African History
The Ancient and Medieval African Kingdoms: A Complete Overview
The African Kingdoms goes over the BOTH the Ancient and Medieval periods of African history. It is meant to be an overview.
It begins with a general look at Africa’s different natural regions, before getting into Ancient Africa (the Nubians, kingdom of Axum, the smaller cultures in North and West Africa, and the Bantu migrations), and then Medieval Africa (African religion, the coming of Islam, the Ethiopian Empire, the Swahili Coast, West African Empires, the Central and Southern kingdoms), and ending with daily life, slavery, and arts and culture.
NOTE1: A part of one of our previous videos (Ancient Africa) was used for a couple of sections near the beginning
NOTE2: Ancient Egypt was covered in our last megadoc
The Medieval World Series:
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Welcome to The Medieval World series! This series is meant to summarize broad topics in history and balances political history and events, with social/daily life, and culture. If you’ve watched our History of the World documentary, this series is a perfect next step. The videos are standalone, but presented in a chronological fashion. The series will be divided into 8 videos about the Medieval Period, which we call Phase 2. Once these 8 videos are completed, we will move onto Phase 3, but this project will be considered completed, and compiled into ONE MEGA-DOCUMENTARY containing all 8 parts.
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0:00 Ancient Africa (Nubia, Axum, North and West Africa)
20:52 Medieval Africa (Ethiopia, Swahili Coast, West African Empires)
32:45 Medieval Africa (Central and Southern Bantu Kingdoms)
35:11 Daily Life and Slavery Routes
41:30 Arts and Culture (Art, Architecture, and Music)
All images used with CC license. Some taken from Humankind.
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Indore by Kevin MacLeod
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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Energizing by Kevin MacLeod
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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Mystery Bazaar by Kevin MacLeod
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Interestingly, many Christians, particularly Black Christians, are often unaware of the true origins of the December global celebration. Previously, the celebration was variably scheduled in January, March, April, May, or September, reflecting uncertainty about the actual birthdate of Jesus.
The holidays we observe today have their roots in sacred days from ancient Kemetic or what is popularly known as Egyptian culture, where these occasions were timed with celestial events such as the alignment of stars, constellations, and the sun’s position relative to Earth.
Selected References
1. Massey, Gerald. (1883). The Natural Genesis: Second Part of a Book of the Beginnings, Containing an Attempt to Recover and Reconstitute the Lost Origins of the Myths and Mysteries, Types and Symbols, Religion and Language, with Egypt for the Mouthpiece and Africa as the Birthplace, Volume Two. https://amzn.to/4b51Yrf
2. Massey, Gerald. (1907). Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Mysteries of Amenta. https://amzn.to/3yoRYdL
3. Budge, Wallis. (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians, Volume Two. https://amzn.to/4aeQwrL
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🍿 Our Recommended Reading List About African History
1. African Origin of Civilization – The Myth or Reality (Audible Audiobook) – Unabridged by Cheikh Anta Diop https://amzn.to/3SIqqI8
2. Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop https://amzn.to/42nCO3u
3. Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah https://amzn.to/3SlgJ0Z
4. Cultural Genocide in the Black and African Studies Curriculum by Yosef Ben-Jochannan https://amzn.to/3UqaNGx
5. Black Man of the Nile by Yosef Ben-Jochannan https://amzn.to/3SiRPiu
6. New Dimensions in African History by John Henrik Clarke https://amzn.to/4beh1zg
7. Black Athena : Afro-Asiatic Roots of Classical Civilization by Martin Bernal https://amzn.to/42rrx2o
8. 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof by J. A. Rogers https://amzn.to/3HH2QFg
9. African Presence In Early Europe by Ivan Van Sertima https://amzn.to/3upnnLx
10. They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America by Ivan Van Sertima https://amzn.to/3usH19s
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The colonial education narrative has consistently taught, and still teaches, Africans that their ancestors relied solely on oral traditions to transmit knowledge and memory. Sadly, Africans in the so-called West, Central, East, and Southern African regions are unaware of writing systems in these parts of Africa.
References
1. Negro Nations and Culture by Cheikh Anta Diop
2. Pre-colonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop
3. Black Athena, Vol. 1 by Martin Bernal
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🍿 Our Recommended Reading List About African History
1. African Origin of Civilization – The Myth or Reality (Audible Audiobook) – Unabridged by Cheikh Anta Diop https://amzn.to/3SIqqI8
2. Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop https://amzn.to/42nCO3u
3. Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah https://amzn.to/3SlgJ0Z
4. Cultural Genocide in the Black and African Studies Curriculum by Yosef Ben-Jochannan https://amzn.to/3UqaNGx
5. Black Man of the Nile by Yosef Ben-Jochannan https://amzn.to/3SiRPiu
6. New Dimensions in African History by John Henrik Clarke https://amzn.to/4beh1zg
7. Black Athena : Afro-Asiatic Roots of Classical Civilization by Martin Bernal https://amzn.to/42rrx2o
8. 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof by J. A. Rogers https://amzn.to/3HH2QFg
9. African Presence In Early Europe by Ivan Van Sertima https://amzn.to/3upnnLx
10. They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America by Ivan Van Sertima https://amzn.to/3usH19s
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@MadeInHistory
December 25, 2022 at 5:08 am
What is your favorite African Kingdom or Empire?
@joecota2644
October 27, 2023 at 7:49 pm
Is that Magic the gathering art in thumbnail?
@paulfelix9081
October 28, 2023 at 12:20 am
Race Science invented the name Sub Saharan which didn't exist before Slavery and colonization. While euro- fabulized facades are only hypotheses through academically suppressed systems of Caucasian extremists. If we keep repeating this lie, many will perish and continue their mindlessness hatred towards the truth and the restoration of Africa and African Diaspora.
@pradnyachoukekar
October 31, 2023 at 12:40 pm
All I'm hearing is Islam wiped out wisdom, diversity, and culture in most of Africa
@Knowthyself-zf3fy
October 31, 2023 at 3:18 pm
So.. they had no European cultures.. Oh wait.. they did have White cultures
@huntergray3985
November 2, 2023 at 8:19 pm
So much of this is just tendentious rubbish. But I'm glad to find out that historians used to be influenced by ideology, but now historians at last know the truth (at least historians that agree with the political agenda.)
@MrMelomalo
November 5, 2023 at 7:21 pm
The map at 36:26 is pure garbage. You can't push the Nubian language that far from Nubia and ancient Egyptians did not speak Arabic.
@trailedtracks
November 8, 2023 at 5:38 am
The most valuable mineral resources in the world are in Congo.
@raywheeler6822
November 16, 2023 at 8:53 pm
I'm a history buff….and I am shining brightly after seeing this vid…….Thank you
@marcoeire44
November 20, 2023 at 3:07 pm
"We wuz kangz n shieeet"
Got the wheel in 1800s, still can't replicate it
Why do you think they walk 50 miles with buckets of dirty water on heads?
@digitalpeople
November 23, 2023 at 11:37 pm
I'm completely skipping this video.
@user-yj6mk9cb7j
November 24, 2023 at 2:10 am
Sorry.. We're Stupid Americans.,. Thanks NYPD
@missk1942
November 24, 2023 at 7:08 pm
This is excellent!
@kumbirayinyachionjeka6119
November 28, 2023 at 12:51 pm
Houses of the elite in Great Zimbabwe were not built with stone and cement, as the narrator points out. They were built with only stone. This is a great piece, though I feel that concerning Egypt there is still a fear of completely giving this civilization to black Africans. The blacks that ruled Egypt are not only the 25th dynasty but we now know that Narmer the 1st Pharoah was black as seen by the features of his head bust and that many subsequent pharaohs were indeed black. GREAT DOCUMENTARY.
@abdulazizclare9545
November 29, 2023 at 10:12 am
This is human history Africa is so rich some dont even see or know its greatness.
@LilEmma2600
December 3, 2023 at 1:44 am
Thank you so much men i just wanna say the video was helpful and well organized and explained
@gustavohernandez7604
December 4, 2023 at 6:46 pm
So africans were enslaving there own people and selling them wow
@user-ji2xp7rq2e
December 8, 2023 at 1:29 pm
Ethiopia people bro 💯/💯🔥
@user-ji2xp7rq2e
December 8, 2023 at 1:32 pm
Aksum Kingdom centre of S… Africa bro 🎉
@lt.jackass3478
December 16, 2023 at 5:50 pm
This is genuinely a great video. I just wish it had an actual voiceover. I'd prefer anything but the robot voice tbh.
@jameskimp5785
December 26, 2023 at 8:01 am
Can we stop the bs. White people inject themselves into others stories. What are is your true story. Stop trying to teach others their history.
@FrshJurassicPrnceYA
December 27, 2023 at 3:31 pm
Egypt should definitely be included in this. It was talked about but still kept at arms length from the rest of Africa’s history.
@iswitchedsidesforthiscat
December 31, 2023 at 9:35 am
Can you give mr citations so I can learn more?
@fionasmith6868
January 1, 2024 at 5:07 pm
North Africa is Arab countries and arab conversations Egypt is arab they speake Arabic and central and southern African the black people did not even have a written language before the Europeans came to Africa lived in mud huts and stick huts North Africa the arabs build
@ahmadmokhtar9929
January 4, 2024 at 3:33 pm
Nuba and Kush because I'm sudanese 🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩
@that_one_momo_guy
January 24, 2024 at 5:20 am
This video is such a great resource, it should become a classroom standard!
@suzg7425
January 26, 2024 at 1:20 pm
I really enjoyed this complete explanation of ancient Africa..Best I've seen
@Raptatoofye
January 28, 2024 at 2:03 pm
The oldest churches are in Ethiopia, let that sink in
@Raptatoofye
January 28, 2024 at 2:05 pm
The first crusades were to push the moores out of Spain and Portugal because their practice of eugenics
@Workshop3Clocking-zn7wu
January 30, 2024 at 10:22 am
This continent shows that its the heart of God everything is here
@somalilandinsider
February 1, 2024 at 12:32 pm
As a horn of African i noticed that all the African historians from western countries can never tell the longest African history from Eastern Africa i think it's just because the east of has always been out of European reach so they don't have enough knowledge written by them and they don't want to know the indigenous sources either so they will never tell you how the east African people expanded towards the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines also to malinisian Islands and Indonesia and Papua new Guinea
@andreselectrico
February 2, 2024 at 12:36 pm
That was a great attempt, given the lack of information and the present prejudice. The producers have my respect for that.
Still, I would have liked to see more information on Tumbuktu and it's famous library. I would also have enjoyed more comments about the metallurgy in Nubia and in other places, because they make the case of civilizations capable of transforming raw materials into more complex products. Granted, you comment on brick production but I think the case for metallurgy is important.
In any case, a noteworthy attempt to reflect on Africa's complex and heterogenous history; done with respect and honest appreciation.
@user-eh1ie2se8m
February 7, 2024 at 10:00 am
let me guess . . . its whiteys fault it fell apart 😂😂😂
@jjsparksshow4772
February 18, 2024 at 8:04 pm
There is no sutch thing as SUB SAHARAN AFRICA please stop using thst word and DEVIDING AFRICA up that turm was involved in the 7th thamks jah.love
@richardjohnston3359
February 24, 2024 at 12:46 pm
Tell is the bit where they enslaved there own people and put them in cages on the beach and sold them i mean it always gets brought up in our history
@almojr3236
February 25, 2024 at 12:15 am
Africa is the largest continent on the planet