As someone who is Nigerian American I would love if more black people would be more interested in African history in general.

Here because i'm obsessed with African History!!!...love from Jamaica💛💚

I’m obsessed with black history too, Los Angeles, CA, I’m almost 62 and I’ve learned more these past few years then I have learned my whole life, it’s inspirational, enlightening, shocking, and very much touching. Things are finally make sense now, as to why we were hated on so much?? ( not just white people either ) It’s all about us! We were ( And still are ) more significant we were led to believe.

Sad part about it is that many brothers and sister's are still be sold into slavery to this day.

This guys voice though, so soothing, endearing and comforting all at the same time...

Love and respect for your work my brother! I am a Brazilian, African descendant that loves your KZfaq Chanel.

This is my favorite African History Channel!

Good we need to keep telling our own story and stop letting the people that hate our guts tell our story.

Blessings and guidance Home Team History. Greetings from Jamaica. This is true Black History... Every year they play movies of slavery. We need African History and thanks to this channel our history will be given the opportunity for many to be informed.

I am an African from Nigeria. With recent events, I am so obsessed with African History. We need to tell, learn and teach our History not His-story.

Thank you for this piece. As the narrator rightly said "context is important" As a Yoruba man (now living in Canada), I felt the vibe (and some sort of resentment) from our African American folks that African sold them to slavery. I agree totally with the narrator that this is a fallacy. Growing up in Awe Town near Oyo Town (of the old Oyo Kingdom), I had the opportunity to learn from my Dad , his friends and some town elders. War was a way of life in the old Oyo Kingdom. There were stories told about wars such as Oyo-Dahomey war, Oyo -Fulani war, Oyo and Igbo war and many more. These wars like all wars always came with casualties and slaves . This is why in Yoruba language there is an expression of triumph like "mo ko eru mo keru wa" - meaning: I came back (from war) with slaves and with spoils. The conquered town forced to be subservient to the Alaafin of Oyo - The King of the Oyo kingdom. Please note that in the old Oyo kingdomw were so many "lands" or smaller Kingdoms such as The Ijeshas, the Egbas, The Ijebus, Ibariba and many others. The Alaafin (Oba - king ) of the Oyo Kingdom, would always asked for "Isakole" (Some form of tax or levy that smaller hamlets or town must pay to the Oyo kingdom in return for protection of the Yoruba Warriors). Failure to submit "Isakole" to the Alaafin may bring strong reprisal. The towns were raided (usually led by The Bashorun (the general of the army) or Are Ona Kakanfo (The supreme General). Women were captured to become wives of the rulers or soldiers. Many other captives became slaves to the Oyo kingdom. I must add that in the then Oyo Kingdom there were two types of slavery; those captured as the spoil of war and those used as indemnity for an action, loan or other commitment. The latter is called ERU (Slave) and the latter is called IWOFA (bond servant). The Bond servant typical had a term of service to give before being released back to their community. The slave became the permanent property of the captor. Before the white men came to west Africa, the then Iyalode (Female high chief) of Oyo Kingdom Efunsetan Aniwura had many slaves of her own. She was a very powerful woman such that she did as she pleased to her slaves. Many of her slaves were executed by her if she got any hint of dissent. Many of the slaves were exchanged with the white people as transactions in exchange for articles such as Mirrors or gun powder. At other times the white men exploited the communal lifestyle and the hospitality of the yoruba people in deceiving them about their real intentions. They will obtain people in the community as workers before enslaving them. In many cases there were many Obas (Kings) that stood up to the white men and fought them. I hope this adds a little perspective to what was going on at least in the Yoruba Kingdom before the trans Atlantic slave trade took root in Africa. I though this will help my African American or African Canadian folks about a piece of their history. I believe we can help each other understand the depth of our history. Growing up in Africa and now living in North America, I can tell you with a high degree of confidence that there is no history and culture as rich as that of Africa. Be proud!

I am so glad you explained how we are descendants of both victims and victimizers. It is one of those things I get frustrated trying to explain.

Love this a coming from a Caribbean girl 🇧🇧

This is by far the most educated and well informed black channel on KZfaq. Don't forget the role played by the Europeans in stirring up conflict, forcing chiefs to go to war under threat of arming the opposition. This literally industrialised the slave trade to a level never seen anywhere before or since and the damage to Africans and their descendants worldwide is still being suffered today.

Greeting from an African American! I’m so intrigued by our history and want to uncover more and more.

This channel is 100 percent needed salute brother 💯💯👊🏾

Good video. Thanks a lot. I really hope we end this endless "cold war" between Africans and African descents and come together as one. The history circumstances separated us but we can make history for tomorrow by uniting today. Love and care fam

This whole summer I've been educating myself on my African ancestry from this channel and I'm appreciating more and more of myself and respecting the many untold history and excited to learn more. I hope for more African people to educate themselves and embrace their roots and share their knowledge with others. 🖤👑

Trying to learn all I can of our forefathers and mothers. It gets more fascinating each day. One love from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲.

My grandfather, who is from Alabama and who graduated from Tuskegee Institue in 1920 was a follower of Marcus Garvey. The first African I knew about when I was a very young girl was Hannibal. They made a movie about Hannibal and I was so excited to go and see it. I was stunned when Victor Mature played in the movie but then thought, maybe he was really an African. Later, in my teen years, we moved to the Los Angeles area and I met a man who was interested in Pan Africanism and ended up in the organization called US. We studied African cultures, (one language-Swahili) and I learned about several revolutionaries. I prayed every night as a child for the souls of Patrice Lumumba and others along with American martyrs. I am so proud to pass these teachings and knowledge onto my children and grandchildren twice a year at Passover and Chanukkah. Two North African holidays that celebrate freedom.

Much love and peace from an American with German heritage and ancestry. I've been fortunate to travel to 5 of the 7 continents and over 12 countries, learning so much about different people, their cultures and continually learning more.

As a man from Detroit that’s always curious about our true ancestry and heritage. I truly appreciate theses videos from you👍🏾

My Abuelo (Cuban) was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. I've tried to trace the story of his grandfather, a Mende or Mandinga man from either Sierra Leone or Senegal. So far all I've found, like my other enslaved ancestor's, is his height, weight, skin colour and whom he was sold to. It breaks my heart to think that as I try to remember him for the undoubtedly amazing warrior that he was, all I can seem to find is his evidence of dehumanisation. There needs to be a system in place so that we, as the PROUD descendants of African peoples, not property, can give our ancestors the illumination and voice they always sought to have. We are evidence of freedom and they live on free through us, but it breaks my heart to know I can't find more about him.

Thanks for letting us know more about our history 🙏

Great video, in terms of the condition of "slavery" it would be good to talk about what that meant in an African context, it was not at all what Africans practiced as compared to Europeans enslavers

Thank you I’ve been trying to explain this in simplicity to so many people .I’m glad your breakdown is very clear and concise for everyone to understand .I’m just gonna use you and your video as a reference from now on when this conversation comes up

Brother, thank you so so so much for this. Gonna put my whole family unto this channel. It’s time to get back where we belong🙏🏾

Thank you for all you do brotha. I've learned so much from you since I don't have access to a lot of classes that don't focus on our history. You tell it well and honestly and as a Historian graduate myself I know I can trust your work. It means a lot and keep it up

I was just discussing this topic with my family. Thanks for sharing this information 🙏🏼❤️🔥

I've traveled to Benin last year and yo it was so amazing to visit the museums, converse with the Beninois, explore the old Dahomey palaces and to eat their food. The Dahomey Female warriors were no joke! Super inspiring and grateful to be descent of them!

Black history has always fascinated me, just bumped into your videos in my recommended list, thank you for sharing love this.

You are 100% on point on what happened from the 14th century to western and a small part of the Central African region. And in 200 yrs from now, you will still have a narrative explaining what is happening now. Keep the good work on your research

I love your content. Africans did sell others into slavery, but so did Europeans (Romans sold Greeks, Caucasians, Gauls and other European ethnicities). That's how it was back then. Often African nations didn't know what was going on tee the New World. Slavery in the ancient world was different from what happened in the Americas. That was just abuse.

Thank you for this it is getting annoying seeing misinformation being passed around but people don’t know enough to properly filter the information presented to them. So again thank you for this

True! His voice is so soothing yet powerful and truthful! Let's all support in every way!🥁🥁🥁

Omg!! Your voice is like butter! I have to listen to this twice! The 1st time to hear the clear melodious sound of your voice and the 2nd time, I have actually listen to what you said!!! Lol!!!! Thank you so much for your knowledge.

I thank you for EVERYTHING you do my brother. Please NEVER stop ❤️💚🖤✊🏿💪🏿

God created us and we are the original s

This is one of my top three favorite channels, I’ve learned so much here. Thank you for another great video! Much love to you 💙🙏🏼

Brilliant video brother, perfectly explained and straight to the point. I love this channel. Africa is Our home,let's build bridges instead of tearing them.One love.

I’m Nigerian , Yoruba by tribe but I look exactly like African Americans. Most Afro descendants are West Africans. Lots of love ❤️

This is such an important channel. It is well researched and well produced. This is an awesome accomplishment!

I really learned an aspect of African slave trading that I didn’t understand before. Thank you for breaking it down so simply and I love the illustrations too.

Voice smooth AF.

One thing we should also talk more forcefully about is that the warfare and rivalry between African kingdoms wasn't perpetuated in the Americas either. Our ancestors squashed their beefs and united as one people. That could have VERY easily gone the other way. That is a POWERFUL story unto itself. In the example you described of the Yoruba and Fon peoples, their stories in the diaspora are inspirational. In Cuba for example, there is a LONG and complex history of interaction between Santeria/Lukumi (Yoruba religion as preserved in Cuba) and Arara (Fon religion as practiced in Cuba). There are many "Orishas" and associated practices in the Lukumi pantheon that began as Foduces (Vodous) in Arara. There's an aspect of Esu/Elegba called Afra that accompanies Babalu Aye. Afra was originally a Fodu. Even in the worship of Babalu Aye himself, it's common for him to be referred to a Sakpata or Asojano, which are originally Fon names for his equivalent in their pantheon. There are many Arara origin songs that are sung in Lukumi practice. To me, that is one of the most poignant stories of ethnic conflict resolution and religious diplomacy in world history.

So true am from Grenada and I've looking for my history for so long 🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩, i want to visit a west african country

Black Americans are very interested in our African history and fought for years to add history to schools. We learned about us through our grandparents and great grandparents.

Context is important 💯💯💯

As a descendant of someone from Benin🇧🇯, by way of Angola🇦🇴, Brazil🇧🇷 or Cape Verde🇨🇻, your videos always give me a little more insight and inspiration. Please keep the info coming, no one can tell our history but us!!🇺🇸 BLM ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏾.....❤️🖤💚

Love this channel. I found out that my family ancestry is from Senegal. I took a class on African history while in college. Thank you for the history you give on Africa. 👍❤

Amazing job bro. Well done, keep it up you're filling a vacuum that you don't know.

This channel is the best on KZfaq meh where you got your degree from bro lol I really appreciate what you doing. I really like your videos thank for sharing.

How come people of color keep allowing Europeans to call them African or the Spaniard to call you African when you wasn't that even when you was in alkebu-lan you had a tribal identity whether you call yourself African it's still a name that a European gave us because of the color of skin just like Ethiopia means burnt face it's a derogatory name

THANKS @ HOME TEAM HISTORY🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾. YOU ARE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN A WORLD OF IGNORANCE, MISINFORMATION, PREJUDICE AND BITTERNESS ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

Thank you so much. I'm from Ivory coast but know à little about our continent. Your channel is à blessing to me.Keep up the good job !

African Americans on twitter always like being like: "And, ya'll didn't come to get us.". And, I'm just like: "Do you know the context under which the transatlantic slave trade occurred? Also, it wasn't the whole of Africa involved in this; it was west and central Africa." Thanks for sharing truth and providing clarity.

Afri (singular Afer) was a Latin name for the inhabitants of Africa, referring in its widest sense to all the lands south of the Mediterranean (Ancient Libya).[1][2] Latin speakers at first used afer as an adjective, meaning "of Africa". As a substantive, it denoted a native of Africa; i.e., an African.

This channel is SO important

Thank you Home Team History!

What about Black American Indians? The tribes where diverse the narrative is not.

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Thanks once again for a useful history lesson and a different perspective.

Great video. "The truth is not something to shy away from, the truth is something to be understood"

Awesome video! I am currently reading a book by Cynthia Mc Leod called "memories of Marienburg" It is a history book written about what happened post slavery in Surnam (next to Brazil). It speaks about how the dutch and English lied to old colonies in Indonesia and India on how great it would be and presented what Africans called "a green pasture aka paradise" is on the otherside of the world", too only get on the boat and arrive and to find out that it was slavery. This book is in dutch, but her book " the cost of sugar has been translated to English. This got me to thinking did they use the same tactics to trick Africans to get on those boats and once on it, the chains got put on them? The book " the cost of sugar is an amazing book because it speaks on how the certain slaves escaped and would go to different "plantages" and would kill slave owners and set the slaves free!

This is one thing that breaks my heart so much. All those roots stolen and discarded like trash. All those people never being able to discover their heritage. 😢😢

This channel is so under rated

I love you are addressing thiis points! A MUST watch

This was an amazing video which I really love. I also want to add the little excerpt I have from an account of an English traveler who has a book about his travels published in 1829 and references the Oyo king and the Dahomey. I'm trying to bring you into that early 1800s meeting in a place now known as Old-Oyo which no longer exists: "In the evening we had a visit from the king , to thank me for the presents I had given him, and again to assure me of being welcome; said that he wanted nothing, unless it was something that would speedily cause the submission of the rebels {added by me: probably those with the Fulani}. He said that he had sent to his friend the king of Benin for troops to assist him in the war {added by me: against the Fulani}. He added that the customary fetes or amusements would begin in about two months, and he would be very glad if I would stay and see them; that he dressed now as a common man, but after that, I should see him robed as a king. I told him I must go on early, to get to Bornou before the rains. Mr. Houtson took this opportunity of observing to him that he had been at the customs in Dahomey, and inquired if the king of Yourriba put to death such a number of people at his customs as at those of Dahomey. He shook his head, shrugged up his shoulders, and exclaimed “No, no - no king of Yourriba could sacrifice human beings; and that if he so commanded, the king of Dahomey must also desist from that practice; that he must obey him.”" -- Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo by Hugh Clapperton.... So yes, the Oyo king was over Dahomey, but he was also a person that represented a higher moral way within his kingdom, at least if everybody here was being honest

Perfect timing..Netflix n Amazon cant break it down like this🦋our history. Keep up the great work KING 👑

HomeTeam History Bro, you are the very best. You are number one! Keep up the excellent work.

Awesome great introduction and understanding to many. I wish this should be thought in our schools and Universities also. Know thy history and blessings to you brother.

I loved that at last our history finally being told so that if nothing else, we can pass it on to our children and grandchildren. I'm of Caribbean decent and have also always been very proud of that. My mother in particular taught us that whilst we are descendents of slaves we carried a lot our African history and merged it cultures who enslaved us and latterly came to the islands and made something of our own i.e. out of something so horrific that is to say, we created a culture that is uniquely ours and we should be proud of that too. We were also told (my home "schooling") about the "slave raiders" and yes as youngsters the thought was "our own people put us through this?" Now with the clarity of this video, what are we to think? We didn't know better, we were also fighting each other and making slaves of the captured, the slave owners became enslaved themselves, alls fair in love and war.... What do the people of the African diaspora do with this information? To this day we fight against each other over foolishness. To this day we're very tribal. Knowledge IS power but .... Between ourselves we also need to heal. Ps that's not to say that we're Not proud of our African ancestry, even if we were not taught it in schools you only have to look at the likes of Claude McKay, Marcus Garvey .... Bob Marley, and many many others, all popular in their time and always had a voice and a platform to inspire in instil in us the importance of our history and where it all began.

Very good brother. You know your stuff. I would caution against using the word "tribe." I know you used it once in the beginning. But still. This is exactly how I teach this content.

Thank you for creating a truly empirically based historical perspective on this matter.

Please keep them coming!!!

European manipulation also played a part. "I have no hesitation in saying that three-fourths of the slaves sent abroad from Africa are the fruit of wars fomented by the avarice of our own race. We stimulate the negro’s passions by the introduction of wants and fancies never dreamed of by the simple native, while slavery [in Africa] was an institution of domestic need and custom alone. But what was once a luxury has now ripened into an absolute necessity; so that man, in truth has become the coin of Africa." - Capt. Theodore Canot, Adventures of an African Slaver (1854)

People often forget about the Saharawi people and Berber-Amazigh who like the Fulanis were slave catchers and also sold. This is why African American is really an genetically amalgamated person from the continent of Africa.

Thank you for making a subject so complex easy to understand. Thank you for doing the research. I love the clearer picture you paint for us of what our ancestors went through. Explanations about the Transatlantic slave trade are very vague and surfacy, never providing a clear picture of the politics and logistics. But your work does. I truly appreciate your work. I will be Patreoning soon.

This is one of the best channels out there fr

Teach us king we need to teach da youths

To me some of what this illustrates is black people need to learn to stop the desire to victimize each other. We would be permanently more powerful that way. Thank you for your videos brother. They very inspirational and educational.

Love your videos. Keep up the great work.

So happy to find your channel!! Been having these questions for yeaaars!! 😍❤️

My brother. I think I'm ready to start my historical animated videos on African history for children. What do you recommend as a good first story?

One love to my Africans brother and sisters worldwide 👊🏿❤ unity is the key love from 🇯🇲

good informative video im in Jamaica tunning in and i also subcribed 👍🏿

Excellent content, your educational videos are so appreciated.Thank you!

I am From Fiji and growing up we were told by our grandparents that we came from a place near a Great Lake Tanganiika while leaving Egypt.Its crazy that our ancestors were not writers but singers and most of our history is in songs and they would sing about Egypt and Africa etc as if they knew the place all to well & up until now it’s one thing I Long for,to know my origin and the roots of my people who are now Called Fijians in the South Pacific

Uk here. Half white half black. Still wanna know my history. Guess that shows how powerful your identity and roots cling onto you.

On point bro!

Keep it up man!

8:48 - 8:52 touched me the most . Awon egbon mi Mo ki gbo gbo yin ooo . 🇳🇬🇳🇬 Can I repost this on my fb?? 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you. I have learned a lot from you than all what I have learnt from school especially coming from a country whose education is still embedded in colonialism. ❤️❤️❤️

THANKYOU again my brother.

THANKS FOR SHARING SOME HISTORY FROM AROUND THE WORLD ❤️♥️❤️

We all come from ONE and soon we will be going home to join him♥️ War is evil no matter what color it is!

I'm thankful for this channel, if there's a way for me to support let me know king.

I absolutely love these videos! Keep doin you. Be blessed bro.

Really great content. I support your channel

back in 2010 this co worker a white boy name randy cook said to me 'man your own people in africa sold you and betrayed you!' now he know he's being scot irish descent was slaves or indentured servants . but he act like he don't know this but he's ling he does talk about calling the igbo kettle black..LOL