lucky if they skim over any part of it besides the colonial slave trade. There's a whole world of history out there! And it's all so interesting. It'd be amazing if people would get a class where they just learn about the broad strokes of history in a balanced, unbiased way like this. It'd be interesting and broaden our knowledge a lot.

[@kwameadu0075]

No mention of the Asante Empire? Asante was the most powerful empire in West Africa during the 19th century. It was the only West African kingdom to defeat a major European power on more than one occasion. Asante fought the British for a century. You even had a depiction of an Asante soldier during your section on Oyo.

[@michiga5220]

We all fought, my country was the first one to be bombed because they couldn't fight us on land or sea, im somali

[@Olori-Ogun]

@Wolfgang Rotz When did he say Black you turd ? The man clearly said he was Somali......

[@Originalchili]

@@michiga5220 ahh yes the great Somalian military lol

[@michiga5220]

@@Originalchili of course what could be any better!

[@michiga5220]

@Wolfgang Rotz you sound confused for no reason

[@anonnymousperson]

This is really amazing and we need more people doing in depth documentaries like this. Thank you Jabzy. This is also possibly the topic I most want to learn more about. Great job!

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

It's so hard to find videos about African history that can whittle down the huge amount of info!

[@Tacomaster21]

Ty so much Jabzy for covering this subject. It is such an overlooked part of history, but should never be forgotten. Amazing video as always :)

[@oceejekwam6829]

The animation and sound are perfectly pitched. This is one steady stream of facts that ranged throughout the continent.

[@sc6658]

I really, really enjoy history in a very broad sense (broad meaning I am interested in a lot of different time periods in a lot of different places) and seeing videos on seemingly barely touched subjects like this is absolutely wonderful. I’m a pretty busy person so I love listening to documentary videos like this while I do other work or run errands, and so I don’t get to read as much as I’d like to so videos like this absolutely make my day when I find them. Really quenches my thirst for knowledge that’s seemingly very difficult to find and in a way I can easily manage while going about my busy schedule. Thank you!

[@D-E-S_8559]

" Yoruba dynasty" displaced the Portuguese in the East coast of Africa--NO NO NO! the proliferation of this "internet historians" is to deliberately sow confusion through disambiguation of false facts..... Stay focused on the 800+ years of the Moors, Africans and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula....

[@pablodesilvestro831]

High quality content! Great job 🔥

[@scott2452]

Great content! A small error though… “17th century” should refer to the 1600s.

[@MatthewDoye]

The same error crept into mention of the 18th century.

[@erikawhelan4673]

There's a persistent off-by-one error in the enumeration of centuries.

[@allopez33]

LOOK WHO YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT TO.

[@mpforeverunlimited]

@@erikawhelan4673 it would be easier if 0-99 was referred to as the 0th century or something like that

[@erikawhelan4673]

@@mpforeverunlimited You mean 1-100?

[@uberdonkey9721]

Been looking for a documentary like this for so many years. Thankyou so much.

[@dejuandipper7821]

Small correction : at 6:19 the rulers of Oman are named the "Yoruba dynasty" They were the Y'arubid Dynasty or the Yaruba. The Yoruba are a significant ethnic group in Nigeria.

[@drose6437]

yeah, but they're not the same

[@kHoPhAe]

@@drose6437 That's his point

[@ddd620]

@DRose There is a 'not' missing

[@Smilemonster1912]

amazing video, opened my eyes on so many things I never knew about.

[@HoiSourced]

Great video Jabzy. Pre-colonial africa and the many kingdoms there are rarely covered, especially on youtube. Thanks for providing such a valuable video.

[@failedaustrianpainter476]

To be fair it’s hard to cover society’s which didn’t record their history

[@dr.vikyll7466]

@@failedaustrianpainter476 a lot of these societies recorded their history though? But what do expect from Adolf Hitler...

[@b52goats]

@@failedaustrianpainter476 Fucking finally. At least you get it, people act like its a race thing but NO PEOPLE the societies just didnt document much.

[@leonshamalla05]

@Danny Tallmage Im from Kenya and im part pf the Luhya ethnic group, we have texts and so many writings dating back to the bantu expansion in kenya. Our history is hidden, because all Africans know that the Europeans tried to erase it and they still try to today. Its easier to learn about africa if you’re there

[@leonshamalla05]

@Danny Tallmage ur world is so tiny u know nothing outside, Luhya text existed thousands of years ago, we had a writing system similar to the one in Mali. If google is ur only source then maybe go outside

[@carnage9413]

Beautiful video man, i love the music and the way you speak so calming:)

[@DocMatthews0311]

We appreciate your research and insight ✊🏽

[@Lofirainbows]

Sorting by newest, wish me luck.

[@dr.nosborn6330]

It's always a wild ride😂

[@willh4269]

This was so fascinating thank you very much for this video

[@dreamcitymusic]

Thank you so much for this information. Great Video!!!

[@fads90]

This was a treat. Great details. Thanks.

[@Inzira155]

The Rwanda kingdom didnt start in the late 1600s as mentioned but rather in 11th to 12th centuries, what happened in the 1600s was a rebirth of the defeated kingdom by Ruganzu Ndori after a generation of non existence.

[@scottanos9981]

Also, where the hell did he get the idea that Mormons thought Jesus was born in the United States?

[@diegelbeseegurke2116]

@@scottanos9981 It is a bit of a simplification and they naturally don't have the same mythology but I think it's a good analogy.

[@toastertubbo]

YOO HYPE I've been trying to learn about this stuff for a while but I can never get myself to sit down and skim through a textbook - thanks for helping me and a lot of others out!

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

Right I've got like 3 textbooks I haven't touched yet. 😭

[@dvtek]

this by far the best history so far of Africa! so transparent and straight forward! looking forward to a part 2

[@himanshusingh801]

Packed with information and revealing truths, thank you so much for adding some more ideas and information in my existing repository 😇

[@thefrenchkiwi9435]

An amazing video! We need more content like this, even if it's condensed, because African history is still sadly underrated and overlooked.

[@dylandylantoriyama5370]

@The French Kiwi...It's underrated and overlooked because the West did that on purpose. It goes against the centuries of propaganda to paint Africans as one big monolith entity yet the continent is bigger then Europe with more civilizations then one can count on its fingers. The Akan civilization of modern day Ghana and Ivory Coast where a pain in the ass for the British and French with the many wars and victories of the Akan empire.....you really think the French and British in those days would teach how they lost from one of the most powerful and sophisticated African civilization ? No bro. I am not even African but Asian but i learned this later on in University and did my own research. Africa is has a untapped history that fears the west deep down, the west dont know much about Africa and the genesis of African civlizations and empires ..so what you dont know you fear.

[@eldoplo1155]

@@dylandylantoriyama5370 this has nothing to do with the west. No one cares anywhere. There’s an entire planet and they also don’t care.

[@eldoplo1155]

@@dylandylantoriyama5370 they’ve had 0 influence on the world except things like you just listed yourself, being a pain in everyone’s ass. They’ve directly contributed nothing to the modern world, so who cares. Keyword directly. I’m sure you’re gonna go on some cringe rant about their past influences.

[@pretty7995]

@@eldoplo1155 What you just wrote makes no sense the world wouldn’t be where it’s at now if it weren’t for the colonisation of africa. Even today Europeans are still scrambling for Africa.

[@kerenpooh5314]

That’s was fine on purpose they even burned many of libraries and now the average African doesn’t know anything about thier own tribe

[@Aethgeir]

Excellent concise history. Really makes me want to do a deep dive into some of these African kingdoms and nation states.

[@bubbakatevsthestate9290]

Good luck you will find they are mostly made up fairy tales.

[@sittingupnmyroom5456]

This information is very important to know, great work!

[@sagebias2251]

Finally. I have been waiting for this for a long time.

[@MikhailTabigay]

Another nice series Jabzy! btw I saw you in r/mongolia last week asking for help for a Basic Politics video. How is that? Any news about it?

[@JabzyJoe]

Afraid not - I'm getting next to no biters on any country.

[@MikhailTabigay]

@@JabzyJoe That sucks man :/

[@gutyhuy3817]

Amazing video, I can’t wait for the whole series. Wonder if the Roman, Chinese or Tamil traders from Somalia to modern Mozambique will get a mention.

[@NostalgicBlackCulture]

Thanks for covering this topic I noticed before recently I had hard time finding videos on Africa before slavery

[@davidmizak4642]

You deliver excellent content to your audience. All of your effort put into creating this video is much appreciated. I'm truly grateful for your help!

[@cronaalbarn2146]

I've been looking for something like this for years, it's hard to get an idea of Africa brofore the scramble, between the vast distances, jostle environment, lack of records from the various tribal peoples, and a gerneral disinterest by historians of the time made it hard to find info by an amateur like myself. I really can't wait for the next installment

[@ogeo.8966]

Try watching HomeTeam History videos. They have very good videos on precolonial Africa. Tell your friends lol.

[@stevenrickett4333]

There's always books!

[@bobcostas6272]

“We couldnt write our own history down so this is later people’s faults!” Simps in a nutshellz

[@animuslite8809]

@@bobcostas6272 exactly, hes too busy KANGING to think about that tho

[@tomsea6017]

@@bobcostas6272 Yet again another ignorant and stupid statement. There's loads of written history from the ancient Mali empire and the Ethiopian (the various versions over time) empire. Besides issues around the language being indiscernible, there is enough history to cover and yet somehow when people do decide to cover Africa, it is only around slavery. Nobody has to cover anything but if you choose only one part of history, you have to be called out. But then, there're a**holes like you talking crap under every KZbin video which attempts to say anything other than the nonsense they want to believe.

[@sebo641]

I have no idea why history of africa is so overlooked. It's a crossroads between indigenous Africa, Europe and Asia and has so many interesting stories. Instead we get weird propaganda like Woman King or we have afrocentrists appropriating ancient Egypt. C'mon the actual history is so much more interesting.

[@FlagWaverFlagBearer]

Egypt was black, no one is appropriating anything except Arabs.

[@FlagWaverFlagBearer]

@@NEVERmoreLenoreEVER All of it was black until the Asiatics moved in. The oldest lamentations of Egypt have Egyptians angry that Asiatics and Libyans we're all over Egypt and in positions of power and they wanted a king from Nubia to save them. Ancient Egypt was black

[@DoubleDragon-ks2hk]

Finally someone with actual interest in african history 😊😊

[@deleted-something]

Finally I find one of these videos, very underapreciated overall, this is gonna be a interesting video

[@renaultft-1732]

This video is amazing. Its so condense and concise

[@alexabood2516]

Disney: "Endgame is the most ambitious crossover event in history" Africa: "hold my beer"

[@512TheWolf512]

Every sixty seconds in Africa a minute passes.

[@Zack-sr6do]

wow :(

[@huggableteddybearxd9735]

such a tragedy

[@DoubleAAce]

Together we can stop this

[@trinnygirl1]

Woah so deep bruh

[@daz3350]

Astounding knowledge

[@deemb5284]

Always look forward to your content

[@festusmichira2727]

Thanks for such a great 👍 video of African history 👏

[@yungjohnathan1188]

Fascinating content!

[@winowmak3r]

Such an under represented period in history. I never really learned what happened during this period until after I graduated university.

[@Nytellem]

It’s almost as if it never existed

[@marsmohr1122]

Indeed good work. Like it very much. Thanks 👌👍🏻👌🏿

[@roberticvs]

This is very good. I'm very much looking forward to the rest of this series. Your quiet voice and peaceful music in the background makes it very easy to take in.

[@Joao-de9gl]

Hey jabzy, I want to congratule you for your first (I believe?) video getting to reach 500k views. What a change in the thumbnail and art did. Wonders 😂. Nothing other than deserved success. Your content is amazing, looks like it was a matter of presentation for it to get big with history fans. Always cheered for and recommended your channel. I wish you even more recognition!

[@mrnicewatch8877]

Proud to be Bantu, Shona . My totem and word of mouth family history checks out with your research. Love your channel.❤🇿🇼

[@AVNTREY]

hi that’s really interesting how it matches id like to know more!

[@mrnicewatch8877]

@@AVNTREY sure any time .

[@h.m.5724]

Without correcting him when he said Mutapa State was from Mozambique

[@Monke_boi13]

@@mrnicewatch8877 we’re Gods true chosen ppl

[@HonestMan112]

@@Monke_boi13 we're all god's people

[@malikshabazz2065]

great stuff keep up the great work!

[@victorduru11]

Thank you thank you.. very well done!!

[@johntheblonde]

This video was very interesting to watch; are the sources you used somewhere I could access? I'd love to delve deeper into these places.

[@MrFosite]

15:58 to 16:09 you repeat yourself on the line: And this in turn opened up their path to taking coastal libya algeria and tunisia. Other than that, really great video can't wait for the other parts.

[@jameseden9380]

Repeated vocal line at 16.04 Excellent content thank you for teaching me.

[@illuminickiblanco]

Thank u for this! Instant Sub!!

[@kingstarscream320]

Jazzy, Sandrhoman and Pike and Shot Channel are the best early modern KZbin history documentarians. Some good up and comers I recommend include “From Nothing”

[@jacklaurentius6130]

Thanks, I didn’t know about Pike & Shot channel

[@Artur_M.]

Truly impressive summary/introduction to an enormous and complicated topic! BTW speaking of weird attempts of colonisation in Madagascar, there was certain Hungarian-Slovak-kinda-Polish nobleman Maurice Benyovszky (also spelt Beňovský or Beniowski), who after fighting in the Polish Bar Confederation against Russia, then being imprisoned all the way in Kamchatka and escaping, ended up having adventures in Madagascar, even trying to become a ruler of a part of the island. His story would be quite the material for a video of its own, especially as apparently a considerable amount of exaggerations and fiction got entangled with the facts in it.

[@rediettadesse2828]

I will NEVER believe the first habitants of madagascar are from around india and not bantu or from africa ?

[@makouras]

Amazing video, great work

[@daniel_maholela]

Thank you so much bro🙏🏽

[@jstantongood5474]

Excellent excellent balanced video. Shows you that Africa has just as complex and interesting history as anywhere else. You filled in LOTS of lacunae here and provide small trampolines for further studies.

[@theodoreroosevelt3143]

this is one of my favorite videos of yours, i saw it twice. i wish we could spread more knowledge about the history of Africa kingdoms. "We wuz kangs" meme is racist trash but black Americans praise wrong ancestors(Egypt) while there was many great important empires they can be proud of

[@spitxfire99]

@roger barron Name the actual historians you've got your history from which contradicts anything in the video above.

[@joanthemad5894]

@roger barron uhh the early historians were racists lol especially in the US. Thats why most people out side of africa dont know shit about it but cry ig

[@AskiatheGreat64]

Exactly.

[@zombieat]

@@joanthemad5894 everyone has some racial biases even if not conscious of them.

[@KaiusKing]

Good Video! Very informative.

[@justmyopinion9883]

Thank you for sharing this informative video. I am trying to learn more about Africa, the Motherland.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

6:15 The Sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now. That's just where he lives.

[@vascoapolonio2309]

Very good video. I consider myself an average informed and educated Portuguese. I did knew a little, but 80% of the information was very much new for me. For that, I'm grateful. Thanks. And waiting for more.

[@nicoleallen8349]

Thanks for sharing, good to know real history that's not bias.

[@oats6442]

Great work the effort really shows

[@bigbootros4362]

Incredibly interesting and in-depth 👍🏼 History is so complex and intertwined it's incredible. But many people try to simplify it for their own political agenda.

[@thewallachianbard6975]

I've literally never been taught any of this in school . Thank you, Jabzy

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Cos it doesn't feed the narrative. It requires research beyond the classroom

[@Bolognabeef]

Because all of this contributed literally zero to history (except the Boers). It's simply irrelevant

[@ajx2956]

Finally a video about this!

[@nickvalentine1661]

You're open what you doing you have great information

[@hasanitto]

Interestingly so accurate. Enjoyed every second of the video👍🏼

[@bobcostas6272]

Lol hows it feel to pretend arabs are african so you can claim their accomplishments

[@hasanitto]

@@bobcostas6272 😂 u gotta believe what u want to believe. This mental frame that Africans don’t have history is outdated. U need to update urself coz u are just embarrassing urself🤷🏽‍♂️

[@bobcostas6272]

@@hasanitto Lmao

[@Cheluis82]

I'm simple man. I see Jabzy and I press like button

[@wolfgang6442]

What a very interesting video something I never thought I see which happened to be in my recommended section

[@ssmssmssm_]

Wow this was amazing to watch

[@harryg9976]

This is great! a lot of things normally left undiscussed in much of internet discourse

[@jankastrup3593]

Man this is such a great documentary!

[@hdc1236]

Thank you for this

[@mueezadam8438]

I like videos like these because they showcase my favourite part about historical perspectives: how events are so tightly interwoven with their spatial and temporal context that any newcomers (like the colonizers) were totally out of their depth when it came to making sense of the political maneuverings going on around them. When Caeser campaigned in Gaul he was always losing and gaining allies out of nowhere as his legions moved around the region. He writes in his histories like he’s in control of the situation but then you step back and realize he gets ambushed way too often to be by chance and he gets saved at the most unlikeliest of times (like during the vercingetorix battles) for him to be less of a mastermind and more of a chaotic element being vyed for by different sides