Africa's Manpower Drain: An End to African Civilization?

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  • @tuumef1799
    @tuumef1799 Рік тому +82

    It's amazing to me how the further back you go, the blacker history gets. Our contributions to the world were and are magnificent. Thanks for the knowledge.

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 Рік тому +5

      Then, you simply don't look around you. The present has many hues of black.

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому +6

      Whenever I travel to learn about different places, I always inform the guide that I want the blunt truth and no sugar-coating to please my religious beliefs or ethnicity. The blunt truth is that Africa's manpower drain was due to its own Continent-wide system of enslaving its own people and selling them. This started internally and then expanded to African elites selling other Africans to Europeans, Arabs and others. They did it profit and it was cruel, heartless, inhumane and not forward-thinking for the continent. Non-Africans would usually be dead in a week from Malaria had they gone deeper into the land beyond the shore. It was Africans who invented the "business" of selling its people, figured out the logistics, and made it happen. On top of that, while Africans made strides (as did Native Americans) in some arenas, they never broke much beyond the stone age when it came to technology - perhaps in part because selling away their own people was a quicker and easier way to put food on the table and obtain material goods for more advanced societies. It is what it is, and denying the truth only puts you in a different kind of chains.

    • @btfpl4872
      @btfpl4872 Рік тому +8

      @@jimmy.r.minnelli during those times, do u really think ppl were worried about looking for food and goods... while having such a massive land and natural wealth; whats your logic

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому +6

      @@btfpl4872 There are different ways that societies can accumulate wealth to "pay the bills," so to speak. One is technological advancement and another is selling natural resources, for example the way Saudi Arabia sells oil. Africans somehow came to the idea of selling people. It would be interesting to intellectually chew on what it was about the culture that led them to do such a thing, but of course, in today's society, that would be frowned upon. It's only allowed to blame the white man, and therefore, we are not allowed to get at some fascinating truths in the story of humanity .

    • @btfpl4872
      @btfpl4872 Рік тому +5

      @@jimmy.r.minnelli saudi stuff point, i get it but in the 15 n 16 century, we had a lot that made us not to worry about anything; nature took care us by itself, but its a good point trying to negate an idea... we even dont do it these days which is the worst time to fulfill hosehold consumption

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Рік тому +68

    Till this day the world still sees Africa as a giant ATM machine where you can make withdrawals and don't have to worry about paying a fee.

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 Рік тому +5

      Lol.

    • @sheluv_juju5810
      @sheluv_juju5810 Рік тому +11

      this example u just gave is among the best to explain how the rest of the world views the continent

    • @dmilleniumdiva
      @dmilleniumdiva Рік тому +1

      @ GRAPE SHOT spot on!!

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому

      Re-think your analogy. The blunt truth is that Africa's manpower drain was due to its own Continent-wide system of enslaving its own people and selling them. This started internally and then expanded to African elites selling other Africans to Europeans, Arabs and others. They did it profit and it was cruel, heartless, inhumane and not forward-thinking for the continent. Non-Africans would usually be dead in a week from Malaria had they gone deeper into the land beyond the shore. It was Africans who invented the "business" of selling its people, figured out the logistics, and made it happen. On top of that, while Africans made strides (as did Native Americans) in some arenas, they never broke much beyond the stone age when it came to technology - perhaps in part because selling away their own people was a quicker and easier way to put food on the table and obtain material goods for more advanced societies.

    • @enoch4619
      @enoch4619 Рік тому +6

      Actually it’s worse, the moment we start to tell them the ATM is closed or they will have to pay a fee that’s when you see their true character and feelings towards us come out, because deep down they feel entitled

  • @thevisitor1012
    @thevisitor1012 Рік тому +50

    The wise thing for the diaspora to do now would be to use the education they receive in the western countries to help develop their own nations. However African immigrants(understandably) have little incentive to do this, which in part leaves us stuck in the situation we see currently.

    • @godofthisshit
      @godofthisshit Рік тому

      @The visitor101 What about the diaspora in the U.S?

    • @thevisitor1012
      @thevisitor1012 Рік тому +3

      @@godofthisshit It's hard to say, as any information on where their ancestors came from was erased once they stepped foot in the U.S. Ghana seems to extend open arms to all members of the diaspora, it might be possible to start there.

    • @sableindian
      @sableindian Рік тому

      When Europeans wanted other Europeans to populate their colonized territories worldwide, there were plans. Land was given and services were rendered to assist them. European and America, as slave owners and sellers, they should make these services available to those descendants owned by slave holders who are willing to move to the continent of Africa.

    • @fitawrarifitness6842
      @fitawrarifitness6842 Рік тому

      If money is only motivator, you will never have "incentive"

    • @wenbo595
      @wenbo595 Рік тому +3

      Its gotta start somewhere

  • @OddManOutInc.
    @OddManOutInc. Рік тому +17

    One of the deepest and most potent videos you've done, excellent, thoughtful, and thorough video!

  • @sharoneladavis2023
    @sharoneladavis2023 Рік тому +2

    Keep your scholarship going!!! You share Something important and FRESH!!

  • @jimferry6539
    @jimferry6539 Рік тому +20

    I can think of another example of this happening today, here in the uk most of our professional work sector relies on skilled workers from places like the West Indies and west West Africa like our doctors and nurses and most our healthcare sector in fact. Our country just does not produce enough high skilled workers like these places do, I think because they have a stronger work ethic and culturally education is very important.
    Because if this I would say it causes a brain drain to both parties, the countries who depend on the skilled workers don’t produce their own and the countries with the skilled workers lose their best citizens which they have invested in a trained

    • @thevisitor1012
      @thevisitor1012 Рік тому +7

      Using your example, the UK still gains immigrants that will stay in the country and mix with the people there. They aren't really losing any man power or experiencing brain drain, if anything they're gaining it. The children of those immigrants will get recognized as British citizens like we see now with Rishi Sunak.

    • @makeytgreatagain6256
      @makeytgreatagain6256 Рік тому

      @@thevisitor1012 and the black ones will race mix. The Indians usually don’t do they get to keep their stuff

  • @denitasmith9923
    @denitasmith9923 Рік тому +12

    I was born in Washington, D.C. in 1969. I've been in Kumasi, Ghana 🇬🇭, West Africa 🌍 since December 2019. I came to see the Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II about student-athletes for NCAA Sports. Then Coronavirus pandemic hit. I hear👂 that you got bare shelves in America 🇺🇸. No Farm 🚜 workers. No Food. And as I listened to this video 📹, it reminded me of my conversation with Dr. Rita, who is Vice Chancellor of over 80,000 mostly Ghanaian students in Kumasi. She's the expert.

    • @StrutTIGER1870
      @StrutTIGER1870 Рік тому

      You were born in America repatriated to Ghana 🇬🇭 and you actually think America has bare shelves? Lol… yes! Inflation has impacted everything including food. However never get caught up in propaganda thats perpetuated on either continent.

    • @denitasmith9923
      @denitasmith9923 Рік тому

      @@StrutTIGER1870 propaganda was used in Washington, D.C. to my friends that you contacted. You don't mean shit to me.

    • @liBlack_9
      @liBlack_9 Рік тому +1

      Well they lied to you , THERES PLENT OF FOOD AND RESOURCES HERE AND ALWAYS WILL BE !

    • @denitasmith9923
      @denitasmith9923 Рік тому

      No US Governor is going to turn down CONTROLLED farm 🚜 workers.

  • @livencali1
    @livencali1 Рік тому +6

    This channel is the truth! It exposes the historical truth that we black people do not want to admit or acknowledge. Africans have played a role and have been the foundation of their own self demise. This does not mean that europeans and arabs are criminally exonerated. If we modern day black people want to take back our land and wealth, we must start to respect and learn to love ourselves and our history.

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому +1

      yeah, constructing fraudulent histories so that you can be "proud" is a fool's errand, no matter what your race or ethnicity.

    • @jamaltimmerman7052
      @jamaltimmerman7052 Рік тому

      Exactly that's the main thing

  • @folktaler
    @folktaler Рік тому +4

    Home Team history I really appreciate the way you had dedicated your time to African History and researches. God bless you.

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому

      The channel is certainly a great discussion-starter. As far as accuracy, let's just say it's "highly creative."

  • @architectonthejob
    @architectonthejob Рік тому +7

    This same concept applied to our communities and towns when we integrated also.

  • @RW-ws9dp
    @RW-ws9dp Рік тому +2

    👏🏾 this may well be your most important video and topic!

    • @josephz.z.matowanyika2544
      @josephz.z.matowanyika2544 Рік тому

      Indeed, this is perhaps the most profound video you have made. I have learned very much from your videos. I wish to suggest that you take this matter up and propagate this much more widely. For example you may wish to take this up with African Daily Television and share with elders like Professor Small who frequents Africa Daily TV. Let us popularise this.
      Just look at the aggressive recruitment of African brains taking place right now in all Western countries despite the Mediterranean route of manpower drainage.
      The whole set up of think tanking on Africa taking place in Europe built on African brain power, all in the name of getting us Africans seeking academic promotions etc etc. I would wish to share your further thoughts on this. 300 years it has taken to get here. We can undo the deleterious effects over the next few decades with proper orientation.
      Many thanks

  • @dee3489
    @dee3489 Рік тому +2

    Today it as changed only around 1% of people move out of Africa and in my country in East Africa only 00.1% of people move out of Kenya. more people are moving into Africa as a hole by over 2.3 and 2.4% in Kenya. Times are changing here.

  • @southernladybrown5092
    @southernladybrown5092 Рік тому +12

    FREE Physical Labor & Mind Power Drain from continent of Africa developed massive knowledge and distribution of Wealth, Health, Agricultural and Education around the World.

  • @jamman7344
    @jamman7344 Рік тому +1

    I have been saying this for years thank you for making this video

  • @diawilliams5915
    @diawilliams5915 Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @kajunsblerdeye9325
    @kajunsblerdeye9325 Рік тому +5

    I'm originally from South Carolina and I can say rice still is a big thing there.

  • @ayoadene
    @ayoadene Рік тому +2

    It’s very important what you say, because even though it was hundreds of years ago, it’s still the same problem today: Africa’s diversity still makes it impossible for us to unite & solve our common challenges against the neocolonial interests of our former enslavers& colonizers

    • @wordsbymaribeja1470
      @wordsbymaribeja1470 Рік тому +2

      That's because people are trying to 'unify' Africa on the basis that Africann should be monocultural when it is a gargantuan continent and the people are different, with cultures that are thousands of years old. Africa can only 'unite' respecting this and building on this.

  • @athleteg1g.481
    @athleteg1g.481 Рік тому +1

    Love this. ❤️ Thank you!

  • @stevenfisher2804
    @stevenfisher2804 Рік тому +1

    Very insightful!

  • @ayoadene
    @ayoadene Рік тому +2

    you may be the greatest modern African historian

  • @architectonthejob
    @architectonthejob Рік тому +7

    I reference Destruction of Black Civilization by Elder Chancellor for everything!

  • @andersonamaral2893
    @andersonamaral2893 Рік тому

    Adupé brother for beautifull work. Hotep from Brasil

  • @rktn9252
    @rktn9252 Рік тому +2

    This helps explain how/why at certian times it history it was fashionable to have a Moor hanging around. Shakespeare comes to mind

    • @jankoss6429
      @jankoss6429 Рік тому

      It is still fashionable for really rich people to have educated black servants in UK.

  • @Chokolatepeach
    @Chokolatepeach Рік тому +3

    Hey, Home Team History, could you do or have you done a video on the most terrifying African Warriors in history?

  • @t.d.w.maverick5727
    @t.d.w.maverick5727 Рік тому +2

    Wow 👌.

  • @Mfalme24
    @Mfalme24 Рік тому +9

    Can you make a video about traditional African clothing before colonization and Islam which is also a form of colonization because it destroys African traditions and customs

    • @itsbeyondme5560
      @itsbeyondme5560 Рік тому

      Kinda of impossible since before Islam , they werent any evidence

    • @fruitsarelife7073
      @fruitsarelife7073 Рік тому

      @@itsbeyondme5560 Islam is pretty young and there are still ethnic groups who practice African religions. So it’s far from impossible.

    • @itsbeyondme5560
      @itsbeyondme5560 Рік тому

      @@fruitsarelife7073 that's good since islam was there before early A.D.

    • @annalexander22
      @annalexander22 Рік тому

      I would also like a video showcasing this if possible.

    • @Morgue12free
      @Morgue12free Рік тому

      There are many tribes especially those in Nigeria, who didn't fall under colonial rule untill the late 19th century

  • @davidogundipe808
    @davidogundipe808 Рік тому +6

    Hey home team history, what do you think when people say European colonization was good for Africans? As for me I feel the negatives, out way the good that the Europeans think they brought, by so called civilizing us in their way.

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 Рік тому +1

      When they tell you that, tell them that the H-----aust was good for Europeans and North Americans too.
      The Great Depression hypothetically might've lasted another decade or half, hadn't an Austrian mustached man and a Georgian mustached man both suffering of the Napoleon Complex had started delving into a p---sing contest that led into a great war causing almost 50 millions losses and the g----oc*de of 8 millions people in hardly six years, the leading political organization of the Untouchable community - whose name starys with the Z letter - would still be negociating to get their own goldmine-ladden micro-State someplace in Africa or Palestine, the Arab States would've united together by the late 1940s and Nasser would've lead the African Union by the 1950s. Britain would slowly been infiltrated by the Third R-word thanks to King Edward VIII's simping and both Elizabeth II and Churchill would have been the government in exile at Cape Town. Mightn't last because the Americans would've invaded Britain overnight and g----ned down everybody like the cow-boys they are, H*tler would get poisoned like Stalin, Muss---lini would be losing his grip in Ethiopia and Libya, et cetera et cetera.
      No WW2, no Economic Boom. No Boom, no generationally wealthy middle upper class families to bolster USA's economic neoliberalism. No Economic Boom, no Rock N' Roll, no Rythms & Blues, no Rock, no Disco, no Michael Jackson-- we can go far with this.
      But I'm afraid they might stop listening and delve reasonably in excuses, starting the early "H----aust" part. They always does that, starting this _part._ 🤷🏾

    • @ario4795
      @ario4795 Рік тому

      @@ptolemeeselenion1542 do you people ever bother to learn anything about real history?

    • @jamaltimmerman7052
      @jamaltimmerman7052 Рік тому +1

      Just which of Africa and explained that west Africa economies was doing well before the scramble for Africa many nations was getting wealthy off palm oil and ivory we had global miltipolar economy and Europe had a global trade deficit

  • @keepitreal888-gnc
    @keepitreal888-gnc Рік тому

    Great video! The half is not being told.

  • @uncletruth4529
    @uncletruth4529 Рік тому +7

    One United Africa with one business language and currency would be a good first start. Massive public works projects meant to modernize the continent would be good as well. Such Unity would be difficult to develop on such a large/diverse scale as Africa but it should still be attempted!!!

    • @thepunisher4507
      @thepunisher4507 Рік тому

      And African Union or AU like what western Europe has is more practical in my opinion. Africa is far too diverse to unify beyond that and collectively building each other up.

    • @fruitsarelife7073
      @fruitsarelife7073 Рік тому

      @@thepunisher4507 African unity would be a power the world has never seen.

  • @jjw56
    @jjw56 Рік тому +3

    Why we don’t hear more about Onesimus?

    • @thevisitor1012
      @thevisitor1012 Рік тому +1

      Yeah I was surprised too. My microbiology class delved into the history of the field, and there was no mention of him....

  • @kisarunihofmannndosi5327
    @kisarunihofmannndosi5327 Рік тому +5

    Interesting video! I believe I understand what you’re trying to do but I’m also a bit surprised on how one can talk of “ the fall of Africa” when I don’t think that there has ever been “the Africa” before the arrival of the Europeans and nor had there been a Europe. The African continent is so absolutely massive they were certainly transcontinental trade routes, but it made so little sense to create larger countries with the absence of trains or airplanes. It sounds absurd for me to believe that anyone ever thought of the continent as a whole. Europe is absolutely tiny in comparison, but even today in 2023 still Europeans with all the trains and airplanes struggle to actually form one Europe because everything that is portrayed as you’re up until now is mostly only Western Europe.

  • @BillysKingdom
    @BillysKingdom Рік тому +1

    Is the picture of the man in bed with the sword of Tariq Bin Ziyad? Where is it from? Who’s the artist? It’s pretty hard to find pictures of this freed slave that haven’t been white washed

  • @timitunaFkaBo
    @timitunaFkaBo Рік тому

    The link to patreon ain't coming up bro

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 Рік тому +1

    Unfortunate.

  • @ptolemeeselenion1542
    @ptolemeeselenion1542 Рік тому +6

    Too many razzias by foreign powers and local client states. Too many political and social unrest. Too many foreign invasions and internal divides at once. Too many g3nocides commited by these culprits.
    The result led to the most significant population decrease of global human population in Earth's history, ones likely never seen percentage wise since both the hypothetized Toba Catastrophe (circa 79~72,000 BCE) and the Younger Dryas Impact (c. 10,900 BCE) events that nearly wiped out humanities (Homo Sapiens and other now-extinct Hominid species at that time) off the map.
    It is esteemed that the population of the African continent was of *one billion* in the year 1500 CE. After that thr European colonial powers occupied much of the Motherland in the year 1900, the population reportedly was of just *one million* . Both Western, Oriental and neocolonial influenced African scholars tries very hard to not let these studies make too much noise, out of fear that the global population musters a sentiment of general revulsion and indignation toward the lengths from which the dominant powers of our contemporary era exercizes in order to censor and mute any aspects of African History that bothers the mainstresm narrative-- and, most certainly, what appears to be the one single most brutal and inhuman g*nocide in humanity history.

    • @gamingaltar9901
      @gamingaltar9901 Рік тому

      You wrote "in the year 1900, the population reportedly was of just one million" this is impossible since most African countries were able to gain independence by the 1970s which would have been impossible with such low numbers . Colonialism was extremely evil but you don't have to exaggerate, you'll only be giving trolls ammunition.

  • @idontknowaboutthat1904
    @idontknowaboutthat1904 Рік тому

    Unification and cooperation towards a common, community wide beneficial goal is essential to our liberation and security; without these, freedom from oppression is not possible.

  • @chaplaintaylor2327
    @chaplaintaylor2327 Рік тому

    God morning, who was Chancellor Williams?

  • @marioseattle
    @marioseattle Рік тому +1

    Brother! I am latino, and I never thought Spanish were strong enough to survive the jungles as it happened in Africa with the slave trade were they got the slaves from coastal regions.

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому

      Slaves came from all over Africa. The Europeans couldn't traverse far beyond the coast because Malaria would kill them. Slaves were captured by Africans and sold to the Europeans.

  • @johnrebel1391
    @johnrebel1391 Рік тому

    Can you link the video referenced in the beginning of the video?

  • @gadeyeye6268
    @gadeyeye6268 Рік тому +4

    There are some priests and witches from Nigeria and everywhere else that have both knowingly and unknowingly contributed there magic gifts to empower this current ruling class in many different ways. its unfortunate but awareness is paramount. We are free to do as we please always. That freedom can de used against you without awareness. Great video god. I appreciate your entire series. 👍🏾✊🏾👏🏾👌🏾💪🏾✌🏾🙏🏾

  • @fintonmainz7845
    @fintonmainz7845 Рік тому

    Emigration is a huge problem which is rarely spoken about.

  • @shotelco
    @shotelco Рік тому +3

    *Alternative position:* A culture is an embodiment of different values with all of them closely related to each other. These values include Social values, moral values, religious values, political values, aesthetic values, and economic values. Culture is abstract but has a very pervasive influence on the lives of the people of a particular culture. Hence beliefs about what is good and what is bad, together with norms and taboos, are woven together to provide security, and more importantly _Dignity_ for the members of the societal culture.
    I submit that HTH (and all of us within the Diaspora who have been generationally indoctrinated by our exposure to Western Culture) may be making the mistake of observing history from the perspective of the Euro/Anglo culture. Specifically the fatal assumption that "Wealth" (Economic value) is prioritized above all else. True Wealth - from the more traditional African culture - can never be taken from the African Continent, because wealth _doesn't_ primarily revolve around the material component. It is only Euro/Anglo cultures that present the *individual* accumulation of material possessions as a social trapping of *Human Dignity.*
    I think HTH exposes this mindset when @5:45 where it is stated: "Africans would bring ... colonial prosperity of Coastal Carolina..." This would be more accurately stated as "Africans would bring prosperity to the very wealthy few of Costal Carolina" The majority of the area, as is always the case with Euro/Anglo Capitalism, never materially benefited from this. The poor Euro/Anglo's of the area only benefited from the _perception_ of Dignity that rank Capitalism provides.
    I encourage HTH to review my brief thesis in relation to my understanding of pre-colonial traditional African cultural environments, where the collective resources of the society themselves, and the practice of collective economic production and social cooperation used to steward those resources - as well as the values of equity and fairness that underpin them-was indicative of most of African culture. Also, the volume of inter-tribal warfare we are all told to speak to, was miniscule in comparison to similar Euro/Anglo areas.
    In conclusion, I am simply asking that we not "assume" the Euro/Anglo Cultural prioritization of material wealth accumulation as the definition of a successful society. In my opinion, it is just the opposite. We continually want to beleive the Euro/Anglo wealth definition, in the contradictory face of Euro/Anglos being the most non-content humans on the planet. Pre-colonial traditional African cultural societies functioned around the social wellbeing of the entire group, where social and moral values were prioritized; which in turn provided real individual Dignity for the peoples of the group. Visiting any of the 54 Nations in Africa today, and even though some are poor by Euro/Anglo standards, the vast majority are content and a enjoy a far greater measure of personal Dignity. If this is true, why do we continue to accept the Euro/Anglo "wealth" definition when it may not apply to us?

    • @truuee9016
      @truuee9016 Рік тому +3

      Very well said. A bit too long though,so most people won't read this.

    • @shotelco
      @shotelco Рік тому +4

      @@truuee9016 Thanks. My HBCU liberal arts education oft times makes me drag out a point.
      The short(er) version:
      Both the Diaspora, and our African counterparts must recognize that the European definition of "wealth" (Hoarding of material possessions, which we have been brainwashed by) is antithetical to what *true wealth is.*
      True wealth, from the traditional African standpoint is An Abundance of What is _Truly Valuable_  - Time, Freedom, and Dignity based on the Ubuntu principal that "A person is a person through other persons. " Or "I am because You are"; The more I contribute positively to society, the more society returns to me the peace and contentment that a human requires.

    • @hometeamhistory806
      @hometeamhistory806  Рік тому +8

      I really appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts. Our foundation is vastly different and so I think it will be great for everyone to read our exchange. The most salient error you make is the presumption that all traditional African people defined wealth in a pan-African manner. Your statement “True Wealth - from the more traditional African culture” illustrates that. Admittedly, I find myself having to constantly forestall that temptation. There are several examples of “traditional African” societies not just advancing the material component of wealth but utilizing it as a vehicle to establish empires/kingdoms. Ethnocentric ambition was an ill throughout African society and this is what drove the material component of value as you call it.
      Imperial states such as Mali, Ghana and Benin all relied heavily on material signifiers of wealth such as gold and copper. There are countless sources for this but one of the best is Christopher Ehrets work (The Civilizations of Africa). He goes in depth about the material culture and trade (driven by commercially assigned value). Also, my understanding of “Economic Value” seems to be quite different form yours. Economic value is principally defined by a larger market typically outside indigenous self-determination. Many Africans across the continent defined success with imperial ambition. Some, to your point, did not.
      This leads to the second error. As you’ve stated: “It is only Euro/Anglo cultures that present the individual accumulation of material possessions as a social trapping of Human Dignity.” Assigning credence to that argument in any liberal manner is difficult when considering direct contradictions throughout African history. The truth is, most traditional African societies such as Oyo, Wagadu/Ghana, Benin, Meroe etc. all needed material value as defined by the global economy in order to grow their state. They accomplished this most certainly through material possessions. Gold, being the most ubiquitous indicator of this unassailable reality.
      If traditional Africans truly did not value, the “Euro/Anglo” model of wealth as you call it ethnocentric imperialism would cease to exist. Readily available to us is the historical record proving that many Africans took full advantage of this “Euro” model during the commercial revolution (Christopher Ehret). This is well before they were in contact with any Western or Euro ideological baggage.
      Assuming wealth as defined by Western heritage is an obstinate European model is erroneous. Multiple people groups around the world adhered to that model. It is not a European one but a human one. To your point however, their may have been some traditional African states that parsimony adopted your definition of wealth. The Igbo come to mind.
      Perhaps it would be useful to name specific African cultures that did not trade material goods in order to acquire “wealth” (however they defined it) to buttress your analysis. Moreover, your conclusion is an entirely different issue. I can agree that we may need to reevaluate how success is defined or how we feel about it as Afro-descended people (or as a country for that matter). The focus however pulled from the works of Dr. Claud Anderson concerning the wealth inequity driven by free African labor. A redefinition of wealth (as many traditional Africans, Europeans and others share the same material definition) is a bit of a distraction and may not be a fair utility.
      There are other a-historical dilemmas in your approach. I can address them later if you’d like. Anyway please let me know your thoughts and please do share some examples. Again, I really appreciate the time you took with this.

    • @hometeamhistory806
      @hometeamhistory806  Рік тому +1

      Apologies for the grammatical errors btw. I was on my way to an appointment. There* parsimoniously*

    • @shotelco
      @shotelco Рік тому

      @@hometeamhistory806 HTH, I appreciate the time and value of your response. I wanted to provide a more concise rebuttal to your detailed comment. It is important to all of us, and as such, I needed to take some time to gather my thoughts and scholarly support for my position.
      I think it best to define my definitions of the “Euro/Anglo” model of wealth for the purposes of our discussion. I submit the Euro/Anglo” model of wealth revolves around what we generally understand as Capitalism. The underpinning Human Behavioral seduction of Western Capitalism is the need for Dignity of the Capitalist. Thus, I also need to define Human Dignity as well;
      "The inherent and inalienable worth of all human beings irrespective of social status such as race (Ethnicity), gender, physical or mental state Dignity is, therefore, at the *core of psychological well-being, social connection and humanity.* I like to use Maslow's hierarchy of needs has a working template - as reductionist as it may be - for basic understanding of why us humans behave as we do. From the bottom of the hierarchy upwards, the needs are: physiological (food and clothing), safety (survival security), love and belonging needs (friendship), esteem, and self-actualization. Needs lower down in the hierarchy must be satisfied before individuals can attend to needs higher up. I would like to point out the "Esteem" Human requirement here. Esteem would be the confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect, and the understanding that much of human self-esteem comes from the surrounding social family/community/society. Please keep this definition in mind as it is Germaine to my thesis here.
      Lastly, I must note I will be using trigger-point terms such as Marxism and Communism as familiar placeholders for methods and concepts ONLY. Lets define and differentiate the two now:
      *Marxism* is a social, political, and economic *_theory [Ideology]_* originated from Karl Marx, focusing on the struggles between capitalists and the working class. Communism is based upon the _ideas of common ownership and the absence of social classes, money and the state._ Communism A political system based on Marxist ideology.
      With that stated, lets get into it.
      I look at things from a Science based POV (please forgive me as my Physics degree is from a HBCU ) . Much like your High School Science fair where you present a Hypothesis. Hypothesis of course being a tentative, testable answer to a scientific question. Moreover, I assume Human Behavior study to be a science.
      My Hypothesis is that the vast majority of pre-colonial African culture mirrored a more "Communist" ideal in practice. I observe this in the absolute requirement that Capitalist, or the Euro/Anglo” model of wealth revolved around amassing a store of wealth, or a store of value that could be traded or sold at profit. In order to have a store of wealth, this by definition requires creation of an *_excess of value._* Excess = more than one or a group requires to survive.
      I posit that the vast majority of pre-colonial African communities did NOT need/require to aspire to the storing excess value. keyword: "vast majority". Thus, "If" no mass storing of excess value, "Then" no need to evolve a Capitalist (“Euro/Anglo” model of wealth ) based society. IOW, "IF" a group can not, or will not _Create a surplus of value,_ "THEN" that group will not - and can not - matriculate into a Capitalist based society.
      Science dictates an if/then equation. example: "IF" there is no oxygen, "THEN" there can be no life as we know it. This is measured by what is _Observable_ to our human understanding. Science allows for _currently_ unobservable contingencies.
      Supporting scholarly data for my hypothesis based on the more modem reconciliation of Ubuntu philosophy.
      1.) "Scattered far and wide, many African communities in countries like Kenya, Ghana, and Botswana share striking commonalities in their philosophies of identity and interpersonal relationships. Much of the European intellectual tradition - from the ancient Greeks to Descartes and Hobbes and culminating in John Stuart Mill and Jean-Paul Sartre - treats humans as *discrete individuals.* Philosophically, the term *Hunhu or Ubuntu* emphasizes _the importance of a group or community._ On at least one point *ALL researchers are agreed:* precolonial Africa had generally everywhere progressed beyond the stage of primitive communism. Bands of individuals grouped together and lived by hunting and gathering, sharing the common booty or common finds equitably. The very uncertainty of the condition of life necessitated total solidarity resting on an almost total egalitarianism."
      (continued)

  • @melissasturgis
    @melissasturgis Рік тому

    We need to know the difference between European and African.

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому +2

      The psychology of tribalism is to convince yourself that your tribe is the only one that's really human and the rest are not. Depending on how broadly or narrowly you define your tribe, you can justify doing just about anything to those outside of your tribe, and never shed a tear or feel a pang of guilt. Of any continent rich in people, Africa was the one most tribal in the sense of groups of people separated by language, genetics, religion and culture. Why? Probably the geography. So, one thing led to another, and the extreme tribalism of Africa led to Africans selling Africans into slavery. History should be understood analytically, without "woke" glasses on, and without some inane search to be proud of your ancestors, your race or the societies your ancestors were part of. It is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't.

  • @dorrettbutler973
    @dorrettbutler973 Рік тому +1

    Civilization 🌍❤💛💚🔥

  • @kingdrakeel1455
    @kingdrakeel1455 Рік тому

    Can u do a video on bangala of Congo

  • @PhukYoutubeIsRacist
    @PhukYoutubeIsRacist Рік тому

    Solutions video???

  • @ngumzakwanza8495
    @ngumzakwanza8495 Рік тому

    NO KANGOWA, MBOMBO OR EGBEYO?

  • @trueintentions177
    @trueintentions177 Рік тому

    So did we fall in to another pit fall again ?

  • @terranceclayborn9583
    @terranceclayborn9583 Рік тому

    Do you have any knowledge of ancient Black Africans and ties to the ancient Sumerian? And do you have any knowledge of Annunaki? My interest in my black ancestors guided me to the Annunaki. And as far as I can tell from my research, the ancient tablets and carved depictions of the ANUNNAKI look like black figures with their most clear feature, their thick curly/wavy hair (facial and head).

  • @realdeal8303
    @realdeal8303 Рік тому

    Yo is that Ai art??

  • @wordsbymaribeja1470
    @wordsbymaribeja1470 Рік тому

    I detect a whiff off 'the best were taken from Africa and the chaff was left'. WRONG, the BEST is IN Africa but without the infrastructure to develop the talents, the internal manpower is wasted. Everything is set up for Afirca not to win, it can't , it's been designated the global resource colony.

  • @nphipps9406
    @nphipps9406 Рік тому

    🌷

  • @TryfifiiKalii
    @TryfifiiKalii Рік тому

    ❤️

  • @giffica
    @giffica Рік тому +1

    The moors didn’t do what you claim. It was Islam and Judaism that maintained the Greek texts. Don’t take claims as fact.

  • @Rainchild1186
    @Rainchild1186 Рік тому

    Well mankind basically use and abuse the act of kindness for greed and power. Take the wealth away and all you have a step one, building up you community. Each civilization believes their are better than a next so hate and jealousy is mankind Failure. Greed and power just added bonus today future fast falling down fall.

    • @jimmy.r.minnelli
      @jimmy.r.minnelli Рік тому

      The psychology of tribalism is to convince yourself that your tribe is the only one that's really human and the rest are not. Depending on how broadly or narrowly you define your tribe, you can justify doing just about anything to those outside of your tribe, and never shed a tear or feel a pang of guilt. Of any continent rich in people, Africa was the one most tribal in the sense of groups of people separated by language, genetics, religion and culture. Why? Probably the geography. So, one thing led to another, and the extreme tribalism of Africa led to Africans selling Africans into slavery. History should be understood analytically, without "woke" glasses on, and without some inane search to be proud of your ancestors, your race or the societies your ancestors were part of. It is what it is, and it isn't what it isn't.

    • @Rainchild1186
      @Rainchild1186 Рік тому

      @@jimmy.r.minnelli 😑😑😒Like I said Mankind as a whole, yes we are all broke up in small groups across the lands. Still each klans, tribes, villages and what they wanted be call in a group. All believe at point they was better then next, over time things went well with trading. However, it take that one person or a group to use and abuse other groups for their selfish needs. Still going on today, this world can be equal but mankind as whole makes thing harder. So it all about playing you cards in this mess up world, either gain and or lose. Wealthy person think they have the up hand but it will be their downfall as poor one are able to adapt in any condition. It the hate and jealousy that allowing not only wealthy but people within our group prevents the balance/ equity that we all can achieve/ benefit into a peaceful future.

  • @thanhnguyenduy3553
    @thanhnguyenduy3553 Рік тому +2

    Man, this guys can’t even tell the difference between idea exchange and brain drain 😂😂

    • @architectonthejob
      @architectonthejob Рік тому +2

      Can you? Show me, don't just talk sideways! This is rhetorical of course! If you even know what that word means.

    • @architectonthejob
      @architectonthejob Рік тому +1

      I think you also missed the part where he says it's from his interpretation which may be subject to change. But I see you and some of your trolls came to troll, and not to add anything constructive!

    • @thanhnguyenduy3553
      @thanhnguyenduy3553 Рік тому

      @@architectonthejob Your reply is unreasonable 😂 he didn’t use rhetoric but misleading tactics to trick simple mind

    • @RAs-9966
      @RAs-9966 Рік тому

      @Thanh Nguyen duy .. exactly but for trolls like you whose thinking capacity is too low to know the difference 🧠🤏

    • @zhongguo108
      @zhongguo108 Рік тому

      My Vietnamese friend , I am Indian and we both don't know how we ended up in such an Afr0 - centric channel

  • @mitchellkrouth5083
    @mitchellkrouth5083 Рік тому +1

    Your history is extremely garded
    going back millions of years advanced human civilizations .we choose to put on the blinders.
    How are you doing?

  • @bretave7379
    @bretave7379 Рік тому

    What a Load!

  • @sharoneladavis2023
    @sharoneladavis2023 Рік тому

    Thanks!