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   @FromNothing

   October 1, 2019 at 12:35 am

   Sources available on patreon and will be available on http://fromnothing.info/sources later tonight or tomorrow!

   Roman Presence in West Africa:
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   @kimberlymccarthy4383

   July 8, 2021 at 7:45 am

   Are Fante people European if so how much

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   @RobbieCalifornia69

   July 13, 2021 at 3:29 am

   Very good early European contact summary.

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   @kevinalli2249

   July 14, 2021 at 6:04 am

   Wen both sides had the same weapons Europeans keep running

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   @hereshow5248

   July 14, 2021 at 7:38 pm

   This whole video is b.s . Africans knew white people long before this distorted history by european , the romans , the greeks , africa has a history with many nations but the problem with europeans is they were people who did not have a civilizations. The romans and greeks were the only civilization of europe . Nothing else. White europeans were mostly called barbarians by the romans. So its not that you guys discovered afrika , amerika or any place. Its just that you guys had a civilization much much later then afrika and the rest of the world. You did not discover anything, you are new to the world fresh out of the woods of eurooe , to you its maybe a discovery but the world is not crazy. Europe should really rewrite its history books lol. Your history and civilizations began much later than the rest of the worle , it begon around the 8 century, Before that you was just tribes living in the woods of europe. You you never talk about that part ?

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   @demaification

   July 26, 2021 at 12:48 pm

   White people and black people are old bitter rivalries always have always will be

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   @simexafrica5630

   August 4, 2021 at 1:07 pm

   Is your Name 'From Nothing' an indicator that you are from Namibia? Namibia is named after the Namib desert, which means 'nothing' because of its vast emptyness

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   @daz3350

   September 25, 2021 at 2:06 pm

   A great book to read for accurate accounts is the portuguese in west africa 1415-1670
   Stop calling them black it's historically incorrect
   As black is a middle english word not portuguese mouros is portuguese
   As the word diddnt exist let's educate. People to what the African tribes were called
   Apart from that good video for beginners on the subject

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   @Kopano.Tlali69

   October 5, 2021 at 12:06 am

   As an African and former member of the British empire one think I can appreciate is that "white culture" brought over lots of technology and j believe Africans would still be living left behind if they didn't have contact with us

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    @mahalo675

    November 22, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    The Portuguese were not the first Europeans to come to sub-Saharan Africa there just the most well known .

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    @doctordef324

    January 5, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    European originally came trying to strong arm but quickly changed the strategy to peaceful trade encounters… You have to think, the Europeans were desperate to get out of Europe because of shortages of land, food and rampant diseases! They HAD to make expeditions seeking new lands by any means. It was about survival at that point..

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12. 

    @unc1589

    May 24, 2022 at 5:32 pm

    I am black, a biblical Christian*, and from the land of the Bronx.
    My job is to teach black people that Jesus is not an invention of the white man.
    According to this video, European explorers started creeping over to African lands around 1444.
    So what we call “The slavery era” started around 1444 right? (How could it start before the white man came to Africa? Don’t make sense.)
    Here’s the thing, Jesus walked the earth 1444 years before a white man ever enslaved a black man. (Stay with me).
    So that kills part of the white Jesus invention theory.
    Rome came into power in 31 BC.
    That’s around 31 years BEFORE Jesus walked the earth.
    So Rome was up and running BEFORE Jesus!
    The Romans claimed Caesar was god or the equivalent of a god (small g).
    To the Romans Jesus was a clown.
    Nobody was gonna put down their swords because of the words of some guy with sandals preaching love. (At first!).
    Rome was about power!
    So here’s a question… did Rome conquer Africa?
    About 100 years after Rome came to power they took over a couple of provinces in North Africa but trust me,
    NARY A ROMAN BOOT EVER WALKED THROUGH DEEP BLACK AFRICA!
    They did not want it with them dudes. Would you?
    So were there Africans slaves in the Roman era? Heeeek no!
    (Myth buster number 2)
    Here comes the trickery…..
    Rome was the world superpower when Christ came right?
    So how did Christ gain such preeminence in a Roman power culture?
    I’m mean we all know the term “Roman” Catholic right? How?
    Because Christ alone is so powerful that He subdues nations. But look at how He did it…..
    The coliseum was like the Madison Square Garden of the western world.
    Even if you didn’t go to the shows you heard about what happened there.
    Because Cesar was god, anyone who claimed that anyone else was God was an enemy of Rome!
    (The Jews had their God but they made deals with the Romans so they were no threat).
    Early Christians could not deny that Jesus was the Son of God.
    Even when they were brought before the military and the politicians of the day.
    The popularity of Christ started when Cesar ran Rome.
    They had to shut Christianity down because of let’s say “ conflict of interest”.
    So they would give Christians one last chance to say that Caesar was god and Jesus was nobody.
    When they did not say it they got (creativity) burned at the stake- thrown to the lions- torn in four directions by raging horses- and worse.
    But with a captive audience watching and a “game show” type tension, they told Caesar he was not God!
    Then many of the first Christian martyrs began to sing and smile and denounce the (temporary) power of Rome. (True Christians ain’t worried bout dying. Jesus conquered death and the fact that He rose again assures them that they will rise again and that’s a fact!)
    These stories went viral and begged the question… who is this Jesus? Who would die before they denounced Him? All they had to do was say Cesar is lord and they could’ve went back home.
    The word spread and many became Christians.
    So much so that it disrupted the entire political system of Rome.
    So… white guys saw how powerful Christ was and tried to put Him in a can and repackage Him as a Roman invention.
    That’s where the Catholic Church comes from. Which led to Michelangelo‘s Jesus becoming the logo for the white power structure.
    That logo is still being used today.
    Clan groups still use the repackaged jesus as their logo.
    Burning crosses, all that.
    But YOU black man….
    You got played!
    You think Jesus is the white man jesus too!
    So you turn to gods that ain’t never been God in the first place.
    Has your god conquered death?
    The Christians that died in the Colosseum died because they believed in the amazing power of the biblical Christ.
    Who is your god? What do he do? What does he even offer?
    When you sacrifice your life for Christ you get eternal life.
    One religion says that when you sacrifice your life for it’s god you get 70 virgins in eternity.
    Shoot, I could get that now if I made it my life’s work.
    ( why would I even want 70 chicks all looking for me to be with them?)
    Must’ve been a horny guy that started all that.
    If you sacrifice yourself for a fake god then all you get is a rude awakening.
    The Bible says “ to be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord!”
    There’s no purgatory!
    God doesn’t need to tally up your sins in order to make a determination bout what you get like He’s some kinda old calculator.
    Purgatory. Guess who made that up?
    God is real Blackman!
    You don’t define who He is!
    You can spin the wheel and then try to pick your own God. There’s only ONE right answer on that wheel.
    All the rest may as well be blank spaces.
    Jesus was sent by that one and only God to assure that you would be reconnected with that one and only God.
    You can’t blame God because you believed in the counterfeit Jesus.
    Why? Because God made sure that the true Jesus was available to you. You just turned him down. That’s on you not God.

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    @xhairosemary

    July 3, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    I swear down, I haven't seen any of your videos in a bit. They hiding your videos 🙏🏿🙏🏿

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    @simeonpires9720

    July 27, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    Love it. Portugal 🇵🇹

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    @croixfadas

    August 19, 2022 at 12:57 am

    This is 100% wrong, it heppend 3000 years ago. Long storie

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    @africa-first770

    December 23, 2022 at 11:43 pm

    fake. The first was actually when the black African where still in Egypt

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    @cylefaust7838

    March 14, 2023 at 5:30 pm

    I love that you keep to the facts and don't fill the blanks with biased assumptions. Keep up the good content!

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    @doctordef324

    August 27, 2023 at 10:53 am

    They always used native traitors to help them… The traitors exposed us, made the invaders comfortable and brave…

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    @doctordef324

    August 27, 2023 at 10:55 am

    The LAND OF THE BLACKS!!!!!

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    @doctordef324

    August 27, 2023 at 10:58 am

    Damn!! The Portuguese kept coming back!!😂😂😂

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    @doctordef324

    August 27, 2023 at 11:12 am

    I read in a book years ago. It said before Europeans touched Africans lands they were afraid to go there because of stories of Giant men and women with 3 eyes, one in the foreheads. Skin black as night. The people were living gods and goddesses walking the earth!!!! Beasts of the land were as tall as the clouds, gigantic in sizes!! Vast land all over with many exotic creatures, animals, giant ferocious great cats roamed!!! Giant insects that will kill you, river water that would kill you, DEADLY hot sunlight during the days!!! They were afraid to approach Africa.. They heard of Asia and began sailing to trade, they by passed African shores for years and years! If they sailed too close, spears and arrows would fly from the shoreline!!!! They didn't DARE!!! The invaders captured weak unsuspecting tribesmen who were small and nonviolent and used them to their advantage. Realized that the people weren't gods but humans that could be killed…. Then the invasion began…😕

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    @danielcallum8015

    December 23, 2023 at 7:32 am

    Don’t get praise for Christianity bec as use it’s dying

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    @brixcosmo6849

    February 3, 2024 at 8:11 pm

    You forgot the Greek-Macedonian Empire (1200BC-146BC), Roman Empire (31BC-476AD) and Byzantine Empire (330AD-1453AD).

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    @melaninsupergurl-vu4uv

    February 19, 2024 at 1:31 pm

    West Africa only had a hollowed out log for a canoe.

    And a rare little canoe from Green Sahara Days made out of a few boards.

    LOL where are the mighty oceanic sailing vessels?

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