When African People Sailed the World

[@FromNothing]

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[@carlmia305]

@fromNothing have u ever heard of a story about a magical leaf sword. the blade was in the shape of a leaf and I think came from a tree. but i cant find anything on it

[@abthedragon4921]

African maritime history honestly deserves more love and coverage than it gets, so videos like this are a welcome sight!

[@slimpickens01]

So true. However the problem is European historians finds a way to discredit any type of African history that doesn't fit their narrative of "Africa has no history"

[@mdiesel23]

@@slimpickens01 you believe that it's a conspiracy? I don't think it's historians making the claim that Africa has no history, rather internet layman or ignorant people that learned nothing else beyond what they were taught in school. That goes to those same people that claim that no other people group besides white Europeans contributed to science and math etc etc just because white Europeans happen to add contributions in modern history. People in the U.S. are taught primarily U.S. history and contributions of the majority which happens or by past favoritism via immigration policy to be white European. East Africa in particular has a long tradition of trade. Swahili is like 20% Arabic due to it being developed as a trade language. Trade routes from the coast of Africa to India and the islands in Micronesia has existed for a long time. I don't think it's a failing or conspiracy though, it's available in books and the internet. The U.S. school system has no incentive to teach African, Asian, Native American, or European history. The same way they have school children sing the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The school system is likely designed in a way that teaches you to be an "American" or at least the attitudes, beliefs, and culture that binds the citizens as one people despite different cultures, race, religion, and sex. With that, it sacrifices the aspects. Pros and cons in the education system that weights creating "Americans" over every else. From K-12 however everyone should have the ability to search and read and learn in their own direction (one of the main concept behind college. Though you don't necessarily need college to learn this.).

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

austronesian have good history in seafaring. they are sea people. and arhcipelago kingdom and empires, for example 'borobodur ship', the malay ship like 'lanchara, lancang kuning. bugis 'pinsi' ship and many others.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@slimpickens01 actually Europeans have nothing to do with the failures of scientific advancements in Africa. Only Africans to blame for that.

[@skp8748]

Somali*

[@admirekashiri9879]

Another new thing learned Zanj (Swahili) iron was prized in India I had no clue they exported their iron too.

[@stevenv6463]

African iron was super good. I learned in university that their method got such high levels of heat that the quality of steel they made wasn't surpassed until after the industrial revolution. Unfortunately they lost this tradition and now use scrap metal (similar to how traditional textiles stopped being a thing due to donated clothes). They were able to make a documentary getting a few guys to make iron/steel the traditional way though.

[@EmilReiko]

It is not entirely lost, there are pockets of domestic rural iron production scattered around.. I watch a lot of African blacksmithing videos, and the scrap steel frustrates me - because its near impossible for them to forge weld when the steel constantly changes alloy... So the technique of forge welding is nearly lost in Africa it seems - and when you look at the historical artefacts, they are marvels of complex forge welding... In India, Pakistan and southeast Asia this dependence of scrap steel also seems to cause a loss of technical knowledge. I hope someone in Africa realizes at some point, that because there is a global demand (mabye not large but its there) for bloomery iron for artisan blacksmiths, they can actually make business getting the bloomery kilns running again.

[@stevenv6463]

@@EmilReiko Do you have any information about blacksmithing in the Indian subcontinent? I know that in the preislamic and early Islamic period there was a lot of prestige to having an Indian sword because it was supposed to be good quality. And I believe the Muslim name Muhannad is named after this Indian sword (which the prophet Muhammad was compared to in a famous poem.)

[@EmilReiko]

@@stevenv6463 Not much, i have mainly been focusing on the history of forging in Northern Europe (Mainly Scandinavia) and around Africa. I know that metallurgy and forging traditions in India suffered greatly when the british forcibly de-industrialized the continent. The steel that was called Damascus and was sought after in all of the muslim and persian world (as well as europe), was a crucible steel that came from India known as wootz.. The knowledge of its manufacture was lost in the wake of the British de-industrialization - it has recently been reversed ingenered by needs. What is sold today as damascus has nothing to do with the historical damascus, but is "just" patternwelded steel I have been binging a lot of blacksmithing videos from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan as they are a great inspiration, just like the African, for someone like me who is into living history and reconstructive blacksmithing. And because its a joy to see that the traditions have survived...

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

Actually the higher quality iron was found in late Middle Ages around the Arabian peninsula and before then was in Europe. The bronze in north east Africa - specifically Egypt was at one point the best.

[@prophetofbara1214]

Seafaring isn't just a Eurasian tradition! I'm glad more people are realizing how well Africans did in seafaring

[@dann_mrtins]

There were but is not like africans had a strong sea traditions

[@FromNothing]

They did though. Did you not watch the video?

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

malay/austronesian vs sub-saharan african which have great seafaring power? and have many type style of ship and boat?

[@s6748-z5j]

@@FromNothing DAS RITE!!!!!! WE WUZ SAILORS TOO FAM! WE HAD TRADITION KNOWIMSAYIN?

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

They didn’t actually. Google anything from the video if you want, the creator is wrong on every point.

[@ChronologyCast]

Great video! Thank you so much for hosting this collaboration. It was great to be a part of work with everyone!

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

Nicely done! Definitely sharing this one with my ancient and medieval world history students!

[@Morgue12free]

Liking the new intro Jabari 👍

[@FromNothing]

Sadly it's not "the new intro." It's just the one for this collaboration.

[@Morgue12free]

@@FromNothing A true buzz killer, aren't you! Oh well, it's a good intro anyway.

[@FromNothing]

@@Morgue12free Hahaha sorry.

[@veritasetcaritas]

Great to see African seafaring getting some attention.

[@GallowglassAxe]

Very nice and I see that this focus on just East Africa but West Africa also had a large maritime trade network. During the viking age/early medieval period Dublin was consider the New York of western Europe and was one of the largest trade hubs. There are Irish records of African merchants being there trading exotic animals, spices, and technology. They were referred to as "Blue" people and we're not sure why exactly. One theory is that black is often associated with evil in Irish culture and is often associated with the pagan Norse. So since these people weren't evil they called them blue as a way of respect. Another theory is that they wore blue clothing. In Irish law only royalty was allowed to wear blue and I'm not sure if merchants had to follow this custom as well. So people wearing blue clothing for a commoner would have been quite the spectacle for them. Now we have some evidence that Africans were trading with the Irish even before the Roman times. We found in a chieftan's grave there was a monkey skeleton in it. Though we don't know if this was traded directly from Africa or that this monkey was passed on through a trade routes and ended up in Ireland.

[@adamnesico]

So, Vikings series femiprogresists haven should be Dublin and not Norway? Damn them.

[@TermiNation_45669.]

Interesting stuff, where can I find more information on this, I'm interested in learning about it.

[@mineassasinlol6428]

It really puts you into perspective how far could humans travel even milenia ago.

[@HessianHunter]

Colors aren't understood the same across languages so it could just be a kind of mistranslation of context. The Norse sagas use the same color terminology you're describing where people are "black" if they have dark hair or maybe are suntanned from working outside while dark skinned Africans are called "blue". Some dark-skinned Africans do have deep cool tones to their skin compared to more pink-tinted pale Celtic and Germanic Europeans so that could be why Africans were called "blue" by these northern people. It's notable that in Norse sagas, calling someone "blue" was never a negative descriptor the way calling someone "black" usually was.

[@GallowglassAxe]

@@HessianHunter Exactly! I tried to convey that in my post. Thank you for the clarification.

[@redspiritmask]

Great video! I'm slowly making my way through all the South of the Sahara videos on the playlist. Only 5 left that I haven't watched yet.

[@FromNothing]

It was a great experience watching through them all 😀

[@MuriKakari]

I love hearing more about Aksum.

[@HistoricalWeapons]

imagine being that giraffe. poor animal must be so scared across the oceans

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@From Nothing - you gunna tell him?

[@SamAronow]

Bravo!

[@nomeansno5481]

Absolutely wonderful video.

[@zacharyclark3693]

Excellent video! It’s so interesting to see how connected the world was in the past.

[@kamm6001]

woah, what the hell LMAO?? i never knew any of this. this is wild, thank you for covering this!

[@FromNothing]

Mission accomplished :)

[@admirekashiri9879]

Awesome just realised after watching Hidden History's video this is your series. And you've answered a huge question I had about these sewn boats. I wondered how they kept them from leaking through out their long distance travels in the Indian Ocean. So they used pitch which they ofcourse had to maintain.

[@FromNothing]

Yep and they were still prone to leaking no matter how well they were constructed

[@redwallzyl]

pitch and caulking with fiber. You can also cover the lashings and seam with cloth or such and nail it over it all.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@FromNothing I see would have been stressful as hek when they started leaking 😂

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@redwallzyl I see very interesting I wish we knew more about their voyages.

[@redwallzyl]

@@admirekashiri9879 Usually someone was assigned to just constantly bail out water. Wooden ships all leak real bad. I don't think they used pumps, probably not large enough to need that.

[@paxromana5834]

I love this channel. African history is a giant blind spot for me and I get annoyed when my local bookstore carries fifty books on Rome and splits African history into two sections: Colonization and Slavery. Could you recommend any good introductory books to gain a general grasp on African histories?

[@JayGoodTarot]

Great content 🙌🏾 💯

[@k.j.freeman5452]

Awesome video! Will you present more about West African maritime traditions at a later time?

[@mrnancy1114]

Great stuff ,as always Jabari, btw the trading town of Rhapta have been discovered some yrs ago , much of it is under water , off the coast of Tanzania , and I think they tied down the trading kingdom of Punt to Eritrea, based off the genetic remains of baboons , glad you mentioned the export of early domestication of Crops to Asia, another important export was the Tamrind and the melons , see Chris Ehret on that, and yes the domesticated donkey from the Red Sea hills although that was an Africa to Asia walk to Sumer and then beyond , rather than shipping.

[@mrnancy1114]

@@vnolan633 No but genetically they are the same.

[@schrodingersmoose]

Great and informative video! It's nice to see how Kilwa fits into the larger context of African maritime tradition in the Indian Ocean

[@jonasMasterCraft]

Another excellent video! Really, the city built of corals always amazes me :O

[@Imperiused]

Looking forward to this playlist like nothing else. LES GOOOOOOOO!!!

[@KenKwameWrites]

I've been thinking about this! Thank you for answering my unasked question! 😅

[@KenKwameWrites]

I respect that you engage with your sources and let us know if some info is reliable or not. Great job on this video!

[@bernardheathaway9146]

Excellent piece of content for a subject that needs to be discussed more!!

[@curtiswfranks]

This was so cool. I really had no clue at all about any of this. You have a new subscriber in me.

[@Lovethemusic385]

Hey! NICE opening sequence!!

[@chrisbranch7214]

I would have named this video how Africans traded with Asia not when Africa sailed the world but this is still a great and informative video though

[@zacharyclark3693]

Great video! So interesting to hear about parts of the world that are often overlooked in world history (in the West).

[@darinmelton8866]

Thank you for this information

[@RDM_Corvo]

Great video! Really nice to understand better the africa history!!

[@KentwaineWillHawk]

You did a beautiful job with this project

[@glennpeterson2477]

Love the Intro!

[@timeformegaman]

Bro, it is so hard to find actual african history online. It is all afrocentric bullshit. Thanks for making an extrenely interesting channel about it. Subbed.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

If you actually look into any of it you would find the videos complete fiction. African traders would bring things to their ports and then foreign traders would bring them on their ships places.

[@skp8748]

​@@yourfinalhiringagency3890 not true somalis went to Iran India and Egypt. That's the red sea and Indian ocean.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@skp8748 yes they did, and they’re not the topic! What is your problem bud - we are not talking about a people who were givin ship technology by Arabs along with half their dna. We are talking about full black blooded africans. Which one of those people were seafaring? N O N E

[@micayahritchie7158]

​@@yourfinalhiringagency3890the Mali empire was sea faring. And race is a nonsense anyway it's a cultural/social thing what's your insistence on this 100% black bs? All technology comes from a shared history with different people. We get it you think black people are stupid just say that so we can ignore you instead of trying to launder your racism

[@hoyamarris6779]

Nice, I love it. Referral from Home team.

[@Liliphant_]

yesss I love this topic

[@hahaha70263]

Great video.

[@andrewbaran661]

One question... Where was the logistical supply line needed to outfit journeys across open ocean... The sail-making industry... The metal spikes to keep the ships in one piece... Barrel makers... Food stocks in quantity... The lumber industry... And the carpentry tools... And the investment in currency to pay for the expeditions... Definitely interested in the insight... Thanks...

[@Aniwazoa]

very interesting!

[@luziosoadgurl6800]

Like your videos before watching it. I know its going to be good.

[@nytehawx]

Excellent video and I love the sound track. Where can I find it?

[@slimpickens01]

10:51 it's called Nyanza, Nam Lolwe, or Nnalubaale either one was and is the original names for this Lake. Just because someone else who didn't know about comes about and supposedly "discovers" something and gives it a European name doesn't make it right. Respect the local community, it's OK to reference Lake Victoria then say it's local name.

[@FromNothing]

You don't need to lecture me on European "discoveries." I'm already aware of how that works. I actually researched that very topic when mentioning the lake. Unfortunately there are too many names to reference as it had many names in many languages. Lake Victoria is the only one that is universal. Fortunately it seems like many African countries are opting to change it's name to an indigenous one.

[@slimpickens01]

@@FromNothing even Barby from Geography Now referenced the indigenous names. Btw how in the hell you use a black avatar with a black name but your white? Black face is so passe and despicable.

[@juord]

@@slimpickens01 he’s literally black, dunce.

[@matthewmann8969]

Yeah Seafaring was also done by Africans and Oceanians as well.

[@AfriasporaFilms]

A video exposing the extensive West African maritime history crossing the Atlantic and the great extent the Vatican has been involved in burying the facts will get you in trouble, but I would absolutely love and support you if you did. Great production, please keep producing!

[@adiamhaile-melekot8136]

Yea, Abubakari's Malian voyage to the Americas...

[@soda8736]

​@@adiamhaile-melekot8136 you act as if that is a historical fact. it's a story and in the story all the ships sunk and 1 came back then they sent more ship and none were ever seen again.. No west African evidence or influence the Americas that pre dates Columbus.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

Complete Nut Alert 🚨

[@AfriasporaFilms]

@@yourfinalhiringagency3890 no one cares what “no content, no subscribers” trolls think.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@AfriasporaFilms that’s an interesting take, anyone with no videos or subscribers is a troll. Seems illogical, but whatever. Good luck with the rapture buddy

[@weego2585]

I wish you covered West Africas expeditions. Great video though.

[@EmilReiko]

Are there any efforts to reviwe the extinct shipbuilding traditions? Like a number of copies of Viking ships are being built in Scandinavia and efforts are made to reverse engineer the building techniques... Clinker-building traditons have just been declared UNESCO world heritage - a great victory. It would be nice something similar in east africa, to see deep sea going Mtepe's being built again and used to tell the history and preserve cultural heritage

[@Umu_Eri]

I LOVE BOATS

[@mappingshaman5280]

If you love them so much why don't you marry one?

[@Umu_Eri]

@@mappingshaman5280 ⛵

[@paulreuben7343]

all we want is balance, we want the good and the bad of History of Nations

[@世鹏江]

郑和下西洋带来的长颈鹿被称作麒麟

[@maddogbasil]

The Somali were probably the best africa maritime peoples on the continent These seafaring people were the first Africans to reach China and India With the first ever african ambassador to China being a mercantile somali adventuring sultan from the city state of Mogadishu The first giraffe ever seen in China was brought to China by the somali as a gift to the Emperor who was so shocked as he thought the beast was a mythical qirin (Chinese Unicorn) One of the largest trading city states on the spice coast of the horn of Africa It has a long and established military and trade history

[@skp8748]

U see how it tries to frame it as swahili or ethiopian thing 😂

[@FromNothing]

I never said anything about Ethiopia. And yes the giraffe was brought by Swahili merchants from Malindi, Kenya. Not sure why you are branding me as some shady guy trying to cover up Somali history.

[@skp8748]

@@FromNothing wrong it left from the somalia followed by somali diplomats leaving Zhang from mogadishu that he even recognised them as muslim like the family he hailed from as stated when they went to the court.

[@FromNothing]

You know I think a better approach to all of this is to stop with the accusatory attitude and bratty demeanor. It's not helping. You're acting as if I'm some villain intentionally lying about Somali history. Maybe you should just consider the possibility that we just read two different sources. Many giraffes and other African animals have been exported to China throughout the middle ages so it is quite possible that the Somali as well as the Swahili could have done it as separate times. The one that I'm referring to was exported from Malindi to Bengal and then from Bengal to China.

[@skp8748]

​@@FromNothingChina is a country africa is a continent. Why not say asian and african trade. If you're going to name the Chinese you have to name the somalis. You don't conflate the Chinese with Sri Lankans.

[@andujarpain2629]

I am surprised that you did not include the forerunner of all dna tests, the national geographic dna test. Now, called Geo 2.0 Helix DNA.

[@Jkohnson-db9pk]

This was a great video, really shining a light on a ignored subject. Honestly, I think that the history of Africans, Oceanians and ACTUAL Native Americans (looking at you, kangz) needs more attention in the west. Especially in the U.S., since as we all know it has a large Black population and use to have a large native american population. Like come om! The only thing I would change is if you added Madagascar into the video somehow. I don't know much about its history to be honest, but I just thought in a video about East African sailors that the largest island in the continent would have been mentioned. But that's really it.

[@IonTorch52]

Did you once promote an RPG map based on African culture and mythology?

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

The more I watch this the more I see how the Redguards in the Elder Scrolls were inspired by actual Africans.

[@TheAtemiles]

Chinese got giraffes from somalia. The word they use is a somali word. Edit: also malik ambar is oromo not habesha. Habesha is 2 specific ethnic groups in modern day Ethiopia . Amhara and tigaru tribe are only ones called habesha. Even to this day. Historian make sure to call ambar oromo

[@FromNothing]

There wasn't just ONE giraffe sent there, nor was it just one voyage and nor were only giraffes sent there. Many animals were, as I mentioned in the video. As for your comment about Habesha, again I mentioned in the video that Habshi was a word used in India to denote ALL African people despite initially only being in reference to Ethiopians.

[@TheAtemiles]

@@FromNothing the word chinese use come from somalis... yet u didnt wanna use thkde examples lol. Also im habesha. Stop stealing my history. They called other african slaves zanj. Habeshas or abyisinna ppl were only from modern day Ethiopia. Why do u africans try n black wash horn and north African history???

[@FromNothing]

@@TheAtemiles I'm not African, I'm American and I'm not "blackwashing" anything. If you have any problems with any of my information, all of my sources are cited on my website. They are all peer-reviewed and accurate. The word that the Chinese used during that time in history denoted a mythical animal (As specified in the video). It was not an African word.

[@Shaleqa_Adenan]

This inferior tribal community are sick! Malik Ambar is never Oromo in a million years! He is one of the Adal sultanate captured slave and Oromo came later

[@supremodenis8844]

The giraffes were shipped from Malindi, a Swahili city state in present day Kenya

[@Jason_living_in_hell]

yasuke was a real historic figure. he became a samurai in Japan and he was blk African

[@FromNothing]

That wasn't really a product of this trade though. Yasuke was a slave of Portuguese sailors.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@FromNothing yasuke got where he did the same way nearly everyone and everything out of Africa did.

[@MrSafior]

I though you were gonna to talk aboot the Ajuran Sultant, who is an Somalian thalassocraty, who controlled the Maldive. But this discussion on African boats was really enriching. On a less pleasant what's your opinion aboot african channel and people in general,, who openly support Putin invasion of Ukraine ? It's sad that some peoples chooce to remplace an old tyrant by a new tyrant.

[@OhSanjiBoi]

What does Russia and Ukraine have to do with the topic at hand. Like I could have understood if you asked what his opinion on Russia entering the Neo colonial game in Africa. But this has nothing to do with African History at all.

[@MrSafior]

@@OhSanjiBoi Well, it's just that in francophone channels, there plenty of african bot who post pro-Putin message anytime there a video on Ukraine. And there even channel aboot african culture, who use there channel at plateform to spread pro- Putin propaganda. It's seems to be more of an Fracophone problem then an anglophone one, but I think this need to be adress, or at least raise awerness, because this kind of channel are a danger for channel like "Fromnothing" who try to teach aboot African history wihout spoutting propaganda from either of the camp. Because he and other risk to be amalgamate with this propaganda channel.

[@michaelliebenberg3123]

What is the difference between a Mambele and a Hunga Munga

[@BoomieV]

Amazing video

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

A little too amazing, and fantastical

[@adamnesico]

Ehm, one criticism. That there were sorgum in Shang China doesnt mean that there were african sailors in China. If that would be the case, Madagascar would speak african language/s. So I think that those early cultvations interchanges happened due to the malays, the kings of the sea silk route. Another overlooked region. I guess swahili sea trade didnt became big until the muslim age.

[@FromNothing]

While I appreciate the feedback, just because people traded crops and farming methods with one another doesn't mean that they speak the same language. I'm sorry but that's just broken logic. Also I immediately followed the statement by saying that: "Aside from this fact however, research and evidence on early contact between these distinct regions of the world remains scant and how direct, or indirect it occurred remains open for debate until further evidence is discovered."

[@adamnesico]

@@FromNothing ¿?¿? I think here there is a confusion. What I mean is, if swahilis would have arrived to china 3200 years ago, they would have arrived too to Madagascar and colonized it. I dont know if you have updated info, but as long a Ive read, Madagascar was founded by malay sailors, so it speaks a malay language. So, I think those cultivation interchanges were done by the malays, whose ancestors we know they have crossed oceans for 6 millenia.

[@FromNothing]

@@adamnesico Once more I will refer you to the quote from the last comment. That is literally why it's "open for debate." There is no rulebook that states that Madagascar is a prerequisite for China. Australia for example was settled over 40,000 years ago but New Zealand was only settled 1500 years ago.

[@adamnesico]

@@FromNothing it isn’t, but is far more near. Sailors who are able to arrive to China are able too of arrive to Madagascar, wich being far more near, should be far easier to arrive. Although certainly is far enough to not be discovered by people scared of venture towards the unknown ocean. Aniways, you said it, we have no proof of wich people made those interchanges. I guess the odds are in the most spreaded sailors ve4 europeans.

[@mappingshaman5280]

Well Madagascar is special in Africa. There it was the polynesians whom reached it first (if I'm not wrong something about the currents delayed bantu Inhabitation of the island) so Madagascar isn't really related to Chinese african trade.

[@ndorobei4391]

But, Malaccan traders never met them. Malacca is the only sea lane to China. Usually only from Yemen, India and Persia. Even only Yemenis who travelled to Malacca. Not all Arabs. Not Syrians or Iraqis. Their descendants, Yemenis, are still here in Indonesia. I'm an Indonesian. My grandfather was an Arab descendants from Yemen. Some millions Yemenis here.

[@kiwikk8428]

um hi, so ur interpals got deleted and i just saw it :(

[@elshebactm6769]

🤠👍🏿

[@kaleahcollins4567]

I was always aware of the interaction of the two worlds here's a few clues . 1. How does China have Ivory things in there ancient archives because Ivory comes from tusk and tusk comes from elephants that comes from Africa Asian elephants don't have tusk. 2. Gold yes China did have gold themselves At a point but once it was gone that's it . Africa has renewable resources they always had gold especially in sub Sahara African regions let's not forget it was the nubians that was supplying the Egyptian gold . 3 . A Chinese geneticist trying to prove that the Chinese came from a totally different genome from the rest the races making them superior found out that a good 80% of Chinese males have African y chromosomes and about 30% of Chinese females have African mitochondrial DNA. Look it up for precise numbers . Then in reverse there's African families with Chinese surnames . I'm just saying

[@KingZealotTactics]

India has elephants and China also had a native species of elephants till they went extinct but supposedly there are Indian subspecies of elephants in China.

[@jameslesley5010]

Has any ancient sub Sahara ship ever been found?

[@FromNothing]

Ancient? No. Wood rots, especially wood that is in water all the time. But there are a few pre-colonial models still in existence.

[@redwallzyl]

The oldest watercraft called the Dufuna canoe was found in Nigeria and is around 8000 years old. That's not really a ship however.

[@africariseup1890]

@@redwallzyl Yep. The Dufuna is also the third oldest canoe discovered.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

No but there are plenty of wooden tools that archeologists have found older than 50,000 years old, so if there was any ships, tools to build the ships, or depictions of the ships, or models of the ships I’m sure we would have found something somewhere. Or at least a description from one of the people they’d visited. But nope.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@FromNothing look at this bro. You’re completely misleading people.

[@claudiaclaudia936]

Can U do a video on OLMEC & Afrikaan connection???

[@FromNothing]

There is no African-Olmec connection.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

Only superficial similarities such as wide nostrils/broad noses and Mounds/Pyramids. Wide nostrils or broad noses is a warm tropic evolutionary human trait found in South Asia, Pacific Islands, Central America, Pacific Islands, American Southeast, West Africa and Central Africa. Pyramids were found to be the ideal structure to build toll structures for many ancients across the ancient world because they had no strong enough beams to hold up the weight of the building, pyramid structure spreads out the weight of the building.

[@caioalmeida4139]

what people inhabited east africa before the bantus arrived?

[@FromNothing]

Khoisan people.

[@caioalmeida4139]

@@FromNothing Only them?

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

@@FromNothing Whoa, really? I thought Bantus only colonized central and Southern Africa.

[@FromNothing]

Easy Africa too as far north as places like Kenya and Uganda.

[@supremodenis8844]

Not just the Khoisan. East Africa has been inhabitted by Nilotes and Cushites too. Bantus were the last to arrive

[@Felipe_XIV-XVI]

Is this channel still alive?

[@itsbeyondme5560]

Yes.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

Yes but this content is pure fiction

[@mathieuleader8601]

these boats are very much like Noah's ark with all the animals on them

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

Nope

[@NessieJapan]

Interesting, although "sailed the world" is an exaggeration, as the areas covered leave out the entire Western Hemisphere and much of the Southern Hemisphere, both of which were populated at the time covered in the video. The presence of African coins in Northern Australia also doesn't mean that Africans themselves brought them. They could have been left by Asian traders who had acquired them elsewhere. Replacing Eurocentrism with Afrocentrism is not an improvement, especially when the history is interesting enough without having to be exaggerated.

[@FromNothing]

So all of a sudden I'm being Afrocentric just because the title of my video confused you despite me saying in the video that "they traded with lands as far away as China" and because I mentioned coins in Australia that I very obviously said "Could have been placed there in more recent times as a hoax." You should probably take it easy on the accusations. Because I was very fair and objective with all information presented and cited peer-reviewed sources for it all.

[@NessieJapan]

@@FromNothingYou didn't "confuse" me. You gave a clickbait misleading title. Just own up to it. The coins were most likely left in Northern Australia by Indonesian traders. My objection is not to the content of your video, but to the clickbait title. Needed efforts like yours to correct historical oversights (African sea voyages) should be sold for what they are, without exggeration.

[@DirtyEdon]

@@FromNothing ignore him, anything that puts African in a positive way is "afrocentric" to white people who for 400 years have been told that white people didn't even pass the stone age, so they can't grasp everything they been taught is a LIE!

[@njandrews4105]

Good statement you’re 100% correct

[@FromNothing]

Is China not part of the world? Did I use words like "circumnavigate?" Did I claim they went to the Americas? When someone says "I traveled the world" you don't tell them they are lying just because they've only been to 5 countries. Again, this seems like a YOU problem. Nobody else had any issues with the title. Your gripes would be better concentrated on ACTUAL afrocentric channels that claim things like Africans founding the Olmec civilization.

[@s6748-z5j]

AYOOOOOO WHATUP WHATUP WHATUP. DEN WE WUZ SAILORS N EXPLORERS TOO DEN FAM? DAAAAYUUUUM

[@FromNothing]

I know shocking right? I'm sure many people have their own coping mechanisms against new info that contradicts their bigoted viewpoints on things. I see yours is two-fold. 1) Regurgitating an overused and unfunny meme. 2) Liking your own comment I'm not judging. As long as it makes you feel better :)

[@tompossessed1729]

Stop coming to this channel it pathetic honestly

[@s6748-z5j]

@@FromNothing DAS RITE YOU TELL EM MY NINJA

[@s6748-z5j]

@@FromNothing DEY BE BIGOTED AIGHT YOU TELL EM DAS RITE

[@tompossessed1729]

@@s6748-z5j You have no life do ya

[@claudiaclaudia936]

PACIFIC ISLANDERS TRAVELING THE FLAT WATERS

[@TheAnimeist]

I come from nothing I can control.

[@lloydgush]

18min is not enough to even scratch the tens of thousands of years of african maritime history. (this is basically horn of africa and not much, but nice) But I like you talking about material culture, honestly. Stitched boats, who would have thought... Gonna bet that technique developed before iron smiting. If I'm not mistaken egypts papyri boats are also tied, so maybe it developed from that. If I'm not mistaken, the andines also had a papyri boat, and there's several other examples. This building technique could be way older than imagined.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

I will admit, three years ago or whenever that was, back then when I was tripping off of pseudo Afrocentrist flooding into the comment sections of mine and many other uploads on youtube, If I saw your video title back then, I would of probably jumped to assumptions tripping off of the Afrocentist without fully viewing your whole video. Skimming through some of your comment sections of your videos, that seems to be a big issue still. We all have to see From Nothing's whole video and not jump to conclusions or assumptions, just watch the whole video and hear all the points, it's simple as that, lol.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

Do some research on the topic then, your initial assumption was correct.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@ILoveAsia-dk6ug did you watch the video? The real question is what did he say, if anything, that was true! Jabari straight says African traders brought giraffes to China via sea trade. WTF when? Who? What boats carried giraffes Jabari? Wtf? Absolute fiction. Then he goes on to imply grains found in in Indonesia and England are from African traders? WTF more pure fiction. Tbf it’s been a while since I watched the video. Black people did sail the oceans - but Africans did not. Black aborigines peoples sailed possibly as far east as South America while African sailers went around africas coast for the most part. None of their vessels were sea worthy for expeditions, only could keep water out for a little while, african fishermen would bring buckets of clay and grass to patch leaks in the boats, these were very short except for an occasional daring explorer they only ever stayed on the african coast. Goes on and on.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@ILoveAsia-dk6ug my comment got deleted somehow so I’ll just make another. Jabari claims African traders brought giraffes to China, and that they traded grain continents away. This is completely untrue - the vessels jabari names are very small and not sea worthy- the fisherman would bring mud and grass to help patch holes as they were underway meaning these were only ever used close to shore. It’s complete bs Africans were definitely not sailing the world. Black people as in aboriginal island people sure - they may have gotten as far as South American but sure I’ll say that’s impressive and give a pass on someone saying they sailed it sure, but sub Saharan African? Nope. Never. Except as slaves sadly or in modern navys. Now why is From Nothing suspect in doing this? In changing African history. Well bc it implies something is wrong with real black history- so jabari has taken it upon himself to make things more impressive by embellishing or leaving it to the listener to surmise what he’s suggested and it’s completely dishonest and disrespectful to our ancestors and anyone else who has history as a passion Not everyone sailed the world, that’s why it’s special. If everyone did it it’d be as special as pooping.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@ILoveAsia-dk6ug if it’s ok with jabari I’d love to reply but my comments get deleted now 🤣

[@FromNothing]

Nobody is deleting your comments, and nobody ever said anything about African traders in Europe or Indonesia. Like what?? Literally where? Time stamp please? Also you asked "what ships." I literally gave you 2 example by name. Mtepe and Beden. Further proof that you're not only neglecting to watch the video at all, but you're actively spewing bullshit. My guess is that if your comments aren't showing up, it's probably because I blocked you for this very same reason. At some point in the past, under a different name, you were flooding my notifications with bullshit assertions. Try looking in a mirror next time.

[@njandrews4105]

The Chinese went to Africa not the other way around

[@FromNothing]

Nowhere in the video was it claimed to be "the other way around." The trade was 2-way. These African ships weren't built for nothing.

[@tonyducks1121]

@@FromNothing *"These African ships weren't built for nothing."* Don't you mean that *Chinese* ships weren't built for nothing. Can't you just honestly answer a question for once?? Once an afroclown always an afroclown smfh.

[@FromNothing]

I said that it was a TWO-WAY TRADE. Meaning there were Chinese sailors AND African sailors involved in the trade. Hell there were many sailors involved from Arabs, to Persians, Indians, to Chinese, Swahili, to Somali and Austronesians. I literally gave you names of the ships, building methods and materials, date ranges, and written records describing them. I even cited my sources publicly for anyone to see, as always yet all you have to say is "But... but... but... it's not possible for Africans to build and sail ships to China. It had to be the Chinese! You're just an afroclown!" Go somewhere else with a better argument unless you wanna keep wasting your time with a baseless complaint.

[@tonyducks1121]

@@FromNothing Dammit Jabari, who built the maritime vessels man? Who navigated the east Asian maritime routes?

[@Aj_Porsche]

@@tonyducks1121 The is no evidence in Eastern literature that supports Subs Sailing to their lands. I doubt there is in Sub Saharan Niger Congo literature either.

[@KingZealotTactics]

Yeah no i believe you are misleading people with your video because you have an African centric agenda. The giraffe that was gifted from the king of Bengal to the Chinese emperor it was transported via Chinese vessels, you know the famously massive ships that were actually able to transport such large loads. The Chinese sailed to Africa and traded with the native Africans, Africans did not travel to China for trade there is literally no evidence that i have found to suggest that. The only thing that i could find about Africans going to China during that time period is when ambassador's traveled on CHINESE VESSELS to the emperor. They had a good trade relationship.

[@ibrahim1869]

Literally not even 5 minutes of research and I already have 2 sources proving you wrong.

[@KingZealotTactics]

@@ibrahim1869 Sorry bud it's well documented with names/how many vessels/time period, the Chinese during that time period were fairly good at keeping records. Point me in the right direction in terms of sources please and not some biased source.

[@ibrahim1869]

@@KingZealotTactics If you go on both the Smithsonian and Silkroadsnippets prove you wrong.

[@KingZealotTactics]

@@ibrahim1869 Sorry but i'm not proven wrong when we have documentation of the events by those that are involved, Smithsonian has been wrong about more than a few things.

[@FromNothing]

​@@KingZealotTactics If you have any questions or doubts, all of my peer-reviewed academic sources are cited on my website. Don't go venting your anger at afrocentrics on me because I'm not one of them and I hate them too. Also nowhere in the video did I ever directly claim that the Chinese did not transport animals or that it was exclusively Africans. If so I welcome you to quote it.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

They never “sailed the world” unless you count slave ships actually. 😢

[@FromNothing]

And you never watched the video or checked my sources. You just saw the title and the thumbnail and refused to accept it. I know how this works. 🥲

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@FromNothing then you also know yt is plagued by black supremacists saying 💩 that never happened. Africans sailing the world - didnt happen till they were incorporated into Western European navy’s, USA’s or slave trade ships. I’m not watching your vid to learn some kind of hidden history only u know of. I’m just saying the historical truth.

[@FromNothing]

For you to assume that I am one of those black supremacists even though I quite literally make fun of them in my videos is the sad part of this whole situation. And for you to keep insinuating that it's untrue that black people sailed is also concerning. If you're too bigoted to watch the video, I can't change that. But hopefully you at least do yourself a favor and look up the Mtepe or the Beden. Both of those are traditional varieties of indigenous African ships used nowhere else in history except East Africa. And they were used extensively throughout the indian Ocean for the past 1000+ years. Any peer-reviewed university-level resource will agree. In fact, I cite the resources on my website. Check the video description if you're interested. If you're not willing to do either of those things and you just want to keep denying it then that's on you but there's no point in discussing this any further if that's the case. If you refuse to check the sources or watch then nothing else needs to be said. Have a good night sir/ma'am.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

@@FromNothing now I have watched the video, and can safely say it’s complete bs. I never said u were one of them, I said it’s a common theme on these types of videos and you seem to know that’s a fact. Yes the Africans had small skiffs, no they absolutely never went far out with them. You’re attribute to Africans trade with China when the traders were chinese, the giraffe is well documented as being part of a Chinese explorers voyage, not an Africans. The spice trade by sea was mostly conducted by Arabs, very rarely people further east, more rarely Indians, and almost never by Africans unless they were onboard ships of others. The entire vids wrong kid, you call me a bigot point blank I never called u a blk sprmc despite the bs. You’re simply taking other ethnic groups advances and attributing them to blacks. The Arabian Sea doc was made by Arabs who traded along Horn of Africa. Sailing from the Horn of Africa to India is not “sailing the world” its sailing a few countries over at best

[@FromNothing]

@Your Final Hiring Agency Yes I know there are Afrocentric idiots out there and it makes me sad that I have to be guilty until proven inoccent because of them. And frankly I shouldn't have to waste my effort "pleading my case" to you. As for your remark about the giraffes. There were many giraffes (along with other exotic African animals) transported to China at many different times in history. It wasn't just one. The one I described in the video was transported by Swahili sailors to Malindi, India. It was later encountered in India by Chinese traders. It had been transported there aboard indigenous African vessels and no they weren't "small skiffs." I described the exact specifications of the ships and the sizes and capacity of them. I described their construction techniques, sails, and routes. I gave you names and primary sources from Greek observers as well. All of this info can be found in my sources including JSTOR (used by many universities all around the world). My videos are also used as learning material in universities. If in your head all you want to believe is "Black people were only on small skiffs and slave ships" then that is nothing more than willful ignorance and borderline racism. I will longer no entertain this discussion. Good day.

[@jenniferakyiem980]

Can you upload more videos you getting slack like a african Pygmy

[@FromNothing]

I'm not slacking, I just have personal things going on. I will upload again though. Also that's not very nice.