After years of suffering well meaning but poorly sourced rap (e.g. Nas trying to tell me Napoleon knocked the nose off the Sphinx because of not wanting to see a prominent black face so high) its so, so, so, SO fulfilling to hear someone rhyme about the subject with accurate contemporary historical knowledge. Thank you so very much.
I forwarded this to a history teacher. They were adment they knew the truth of the maagamizi but the kids dont need to know because it is not part of tge curriculum.... To bus Preaching Ignorance to bother Teaching or enabling....
This has got to be my favourite song on the album. Akala's getting better and better with each album he releases, i'm also glad he recorded with a band for this album instead of listening to a beat in the studio, the bass player and guitarist definitely give so much more to the song. Keep up the good work
This is impressive on so many levels. A masterpiece. I hope to hear more like this. This is real music. I have probably played this more than 50 times since first finding out about it 2 days’ ago.
I just found Akala today in July 2023. I searched him up after seeing a clip of him dismantling a white supremacist in real time on TV, he left the racist literally speechless and seething with rage. I'm so happy I found his music. This is exactly what I think hip hop should be. There's a place for party/club songs, but intelligent political rap is where my heart is.
The argument for telling a Black British History eloquently , brilliantly summarised ' If you've not heard of Nanny of the Maroons or Boogle you probably believe what they told you'
It is not a distortion at all, the economic model of europe in the previous centuries has been based on imperialism, with out 'cheap labour 'and exploitation of other nation's mineral wealth countries such as England and france would not have accumulated the wealth they have/had, what do you think an empire's purpose is? Without exploitation of human lives our past and current economic model would not work, and why there is and will be such a divide in wealth
This is a powerful protest song. Do you know who the speaker is before the song starts? There's a murmur of voices from an audience, and a male voice says: "If we are concerned with awakening, it is because we have been asleep for so long..."
I don't know if you're just a troll, but just in case you're being genuine I'll respond. You're calling this song a "negative oversimplification". I don't see how or why you would try to portray slavery in a positive light It's a waste of time for us to argue over whether or not we perceive the song to be an "oversimplification" but I'll say this: It's not a spoken or written essay, it's a rap song. Not only is he telling a story but he has to actually flow and make it entertaining to hear.
This is a song with substance and a message. Unfortunately that's in direct conflict with the powers that be today. If you were encouraging kids to become deviants, you'd be top of the charts. Such a devilish world we live in.
oh btw, if you ever go down this route again can I just ask that the Indians get a nod? The fucked up echo of slavery was the following indentured labour where the British Empire performed the next largest migration in history by replacing the slaves with Indians signing them up to bogus work contracts (so they're not slaves, rite?) and pushing them straight into the shacks that had just been vacated.
He doesn't have direct experience of slavery so your point is moot. He's talking historically and people should remember that the abolition of slavery led to the incarceration of millions of Indians. As this is all very much in the past its neither my or Akala's experience to speak about this but as Akala is discussing the history of slavery its worth the nod.
He has direct experience from the legacies of slavery! Did you watch the video or what?! Maangamizi speaks about the CONTEMPORARY effects of slavery! Debt Bondage, misrepresentation in the media, miseducation in school, police brutality, the continous rape of Africa and its resources etc. The past shapes the present luv if you didn't get that
Love it! A shame you swear, but beautiful words! I fully understand the wording which is why I added it to my music list. This song just blows me away. No one on the train who heard me play this said nothing. Truly a message most would rather never know! Being a civilian apart of NATO, I beg the world for forgiveness we do not deserve! HalleluYah! Praise to Yah for your life! Yahuah is the Creator of the heavens and the earth(Genesis 1:1 In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth) and Yah gave His only brought-forth(begotten) Son, Yahoshua ‘Yah is Salvation’ Messiah(John 3:16 “For Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only brought-forth Son, that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but possess everlasting life.) to sweat blood(Luke 22:44 And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.) and be brutally murdered on a stake(cross) and be resurrected on the third day for the sins of all of humanity!(1 Corinthians 15:3-5 For I delivered to you at the first that which I also received: the Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Kêpha(Sha’ul who is also called Paul), then by the twelve.) (1 Corinthians 15:3-5 For I delivered to you at the first that which I also received: the Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Kêpha(Sha’ul who is also called Paul), then by the twelve.) Follow Yahuah’s 7 easy feast of remembrance and keep Yah’s Sabbath(Day 7; Day of Rest)! Yahshua literally means ‘Yah is Salvation’ and His death and resurrection gave us the Gift of the Set-Apart Spirit to be our Guide and Helper to do what is right in Yah’s eyes! Elohim is plural for ‘Mighty Ones’ and Eloah is singular for ‘Mighty One’ and the Arabic word for ‘Elohim’ means ‘Judges and Rulers’ or ‘Judges or Rulers’! Hallelujah is properly spelled ‘HalleluYah’ which literally means ‘praise to Yah’! Yahshua literally means ‘Yah is Salvation’! HalleluYah! Yahshua is the Messiah! “Jesus” is Greek for ‘hail Zeus’ and ‘Iesous/Iasous’ is four(4) deities/idols/mighty ones names combined, including the ‘Zeus’! ‘Lord’ is Hebrew for ‘Ba’al’ in every real Hebrew translation! “Christ” is the Greek deity/idol/mighty one ‘Christos’! “God” is “god” is “Gade” is “Gad”, “Ghode” is “Gawd” is the Pagan deity/idol/mighty one of “fortune”! Yeshua/Yehoshua when directly translated from Hebrew to English is Joshua! Amen is the Pagan idol Amen-raw/Amon-raw! Ecclesiastes 12:13 ISR Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind! Ezekiel 11:12 ISR "And you shall know that I am Yahuah, for you have not walked in My laws nor executed My right-rulings, but have done according to the rulings of the nations which are all around you." ' " Jeremiah 10:2 ISR Thus said Yahuah, "Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the nations are awed by them.
cant see your orginal comment but dont have to just want to say is not the over simplification your willingness to ignore how big free labor played into the making of nations...yes his words are simple and it is easy to understand the grand argument made that is based on a justifiable proclamation...and yes I know you are most likely trolling but I wanted to tell you how poor a job you are doing in that your statements cant even truly create arguments except for simple minded quarrels
nty of rich self made native africans as well. But it is true there is big inequality with the extreme poor and what do you expect, apartheid only ended 20 years ago. Imo It will likely change as the majority are ethnic Africans. However redistributing wealth on race is wrong on so many levels, look how successful Mugabe was....Secondly South Africa is one of the richer countries, it's not as if the other post-imperialist nations who have no european population are doing that great.
I really do love Akala. Im British but I moved to New Zealand at 7 years old. I discovered Akala in '06 and i haven't looked back, really love the work he has done. However, that being said, to say that Europe was built on slavery is preposterous. To suppose that African nations, or Asian nations wouldn't have "dominated" the world had THEY been the nations to get ahead, is equally nonsensical. Of course they would have. I think one perspective Akala has lost in recent years, is that human beings are still animals. Not only animals, but predators. The top predators on the planet. That is the same for all races. Also, veganism being beneficial is a disgraceful lie. For example, imagine how common the news stories would be, in every country in the world, if there was still a million lions in Africa. "14 people massacred by lions in Zimbabwe".. Regularly. If everyone in the world was a vegan, this news story would be a reality every single day.
In no way does that make my point that european economic dominance was not built on slavery null. I don't know how you drew that conclusion. I don't even think you know how you got there. There is no use in asking you to explain yourself because I doubt you can.
I don't see how you can say ''oppressive government aside'' when that is a premise to all of the above actions. It seems to me that you really don't understand economics and you are just regurgitating historical anecdotes.
*akala I love u and all .. but it's not islam that enslaved anyone or caused anyone to enslave anyone, anyway .. but rather preislamic arabs .. so that wasn't cool .. but I still appreciate u* and they didn't discriminate with the enslaving even their own ppl so yeh .. greetings from Bosnia ^^
If you look at the statistics, Africans overall have been getting richer thanks to exporting their natural resources and through improvements in infrastructure through foreign investment. It's likely they'll catch up over time as well. Why they are behind currently? I think definitely imperialism played a huge part, but for the most part they're suffering at the moment because of civil war and internal corruption. The majority of rich people in South Africa are white, but I am sure there are ple
@@aishax01 it's cringy because that isn't how it is pronounced, but it's understandable because he has a British accent. But him pronouncing it wrong doesn't mean people should stan him any less
Secondly, blaming Africa's current problems on Europeans is wrong as well. Europeans screwed over most of the world, and nearly all countries have the same western institutions, yet most of them are improving rapidly.
My statements can't create arguments because they're irrefutable? Saying European civilisation was built on slavery is as wrong as saying it was built on entrepreneurship. It isolates one factor to explain one of the largest advancements in history. There are also arguments to suggest slavery is an inefficient use of resources which I agree with. The song's argument is barely related to this anyway. It's basically, Europeans behaved like animals, which is true; They still are, which is false
Imagine if this got airtime and reached the masses
It never will. Because of that.
We need to share it w our peeps
the world still needs more akala and a bit less jesus
This song is challenging to listen to. And I am African. Loads of uncomfortable truths here.
After years of suffering well meaning but poorly sourced rap (e.g. Nas trying to tell me Napoleon knocked the nose off the Sphinx because of not wanting to see a prominent black face so high) its so, so, so, SO fulfilling to hear someone rhyme about the subject with accurate contemporary historical knowledge. Thank you so very much.
In my humble opinion hehe, this is Akala's best song
Charlene Johnson i agree!!
It's a stunner :) I change my mind on favs. Fickle
This album is a masterpiece.
I forwarded this to a history teacher. They were adment they knew the truth of the maagamizi but the kids dont need to know because it is not part of tge curriculum....
To bus Preaching Ignorance to bother Teaching or enabling....
Busy*
This has got to be my favourite song on the album. Akala's getting better and better with each album he releases, i'm also glad he recorded with a band for this album instead of listening to a beat in the studio, the bass player and guitarist definitely give so much more to the song. Keep up the good work
We need more rappers like this that educate because schools don't
I've not been touched this deeply by anything in a long while!!! Wow!!!
Real music coming straight from the HEART!!!
Liberating. I feel the mental chains breaking. May the Ancestors continue to use you as a portal! Many blessings and peace upon you
Akala let's it all out!! The establishment must love him!!
This is impressive on so many levels. A masterpiece. I hope to hear more like this. This is real music. I have probably played this more than 50 times since first finding out about it 2 days’ ago.
I just found Akala today in July 2023. I searched him up after seeing a clip of him dismantling a white supremacist in real time on TV, he left the racist literally speechless and seething with rage. I'm so happy I found his music. This is exactly what I think hip hop should be. There's a place for party/club songs, but intelligent political rap is where my heart is.
Love this track, one of your best. I always feel elevated when I hear it, ready to take on the tyrants
this is absolutely incredible
Makes me cry every time i listen but i will always continue to listen
The argument for telling a Black British History eloquently , brilliantly summarised ' If you've not heard of Nanny of the Maroons or Boogle you probably believe what they told you'
Jean Jacque Dessalines - the spirit is now.
Buying the Physical copy of your CD now, been wanting to for a while, its too good!
Akala is awesome 😎 love ya ❤️
2019 and I'm glad I jumped on the opportunity to buy the hard copy
im liking this before ive even heard it its expected to be good all his bars good pure knowledge
pretty sure its a film. Will be worth a watch
Wow
Brilliant artistic poetry. Ase'
I listen to this song every day at this point.
Too deep, masterpiece
simon just appreciate the genius of the song, wether hes exaggerating or not its a masterpiece just like all his other work
Powerful...
Man u said the truth right then. We need to protest for it to happen
Facts
DEEP!
It is not a distortion at all, the economic model of europe in the previous centuries has been based on imperialism, with out 'cheap labour 'and exploitation of other nation's mineral wealth countries such as England and france would not have accumulated the wealth they have/had, what do you think an empire's purpose is? Without exploitation of human lives our past and current economic model would not work, and why there is and will be such a divide in wealth
Best history lesson EVER! :)
Truth
it's the destruction it's the maangamizi
This is a powerful protest song. Do you know who the speaker is before the song starts? There's a murmur of voices from an audience, and a male voice says: "If we are concerned with awakening, it is because we have been asleep for so long..."
Think it's Ayi Kwei Armah
@@ATBeats93 Thanks!
All the truth.
I don't know if you're just a troll, but just in case you're being genuine I'll respond.
You're calling this song a "negative oversimplification". I don't see how or why you would try to portray slavery in a positive light
It's a waste of time for us to argue over whether or not we perceive the song to be an "oversimplification" but I'll say this: It's not a spoken or written essay, it's a rap song. Not only is he telling a story but he has to actually flow and make it entertaining to hear.
Who's here from Sociology L1 Uni of Glasgoooooooow ?
ME!!! :))
Can anyone explain why? 😂
@@sajjeel123 global inequalities topic
E.d.u.c.a.t.i.o.n
Thank you once again for admitting your ignorance of worldly issues Simon.
This is a song with substance and a message.
Unfortunately that's in direct conflict with the powers that be today.
If you were encouraging kids to become deviants, you'd be top of the charts.
Such a devilish world we live in.
I just did a music reaction to this song on my channel.
It means Destruction
oh btw, if you ever go down this route again can I just ask that the Indians get a nod? The fucked up echo of slavery was the following indentured labour where the British Empire performed the next largest migration in history by replacing the slaves with Indians signing them up to bogus work contracts (so they're not slaves, rite?) and pushing them straight into the shacks that had just been vacated.
Why should he speak about Indians? He can only speak from his experience and his perspective . YOU write a song about the Indians
He doesn't have direct experience of slavery so your point is moot.
He's talking historically and people should remember that the abolition of slavery led to the incarceration of millions of Indians.
As this is all very much in the past its neither my or Akala's experience to speak about this but as Akala is discussing the history of slavery its worth the nod.
He has direct experience from the legacies of slavery! Did you watch the video or what?! Maangamizi speaks about the CONTEMPORARY effects of slavery! Debt Bondage, misrepresentation in the media, miseducation in school, police brutality, the continous rape of Africa and its resources etc.
The past shapes the present luv if you didn't get that
Again, if you feel so strongly about it, say something about it to raise awareness.
well what do you think this is? Did you know about it prior to this comment?
what is maangamizi?
Maybe this is a album of reflection rather then an album of change
who's the man speaking at the start?
I think it's stokely Carmichael
Favorite author of Two Thousand Season - Ayi Kwei Armah
very cool, thank you!
The Healers is also a great book by him
And thank you for showcasing the correlation between MMA and cognitive deficiency.
Love it! A shame you swear, but beautiful words! I fully understand the wording which is why I added it to my music list. This song just blows me away. No one on the train who heard me play this said nothing. Truly a message most would rather never know! Being a civilian apart of NATO, I beg the world for forgiveness we do not deserve! HalleluYah! Praise to Yah for your life! Yahuah is the Creator of the heavens and the earth(Genesis 1:1 In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth) and Yah gave His only brought-forth(begotten) Son, Yahoshua ‘Yah is Salvation’ Messiah(John 3:16 “For Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only brought-forth Son, that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but possess everlasting life.) to sweat blood(Luke 22:44 And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.) and be brutally murdered on a stake(cross) and be resurrected on the third day for the sins of all of humanity!(1 Corinthians 15:3-5 For I delivered to you at the first that which I also received: the Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Kêpha(Sha’ul who is also called Paul), then by the twelve.) (1 Corinthians 15:3-5 For I delivered to you at the first that which I also received: the Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Kêpha(Sha’ul who is also called Paul), then by the twelve.) Follow Yahuah’s 7 easy feast of remembrance and keep Yah’s Sabbath(Day 7; Day of Rest)!
Yahshua literally means ‘Yah is Salvation’ and His death and resurrection gave us the Gift of the Set-Apart Spirit to be our Guide and Helper to do what is right in Yah’s eyes!
Elohim is plural for ‘Mighty Ones’ and Eloah is singular for ‘Mighty One’ and the Arabic word for ‘Elohim’ means ‘Judges and Rulers’ or ‘Judges or Rulers’!
Hallelujah is properly spelled ‘HalleluYah’ which literally means ‘praise to Yah’!
Yahshua literally means ‘Yah is Salvation’!
HalleluYah! Yahshua is the Messiah!
“Jesus” is Greek for ‘hail Zeus’ and ‘Iesous/Iasous’ is four(4) deities/idols/mighty ones names combined, including the ‘Zeus’!
‘Lord’ is Hebrew for ‘Ba’al’ in every real Hebrew translation!
“Christ” is the Greek deity/idol/mighty one ‘Christos’!
“God” is “god” is “Gade” is “Gad”, “Ghode” is “Gawd” is the Pagan deity/idol/mighty one of “fortune”!
Yeshua/Yehoshua when directly translated from Hebrew to English is Joshua!
Amen is the Pagan idol Amen-raw/Amon-raw!
Ecclesiastes 12:13 ISR
Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind!
Ezekiel 11:12 ISR
"And you shall know that I am Yahuah, for you have not walked in My laws nor executed My right-rulings, but have done according to the rulings of the nations which are all around you." ' "
Jeremiah 10:2 ISR
Thus said Yahuah, "Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the nations are awed by them.
Free Africa free Palestine
cant see your orginal comment but dont have to just want to say is not the over simplification your willingness to ignore how big free labor played into the making of nations...yes his words are simple and it is easy to understand the grand argument made that is based on a justifiable proclamation...and yes I know you are most likely trolling but I wanted to tell you how poor a job you are doing in that your statements cant even truly create arguments except for simple minded quarrels
for a so called "lyric video" it has ALOT of the lyrics wrong.
It's like that through every track on the album.
Where's your references?
You think he made this up and just aired and invalid opinion?
the world's darkest people still the most poor
Don't worry Simon it is ok, thanks for admitting that your original point was null.
nty of rich self made native africans as well. But it is true there is big inequality with the extreme poor and what do you expect, apartheid only ended 20 years ago. Imo It will likely change as the majority are ethnic Africans. However redistributing wealth on race is wrong on so many levels, look how successful Mugabe was....Secondly South Africa is one of the richer countries, it's not as if the other post-imperialist nations who have no european population are doing that great.
I really do love Akala. Im British but I moved to New Zealand at 7 years old. I discovered Akala in '06 and i haven't looked back, really love the work he has done.
However, that being said, to say that Europe was built on slavery is preposterous. To suppose that African nations, or Asian nations wouldn't have "dominated" the world had THEY been the nations to get ahead, is equally nonsensical. Of course they would have.
I think one perspective Akala has lost in recent years, is that human beings are still animals. Not only animals, but predators. The top predators on the planet. That is the same for all races. Also, veganism being beneficial is a disgraceful lie. For example, imagine how common the news stories would be, in every country in the world, if there was still a million lions in Africa. "14 people massacred by lions in Zimbabwe".. Regularly. If everyone in the world was a vegan, this news story would be a reality every single day.
So you think he just made this all up? Didn't research it and just has an invalid opinion?
Didn't catch the sarcasm no? Sigh 😂
Anyone listening in 2024 😢
you again simon?
aren't you getting bored of continuously admitting that you are my subordinate?
In no way does that make my point that european economic dominance was not built on slavery null. I don't know how you drew that conclusion. I don't even think you know how you got there. There is no use in asking you to explain yourself because I doubt you can.
I don't see how you can say ''oppressive government aside'' when that is a premise to all of the above actions. It seems to me that you really don't understand economics and you are just regurgitating historical anecdotes.
*akala I love u and all .. but it's not islam that enslaved anyone or caused anyone to enslave anyone, anyway .. but rather preislamic arabs .. so that wasn't cool .. but I still appreciate u* and they didn't discriminate with the enslaving even their own ppl so yeh .. greetings from Bosnia ^^
If you look at the statistics, Africans overall have been getting richer thanks to exporting their natural resources and through improvements in infrastructure through foreign investment. It's likely they'll catch up over time as well. Why they are behind currently? I think definitely imperialism played a huge part, but for the most part they're suffering at the moment because of civil war and internal corruption. The majority of rich people in South Africa are white, but I am sure there are ple
Being Kenyan and understanding Kiswahili, I find Akala's pronounciation of Maangamizi quite amusing and slightly cringey😂 But A for effort
Cringy!? Wow.
@@aishax01 it's cringy because that isn't how it is pronounced, but it's understandable because he has a British accent. But him pronouncing it wrong doesn't mean people should stan him any less
Secondly, blaming Africa's current problems on Europeans is wrong as well. Europeans screwed over most of the world, and nearly all countries have the same western institutions, yet most of them are improving rapidly.
I'm saying the police and the courts have similar attitudes as you. If you don't think racism goes both ways then get out of the bubble.
the truth hurts does it. feel the burn.
lies
My statements can't create arguments because they're irrefutable?
Saying European civilisation was built on slavery is as wrong as saying it was built on entrepreneurship. It isolates one factor to explain one of the largest advancements in history. There are also arguments to suggest slavery is an inefficient use of resources which I agree with. The song's argument is barely related to this anyway. It's basically, Europeans behaved like animals, which is true; They still are, which is false
Simon Murray some areas gained huge amounts and only have the quality of life they do today due to slavery. I think that is what he is saying.