They said the trade in books was the biggest trade. But people always say Africans only had an oral tradition. 🤔

This needs to be shown for those who think philosophy was invented and then spread around the globe. Tell em that every race and ethnicity had not only its own philosophy but also, medicine, politics, science, technology (relevant to its biome) and so forth. Thank you HomeTeam for another great one!

Getting schooled on my lunch break 😀😀😀

Africa is truly underrated.

I always thought Mansa Musa was the one who brought up Timbuktu ... or did he just make it better ... oh wait, nevermind, he answered it as I was typing ... LOL

Now I must find translations of all of the works of the scholars! And so the hunt begins.

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿! Thanks for enlightening me! I heard of Timbuktu as a small child and never understood what the old folks were talking about! Independent study is pertinent! My thirst is unquenchable until that day "when kingdom comes"! You are appreciated!

Thanks for bringing this info. A lot of African nations education systems are still in placed from colonialism and emphasize European (or Islamic) History. When I asked my Ma had she learned about Queen Nzinga in school, she said no but they were taught about European empires such as the Portuguese 😒. Thanks again for bringing the knowledge to the forefront! It's sorely needed!

Thank you VERY much for this video!!! As an Al-Azhar scholar, this is a very timely documentary, in which I wish more information was presented. The world needs to know of the magnitude of the scholars that hailed from Timbuktu, because they were the ELITE of the elite!!!

I'm in love with the history of Great Ancient Africa. And thanks for the nice informative video.

From Senegal very gleeful to know again that Africa is was and will be for ever the land of wisdom🎉❤We must be proud

400,000 books from the ancient library of Timbuktu still exist today in the private libraries of Malian and Mauritanian families.

Sub Saharan African History needs to be more popularized like European, Middle Eastern, East Asian, And North African History

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Thank you very much brother i am from Near this part off west I know a lot about it not as much that you do and you from America . God bless a million time over again .most Africans don't even know or ignore her history .we need more brother like you a chieck Anta diop 👍

Great video. Thanks for passing on the knowledge. Timbuktu is a great city. I love it's architecture and libraries.

And most REFUSE to understand that they were ALL....MUSLIMS..!! Sheyhu USMAN DAN FODIO....although not one who actually lived in Timbuktu...he was from my Nation...FULBE ( FULANI)..!!

Wow, I had never heard of most of these guys. I'd known for years that Timbuktu was like the cultural and intellectual capital of West Africa (and perhaps Africa as a whole) but I never knew an specific names of the men and women who studied there. Nice to finally have some examples.

beautiful video, i'm yoruba, but...my birth mom is mandinka. 📖 📚

I’ve been following you for a while now and I love the way you cover African history in its diversity and fascinating complexity.

This is awesome! You have must ( if you want to) Make a top 5 African Kings in Africa and the fokelore creatures. This is giving me alot of Insperation!

Peace brother! Thank you for this light!

Am I the only one that turns up when the intro music starts playing? Ayeee!! 😎

Great info, keep up the good work, I listen to religiously first think in the morning everyday, all the way in the UK.

Missed you so much.

My ancestors are Mandinka, Hausa and Bambara

This brother took the time out his day and made an awesome video, and some people decide to bring negativity to his comments. Its so many emotional statements coming from " Enlightened, Conscious, etc. " people who succeed at killing the vibe of the video. The narrative of Muslims/Arabs enslaving Africans has so many flaws in it along with Europeans " TAKING " us from Africa and making us slaves. It has some truth to it, but some don't realize that every time you make that statement, you make our ancestors look weak and gullible. We all know that wasn't the case. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but the disrespectful comments aren't necessary. Especially amongst people who claim to be " WOKE " !!!! Keep up the good work soldier! HomeTeam History! Peace everyone !

Great message.

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I am so glad I stummbled upon to your KZfaq. I will pay for your class.

Good stuff. You should be teaching at one of the universities in Kemet.

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Great vid as always!

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

Thanks for sharing. Much respect for teaching

*List of a Few Scholars and Philosophers* Abd Arahman Ag Mohammad ibn Utman Abu Abdallah And Ag Mohammad ibn Al Moctar ‘n-Nahawi Abu Abdallah And Ag Mohammad ibn Mohammad ibn Uthman Abu Al Abbas Ahmad Buryu ibn And Ag Mohamad ibn Utman Ahmed Baba Es Sudane Al Moctar Ag Mohammad ibn Utman Al Moctar ibn Mohammad ibn Al Moctar ‘n-Nahawi ibn And Ag Mohammad Al Qadi Al Hajj Modibo Mohammed Al Kaburi Mohammad Bagayogo Es Sudane Al Wangari Al Timbukti Sidi Abu Al Barakaat Mahmud ibn Umar ibn Aqit

Such great information! I just found your channel and I’ve been going back to your old videos. You are incredibly knowledgeable and have great content! I would love to know your opinion and your take on the Alaffia brand. It’s an amazing brand owned by an African man. A portion of his proceeds go back to his homeland which is Togo.

Wow!! I missed you on video. I missed you. Been gone to Africa. Loving you totally, Stephanie Zion Abubakari-Al 💚💚💚

Love all these videos

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Nice to know single names of different ethnic groups, even better to know that Africans are now sending thousands of manuscripts back to the restoration fund from their personal libraries. Scholarship was an African thing and highly valued. That's what separates Africans from a lot of people in America unfortunately.

Greetings of peace and other blessings. Brother, this video was well received and valued as a gem. I'm a student of life sciences and give ample time on a daily basis to cataloguing and discerning information. The interest in Africa and its historical heritage is important because the last 800 years is a period of upheaval for African peoples. The reorienting and reclaiming of knowledge systems will allow our culture and heritage to retake its place on the world stage. In so doing the balance of the social and cultural movement of humanity will reconnect its legitimate stages and influences. All human beings will come to understand its contributions and excellences as individuals and larger cultural/ ethnic constructs. On such a global platform, the fusion of people and ideas will not be on the basis of misfortune and shame but the willing and enthusiastic interplay of human commonality and curiosity.

Great video keep dropping them jewels.

Fantastic video.

Thank you for lighting up

Thank you, brother.

Can you do a whole video on the NOK civilization???????????????

Really good content bro

Thanks,keep strong brother.

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Great info 👍

Thank you for this

Yes this is much needed, can you make more videos on african philosophers and philosophy

Hearing about these 5 scholars is enlightening.

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anyone who puts thumbs down is a sour apple but hurt troll

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Wonderful!

Thank you!

Very Informative...

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Thankyou for your information

Hi'very good history, I never knew these before 👌

Moorish and indias knowledge helped europe get back on track

Yes please do folklore or scary from Africa traditions and life skills

I noticed that all five scholars had Muslim names, i.e. they belonged to the Islamic faith. That was very interesting for me as I constantly hear people speaking very negatively about Islam and its influence in Africa.

Well that was very interesting thank you ! Do you have any book (or any sources) to start learning about scholarship in Timbuktu (or the general region) ? I've been facineted by this city and those scholars but it's pretty hard to find what was written in their books... Anyone have any suggestion ? Thanks again, learning something less eurocentric is always very nice.

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The pronunciation is TWA REK...Tuareg..!!

They said the trade in books was the biggest trade. But people always say Africans only had an oral tradition. 🤔 You're absolutely right about this and it is a great point that needs to be explained. Remember Africa was the first continent into which Islam spread from Southwest Asia, during the early 7th century CE.. So we're talking the 11th century of course by then Africans had done learned everything about Arabic , mastered it, and they would use it for writing. It's been established that's one the reasons Africans never felt they needed to come up with scripts of their own. Now the question is did Africans contributed too much in Arabic and ended up loosing their own mores for Islam? Even though big African figures like KANKAN MOUSSA gave the impression to have fully embraced Islamic culture, but most people don't know it was actually by desire to learn about the unknown as much as one can to be aware and well informed. But gosh did the spiritual got it over reality for Muslim Africans? Well It's still a great debate till today but the majority of some African decided to be Muslim and follow that. But the short answer to your question is that this was late in the 11th century and Arabic was well known and mastered by Africans already. You Should check out guys like JEAN PHILLIP OMOTUNDE or DOUMBI FAKOLY for truth African history among others. Also the manuscripts of the city Timbuktu( said TUMBUTU by natives) are all written using the Arabic alphabet but the majority of them is actually for an African audience that lies in the deepest part of the Mali empire, which included the actual today's mali, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Niger, Burkina, part of Nigeria and so on. They used the fact that Arabic is a phonetic language to write in their African languages. You can write about any languages with Arabic scripts sound wise because its a phonetic. language. I'll finish by saying it's sad what is happening in Mali right now to the great city of TUMBUTU

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BAGAYOGO is common Malinke names west Africa. By the way you have beautiful voice bro, I have being following you videos for long now. Never comments on any, I did today because when I saw real face. Thank you for the video.

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Tin Bukti, is the Tuareg name of the woman. Bakti is a Tuareg name. .

All of them were sufi scholars. We have a lot of them till now. It's surprising that this is news to you guys. Please learn our history to know where you're headed to.

Our government has been lying to Us for the beginning. I always related your history as a myth until I grew up and could think for myself. Thank you for teaching me thing's I never knew. God bless you for that 🙏✝️🐑❣️

Hello brother can you let me know what program you to put video on the you tube and talk at the same time?

Moroccan invasion... possibly the last event that destablings the empires of West Africa(the morrocans had guns) and set up the stage for the transatlantic slave trade to begin.

They were Islamic scollars, for some reason you all can't see that.

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Hello can you tell me what program you used to narrate over the pictures, and the scenes?

My great-grandfather came from Mali maccina and he migrate to futajalon he was the grand father of karamoko alpha and ibrahim sori mawdho barry the founders of the futajalon theocratic state

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="360">6:00</a> More like he was kidnapped to Fez, but the Moroccans liked him so he stayed and continued to teach there.

You should check out Professor Rudolph T. Ware he gives up a lot of knowledge about West Africa

My family is full fledged Mandinka

Good News!

Africa must unite and now

I've never come across any source suggesting or proving Ahmad Baba was "black". The use of the nisba Sudani was probably a regional marker, not a "racial" one. In fact, one of the Moroccans who met him in North Africa explicitly said he wasn't "Sudan" or "black." You should read Mahmoud Zouber's book on Ahmad Baba for a good introduction to his life and works.

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Thanks for doing a nice presentation about African history and civilization. There were many Islamic civilizations and before Africans were taken away to the west by the Europeans , Islam was our way of life, based upon divine laws and intellectual elevation and civilization. Before the Europeans introduced the bible and the worship of jesus a white god, Islam was our way of life and if anyone does some research they will find their Islamic heritage. I thank God All mighty for returning me to the way of my ancestors and away from the disbelief of the western life style and spiritual misguidance. People have to understand , man , life and the universe is Created...from Allah we came and back to him we all shall return Ameen.

Great video! I think that the statement about Abdurahman the 4th scholar having “Gods consciousness “ probably is supposed to mean that he was god conscious and feared god as this is called taqwa in Islam and one of the highest virtues. I don’t think it was a title refers to him as having Gods consciousness or having a mind similar to god, because that would be blasphemy and shirk in the Islamic world veiw. I might be wrong so please correct me if that is the case, otherwise great video!

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From Zhen He of China to Menson Mussa of West Africa...Muslims ! Bring Back Philippopolis !

Any links for references?

I really love your videos. Thank you so very much. But Sir, I wish you would put in the time periods in which these people lived. Because, of westernization, it is hard to place these scholars. You may also use in conjunction with those drummed in our heads too. I mean no harm in saying this.... But, sometimes one may need to teach using proximity as a tool for better grasping the subject matter. Like going into the world/mind of a psychotic in order to understand it's next move. I hope I am making a little sense. I only mean you the world of good young man. & I am proud of & for you for you efforts to educate the public/God's Own. Was curious as to the timeline....

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All this knowledge and yet it is still in a constant upheaval. With extreamists dead set on destroying all the Scholarly old masters writtings.

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