I love hearing things such as “siege” and “naval fleet” finally in the history of west Africa. Millitary history in general is fascinating, finally glad to hear it in a West African context, thanks for this derek
Very proud to be a Malian. A country that hold great history of mankind in West Africa. And it is Djenne’ not Jenny. My mother is from there. A great city to visit. Thank you
First top 10 comments. Why isnt Tyler Perry diving deep into these kinds of stories? And other African rich people? I loved Black Panther, but we also need things that actually happened, that shows how great Africans were at that point in time.
Mali 🇲🇱 in this time of trouble it warm my heart to hear the greatness of my people. May we overcome today's trouble times and shine bright once again in the continent and the world.
Malian people don't want IBK or the military. We want democracy the real one with out French, American or anybody backing one candidate. We want politicians, gouvernement workers and police to stop systematic corruptions.
West Africans conquered a bunch of empires. Our Power was so great that we even conquered not just Spain, but the entire Iberian Penisula and parts of Southern Europe. Love to all my West Africans 🇬🇭❤️🇸🇳❤️🇳🇬❤️🌍
Are you talking about the Umayyad conquest of the majority of Iberia? I can grant that the Umayyads and later the Almohads used black Moors as soldiers in their armies but idk if you can call that a West African conquest.
@@Tareltonlives I had always thought that the Amazigh considered themselves West African but that checks out despite. I was being stupid and thinking of only "black" West Africans
You are amazing. Indeed, West Africa had the greatest kings and conquerors. Mali is a blessed country, I am sure our ancestors are opening our eyes at this moment. May God blessed Africa
Excellent video and excellent choice of historical figure. Currently working my way through an english translation of Tarikh Al-Fattash myself. I enjoy the symmetry in that he was called The Great for his conquests but called things like 'The Debauched, the Accursed' by Timbuktu scholars. The same thing happened with Alexander the Great. He was called the 'Accursed' by the people of the Persian Empire. Makes sense that a truly successful conqueror would make enemies.
@@dbcooper28 I didn't mean to say I was doing the translating myself. The copy I'm reading is already in English. The translators render it as "the seeker".
Donald Randel The Muslims brought slavery before and after the Europeans!! Even today all the Muslim countries enslaved Africans. Gtfoh with that bs! They wrote down AFRICAN knowledge in Arabic and stole the credit. Islam introduced chattel slavery to the continent and if it weren’t for that, Europe could never have done what they did.
The two great rulers of Songhai: Sunni Ali Ber the undefeated general who conquered vast lands and Askia the Great who consolidated it, making it the strongest in West Africa at the time. Too bad most of the rulers after them were no where near as successful.
Askia the great ? You mean the askia mohammed ? Because "askia" is not a name, it's a title given to the ruler of the "askia" dynasty Askia daoud was a great ruler too
Major Work Bro!!! I had to let one of my professors know about the history of Timbuktu, after she made the statement black people where not writing in the 1400’s... Well appreciated Bro🇲🇼🇬🇭🚦
Fun fact: Sõnyi or Shī was not his actual name but a title given to all subordinates of the Malinke. It literally means ‘Confidant of the ruler’, It’s similar in origin to the title Sundjata or Sõ-Jata which translates into ‘Lord Lion’. ✊🏿
Db Cooper Lol we’re talking about something totally different. It’s best to research something before making such an ignorant comment, otherwise you make yourself look foolish. Neither word has anything to do with Islam... 🤦🏿♂️ did you even watch the video??
Hahahah he back to west Africa the best on UA-cam. Nice video bro thanks for sharing. I know it was sunni Ali from the songhai empire. Also he is the funder of the songhai empire in west Africa.
Ah of course. I keep forgetting Sunni Ali, when he should be remembered as one of the greatest empire builders in history. It's a tough race in West Africa to narrow down which king accomplished the most, but Sunni Ali surpassed even Musa. Songhai would only fall at the hands of another amazing African king, Ahmad al-Mansur, who toppled the Portuguese as well.
@Heru Behudety who cares? he is african and thats all that matters. At the end of the day most people are not pure blooded even sonni ali ber probably wasn't
Tarikh Sudan: translation: History of the land of the black. Sunni Ali professed Islam and was a member of a Muslim dynasty he was not consider has Muslim by some because of what he did to the scholars of sankoré university who were close to his opponent and also for some of his animism belief.
A few corrections, if I may, in an otherwise good video. I think the name is Sonni Ali (Beer). In fact, he was nominally a muslim (Ali is a muslim name) but, if we are to believe the records, he was quite loose with the faith and heavily invested in traditional west african religious practices, including magic.
@Heru Behudety- Dude you sound stupid with that . He dressed as a Muslim , kept a muslim diet and prayed as a muslim . That is all on record . Did he go to Mecca ? No . And he did not give any muslims a pass if he felt that they betrayed his cause. That is far different than hating Islam which is something that you most likely do.
@ Amadouh Bah - I agree with you 100% . But this Home Team has routinely demonstrated a bias against Muslims in many videos . There is a pattern that I noticed some time ago.
Thanks for telling this our important lost history. Unless the lions begin to tell their own history, the coward hunter will continue to misrepresent them. Be blessed.
He might have been a Muslim he was a member of Muslim dynasty and professed Islam some considered him has a non-Muslim because of what he did the sankoré university scholars who were close to his opponent and also because of some of his animism belief. History is not black and white.
Brother your research and commitment to your African history,should be convert into great box office cinema movies. If careful organization and compilation of the information, backed by sufficient finance. This can more than be a major economic accomplishment, but a much needed education for all people upon the planet.
The Red hunter was and is still the most powerful and feared warlock in west africa, he became so feared that still date no king or man dares to say his real name.... from Ghana west Africa
No he wasnt. His real name is Tohazie. He was the leader of the Dagomba who were later defeated by the Ashanti empire. The most powerful warlocks in Ghana were Akomfo Anokye for the Ashantis and Togbe Tsali for the Evegbe or Ewe group.
Yesterday I, Read a commentary on if, Blacks or people of Color had great people why did we become slavers, and we are still on the bottom of the spectrum. I wished I could spoken with him about the little I know about our historical achievements past and present. As this video explains even though Sunni Ali wast one of many and we were never people of hateful acts unless provoked to protect ourselves. Thank you for I’m learning and teaching my children now that COVID 19 has them home.
You wanna know why? Believe it or not the Bible is Black history. The two main groups of blacks the Bible speaks of are the Israelites and Egyptians. The Bible also mentions the Europeans but in a negative sense. See? Go read chapters like Isaiah 19, Deuteronomy 28, Ezekiel 30,31,32. You will see why we blacks fell. But the Bible has good news too; that we will be restored under the rulership of our Messiah who whyt Jesus impersonated.
@Afro King That's what you were meant to believe. Actually the Europeans took the Bible, twisted bits of it and made it theirs, just like they stole Egyptian history and convinced the world that Egyptians were whyte. If you read the Bible, you will see that almost 99% of the history took place on the African continent. All the animals, rivers, mentioned are only found in Africa. If the Bible was written by whytes, why would the Messiah be described as black. The Book of Solomon has statements like "your skin is dark and lovely...." We forsook The Most High of the Bible that is why it describes the fate of the black man to the T
Black people aren’t on the bottom as much as we are asleep. No, we don’t seek to dominate others, but we are a sleeping giant scared of our own power that we won’t use to command global respect. It’s simply a global choice.
Barring any justification of slavery outside of the context of its literal purpose as an act in history, globally. Africans engaged in slavery because the burdens of operating a complex and stratified society made it a beneficial industry for the state system, I.e Africans wanted to manufacture materials en masse for their growing polities. A lot of civilizations did this. It’s not a sign that you don’t have notable figures in such a society.
You ain't going to be hearing this on cnn just to let you know brother the last few comments you've been getting recently are from trolls they seem to pop up when I'm about or sign up to a channel, stay blessed.
@UC5ed2Fl0vu9mXMIFYF1Q7Pw yes its true,but the situation is very complex. The black slaves(haratins)are found in rural vilages and many of them love to be enslaved and are highlly endoctinated and this subject is tabou in our country, you can be killed if you cross the lines,those slaves are teached to hate their fellow and love only their masters,and the sadest thing is the use of other haratins to controll and opress other haratins,every time a black african who rises his voice and try to free his brothers and sisters he can be killed at any time like birame dah abeid,biram dah abeid can be murdered at any time cause pale arabs want him to be dead. And in 1988-1989 their was a rebellion and attempt done by black africans to take controll of mauritania,the rebellion failled and were all killed and their was many officers and black generals in the army but after the failled rebelion they were all killed and deported to senegal,many black mauritanians were killed their land taken and no one talk about it,from that day the pale arabs took the true controll of mauritania all the generals and colonels are pale arabs,the black africans are very descriminated,the prestigious schools have only white arabs,and any attempt of freedom done by black africans can lead to their genocide,if we were a minority in this country we wouldn't exist any more. And pale arabs in mauritania are from yemen,the black mauritanians existed since the ghana and songhaï empire. We know the fight is tough but we hope that some day situations will change. Mauritania 70%blacks,30%pales arabs
@Heru Behudety one thing else,the pale arabs have everything in mauritania all army officers are from their tribe,the economy is in their hands,what makes hard to fight them,they have every thing in this country the black africans are very poor.
People who love this channel as I do should check out "Race to Fashoda" by David Levering Lewis, a student of John Hope Franklin, and "Africa and the Bible" by Edwin Yamauchi (author of study notes to the NIV Bible and someone who devoted his philologic skills to neglected African history).
Every video that you do is so inspiring and more information that once again the Europeans and my time and before me they wouldn't speak of nothing like this that was the understanding to oppressed people of color but thank you and may the grace of God be with you and keep you safe so that you can give us more information that you have to give🤔🤔🤔🤔✊✊✊✊✊✊👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💓💓💓💓💓💓💓🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.
I remember trying to research the name Chi Ali years ago as to where the name came from because the young rapper at the time had that name. It always sounded great. I don't remember if tye connection lead to the great Sunni Ali. This is why I must restart reading the Songhai journey...
I love your Channel...thanks for all you do bringing forth a wealth of knowledge which in turn inspires and motivates while subconsciously changing the dynamics of imagery for those of us in the DARK...#beaconOFlight
It's interesting how a conqueror will take over an entire empire but the Europeans will call him the King of Timbuktu. And this happened in every aspect of African culture, history and identity.
Fun fact: 90% of the Dencendants of the rulers of Songhai are currently in Western Niger (over 2 million) and they are called the Songhai 'proper' Tho..Gao And Timbuktu remains in modern day Mali.
@@horusba2620 Sorry... You need a history lesson.. Songhai is an Ethnic designation. I'm an Ethnic Songhai and that's the name we call ouselves. Google might help you... Go online and Search for "Songhai Languages"
@@horusba2620 What are you on about? The Songhai are literally an ethnic group on their own right, it was a Songhai dominated Empire who’s citizens were a multitude of ethnic groups.
@@horusba2620 The Songhai of today are their own ethnic group. The Songhai have been their own ethnic group during Ghana, Mali and Songhai there language isn’t even West African, it is Nilo Saharan and has origins in the Nile valley. They have always inhabited an Eastern location. Don’t speak on what you don’t know…
Excuse and correct me if I’m wrong, but Sunni Ali was in fact a Muslim. He was only called infidel because he still maintained the spiritual cultural practices of his ancestors but was still documented as a Muslim king.
@hometeamhistory I know this is really late! First of brother I love your content! I will be joining your patreon. But what were the text you got this battles from? I’m so interested to read them for myself!
This man was indeed a Muslim. Although there were many priests who were angry with him because he conquered indiscriminately. Muslims were not given a pass if he was at war with a few of them . Sonni Ali's name itself is very Islamic. And he went on record proclaiming that there is but one God and Muhammad is his messenger . His clothing and diet were Islamic . It is true that he did not sit at the feet of Muslim priests and recite the Koran every night. But very few real conquerors do. Also , Islam was in that region for 500 years before this Sonni ALI was born. He had knowledge of history and world events outside of Africa because he read the accounts of pilgrims returning from Asia written in Arabic script. Archery , horseback riding, wrestling and the mastery of the water are all part of the duties that muslims are religiously required to teach their children right along with reading. Why do some black people bend over backwards to try to separate Islam from the legacy of conquerors in West Africa?
I think alot has to do with a reaction to the arab slave trade and anti blackness in the arab communitu. Not all muslims are arab but alit of arab muslims look down on blacks. I'm an american black muslim and I grew up in a hebrew christian household. The fact is they ignore that the most advanced tribes were muslim and the pagan egyptians.
@@rachelzol6520 I just wasn't feeling it. From any theological standpoint I dont believe that "jesus" is the "son" of god or the most high. Alot of their theology is inconsistent. TheThey talk about biblical laws yet most don't adhete to them.Second alot of hebrew israelites are wayyy to self righteous.just because your the "chosen" ppl doesn't give you the right to treat ppl like scum. The same bibles they use have been changed mutiple times.I believe all ppl were put here on this earth as a reason and no particular race should be favored. I also had a dream where an spirit told me to seek allah.
@@rachelzol6520 I don't hate them or anyone of any religion but you have tp fina a truth that works for you regardless if it's considered a "foriegn" religion
Just in case you forgot, you are here watching one of the greatest channels on UA-cam 🏆
The Greatest African Channel
Chef, I second that motion
Facts
Sure is!
King Oscar here, here
I love hearing things such as “siege” and “naval fleet” finally in the history of west Africa.
Millitary history in general is fascinating, finally glad to hear it in a West African context, thanks for this derek
Totally!
You see those Zabarma ppl you hear of in Ghana.
These were thier ancestors.
Wow west Africa has alot of great history
Proud West African!
All of Africa, from top to bottom.
@Gye Nyame Insight true dat!
Soooooooo many great movies are waiting to be made from this incredible west African history 🙌🏾🖤✨.
I said we should never run out of scripts our history is so rich and full of great mind's and beings.
That would be incredible I love our history and it would be amazing to watch it
Yes, they are! 💕
@@fredadthedisfordelightful9394 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
@@fredadthedisfordelightful9394 you guys live in pinnacled delusion.
Very proud to be a Malian. A country that hold great history of mankind in West Africa. And it is Djenne’ not Jenny. My mother is from there. A great city to visit. Thank you
I've become more aware of my African heritage because of this channel.
First top 10 comments.
Why isnt Tyler Perry diving deep into these kinds of stories? And other African rich people? I loved Black Panther, but we also need things that actually happened, that shows how great Africans were at that point in time.
Because hes apart of the agenda to feminze black men why u think he had that episode of the boondocks called pause blocked
@Yuman Adunfor fr??
He's too busy trying on Madea's dresses..
@@jashardwallington and alot of black men are selling out to it brother. Either themselves or their sons.... Smh
Black Hollywood stars are busy selling their souls. And pushing confusion amongst the genders.
Mali 🇲🇱 in this time of trouble it warm my heart to hear the greatness of my people. May we overcome today's trouble times and shine bright once again in the continent and the world.
Malian people don't want IBK or the military. We want democracy the real one with out French, American or anybody backing one candidate. We want politicians, gouvernement workers and police to stop systematic corruptions.
I’m glad to see that there are brothers who are creating Afrocentric games, movies, and comics.
Sunni Ali is one of my favorite African Kings . He indeed deserves honor among the great conquerors of history .🔥🔥
West Africans conquered a bunch of empires. Our Power was so great that we even conquered not just Spain, but the entire Iberian Penisula and parts of Southern Europe. Love to all my West Africans 🇬🇭❤️🇸🇳❤️🇳🇬❤️🌍
West Africans one love
Are you talking about the Umayyad conquest of the majority of Iberia? I can grant that the Umayyads and later the Almohads used black Moors as soldiers in their armies but idk if you can call that a West African conquest.
@@grahamperkins6835 What do you call the Amazigh?
@@Tareltonlives I had always thought that the Amazigh considered themselves West African but that checks out despite. I was being stupid and thinking of only "black" West Africans
@@grahamperkins6835 welp the Amazigh of old were black in color
Sunni Ali is my favorite African ruler.😁🔥🔥🔥
You are amazing. Indeed, West Africa had the greatest kings and conquerors. Mali is a blessed country, I am sure our ancestors are opening our eyes at this moment. May God blessed Africa
God the cringe. Pinnacle delusion.
@@freckleheckler6311what kid? 😂
Excellent video and excellent choice of historical figure. Currently working my way through an english translation of Tarikh Al-Fattash myself. I enjoy the symmetry in that he was called The Great for his conquests but called things like 'The Debauched, the Accursed' by Timbuktu scholars. The same thing happened with Alexander the Great. He was called the 'Accursed' by the people of the Persian Empire. Makes sense that a truly successful conqueror would make enemies.
nice, how would you translate the word "al fattash"
@@dbcooper28 I didn't mean to say I was doing the translating myself. The copy I'm reading is already in English. The translators render it as "the seeker".
@@michaelpennington2870 ok, thank you for the info
Where can one find that English translation please?
The Great Scholar John Henrik Clarke has presented extensive lectures on Sunni Ali.
@Donald Randel I can agree that Clarke was a piece of shit trying to make a buck.
@@MrWARHAMMER68 like your mother
Donald Randel The Muslims brought slavery before and after the Europeans!! Even today all the Muslim countries enslaved Africans. Gtfoh with that bs! They wrote down AFRICAN knowledge in Arabic and stole the credit. Islam introduced chattel slavery to the continent and if it weren’t for that, Europe could never have done what they did.
@Sam Pollack stay woke brother; let the sheepples sleep.
Sending much light to you.
The two great rulers of Songhai: Sunni Ali Ber the undefeated general who conquered vast lands and Askia the Great who consolidated it, making it the strongest in West Africa at the time.
Too bad most of the rulers after them were no where near as successful.
Askia the great ? You mean the askia mohammed ? Because "askia" is not a name, it's a title given to the ruler of the "askia" dynasty
Askia daoud was a great ruler too
Yeah, I thought he was going to list Askia the Great, but Sunni seems cool, too.
Major Work Bro!!! I had to let one of my professors know about the history of Timbuktu, after she made the statement black people where not writing in the 1400’s... Well appreciated Bro🇲🇼🇬🇭🚦
I Love this channel. So informative! Thank You Brother!! 💯💯
Fun fact: Sõnyi or Shī was not his actual name but a title given to all subordinates of the Malinke. It literally means ‘Confidant of the ruler’, It’s similar in origin to the title Sundjata or Sõ-Jata which translates into ‘Lord Lion’. ✊🏿
Bakari Omokehinde Touré Malinke are Warriors of Mali, and by subordinate it means beholden to...
Name of the language I want a pronunciation
It's also the name of his dynasty
His father was sonni ma-daou, his son was sonni baro
sunni and shia are the 2 biggest sects of Islam and don't have malinke origin .
Db Cooper Lol we’re talking about something totally different. It’s best to research something before making such an ignorant comment, otherwise you make yourself look foolish. Neither word has anything to do with Islam... 🤦🏿♂️ did you even watch the video??
Hahahah he back to west Africa the best on UA-cam. Nice video bro thanks for sharing. I know it was sunni Ali from the songhai empire. Also he is the funder of the songhai empire in west Africa.
Awesome content! Awesome video! Great job HomeTeam!
Well presented African historic information. Thank you .
Great video. Please do a video on the BUNYORO-KITARA EMPIRE in the heart of the Albertine region (present-day Uganda)
Seconding! I'd love to learn more about that one.
Very informative. Great video
I learned about Sunni Ali in the 70s while in college. This is my favorite historical figure
Really loved this video I read about Sonny Ali years ago and it blow my mind. Thanks for this one
I’m not an African but it would be great to know historical figures that aren’t showed down my throat in history lessons or American media.
Wow this make me want to know more about West African history I love this channel ✊🏿
The videos have been getting better and better.
Great information but ive gotta admit, watching those last few seconds with that river/castle scene had me in a zone.😎
same
Namaste, I appreciate you Home Team!!! Thank you 🙏🏽
WEST AFRICA STAND UP!
@RAAS AAR um, how about no. West Africans built and created their majestic empires and histories
AARKA SARAAR bro u lied the Songhai peoples from west Africa at Mali 🇲🇱 empire not in tchad or Soudan and I’m Songhai from gao north of Mali 🇲🇱
Ah of course. I keep forgetting Sunni Ali, when he should be remembered as one of the greatest empire builders in history. It's a tough race in West Africa to narrow down which king accomplished the most, but Sunni Ali surpassed even Musa. Songhai would only fall at the hands of another amazing African king, Ahmad al-Mansur, who toppled the Portuguese as well.
@Heru Behudety He claimed to be descended from Fatima but his family is from Tamgrout, Morocco.
Kankan musa wasn't a conqueror, he was a administrator and a diplomat, it's not the same category
@@farafyn2770 Both. He not only recaptured Gao and Timbuktu, but established new mosques and schools there to cement Mali ties there.
@Heru Behudety He was African
@Heru Behudety who cares? he is african and thats all that matters. At the end of the day most people are not pure blooded even sonni ali ber probably wasn't
Tarikh Sudan: translation: History of the land of the black. Sunni Ali professed Islam and was a member of a Muslim dynasty he was not consider has Muslim by some because of what he did to the scholars of sankoré university who were close to his opponent and also for some of his animism belief.
Well said ! You are correct and it is really not that difficult at all to understand.
Congratulations on your success home team.
I think I was around when you had under 50k subs lol
Thank you for the quality and objectivity of your videos !
Love your work
Very interesting and informative video. Thank you for posting it.
A few corrections, if I may, in an otherwise good video. I think the name is Sonni Ali (Beer). In fact, he was nominally a muslim (Ali is a muslim name) but, if we are to believe the records, he was quite loose with the faith and heavily invested in traditional west african religious practices, including magic.
Heru Behudety And what is African culture ? Any sources for his opinion on muslims (genuine questions)?
New-Era
There is no African culture as a big one.
It’s disrespectful, totally !
We are not all the same.
@Heru Behudety- Dude you sound stupid with that . He dressed as a Muslim , kept a muslim diet and prayed as a muslim . That is all on record . Did he go to Mecca ? No . And he did not give any muslims a pass if he felt that they betrayed his cause. That is far different than hating Islam which is something that you most likely do.
@ Amadouh Bah - I agree with you 100% . But this Home Team has routinely demonstrated a bias against Muslims in many videos . There is a pattern that I noticed some time ago.
Heru Behudety the dude was a documented Muslim. Don’t change history because you don’t like it lol
Peace and love. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for telling this our important lost history. Unless the lions begin to tell their own history, the coward hunter will continue to misrepresent them.
Be blessed.
Great content thank you for sharing fam!✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Love this man, glad he saw Islam for what it is. Wish we had more like him, during that time.
@SAQER SAQER What do you mean ,will do not exist
@Heru Behudety you know that the Songhay empire was at his highest when it was muslim ?
He might have been a Muslim he was a member of Muslim dynasty and professed Islam some considered him has a non-Muslim because of what he did the sankoré university scholars who were close to his opponent and also because of some of his animism belief. History is not black and white.
@SAQER SAQER mali empire were not invade by the arabe the malien leaders choose to convert to islam
@@marcioluis3829 the source are from Muslim historians
Brother your research and commitment to your African history,should be convert into great box office cinema movies. If careful organization and compilation of the information, backed by sufficient finance. This can more than be a major economic accomplishment, but a much needed education for all people upon the planet.
The Red hunter was and is still the most powerful and feared warlock in west africa, he became so feared that still date no king or man dares to say his real name.... from Ghana west Africa
Warlock you say? Smh....sad thing for the continent.....
No he wasnt. His real name is Tohazie. He was the leader of the Dagomba who were later defeated by the Ashanti empire. The most powerful warlocks in Ghana were Akomfo Anokye for the Ashantis and Togbe Tsali for the Evegbe or Ewe group.
Let's get this channel to a million subs
You should have a series on Netflix this is true and lost historical events that need to be brought to light.... #The True History of the world.....
Instead of making movies about Big Meech and Infamous Drug Lords... It would be nice if THESE teachings were televised
Rameses the 1e and Mansa Musa are the Toppers
Great video I just revisited Brother 💪🏾🔥💯
Im obsessed with your intro 😍😍😍
Yesterday I, Read a commentary on if, Blacks or people of Color had great people why did we become slavers, and we are still on the bottom of the spectrum. I wished I could spoken with him about the little I know about our historical achievements past and present. As this video explains even though Sunni Ali wast one of many and we were never people of hateful acts unless provoked to protect ourselves. Thank you for I’m learning and teaching my children now that COVID 19 has them home.
You wanna know why? Believe it or not the Bible is Black history. The two main groups of blacks the Bible speaks of are the Israelites and Egyptians. The Bible also mentions the Europeans but in a negative sense. See? Go read chapters like Isaiah 19, Deuteronomy 28, Ezekiel 30,31,32. You will see why we blacks fell. But the Bible has good news too; that we will be restored under the rulership of our Messiah who whyt Jesus impersonated.
@Afro King That's what you were meant to believe. Actually the Europeans took the Bible, twisted bits of it and made it theirs, just like they stole Egyptian history and convinced the world that Egyptians were whyte. If you read the Bible, you will see that almost 99% of the history took place on the African continent. All the animals, rivers, mentioned are only found in Africa. If the Bible was written by whytes, why would the Messiah be described as black. The Book of Solomon has statements like "your skin is dark and lovely...."
We forsook The Most High of the Bible that is why it describes the fate of the black man to the T
Black people aren’t on the bottom as much as we are asleep. No, we don’t seek to dominate others, but we are a sleeping giant scared of our own power that we won’t use to command global respect. It’s simply a global choice.
@john connolly Where is it found then? Don't tell me the "Middle East" cos that region was renamed by the British. Its actually North East Africa.
Barring any justification of slavery outside of the context of its literal purpose as an act in history, globally.
Africans engaged in slavery because the burdens of operating a complex and stratified society made it a beneficial industry for the state system, I.e Africans wanted to manufacture materials en masse for their growing polities.
A lot of civilizations did this.
It’s not a sign that you don’t have notable figures in such a society.
You ain't going to be hearing this on cnn just to let you know brother the last few comments you've been getting recently are from trolls they seem to pop up when I'm about or sign up to a channel, stay blessed.
If energy is never lost nor destroyed, I wonder which great King is flowing through my veins? Oh that’s right, all of them! 👑💪🏾❤️🙏🏾
Interesting.
I just have one sugestion: use more african songs along the narration.
Thank you my brother
Love it,from mauritania.
@UC5ed2Fl0vu9mXMIFYF1Q7Pw yes its true,but the situation is very complex.
The black slaves(haratins)are found in rural vilages and many of them love to be enslaved and are highlly endoctinated and this subject is tabou in our country, you can be killed if you cross the lines,those slaves are teached to hate their fellow and love only their masters,and the sadest thing is the use of other haratins to controll and opress other haratins,every time a black african who rises his voice and try to free his brothers and sisters he can be killed at any time like birame dah abeid,biram dah abeid can be murdered at any time cause pale arabs want him to be dead.
And in 1988-1989 their was a rebellion and attempt done by black africans to take controll of mauritania,the rebellion failled and were all killed and their was many officers and black generals in the army but after the failled rebelion they were all killed and deported to senegal,many black mauritanians were killed their land taken and no one talk about it,from that day the pale arabs took the true controll of mauritania all the generals and colonels are pale arabs,the black africans are very descriminated,the prestigious schools have only white arabs,and any attempt of freedom done by black africans can lead to their genocide,if we were a minority in this country we wouldn't exist any more.
And pale arabs in mauritania are from yemen,the black mauritanians existed since the ghana and songhaï empire.
We know the fight is tough but we hope that some day situations will change.
Mauritania 70%blacks,30%pales arabs
@Heru Behudety one thing else,the pale arabs have everything in mauritania all army officers are from their tribe,the economy is in their hands,what makes hard to fight them,they have every thing in this country the black africans are very poor.
Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for bringing us these educational videos about Africa.
Can we have a history on the Mende people where originally did they come from .
That was a powerful story," got me craving for more, Awsome!!!!!
People who love this channel as I do should check out "Race to Fashoda" by David Levering Lewis, a student of John Hope Franklin, and "Africa and the Bible" by Edwin Yamauchi (author of study notes to the NIV Bible and someone who devoted his philologic skills to neglected African history).
My favorite living historian
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Yoo bro I love your channel! Love from UK and India
Every video that you do is so inspiring and more information that once again the Europeans and my time and before me they wouldn't speak of nothing like this that was the understanding to oppressed people of color but thank you and may the grace of God be with you and keep you safe so that you can give us more information that you have to give🤔🤔🤔🤔✊✊✊✊✊✊👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💓💓💓💓💓💓💓🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.
My favorite is Muhammad Bello, a great scholar and administrator as well as a warrior.
Some quality scholarship right there .
Great Video and Great Research!!!!!
I remember trying to research the name Chi Ali years ago as to where the name came from because the young rapper at the time had that name. It always sounded great. I don't remember if tye connection lead to the great Sunni Ali. This is why I must restart reading the Songhai journey...
This is was cool to hear. I’m glad he practiced ATR instead of Islam/Christianity.
Sonni Ali was truly a legendary Warrior, also Pianki. Two of the greatest Black conquerors IMO.
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I love your Channel...thanks for all you do bringing forth a wealth of knowledge which in turn inspires and motivates while subconsciously changing the dynamics of imagery for those of us in the DARK...#beaconOFlight
I think mansa Mousa
I've long been fascinated by Sunni Ali.
It's interesting how a conqueror will take over an entire empire but the Europeans will call him the King of Timbuktu. And this happened in every aspect of African culture, history and identity.
Yess
Would Hannibal count as a north african conqueror? He was a beast
Yes, of course... no matter what anyone says...🤷🏽♀️💯
I love your videos and I show them in my middle school. However, have you ever thought of making this more kid youth friendly ages 11-UP?
What a rush! ❤️🌍❤️
Fun fact: 90% of the Dencendants of the rulers of Songhai are currently in Western Niger (over 2 million) and they are called the Songhai 'proper'
Tho..Gao And Timbuktu remains in modern day Mali.
Nah bro! The songhai people are mixture of different ethnic groups such as fulani, malinke, sonink etc...
@@horusba2620 Sorry... You need a history lesson.. Songhai is an Ethnic designation.
I'm an Ethnic Songhai and that's the name we call ouselves.
Google might help you... Go online and Search for "Songhai Languages"
@@horusba2620 What are you on about? The Songhai are literally an ethnic group on their own right, it was a Songhai dominated Empire who’s citizens were a multitude of ethnic groups.
@@randomdude1407 the songhai of today are mixture of different ethics
@@horusba2620 The Songhai of today are their own ethnic group. The Songhai have been their own ethnic group during Ghana, Mali and Songhai there language isn’t even West African, it is Nilo Saharan and has origins in the Nile valley. They have always inhabited an Eastern location. Don’t speak on what you don’t know…
Ase to you brother...our story will be told by any means
Hopeful you talk about the better ruler of Shonghai Askia Mohammad I
Can you do a video on Tippu Tip?
Brilliant video, more like this please 👍👍
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Sonny (or sy) is the name of his dynasty, it was also used as a title equal to "king"
Excuse and correct me if I’m wrong, but Sunni Ali was in fact a Muslim. He was only called infidel because he still maintained the spiritual cultural practices of his ancestors but was still documented as a Muslim king.
Well said
@hometeamhistory I know this is really late! First of brother I love your content! I will be joining your patreon. But what were the text you got this battles from? I’m so interested to read them for myself!
Sonni Ali bur is one of my great grandfathers
Hmmm. This'll help give inspiration for an OC I'm making.
Sunni Ali- Great distant ancestor .
Thank you
Make a video on koli tengela and the futa toro
I like that new microphone
Kings for kingdoms
Emperor's for empires
I agree
This man was indeed a Muslim. Although there were many priests who were angry with him because he conquered indiscriminately. Muslims were not given a pass if he was at war with a few of them . Sonni Ali's name itself is very Islamic.
And he went on record proclaiming that there is but one God and Muhammad is his messenger . His clothing and diet were Islamic . It is true that he did not sit at the feet of Muslim priests and recite the Koran every night. But very few real conquerors do. Also , Islam was in that region for 500 years before this Sonni ALI was born. He had knowledge of history and world events outside of Africa because he read the accounts of pilgrims returning from Asia written in Arabic script. Archery , horseback riding, wrestling and the mastery of the water are all part of the duties that muslims are religiously required to teach their children right along with reading. Why do some black people bend over backwards to try to separate Islam from the legacy of conquerors in West Africa?
I think alot has to do with a reaction to the arab slave trade and anti blackness in the arab communitu. Not all muslims are arab but alit of arab muslims look down on blacks. I'm an american black muslim and I grew up in a hebrew christian household. The fact is they ignore that the most advanced tribes were muslim and the pagan egyptians.
@@zaki2dunya321 why did you leave the hebrew Israelites?
@@rachelzol6520 I just wasn't feeling it. From any theological standpoint I dont believe that "jesus" is the "son" of god or the most high. Alot of their theology is inconsistent. TheThey talk about biblical laws yet most don't adhete to them.Second alot of hebrew israelites are wayyy to self righteous.just because your the "chosen" ppl doesn't give you the right to treat ppl like scum. The same bibles they use have been changed mutiple times.I believe all ppl were put here on this earth as a reason and no particular race should be favored. I also had a dream where an spirit told me to seek allah.
@@rachelzol6520 I don't hate them or anyone of any religion but you have tp fina a truth that works for you regardless if it's considered a "foriegn" religion
@@zaki2dunya321 Ok got it. Peace and love.
Before this video starts it most likely someone from Mali
Most Songhais are currently in Niger Republic but the Cities remain in current Mali.
Note: Current mali is smaller than Ancient Mali