@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.

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?

GOD bless you too Django🙏🏽

@@maatatoure9602 thank you sister 🙏🏾

God bless you too ❤

Ya’ll talking bout white Jesus ?

@@boefb3164 White Jesus? I'm Ethiopian bro..

Excellence at the least!

Yes!

@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.

Correction this is perfection 🙌🏿

No it is perfect

Yoruba talking drum?!!...I hope it's a video here explaining what that is...

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.

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.

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.

Yeah most of his videos only scratch the surface I like him ,, but he be wrong about a lot of stuff

@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

Yes darling. They still do.

He already did Check out "the great fulani empire"

Yes ! He has already but I’d like if he expanded

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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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

@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

Thank u

Yo....what are you talking about Matt?

Hou 😃

Hi

Why

@@armedwithwings3953 なに を話していますか?

@@Kemetyu-Centered36 yes u right 💩

@@Kemetyu-Centered36 lol🤣🤣

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

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

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?

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