@AmenRaHotepKwamemuhDyk Porchprimatesheetskinn ngr that's a great point. I know he does sometimes when he is using direct quotes and I think he has them if you subscribe to his patreon. I agree he should be more forthcoming with the sources but we should not attempt to discredit him entirely. If I have a choice to accept historical lies, I will choose the one that respects and promotes the humanity and ingenuity of African peoples. The European lies that we have been taught is not one I will ever choose to believe.
I always love looking at different regions across the continent (especially West Africa) to see how different cultures and their governments functioned.
@AmenRaHotepKwamemuhDyk Porchprimatesheetskinn ngr I understand why you think that way, but the slave trade did more harm than good to those kingdoms. If you have been on this channel regularly you would know that a lot of Africans were kidnapped and sold as slaves. And I know this doesn’t help much, but they did not sell them selves. They sold their enemies. For example the Fulani sold the Igala, the Igbo sold the Fulani, the Fulani sold the Igbo, the Yoruba sold the Dahomey people.
If anyone is studying another culture and only using outside sources and not studying the scholars of that culture there is a HUGE lack in their research.
Sometimes there is no scholars from a culture or theres nothing surviving from that time period Sometimes archaeology is all that survives and or writings from another culture referencing the place you study. You cant always force a political ideal onto your work. If you wanted to study the nazis in nazi Germany and only used German scholars from that time period who were nazis ...youd get the impression that the nazis were doing the world a favour. So I dont fully agree with your statement as the ancient world was quite similarly populated by humans and the scholars of those times also liked to please the people in power, you must cross reference everything to get a clearer picture.
@@oftin_wong I think the operative word used by Akosua here is "ONLY," "only using outside sources." Furthermore, whether there are scholars from a particular culture or not, or there is nothing surviving from that time period as you have submitted, it still doesn't change the bottom line. The point akosua made is still valid.
@@frankscott1708 Written History, I thought they said West Africans only had oral history. Thanks for sharing this info. How can I read this written history?
The Oyo political system is one of the most unique and complex political system known to man. Kudos to you man, this is awesome. Please, can you run a commentary on the Yoruba Talking drum?
You should clarify that Benin in your video refers to the Edo people of Benin City in Nigeria not Benin the country. I’m from Benin City in Nigeria so you’re talking about my people. Historical fact:- The Republic Of Benin actually took permission from our Oba (King) to name their country after our city many decades ago which was granted.
why on earth do you guys always mention that Benin republic got permission from the Oba of Benin to rename their country from Dahomey to Benin as if to force everyone to hold this narrative too. When this is something that is not based on any report or credible source
@@tonia16I oh jeez. This is the problem. You know very well there is no basis for that claim but many of you troll the comment section of any content that mentions Benin Republic with this. Its childish and doesn't make you look good
My brother may the most high bless and keep you I am a Jamaican and a proud pan-african I never knew so much history on till I discover your Channel keep up the good work it's my dream to go to the motherland one day. You need to do a video on the history of the nanny of the maroon in Jamaica who fight against the British Shalom
Glad to see I am not the only Jamaican and Pan-African here. He has mentioned Nanny and the Maroons before but it would be great for him to do it as a group itself. One love
It is very good that there are channels like this it's long past time we start telling our own history and stop letting people who hate our guts tell our story.
@Tunica Autochthonous yeah history is just like a musicbox. You just pick what you like. What do "we" want to be today? Israelites, moors, native americans, egyptians?
@Tunica Autochthonous I will not I have a brain. I am really open to new Ideas but everything I have seen about this topic is tailored for the mentally challenged. I mean if your IQ is above room temperature you can easily see the bs. Its a scam to rip off the confused and uneducated!
how different the concept of a slave was in these civilisations. While it does not excuse their participation in the slave trade it puts a different perspective on it!
I would love to see a time line video that looks at the kingdoms of Africa in regards to arts, ingenuity, scholastics compared to Europe on the same time line.
Is it possible that you could sometimes show us your sources so we could do more research ourselves? I like your videos but when it comes to doing my own research I'm a bit stuck.
The west African Yoruba (Oyo, Benin and others) kingdoms had complex and well organised political and City state government structures for centuries, long before the arrival of Europeans
@Tunica Autochthonous not only are you Native American as you claim.You are also Moor, Olmec, Aztec, Mayan,Viking,a Genghis Khan descendant who your Master Historian Kurimeo Ahau claims to be black. Wow! Its cool to be everything but a descendant of Africans.😃
Jesus Christ of Nazareth said "the least among you is the greatest to me." Our people may live low here on earth but The Kingdom of God knows who we are, blessed are those who suffer, for they shall be comforted .
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." -Ephesians 6:12 kjv. OUR ENEMY IS NOT WHITE MAN, OR ANY MAN. CHIRST IS KING, AND HE WANTS YOU IN HIS KINGDOM. IM AM ONLY THE MESSENGER BROTHER.
Does anybody know any good sources for information on the Sao kingdom of Cameroon, since this is a video about kingdoms, and that's one that I may have ancestors from.
See the Portuguese and Spain kings on who they enslaved and why see kurimeo Ahau Videos on real American history see Hidden Hebrews Videos see Dane Calaway Videos read Book How White Folks Got So Rich.
...it seems that anyone elected “king” had a largely ceremonial role, perhaps responsible for performing certain sacred functions only, with special regard to the daughters of powerful high chiefs?...
Because nearly all black people Fron the diaspora were taken from there or central Africa so he focuses on that and it’s also not talked about a lot in comparison to North Africa
This all sounds nice but why isn't there anything like Rome in West Africa? he most are a few mudbrick structures in the Sahel. The small Senegambian pillars are no match for Stonehenge? There are no West African structures even comparable to Rome and Greece.
What about sungbo eredo city? Google it, only few parts of it has been discovered its in a rain forest in western Nigeria,and it was stated to be bigger than modern day france...just google it
thats a terrible loaded question and a bit ignorant...Africa is not Rome. you wont find "Roman" structures in ancient Asia or Mesoamerica....literally no where but Rome or Greece what you're asking makes no sense and comes off as incredibly vapid. You could not have possibly have asked that question in good faith.
Rome is not in west Africa the same way it’s not in France or Spain. People adapt to their surroundings and west Africans did just that. And we do have impressive structures. Many are destroyed due to colonizers *cough* *cough* walls of benin
Let go of the Western European philosophies of science and knowledge, and Adopt your African philosophies..Awaken The sleeping African Scholar within yourself. A bird that thinks his a mouse will never learn to Fly..sad....European philosophies didn't create the pyramids , African Science & philosophy did,
@@oftin_wong You are ‘thinking’ instead of actually checking? Plus, is it land area that determines an empire or that other peoples (in other lands) are brought under the rule of a government? By the way, I know the answer to that question. I've seen your other comments and I must say, your bias is showing.
An Empire is not lesser than a kingdom. An Empire is a group of countries or what could be assumed to be so (with their distinct languages, cultures, worldviews etc.) under one authority. That's the main feature of Empires, when kingdoms, primarily may just be a one people, one language, kinda kingdom. Consequently, it could be said that the Songhai Empire/kingdom was a great one. Also that the British created a great Empire. Although Britain is more of a kingdom today, it was originally an Empire.
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@AmenRaHotepKwamemuhDyk Porchprimatesheetskinn ngr that's a great point. I know he does sometimes when he is using direct quotes and I think he has them if you subscribe to his patreon. I agree he should be more forthcoming with the sources but we should not attempt to discredit him entirely. If I have a choice to accept historical lies, I will choose the one that respects and promotes the humanity and ingenuity of African peoples. The European lies that we have been taught is not one I will ever choose to believe.
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I always love looking at different regions across the continent (especially West Africa) to see how different cultures and their governments functioned.
@AmenRaHotepKwamemuhDyk Porchprimatesheetskinn ngr I understand why you think that way, but the slave trade did more harm than good to those kingdoms. If you have been on this channel regularly you would know that a lot of Africans were kidnapped and sold as slaves. And I know this doesn’t help much, but they did not sell them selves. They sold their enemies. For example the Fulani sold the Igala, the Igbo sold the Fulani, the Fulani sold the Igbo, the Yoruba sold the Dahomey people.
If anyone is studying another culture and only using outside sources and not studying the scholars of that culture there is a HUGE lack in their research.
Sometimes there is no scholars from a culture or theres nothing surviving from that time period
Sometimes archaeology is all that survives and or writings from another culture referencing the place you study. You cant always force a political ideal onto your work. If you wanted to study the nazis in nazi Germany and only used German scholars from that time period who were nazis ...youd get the impression that the nazis were doing the world a favour. So I dont fully agree with your statement as the ancient world was quite similarly populated by humans and the scholars of those times also liked to please the people in power, you must cross reference everything to get a clearer picture.
@@oftin_wong I think the operative word used by Akosua here is "ONLY," "only using outside sources." Furthermore, whether there are scholars from a particular culture or not, or there is nothing surviving from that time period as you have submitted, it still doesn't change the bottom line. The point akosua made is still valid.
@@kindomofghana I'm not saying it isnt valid, I'm making an addition
@@oftin_wong Luckily West African Kingdoms have a wealth of written and oral history.
@@frankscott1708 Written History, I thought they said West Africans only had oral history. Thanks for sharing this info. How can I read this written history?
The political landscape of Africa is always intriguing. Thanks for sharing knowledge of these systems.
The Oyo political system is one of the most unique and complex political system known to man. Kudos to you man, this is awesome.
Please, can you run a commentary on the Yoruba Talking drum?
Yoruba talking drum?!!...I hope it's a video here explaining what that is...
You should clarify that Benin in your video refers to the Edo people of Benin City in Nigeria not Benin the country. I’m from Benin City in Nigeria so you’re talking about my people. Historical fact:- The Republic Of Benin actually took permission from our Oba (King) to name their country after our city many decades ago which was granted.
Correct
why on earth do you guys always mention that Benin republic got permission from the Oba of Benin to rename their country from Dahomey to Benin as if to force everyone to hold this narrative too. When this is something that is not based on any report or credible source
@@mch7933 wow it seems this has hit your nerve so it must be personal. It seems you’re from the Benin Republic.
@@tonia16I oh jeez. This is the problem. You know very well there is no basis for that claim but many of you troll the comment section of any content that mentions Benin Republic with this.
Its childish and doesn't make you look good
@@mch7933 really? In your universe,stating a fact is trolling? Emmm, ok. I said what I said. You know for a fact it’s not true? Have a nice day.
1000 B.C in the Central African Republic, we figured how to smelt iron. This innovation travelled through West Africa.
In fact the new data now has pushed the smelting of iron back to the 3rd millennium BC. And yes, it is still from your area of Africa.
My brother may the most high bless and keep you I am a Jamaican and a proud pan-african I never knew so much history on till I discover your Channel keep up the good work it's my dream to go to the motherland one day. You need to do a video on the history of the nanny of the maroon in Jamaica who fight against the British Shalom
Glad to see I am not the only Jamaican and Pan-African here. He has mentioned Nanny and the Maroons before but it would be great for him to do it as a group itself. One love
I’m a Jamaican American/African diasporan. One love.
The Only YT channel I watch till the end and even the ads in between...
Really informative hearing about the structures of our kingdoms
Could you make a video about how Africa should develop
It is very good that there are channels like this it's long past time we start telling our own history and stop letting people who hate our guts tell our story.
Great job with the art work informative content as always..
This is great, as the channel goes into more detailed aspects of african history I am really intrigued. I would love longer versions of these clips!
@Tunica Autochthonous who is "we" and what are "we" instead?
@Tunica Autochthonous yeah history is just like a musicbox. You just pick what you like. What do "we" want to be today? Israelites, moors, native americans, egyptians?
@Tunica Autochthonous I will not I have a brain. I am really open to new Ideas but everything I have seen about this topic is tailored for the mentally challenged. I mean if your IQ is above room temperature you can easily see the bs. Its a scam to rip off the confused and uneducated!
@Tunica Autochthonous well you are African descendants, but if you said in a manner that is the same for white Americans then I agree on what you said
This video is definitely just a start I'm hoping! Barely scratches the surface, but does a good job of signaling complexity and continuity.
Yeah most of his videos only scratch the surface I like him ,, but he be wrong about a lot of stuff
I love the knowledge you bring brother. Great video
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how different the concept of a slave was in these civilisations. While it does not excuse their participation in the slave trade it puts a different perspective on it!
Can you pleeeeeease do more of these? For as many ancient african kingdoms as you can find? I'd love to learn more even if the videos are longer.
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I would love to see a time line video that looks at the kingdoms of Africa in regards to arts, ingenuity, scholastics compared to Europe on the same time line.
Can you do a video on the ancient kingdom of Ubini/Benin(Nigeria)? This kingdom needs to be talked about all around the world
Yes ! He has already but I’d like if he expanded
Do a video on the Sokoto caliphate please.
He already did
Check out "the great fulani empire"
Have you considered a video on the Kouroukan Fouga?
Haven't watched a video in a while but I love this channel ❤
Good video.
great series!! hello, can you please tell us where the intro song is from? is for healing pourpouses
Fascinating stuff, will look more into it
Is it possible that you could sometimes show us your sources so we could do more research ourselves? I like your videos but when it comes to doing my own research I'm a bit stuck.
The west African Yoruba (Oyo, Benin and others) kingdoms had complex and well organised political and City state government structures for centuries, long before the arrival of Europeans
Wow youtube keeps deleting my comment. I found the book on google books
@@peachmari Why?
@@blackstarmedia1410 im not sure. I was just posting the link to the book. google owns youtube, so im not sure why they would be against it
@@peachmari They want you to buy that stuff not give away free links lol
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It would 🔥 if y'all make a video about how blacks started calling themselves native American that would be dope ✌🏿✊🏿♥️🖤💚
@Tunica Autochthonous Source up or STFU
@Tunica Autochthonous You just made that up 😂😂😂
@Tunica Autochthonous Where did these black people come from?
@Tunica Autochthonous not only are you Native American as you claim.You are also Moor, Olmec, Aztec, Mayan,Viking,a Genghis Khan descendant who your Master Historian Kurimeo Ahau claims to be black. Wow! Its cool to be everything but a descendant of Africans.😃
@@randomblackdude1948 Self hate is a helluva drug
Thanks for this channel...
What’s the Intro music??
Hey can you talk about the kingdom of Nri?
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Jesus Christ of Nazareth said "the least among you is the greatest to me." Our people may live low here on earth but The Kingdom of God knows who we are, blessed are those who suffer, for they shall be comforted .
quotes likes these is why romans and later germanics where encouraged to enforce the believe of slave mentality. i dont believe jesus even said that
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." -Ephesians 6:12 kjv. OUR ENEMY IS NOT WHITE MAN, OR ANY MAN. CHIRST IS KING, AND HE WANTS YOU IN HIS KINGDOM. IM AM ONLY THE MESSENGER BROTHER.
@@nomadnevermadbetelgeuse9803 You are ignorant
Democracy was being practiced in Africa long before the Athenians (LOL) "founded" it.
Is there a way to contact you?
Does anybody know any good sources for information on the Sao kingdom of Cameroon, since this is a video about kingdoms, and that's one that I may have ancestors from.
Would someone mention forest states of pre-colonial period in West Africa?
This is dope.
Complicated and somewhat justifiable and fixable
Yo....what are you talking about Matt?
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Didnt watch yet, is Nri Mentioned
Please i made research and i discovered that some antic city states in ancient west Africa were Republics
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See the Portuguese and Spain kings on who they enslaved and why see kurimeo Ahau Videos on real American history see Hidden Hebrews Videos see Dane Calaway Videos read Book How White Folks Got So Rich.
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...it seems that anyone elected “king” had a largely ceremonial role, perhaps responsible for performing certain sacred functions only, with special regard to the daughters of powerful high chiefs?...
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Africa so diverse but you only talk about west Africa frequently there’s some nations never heard u spoke of
Because nearly all black people Fron the diaspora were taken from there or central Africa so he focuses on that and it’s also not talked about a lot in comparison to North Africa
@@lolabm1730 Don’t get wrong I’m from Central African region but Africa is about south and east and north uno dat
He’s done plenty of videos on East, South, and North African kingdoms.
Dude most black outside Africa are west/central African descendants, those North Africans don't even call themselves Africans most times
@@Samuelkings its all love ain’t got nothing but love for the black ppl worldwide
This all sounds nice but why isn't there anything like Rome in West Africa? he most are a few mudbrick structures in the Sahel. The small Senegambian pillars are no match for Stonehenge? There are no West African structures even comparable to Rome and Greece.
Lmao Mande Castles
What about sungbo eredo city? Google it, only few parts of it has been discovered its in a rain forest in western Nigeria,and it was stated to be bigger than modern day france...just google it
thats a terrible loaded question and a bit ignorant...Africa is not Rome. you wont find "Roman" structures in ancient Asia or Mesoamerica....literally no where but Rome or Greece what you're asking makes no sense and comes off as incredibly vapid. You could not have possibly have asked that question in good faith.
@@Mr.Universe Chaostheoryrulz is one of these trolls visiting channels on all things African. Ignore it.
Rome is not in west Africa the same way it’s not in France or Spain. People adapt to their surroundings and west Africans did just that. And we do have impressive structures. Many are destroyed due to colonizers *cough* *cough* walls of benin
Let go of the Western European philosophies of science and knowledge, and Adopt your African philosophies..Awaken The sleeping African Scholar within yourself. A bird that thinks his a mouse will never learn to Fly..sad....European philosophies didn't create the pyramids , African Science & philosophy did,
I'm glad you didnt call them empires, kingdoms is correct
Well, Oyo became an empire. Watch his older videos.
@@LuminousSolitude hmm I just dont think they are big enough to qualify
@@oftin_wong You are ‘thinking’ instead of actually checking?
Plus, is it land area that determines an empire or that other peoples (in other lands) are brought under the rule of a government? By the way, I know the answer to that question.
I've seen your other comments and I must say, your bias is showing.
An Empire is not lesser than a kingdom. An Empire is a group of countries or what could be assumed to be so (with their distinct languages, cultures, worldviews etc.) under one authority. That's the main feature of Empires, when kingdoms, primarily may just be a one people, one language, kinda kingdom. Consequently, it could be said that the Songhai Empire/kingdom was a great one. Also that the British created a great Empire. Although Britain is more of a kingdom today, it was originally an Empire.
@@citygriot287 Why did you spill the beans?
STOP SHOWING ARABIC ARCHITETURE AND PRETEND IT'S BLACKS ONE
Shut up.
You're honestly a fool
"Arab Architecture" = Black Islamic Architecture.
I'll tell you what. Show me the exact same style as those African structures in Arabia or anywhere in the Middle East. I'll wait...
The soninke stone architecture is from neolithic.they have no arabic influence