History of Religion in Africa Every Year 600 BCE - 2022 CE // PaleoSapien

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  • Опубліковано 10 вер 2022
  • This is a video which goes through the various changes in regional state and non-state religions, as well as various tribal religions throughout Africa's history beginning in 600 BCE all the way to 2022 CE (present-day) every second of the video is equal to a year and the map, will change showing the change in religion, comment and let me know which region of the world's religion I should make a video about next
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  • @Yoyo-rn8vv
    @Yoyo-rn8vv 2 місяці тому +351

    This video aint even close to real, Ethiopias lake tana area and the west of the nation is majority christian.

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому +3

      That's not where ppl live

    • @Adam-wg2rf
      @Adam-wg2rf 2 місяці тому +49

      ​​@@shafsteryellow65% of the country is ✝️, and 31% are ☪️.
      Their are many small african faiths there too and jewish community.

    • @M-Rayan
      @M-Rayan 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@Adam-wg2rfabsolutly wrong, it's 51% christian and 48% muslim

    • @Adam-wg2rf
      @Adam-wg2rf 2 місяці тому +33

      @@M-Rayan 31% muslim and 65% christian, i'm using wikipidia
      But if you can give me a link to where you found this data i would be check it out.

    • @shaqolaaan
      @shaqolaaan 2 місяці тому +2

      all the christian’s live in the highlands together most lowland cushites are muslim they just inhabit the land they aren’t the majority in number though

  • @classeontop7403
    @classeontop7403 2 місяці тому +496

    Christianity reached many parts of Central and Southern Africa around the same time the Americas were discovered. There were a few Portuguese missionaries on those lands converting people to Christianity.

    • @nicocola284
      @nicocola284 2 місяці тому +17

      Like the king of Kongo in the 15th

    • @iminsideyourwalls9432
      @iminsideyourwalls9432 2 місяці тому +20

      Bruh Ethiopia was christian since the 3rd century

    • @classeontop7403
      @classeontop7403 2 місяці тому +13

      @@iminsideyourwalls9432 I'm talking about the other countries.

    • @playerlive4081
      @playerlive4081 2 місяці тому

      Because Portuguese and Spanish who brought it over.

    • @EliasMustafa-cw9tt
      @EliasMustafa-cw9tt Місяць тому

      How chrtianity spread in these places?

  • @Solon1581
    @Solon1581 Рік тому +709

    4:23 I think this video suffers from the same issues as the history of India video in regards to the spread of Islam as it basically shows Egypt flipping over from Christianity to Islam in the span of a single decade, when in reality it took centuries; with it remaining overwhelmingly Christian during the early medieval period, around half-Christian half Muslim around the time of the Crusades, and more than 3/4 Muslim during the Ottoman era.
    The wider Maghreb was bit of a mixed bag as some places converted at a much faster rate, with many places bring majority Muslim within a century and others being 90-100% Muslim around the time of the Almohads.

    • @arabianinferno6918
      @arabianinferno6918 Рік тому +72

      Yes Fatimid Caliphate was less than 10% muslim.
      Islamisation peaked during Ayyubids, Mamluk and Ottomans.

    • @king_halcyon
      @king_halcyon 11 місяців тому +19

      Yes. Many of his vids are flawed

    • @Yussalim
      @Yussalim 10 місяців тому +11

      @@king_halcyonIts not really flawed Egypt already had a large population of Muslims before the it was conquered, the prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) is said to have sent companions there to do dawah (missionary work) in Egypt. So the population was already there, once Egypt was Conquered many people began to convert to Islam in mass in a short time the Muslim population had surpassed the Christian population. Keep in mind the muslims only needed to be 51% of the nation’s population for it to be considered a Muslim majority nation.

    • @lekevire
      @lekevire 9 місяців тому +33

      @@Yussalim But even if it was 51%, it can't be shown in the video as purely green. Then that would be Coptic Christianity is 0%.

    • @richardthomas5362
      @richardthomas5362 2 місяці тому +6

      The other thing is that Islam as practiced in the Maghreb is ...not... quite pure Sunni Islam, more of a "Voodo Islam", especially as you get to the pagan/Islamic border.

  • @FromNothing
    @FromNothing Рік тому +157

    Great effort but a few major errors.
    1) You didn't show Nubia as Christian at any point even though they were very Christian for centuries, notably Makuria and even defeated two full scale Rashidun Caliphate Jihads.
    2) There is no such thing as "Bantu" religion. Bantu is the largest linguistic family in Africa and encompasses numerous languages and ethnic groups as well as religions.
    3) A few grammatical errors, you put "Religion's" instead of "Religions." The apostrophe is possessive, not plural. And you said "Shonghai" instead of Songhai. Maybe in your head you were thinking of "Shanghai" which is a city in China.
    4.) Many of these religions that you put at the beginning like "Dahomean religions" is inaccurate because Dahomey only became a state as recently as the 17th century. Also their religion was voodoo.
    5.) Some of the locations are off. For example the Dahomey should be East of the Volta River (lake), not West.
    6). "Animism" is much too broad of a category as most traditional religions of Africa were within that category.
    7.) West African conversion to Islam is a bit inaccurate. For example, Ghana effectively became a Muslim state in 1076. The Mali kingdoms to the south of it would have been Muslim in the early 1000s, as well as Songhai. Takrur (along the Senegal River) even earlier in the year 800. So basically Ghana would've been surrounded by Muslim states for. A giant "hole" in the green area would've been more accurate. Also I'm not sure what you consider conversion. The royal family? Or the majority of the population. Because if it's the latter then most of these places would have been converted much much much more recently in history.

    • @tantamani1138
      @tantamani1138 Рік тому +31

      He also forgot to add that the Kongo empire was Christian as well since the 15th century. Btw, I like your videos.

    • @joaocorreia524
      @joaocorreia524 9 місяців тому +25

      Furthermore he calls the ethiopian church coptic? And Bantus in southern Africa came much later

    • @Inzira155
      @Inzira155 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@joaocorreia524 No they did not the earliest evidence of their being in southern africa dates to 300 ce.

    • @user-tr8wv4wf6i
      @user-tr8wv4wf6i 2 місяці тому +1

      cant be first one then whole world would be christian 1870-1950s

    • @FromNothing
      @FromNothing Місяць тому

      ​@@Inzira155 Source? The farthest south that Christianity existed prior to the 15th century was the Nile Valley and the Horn of Africa. Much less Southern Africa....
      Look. I understand alot of Christian blacks want to find some connection to the religion prior to white influence but you have to be honest with yourself and stop blinding yourself with wishful thinking. Southern African Bantu largely believed in a sky serpent. The Khoisan were monotheistic but also believed in many nature spirits.

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 9 місяців тому +365

    In Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪, the majority religions are Christianity and Islams, and the believers of the two faiths live in relative peace and stability

    • @bunjijumper5345
      @bunjijumper5345 7 місяців тому +61

      The truth we have Muslims who start the trouble

    • @mjama2132
      @mjama2132 7 місяців тому +1

      Nope@@bunjijumper5345

    • @BritishEmpire1924
      @BritishEmpire1924 2 місяці тому

      ​@@bunjijumper5345It's the opposite for me. Christians cause most problems in my town

    • @yunglacez2955
      @yunglacez2955 2 місяці тому

      @@bunjijumper5345 People like you are fear mongering to rile them up for your schizophrenic cause that only exists in ur head.

    • @ratilantgull602
      @ratilantgull602 2 місяці тому +30

      @@bunjijumper5345 where ya get dat

  • @henryviii8808
    @henryviii8808 8 місяців тому +281

    Christianity: I'm Colonial Speed

    • @lbgamer6166
      @lbgamer6166 5 місяців тому +33

      Bro it was mostly voluntary

    • @mr.trickystudio
      @mr.trickystudio 2 місяці тому +68

      @@lbgamer6166 nope it was by slavery

    • @talmadar5906
      @talmadar5906 2 місяці тому

      Yeah this one of big lies ​@@lbgamer6166

    • @nusantaramapper7580
      @nusantaramapper7580 2 місяці тому +87

      ​@@mr.trickystudionope, it was because of missionary works. Infact the reason why slavery ended is because of christian ideas . famous figures like David Livingstone, he is a scot missionary and argued for the abolition of slavery in south africa. There's also the Church Missionary Society in West Africa, they helped freed slaves. Christianity also helped alot in developing Africa's educational and healthcare instituions, Schools, Churches and Medical Facilities were established by The Society of African Missions in West Africa and the White Fathers of East Africa.

    • @mr.trickystudio
      @mr.trickystudio 2 місяці тому

      @@nusantaramapper7580 britain and french enslaved africa that is christain if ww2 didnt happen slavery would have never died

  • @SurvivorIce
    @SurvivorIce Рік тому +93

    Where os Aksum Christianity? Aksum kingdom adoped Christianity in early 300 CE.

    • @conallirvine04tusifrirotsitrue
      @conallirvine04tusifrirotsitrue Місяць тому +13

      AD

    • @pilotpandashot
      @pilotpandashot Місяць тому +5

      BBY

    • @Lol-ql3gd
      @Lol-ql3gd Місяць тому

      how tf ce?

    • @conallirvine04tusifrirotsitrue
      @conallirvine04tusifrirotsitrue Місяць тому

      @@Lol-ql3gd CE means common era meaning that the aksum kingdom adopted Christianity 300 years after the start of common era
      But if you are Christian say AD meaning after death of christ

    • @thephantoman14
      @thephantoman14 Місяць тому +1

      @@conallirvine04tusifrirotsitrue AD does not mean after the death of Christ. It means Anno Domini, which is Latin for ‘the year of our lord’. It refers to years after his birth, not after his death. If it was after his death then there would be a 33 year or so gap in the calendar when Jesus was alive.

  • @anis_hadji
    @anis_hadji 2 місяці тому +381

    Inaccurate, islam was not spread that fast, people confuse the spread of Islam with the expansion of the Islamic State,.Egypt, for example, did not become a Muslim majority until the Mamluk era, that's why people think that Islam spread with sword while in reality it did not, people accepted it slowly through centuries, not in an instant as the video shows

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому +13

      Islam reached somalia in the life of the prophet

    • @anis_hadji
      @anis_hadji 2 місяці тому +59

      @@shafsteryellow Correction : muslims ruled Somalia in the life of the prophet, but the religion was never enforced, especially by the prophet

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому +31

      @@anis_hadji what Muslims ruled? Lol the companions of the prophets were refugees seeking help they didn't rule anything. Somalis clan elders converted willingly and thus all somalis became muslim because its a patriarchal tribal society.
      There's mosques in somalia with the qibla to Jerusalem because they were built BEFORE Muslims controlled Makkah.
      No arab ever ruled somalis.

    • @anis_hadji
      @anis_hadji 2 місяці тому +5

      @@shafsteryellow Okay, so what's your point? You just proved my point. Dude, I'm Muslim

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому +4

      @@anis_hadji that it reached horn of africa before hijrah and well before it reached masr, levant or anywhere outside of the hejaz

  • @elidesportelli325
    @elidesportelli325 10 місяців тому +9

    You do a great work for this video

  • @kenzieafent6291
    @kenzieafent6291 Місяць тому +4

    What a interesting video! I sure do hope the comments section will be respectful to all Religious groups mentioned in said video!

  • @MajorMLeaves
    @MajorMLeaves Рік тому +37

    Love the content, really fun to see. Maybe Southeast Asia next? The interplay of Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity in the Siamese peninsula is fascinating.
    One note (cause I'm a comparative religions major and a nerd), I'd like to know your sources for Ethiopia, which is currently a majority-Christian nation, and home the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. They definitely have a strong Islamic minority owing to Aksum's assistance during the Hijrah, but I feel like they should have flipped blue at some point. Unrelated, I'd also love your opinion on the whole "Lost Tribe of Israel" being in Africa, etc.
    +1 sub, can't wait for the next 😊

    • @HamzaShafiq629
      @HamzaShafiq629 Рік тому +3

      _Legends say that he is still waiting for a reply_

    • @anthrosapien3784
      @anthrosapien3784  2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@HamzaShafiq629 I'm here lol

    • @A_Leader_andServantof_Allah
      @A_Leader_andServantof_Allah 2 місяці тому

      ​@@anthrosapien3784will you keep posting again? Love ur vids

    • @TheOswards306
      @TheOswards306 2 місяці тому

      Only the Southern parts of Africa that Christianity reigns victory in.

  • @slizzardshroomer9666
    @slizzardshroomer9666 9 місяців тому +29

    A lot of inaccuracies, such as the Almaqah religion still being around, it isn't. Still, a great video

  • @crazyboris1625
    @crazyboris1625 Рік тому +29

    Not bad, but you overlooked the Nubian christians that didn't convert to Islam until the 1300s-1600s

    • @bunjijumper5345
      @bunjijumper5345 7 місяців тому +11

      They were forced to convert.

    • @exposedclickbaitaRblx
      @exposedclickbaitaRblx 6 місяців тому +13

      ​@@bunjijumper5345and the africans in south who were also forced to

    • @bunjijumper5345
      @bunjijumper5345 6 місяців тому +2

      Yes, but, this video wasnt about that. I am fully aware. @@exposedclickbaitaRblx

    • @adimiryane9577
      @adimiryane9577 4 місяці тому

      @@bunjijumper5345 no

    • @moamenahmed9314
      @moamenahmed9314 2 місяці тому +2

      Stop posting​ lies, be peaceful not aggressive @@bunjijumper5345

  • @based4560
    @based4560 Рік тому +26

    Amazing. Pretty underrated, you should be more popular.

  • @welcometothemonkeyapezone7797
    @welcometothemonkeyapezone7797 Рік тому +959

    Christianity coming in with a clutch victory in Africa

    • @hitlersgran2376
      @hitlersgran2376 Рік тому +58

      abyssinia was like the

    • @umaryusuf537
      @umaryusuf537 Рік тому +110

      Only in half of it Europeans failed to convert the other half

    • @gm-so2ld
      @gm-so2ld Рік тому +226

      @@umaryusuf537 and arabs failed to convert the other half too

    • @umaryusuf537
      @umaryusuf537 Рік тому

      @@gm-so2ld true but interesting the Arabs never try to even get to that half most of the time. Islam spread mainly by trade organically in Africa the European took part in a really fast conversation process they have controlled all of Africa and failed to convert Muslims. Missionary work on Muslims has historically always failed

    • @umaryusuf537
      @umaryusuf537 Рік тому +80

      The part Muslims conquered mainly my African kings adopting Islam like in west Africa those regions almost entirely became Muslim

  • @VivaCristoRei9
    @VivaCristoRei9 11 місяців тому +194

    Kongo was Catholic since the 1500s

    • @yunglacez2955
      @yunglacez2955 2 місяці тому +39

      And Congo was genocided by fellow christians (7-10Million)

    • @deutschermichel5807
      @deutschermichel5807 2 місяці тому

      Has nothing to do with Christianity ​@@yunglacez2955

    • @alexkoppers7882
      @alexkoppers7882 2 місяці тому +9

      Only part of it. Mos of the Congo wasn’t explored until the 19 century.

    • @Grmario85
      @Grmario85 2 місяці тому +54

      @@yunglacez2955 irrelevant

    • @kacgb5315
      @kacgb5315 2 місяці тому

      ​@yunglacez2955 ...what ur point, that chrisitans kill eachother, jist like atheist and muslims do on mass 😂 gotta keep up little bro history ain't black and white

  • @Bracus.Reghusk
    @Bracus.Reghusk Рік тому +57

    Huh Egypt took at least 3 centuries to become predominantly Muslim and Sudan was ruled by Christian kingdoms and was Christian until the 13th century and beyond.

  • @elidesportelli325
    @elidesportelli325 10 місяців тому +7

    This video is beatiful

  • @Christian_Sannino
    @Christian_Sannino Місяць тому

    Awesome video

  • @magnumfire313
    @magnumfire313 2 місяці тому +6

    Forgot Kongo
    "In 1491, King Nzinga of the Kongo Kingdom[a] converted to Roman Catholicism, taking the Christian name João, after coming into contact with Portuguese colonial explorers. The conversion facilitated trade with the Portuguese and increased the status of the Kongo Kingdom in the eyes of European states. Afonso I (r. 1506-43) even travelled to Europe where he studied religion. The Kongo Kingdom adopted a form of Catholicism and was recognised by the Papacy, preserving the beliefs for nearly 200 years.[2]"

  • @OsaidTaha
    @OsaidTaha Рік тому +4

    Amazing This must have taken a lot of effort

  • @elidesportelli325
    @elidesportelli325 10 місяців тому +5

    Very very very interesting

  • @AweSean-wv3xo
    @AweSean-wv3xo 2 місяці тому +5

    This video has so many inaccuracies but interesting regardless

  • @bvillafuerte765
    @bvillafuerte765 Місяць тому

    Good video.

  • @Monsoozi
    @Monsoozi 2 місяці тому +2

    I liked the music ♥️

  • @user-lb8jq1bj3b
    @user-lb8jq1bj3b Рік тому +35

    I really liked to see that Almaqah resistance against every other religions. And the only one present from start to end of this video. Does anyone have more info about that small Almaqah region nowdays?

    • @ThePanEthiopian
      @ThePanEthiopian 10 місяців тому +5

      It's dead

    • @Hhh38335
      @Hhh38335 10 місяців тому

      ​@@ThePanEthiopian ethiopia muslim or christian nowadays

    • @anthrosapien3784
      @anthrosapien3784  5 місяців тому +3

      Its been in steep decline over the last century partly do to Christian missionaries and conversion to Islam. Today the religion is pretty much dead and has been replaced by Christianity and Islam but some rituals and practices still persist in the former communities. Similar to how Bangladeshi Muslims still believe in some Hindu spirits or deities since their ancestors used to be Hindus

    • @silviavalentine3812
      @silviavalentine3812 21 день тому

      ​@@anthrosapien3784😭😭😭😭 no fair whyyyy

  • @Jake100animations
    @Jake100animations Рік тому +8

    Epic! Good work

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 9 місяців тому +17

    Christianity has a earlier historical record starting with the Coptic Church

  • @Omarrah3214
    @Omarrah3214 2 місяці тому +8

    Sorry but the idrisid dynasty of Morocco was not shia

  • @Unknown10446
    @Unknown10446 Рік тому +8

    Nice.

  • @MyNames_55
    @MyNames_55 Місяць тому

    Absolute banger soundtrack to watch lines on maps

  • @Denit.
    @Denit. 2 місяці тому +6

    Crazy how you completeley missed on the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from the Kingdom of Aksum in the 4th century CE and the Jews that lived in the region before then.

  • @justicebeske5704
    @justicebeske5704 10 місяців тому +7

    damn the absolute skill it must take to have made this video.

  • @muhamadfaizal2006
    @muhamadfaizal2006 Рік тому +7

    Next do Southeast Asia pls

  • @pixelfiend7292
    @pixelfiend7292 2 місяці тому +5

    What is the Almaqah religion? Is it actually still practiced today? I literally can’t find anything about it online

    • @abduking.
      @abduking. 2 місяці тому +6

      yh cause it isnt this guy has so many inaccuracies in the vid

    • @name19855
      @name19855 Місяць тому

      A religion where the idol is the moon and defined as a god, and there is probably no any data of practice today

    • @leoleboss9414
      @leoleboss9414 Місяць тому

      Seems to be a god of arabic paganism that came to Africa through the Saba Kingdom

    • @silviavalentine3812
      @silviavalentine3812 21 день тому

      ​@@name19855that sounds like a much better religion than some stupid Abrahamic one

  • @anthrosapien3784
    @anthrosapien3784  Рік тому +13

    Let me know what kind of video I should make next

  • @bridgeon7502
    @bridgeon7502 2 місяці тому +3

    The comments on this video are way better than the one about india

  • @ashraf7242
    @ashraf7242 3 місяці тому +4

    5:13 that’s completely wrong Morocco has never been a shia majority, and every Moroccan royal dynasty was Sunni

  • @blagoevski336
    @blagoevski336 Рік тому

    Nice

  • @n_9_70
    @n_9_70 2 місяці тому +1

    i was vibing so hard to the music

  • @playerlive4081
    @playerlive4081 2 місяці тому +5

    Europeans and non-Africans in general arguing about religion meanwhile us Africans have real problems.

    • @zodoplanet
      @zodoplanet Місяць тому

      many of those African problems are religion obviously

  • @rafaxd8178
    @rafaxd8178 2 місяці тому +3

    Any source about Almaqah?

  • @User-xh5zu
    @User-xh5zu 10 днів тому

    I love how you can see the borders of the nile

  • @maxandlily6074
    @maxandlily6074 Місяць тому +2

    Almaqah: tries, TRIES to chill

  • @DefenderOfChrist_
    @DefenderOfChrist_ Рік тому +7

    Not entirely correct data

  • @alextolon4482
    @alextolon4482 2 місяці тому +5

    Amazing Almaqah survived in a tiny exclave to the modern day.

  • @metamapper4176
    @metamapper4176 2 місяці тому

    What is this Almagah religion??
    Is it really survived through all the time?

  • @xamsexikmaawi7570
    @xamsexikmaawi7570 Рік тому +13

    Somalia 6th century in Islam 😏 Somalia first Africa In Muslims and oldest mosque

    • @rg6554
      @rg6554 Місяць тому +1

      But poorest 😂

    • @1hpculture
      @1hpculture 21 день тому

      ​@@rg6554so the Christian countries in Africa

  • @johnqvd1924
    @johnqvd1924 Місяць тому +3

    Bro, the spread of Early Christianity vs Roman Paganism and the fall of the Nubian Christians is so inaccurate in terms of date and scope.

    • @johnqvd1924
      @johnqvd1924 Місяць тому

      Also the spread of Protestant and Catholic Christianity in Africa seems to follow territorial colonization rather than actual conversion. Some tribes and kingdoms, such as the Kingdom of Kongo, converted prior to colonization and some people never really converted at all (like the Yoruba in Nigeria)

  • @ABC4_vibes
    @ABC4_vibes Рік тому +19

    Next do Middle East pls

    • @atbing2425
      @atbing2425 Рік тому +12

      If so please don't make the same mistake, the middle east didn't become Muslim instantly. Lebanon for example is still like 40% Christian.

    • @mikaelortiz1739
      @mikaelortiz1739 Рік тому +3

      @@atbing2425 you are correct, the political change didn’t mean a rapid religion change, those are two different things. Even Iraq had a big christian community in the whole XX century.

    • @ABC4_vibes
      @ABC4_vibes Рік тому +1

      @@mikaelortiz1739iam muslim iraq but its 1%

    • @Mohame441
      @Mohame441 2 місяці тому

      ​@@atbing2425not true

    • @Wolfgonbuaf
      @Wolfgonbuaf Місяць тому +1

      ​@@atbing2425Lebanon became Muslim because of Palestinian refugees

  • @LSSD1292
    @LSSD1292 2 місяці тому +1

    What is the Almaqah religion? Can someone explain?

  • @garyhab2339
    @garyhab2339 Місяць тому +1

    Surprised that you didn’t include any Catholicism pre-1800. Portuguese Catholics had been in Africa already for 300 years

  • @santiagodiez-dq1ww
    @santiagodiez-dq1ww 2 місяці тому +4

    El único error que le veo al mapa es que cambia la religión de regiones enteras de un momento a otro, cuando en realidad en todas fue un cambio lento. Los egipcios no adoptaron el panteón griego inmediatamente después de ser conquistados por Alejandro Magno (y de hecho nunca lo hicieron, se llevó a cabo un sincretismo). Y tampoco menciona la conversión al Catolicismo de algunos pueblos africanos por su contacto con españoles y portugueses.

  • @adamnowak2137
    @adamnowak2137 Рік тому +5

    What are Yodunism and Suthulism? I try to find information about it, but Google is empty.

    • @stefanpieper3757
      @stefanpieper3757 5 місяців тому +4

      He made them the fuck up?

    • @anthrosapien3784
      @anthrosapien3784  5 місяців тому +5

      I did. There was a bit of empty space and it looked weird so I just added two more in there 💀 everything else is real though

    • @scishowwithmoh7216
      @scishowwithmoh7216 5 місяців тому +6

      @@anthrosapien3784 💀

    • @lewakar
      @lewakar 2 місяці тому

      ​@@anthrosapien3784 it would be more convinced to be Vodunism, since Vodun is a foundation of Voodoo

    • @artos9406
      @artos9406 Місяць тому

      Wtf ​@@anthrosapien3784

  • @sahil__________04
    @sahil__________04 2 місяці тому +1

    As indian my experience in africa was great, specially Nigeria, south sudan

  • @bestuan
    @bestuan Місяць тому

    I'm confused by the division of Christianity in the map
    Also, Ethiopians don't follow the coptic Church?

    • @shroble6916
      @shroble6916 Місяць тому

      Yes they always have. The coptic church always appointed their leaders until a couple deacades ago.

  • @bobotte3084
    @bobotte3084 Рік тому +24

    Someone lied to me... Christianity was not spread by Ethiopia but by Europeans.

    • @lekevire
      @lekevire 5 місяців тому +24

      Christianity was already in Ethiopia before it was in Rome.

    • @AlphaAssassin-55
      @AlphaAssassin-55 2 місяці тому

      ​@@lekevire Stop lying.

    • @ArmoEditsjan
      @ArmoEditsjan 2 місяці тому +17

      @@AlphaAssassin-55 He isnt

    • @AlphaAssassin-55
      @AlphaAssassin-55 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ArmoEditsjan Christianity was spread by the European missionaries . Not Ethiopia

    • @talmadar5906
      @talmadar5906 2 місяці тому

      Christianity spread by European slavery

  • @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500
    @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 2 місяці тому +53

    Europeans: "Islam is a religion of war!"
    Also Europeans: 8:24

    • @freshguy4
      @freshguy4 2 місяці тому +14

      Both were guilty especially the catholics

    • @deutschermichel5807
      @deutschermichel5807 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@freshguy4Catholicism for the win

    • @freshguy4
      @freshguy4 2 місяці тому +1

      @@deutschermichel5807 catholics committed genocides and worship idols

    • @kacgb5315
      @kacgb5315 2 місяці тому +9

      Cos islam is a relgion of war, when its literally called the Islamic conquest, u can see that in North africa and if u saw the devolpment if chrisitanity in nort africa it was ppl willingly converting vey much different its like u never looked at that aprt of video hmm. Anywya the video doenst accurately tell how christianity got into subsahran africa when kongo kingdom was christian before scramble of africa and many parts of africa was christian before the colonists came in cos of missionaries. So inform urself before u talk lmao

    • @kacgb5315
      @kacgb5315 2 місяці тому +5

      Cos islam is a relgion of war, when its literally called the Islamic conquest, u can see that in North africa and if u saw the devolpment if chrisitanity in nort africa it was ppl willingly converting vey much different its like u never looked at that aprt of video hmm. Anywya the video doenst accurately tell how christianity got into subsahran africa when kongo kingdom was christian before scramble of africa and many parts of africa was christian before the colonists came in cos of missionaries. So inform urself before u talk lmao

  • @zzehyboy753
    @zzehyboy753 Місяць тому

    Is that really the Coptic Church or do you mean the Ethiopian Orthodox Church?

  • @ldelgg
    @ldelgg Місяць тому

    Just a heads up, don’t say “‘s” when doing plural forms, the “‘s” is for indicating ownership ( so “animists” instead of “animist’s”)

  • @Penguin4096-si9fz
    @Penguin4096-si9fz 2 місяці тому +3

    Very Nice video! 1848~1898 worst 50 years ever (in Africa)
    At least Almaqah made it

  • @korniot4nr43oin3oifn
    @korniot4nr43oin3oifn 2 місяці тому +3

    wtf, the sources is trust me bro, there is many errors in the video

  • @vincent4205
    @vincent4205 Місяць тому +1

    Very interesting that only 1 religion has existed in Africa from 600 BCE until now!

  • @paulotiagosaopedro1317
    @paulotiagosaopedro1317 11 місяців тому +1

    This animation is amazing, i really want see a animation about the spread of christianity in europe and around the world.

  • @Revitalization4241
    @Revitalization4241 Рік тому +5

    You forgot to show Ibadi spots in Libya and Tunisia

  • @mohammedrehan7491
    @mohammedrehan7491 6 місяців тому +33

    It was Only in 1800s the Africans converted from traditional and Pagan religions to Christianity. The European Colonisers are the reason .

    • @lbgamer6166
      @lbgamer6166 5 місяців тому +34

      No, voluntary missionaries converted

    • @mohammedrehan7491
      @mohammedrehan7491 5 місяців тому +20

      @@lbgamer6166 we know how Arabs came and what they did to North Africa and what Europeans did to Central and South Africa. Both are one and the same.

    • @RedBloxian
      @RedBloxian 2 місяці тому +6

      @@mohammedrehan7491atleast we didn’t do slavery

    • @RedBloxian
      @RedBloxian 2 місяці тому +4

      @@mohammedrehan7491atleast we didn’t treat them badly

    • @yunglacez2955
      @yunglacez2955 2 місяці тому +16

      ​@@RedBloxian 19th Century Belgian king Leopold killed 7-10 million Congolese people while forcibly spreading Christianity and slavery. "At least we didn't do slavery" The whole reason for the scramble of Africa was Resources and Slavery and "At least we didn't treat them badly" The Congo can still feel the effects of Leopold to this DAY (300 years after)

  • @abuqadr629
    @abuqadr629 2 місяці тому

    Wrong informations for morocco. Still very interesting, thank you

  • @JohnSmith-of2gu
    @JohnSmith-of2gu Місяць тому

    This video is missing Cristian Makuria, which lasted until the Mamluk era in Egypt, as well as the Critstianization of the Congo thanks to Portuguese traders.

  • @ethandouro4334
    @ethandouro4334 2 місяці тому +13

    La ilaha illa Allah

  • @AustrianGD
    @AustrianGD 2 місяці тому +172

    Everyone mad of europinian colonization africa, but arabic colonization is ok

    • @anis_hadji
      @anis_hadji 2 місяці тому +88

      If you read history, you will know the difference. This video is inaccurate, Islam did not spread rapidly, but it took centuries, so did the Arabic language, people accepted them slowly and were not forced by sword as you might imagine. Colonialism on the other hand, tried to force everything in such a short period, that's why it didn't last long and eventually ended.

    • @AustrianGD
      @AustrianGD 2 місяці тому +20

      @@anis_hadji there was other not so different ways to spread a religion

    • @anis_hadji
      @anis_hadji 2 місяці тому +59

      @@AustrianGD No actually, if you look back at history, Islam reached regions in Africa that the islamic state did not touch, and that's because of the trade, and the muslim scholars who went there to teach people, and as for north Africa, Islam did not become a majority until centuries later, in the Fatimid era there was only 10% of muslims in egypt! And for the Arabic language it spread because people needed to understand the Qur'an, so they learned it, and Arabs also married with the north africans, if you look back at history, you will notice that all islamic kingdoms in north Africa were berber kingdoms not arab, and even now, berbers are of a large number.

    • @anis_hadji
      @anis_hadji 2 місяці тому +47

      @@AustrianGD But if you look at the European colonisation, take french colonisation in Algeria for example, massive genocides, forcing Christianity, and the french language, resulting of the death of over 10 million people, that's why people rejected and fought it, and that's why Christianity is still a minority in Algeria

    • @AustrianGD
      @AustrianGD 2 місяці тому +1

      @@anis_hadji Rashidun Caliphate arabs

  • @laziszczotkus8672
    @laziszczotkus8672 Місяць тому

    5:01 There's a spelling mistake. On the map it shows "Coptic Chruch".

  • @Arthur-pc1eh
    @Arthur-pc1eh Місяць тому +1

    Ah, the problem with all these UA-cam historians. Have to fill in the gaps, even if we don't know shit about a region or era. Seriously, Songhai Religion (BTW, it's Songhai, not Shonghai), Serer Religion, Kongo Religion, all in the 6th Century BCE?? We barely start having Greek religious sources about that time, but you trace back all those defined cultures to so early? I'm not saying the ancestral peoples and cultures didn't exist (clarifying before someone misinterprets my words), but calling it by a name applied to a culture known way later is anachronistic and ahistorical. Peoples move and assimilate, evolve and disappear, etc. See how no-one would ever name the 10th Century central Italic religion as Roman as we know Romans didn't even exist yet, or naming 6th Century Central Mexico as Aztec. Right?
    I'm sorry but it downplays the reliability of the rest of the video. Just lable what is known from historical records, this isn't Alt-History or DeviantArt.

  • @hakced
    @hakced Рік тому +5

    ancient egyptian us called kemetism

    • @Mohame441
      @Mohame441 2 місяці тому

      Lol

    • @Mohame441
      @Mohame441 2 місяці тому

      Nope

    • @hakced
      @hakced 2 місяці тому

      @@Mohame441 wdym nope

    • @Burh643
      @Burh643 2 місяці тому

      ​@@hakced thats a more modern term afaik, kinda like asatru for the norse religion

  • @ComradeMapping
    @ComradeMapping 6 місяців тому +6

    Ethiopia is majority Christian though…

    • @Khandamx
      @Khandamx 2 місяці тому +2

      Yep this is a mistake in the video
      the video contains some mistakes

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Khandamx no it's not...

    • @Khandamx
      @Khandamx 2 місяці тому +2

      @@shafsteryellow yes it is...

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому

      @@Khandamx Oromo are the biggest population and are majority Muslims.

    • @lvateinn8258
      @lvateinn8258 Місяць тому

      No it’s 60% muslim and 40% christian

  • @Koellenburg
    @Koellenburg Місяць тому

    Neat, but I could sware the Portuguese been earlier in Africa

  • @shonewarrior2178
    @shonewarrior2178 2 місяці тому +2

    That video is flawed. North Africa especially Egypt didn’t convert to Islam like that, it took a long time.

  • @imlimpoism9260
    @imlimpoism9260 2 місяці тому +3

    islam didn't spread like that, it was over the course of hundreds of years.

    • @WoofyMcDoodle
      @WoofyMcDoodle Місяць тому

      No? In south saharan africa I agree the conversion was slower, but in north Africa it happened quite fast. In less than 10 years the muslims established a government in the conquered lands and either k1lled or forced the christians out of the Land. The video maker probably didnt want to show every single year exactly how it went, but overall the speed of which muslims took over northern Africa is accurate.

  • @williswameyo5737
    @williswameyo5737 9 місяців тому +17

    Islam had a larger range historically

    • @RobitGalaxy
      @RobitGalaxy Місяць тому +4

      Colonial religion

    • @EdwardFishington
      @EdwardFishington Місяць тому +2

      @@RobitGalaxy yea thats Christianity

    • @SoryRN
      @SoryRN Місяць тому +4

      @@EdwardFishington Islam

    • @EdwardFishington
      @EdwardFishington Місяць тому +2

      @@SoryRN christianity

    • @SoryRN
      @SoryRN Місяць тому

      @@EdwardFishington What is it with those that commit the sin of sodom and defending islam?

  • @MrCmoiquevla
    @MrCmoiquevla Місяць тому

    Special big up to Almaqah and Nuer religions to have survive this video all along the way ^^

  • @supremebrother
    @supremebrother Рік тому +2

    Cool, but i see little mistakes

  • @shped_785
    @shped_785 Місяць тому +3

    Ethiopia Orthodox

  • @Ei.Flop.
    @Ei.Flop. 3 місяці тому +4

    Wasnt ethopia chrsitan why nefore mainland eu

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому

      Islam was in horn africa before any other country

  • @sweetpurple8812
    @sweetpurple8812 Місяць тому

    Okay we gonna acknowlege how they took the conquering of lands as total conversions of the populace? Rome conquering carthage didnt make them magically latin religion overnight. They also left out the widespread undercurrent of gnostic sects in egypt

  • @naslialtorik1411
    @naslialtorik1411 Місяць тому

    8:30 music?

  • @user-dl5ln3wd6f
    @user-dl5ln3wd6f Рік тому +5

    Idrisids were Sunni Not Shia.

    • @Revitalization4241
      @Revitalization4241 Рік тому

      Zaydi shia

    • @user-dl5ln3wd6f
      @user-dl5ln3wd6f Рік тому +4

      @@Revitalization4241
      Not even Zaydis, They Were Sunnis. All the classical Muslim Sources state they were Sunnis and the Shia Zaydi Claim came from late western writers who thought that every Movement that called for Islamic Rule to be based of Ahl Al Bayt to be Shia which was proven to be untrue.

  • @MadEditz06
    @MadEditz06 2 місяці тому +4

    Bro Ethiopia is not Muslim💀

    • @-MO22
      @-MO22 2 місяці тому +5

      It's 1/3 Muslim

    • @shafsteryellow
      @shafsteryellow 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@-MO22 1/2

    • @-MO22
      @-MO22 2 місяці тому +1

      @@shafsteryellow 👍

    • @kushdmg
      @kushdmg 2 місяці тому

      Ogaden is somali

    • @Zero_Zero_g
      @Zero_Zero_g 2 місяці тому +1

      Islam in Ethiopia 36%☪️🇪🇹🏴🏳️

  • @toobeast673
    @toobeast673 2 місяці тому +2

    You need to fix Ethiopia. There was Judaism present in Ethiopia starting from 1000 BC. Your start date on Christianity in Axum is far too late as well

    • @isaacsilva4174
      @isaacsilva4174 Місяць тому

      They must correct all African countries anyway

  • @ps5user155
    @ps5user155 Місяць тому +1

    You realise you put “Coptic Chruch” on the map?

  • @user-ku2ui9xk6w
    @user-ku2ui9xk6w 10 місяців тому +6

    The map did not show the spread of Shia Islam in recent decades in West African countries, as tens of millions of residents of these countries converted to Shia Islam, in addition to the conversion of hundreds of thousands in North Africa to Shia Islam.

    • @muhamadfaizal2006
      @muhamadfaizal2006 9 місяців тому +4

      Shia 0nly iran 😂

    • @user-ku2ui9xk6w
      @user-ku2ui9xk6w 9 місяців тому +3

      @@muhamadfaizal2006
      Iran Iraq azerbejan afganistan Lebanon turkey india negeria Saudi Arabia Kuwait ………………

    • @user-ku2ui9xk6w
      @user-ku2ui9xk6w 9 місяців тому +1

      @@muhamadfaizal2006
      Only in Iran??!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @muhamadfaizal2006
      @muhamadfaizal2006 9 місяців тому +4

      @@user-ku2ui9xk6w 90% muslims in India sunni ISLAM☪️...0nly 5% syiaL
      98% muslims in Nigeria sunni ISLAM☪️... 0nly 1% syiaL
      90% muslims in Afghanistan sunni ISLAM☪️...0nly 10% syiaL

    • @Unknown00432
      @Unknown00432 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@muhamadfaizal2006What's the difference between Shia and sunni islam?

  • @Truth21a619
    @Truth21a619 2 місяці тому +3

    It’s crazy how fast the colonial forces of Europe converted half of Africa in just 1 century 🤯

    • @mueezadam8438
      @mueezadam8438 2 місяці тому +4

      It’s in both parties interest to exaggerate the speed and scale at which religion spread. One side says the speed is because of acceptance and the other says it’s because of coercion

  • @Al-Fatah-Brigade
    @Al-Fatah-Brigade Місяць тому

    You are wrong. In the year 800 AD, Morocco was not Shiite, but rather Tunisia and parts of Algeria.

  • @rogerdibi875
    @rogerdibi875 Рік тому +2

    6 In a third vision, we were sitting in an examination room for the Advanced level test and the examiner was distributing the test-papers. I said to myself, "But what am I doing here? I do not have a good school level and what am I going to write?” And later, It was said to me: "The same way that Mary conceived miraculously, without knowing any man, the same way that Moses received in details what happened at the creation, you too, you have received the Words of eternal Life on this April 24, 1993 and it is decreed by God. At the appointed time, you will understand and you will teach what you did not learn in order that whoever believes has eternal Life". [Kc.9v34] [Kc.30v1-3]

    • @TheKingofTheUniverse.
      @TheKingofTheUniverse. Рік тому +2

      Maryam (19): 30, 36-38
      30. ˹Jesus˺ declared, “I am truly a servant of Allah. He has destined me to be given the Scripture and to be a prophet.
      34. That is Jesus, son of Mary. ˹And this is˺ a word of truth, about which they dispute.
      35. It is not for Allah to take a son! Glory be to Him. When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, “Be!” And it is!
      36. ˹Jesus also declared,˺ “Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him ˹alone˺. This is the Straight Path.”
      37. Yet their ˹various˺ groups have differed among themselves ˹about him˺, so woe to the disbelievers when they face a tremendous Day!
      38. How clearly will they hear and see on the Day they will come to Us! But today the wrongdoers are clearly astray.
      Al-Ikhlas (112)
      1. Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is Allah-One ˹and Indivisible˺;
      2. Allah-the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺.
      3. He has never had offspring, nor was He born.
      4. And there is none comparable to Him.”
      Al-Baqarah (2) :255
      Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who could possibly intercede with Him without His permission? He ˹fully˺ knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them, but no one can grasp any of His knowledge-except what He wills ˹to reveal˺. His Seat encompasses the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of both does not tire Him. For He is the Most High, the Greatest.
      Al-Ma'idah (5):72-73
      72. Those who say, “Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary,” have certainly fallen into disbelief. The Messiah ˹himself˺ said, “O Children of Israel! Worship Allah-my Lord and your Lord.” Whoever associates others with Allah ˹in worship˺ will surely be forbidden Paradise by Allah. Their home will be the Fire. And the wrongdoers will have no helpers.
      73. Those who say, “Allah is one in a Trinity,” have certainly fallen into disbelief. There is only One God. If they do not stop saying this, those who disbelieve among them will be afflicted with a painful punishment.
      Al-Mai'dah (5):75 The Messiah, son of Mary, was no more than a messenger. ˹Many˺ messengers had ˹come and˺ gone before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They both ate food. See how We make the signs clear to them, yet see how they are deluded ˹from the truth˺!
      i.e., they were in need of food for nourishment. According to some scholars, this implies that Jesus and his mother had to relieve themselves after the food had been digested. Almighty Allah is far above depending on food or having to go to the restroom.
      Ali ‘Imran (3):59
      Indeed, the example of Jesus in the sight of Allah is like that of Adam. He created him from dust, then said to him, “Be!” And he was!
      Ali ‘Imran (3):85
      Whoever seeks a way other than Islam, it will never be accepted from them, and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers.
      Az-Zumar (39):53
      Say, ˹O Prophet, that Allah says,˺ “O My servants who have exceeded the limits against their souls! Do not lose hope in Allah’s mercy, for Allah certainly forgives all sins. He is indeed the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    • @mjama2132
      @mjama2132 7 місяців тому

      Facts islam is the indeed the truth@@TheKingofTheUniverse.

  • @spanishmapper671
    @spanishmapper671 5 місяців тому +4

    Fun fact: Almaqah exists during the entire video

    • @Khandamx
      @Khandamx 2 місяці тому

      It's an old Yemeni religion btw

  • @yonas2828
    @yonas2828 Рік тому +4

    Inaccurate. Especially mapping and also Ethiopia followed Judaism before Christianity.

  • @BrunoAlves-rj5uw
    @BrunoAlves-rj5uw Місяць тому +1

    Bro missionaries brought Christianity long before you showed the first expansion of Christianity in subsarian Africa. I don't think this map is right and it is missing a lot of updates throughout years. The stood very still for centuries.

  • @Arthur-pc1eh
    @Arthur-pc1eh Місяць тому +1

    UA-cam Historians be like: "we haven't got a clue about the poeole of Southern or Equatorial Africa in Antiquity, but I'm still going to name them with Early Modern terminology."
    Just identify the extent of religions we know of, not made up labels with no documental evidence.
    Also, you seem to assume that when a new power settles or dominates a region (regardless of its size, population and the extent of actual spiritual control) the whole are just suddenly converts or adopts the orthodox, established religion as imposed by the authorities. Religions move more fluently, and some areas took centuries to convert successfully, never mind adopting the mainstream national faith and completely leaving behind previous beliefs and practices. All maps are questionable, in the end.

  • @superm530
    @superm530 Рік тому +3

    Kingdom of Kongo never became catholic it seems....

    • @noahengelstad1253
      @noahengelstad1253 8 місяців тому +1

      The king was Catholic, but his people were not

    • @hotman_pt_
      @hotman_pt_ 4 місяці тому

      by these standarts it shouldn't show protestant in the modern era in a lot of african countries@@noahengelstad1253

    • @SoryRN
      @SoryRN Місяць тому

      @@noahengelstad1253 They were Catholic this video is just nonsense.

  • @Shifat-uv7ln
    @Shifat-uv7ln 2 місяці тому +4

    Islam is the best

    • @LuciusKane09
      @LuciusKane09 Місяць тому

      At enslaving people and destroying native cultures

  • @bonczek_studio1290
    @bonczek_studio1290 Місяць тому

    I like the music. Its like: 🍳🫕

  • @clouds-rb9xt
    @clouds-rb9xt Рік тому +1

    good but a lot of grammar errors

    • @alicemeliksetian7981
      @alicemeliksetian7981 Рік тому

      For example..

    • @clouds-rb9xt
      @clouds-rb9xt Рік тому +1

      @@alicemeliksetian7981 dawg i've mostly forgotten by now but a good example would be the "Berber religion's" which is improper spelling, and pretty obvious at that. It should be Berber religions