I don't think you realize how much of a service you're are providing by making these videos. I've learned so much, and it only makes me want to go out and find more knowledge concerning pre-colonial African history. You are truly making a difference.
My dear young brother. You're so incredibility blessed. Your sound scholarship and persistent pursuit of heritage and its complexities is breathtaking and motivational. Its amazingly inspiring, you should be documentary maker , you certainly have a gift for the visual arts to complement the sound scholarship. Much appreciation and may you have the blessings of THE MOST HIGH ONE and the veneration of our ancestors.
This video was excellent! I loved how you focused on all parts of the African continent rather than just North Africa as some people do! I also lived the music here
What other parts did he focus on? He mentioned one or 2 things from South of the Sahara and all those things are relatively modern in the span of history ( well into the AD)
@@GuerrillaSM Did you watch a different video or something? There was plenty of coverage of subsaran Africa Specifically after 8:55. And naturally speaking there’d be more early north african history because we have more written sources from that region & time....
This video is beyond amazing. Not just because of the detail and information it provided on the diversity and sophistication of such a large, and often overlooked, continent, but because of the wonderful audience that just keep mentioning other important civilizations and events. This goes to show that Africa not only has history, but there's too much for any one person to even lightly brush over all at once. I'm so glad I found this channel. I love history, learning about different cultures, and learning about my own possible heritage. Not only that, but there's so much information I've found because of this channel that is helping me as a writer and artist with the projects I'm currently working on. Thank you so much, HomeTeam History for everything you're doing, and thank you everyone in the comments for being such an active community that show we as Africans and African descendents matter in a world that would like to say we are invisible.
You are doing INCREDIBLE work. It is difficult to put in words the necessity of this for me and many other Black (African) people who seek to understand fuller their identity, history, and contributions--especially during this time of increasing Black consciousness. So many African descendants outside of Africa know nothing about this and as a result are disconnected with who they are and one another as they have to adjust to working/living with a broken identity. THANK YOU. This has also shown me that the development in the New World came at Great Expense/Detriment to the Great development that was occuring in Africa. Let's continue to move forward toward UNITY and REBIRTH.
After watching what you just did and everything i know about Ancient Africa, i wonder and i am sadden how anyone much less Africans and Africans in the diaspora can think we African people never did anything. On that not i also wonder how any European cannot see this and understand why Africa is in the shape it is now, and how for almost 200 years the myth of people living in Jungles half naked is still believed, it is really sad this is not taught in schools, there is no excuse for the lack of this information to all people adults as well as students.
mike askme it all starts with us. It's already started in my opinion look at things like black panther and this channel and the popularity it's gaining
mike askme it's on purpose I wish blacks wake up to the psychological warfare going on. They want to hurt our moral so they hide history it's no ignorance it's down rite criminal.. Get offensive
rezak mohamed there is poverty, famine and disease in Africa but naked no there's barely any those tribes you see on national geographic you literally have to go deep into the wilderness to find them
@The Godless That's a strawman fallacy, one because just because its a video doesn't mean its histrically inaccurate just becaue it doesn't suit your narrative. Two is he provides sources in the description that back up his claims. That's a really ignorant statement and shows you don't know much about Africa, there are places in Africa which were as advanced as Egypt. In ancient Cush for example they had pyramids as well as well as their own writing script called meroitic. In west Africa there was the Songhai, Mali and Shana empires which was renowned for its mud brick and stone architecture of the Sudano Sahelian region. In southern Africa you have the massive stone monuments of great Zimbabwe and Timbuktu which was a world central hub for knowledge as it hosted 100,000 different manuscripts. www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=32437webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4273355/FID840/eqtyres/erg/111367/1367.htm Also the Egyptians are African lmao, Egypt is in Africa and was culturally similar to Nubia. Also the original name of Egypt is Kemet which translates to "Black Land"
@The Godless Wow you're being willfully delusional, these are magnificent cities, I loved how you glossed over the mentioning of the great stone structures of great zimbabwe and the pyramids of ancient Nubia, "Various past African societies created sophisticated built environments. Of course, there are the engineering feats of the Egyptians: the bafflingly raised obelisks and the more than 80 pyramids. The largest of the pyramids covers 13 acres and is made of 2.25 million blocks of stone (3). Later, in the 12th century and much farther south, there were hundreds of great cities in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. There, massive stone complexes were the hubs of cities. One included a 250-meter-long, 15,000-ton curved granite wall (9). The cities featured huge castlelike compounds with numerous rooms for specific tasks, such as iron-smithing. In the 13th century, the empire of Mali boasted impressive cities, including Timbuktu, with grand palaces, mosques and universities (2). " Don't try and twist words cause you can't handle facts that don't support your narrative
i agree, but from Nothing in my opinion spends to much time trying to appease those who refuse to see the interconnections between Africa and Egypt, he will go out of his way to appease the idiots who get on his videos and spout that bs line "We Wuzz Kingzz and Shit" he nerve tries to explain to those people what people are actually saying. other than that, that is my only beef with him. Now Hometeam is spot on with his presentations and as some one who has studies Ancient African history and who values truth and honesty, i can find no fault with his presentations.
brace yourself when you visit "From Nothing" he does good research, but spends to much time appeasing anti-Africa detractors, that is the only fault i have with him.
900 AD. Mogadishu, Kismayo, Merka, Berber and Zelia are NOT Swahili coast cities. They’re Somali Coast cities and were rules by Somalis and speak Somali. They eventually catalysed that formation of Aujraan Empire as well as Ifat/Adal empire.
first of all, great video, keep them coming. second of all, why stop at colonialism? more significant african events could be ghana being established as the first west african nation to gain independance, the anglo-zulu wars, anglo-ashanti wars, ethiopia defeating italy, the congolese civil war, rwanda genocide, establishment of african union, and more. both good or bad, african history goes much further than colonialism
This channel really deserves to be supported financially for making African history more accessible to the general population. His content is well researched and he narrates video well. Definitely worth the time it takes to like, subscribe & share.
I had been a PROUD HomeTeam History patreon supporter all this year. But then I fell upon financial hardship, and had to start cutting alot of my expenses---drastically. And unfortunately I had to drop HomeTeam History.... :-( BUT now, when I look back on the quality of work this brotha does, the solid information, and the love and patience in his teachings, I have to make a new decision. So, I have started up my monthly support again. Heck, I'm just gonna have to cut expenses somewhere else---but HomeTeam History deserves my continued support! Keep giving that knowledge and light! Ase' !
Great video! One thing you could have added to the string of colonial defeats: battle of the 3 kings in Morocco which ended Portuguese ambition in Western Africa and even ended their dynasty, forcing them into civil war. It's crazy how many other African nations fought off the Portuguese with success!
I want to encourage you HomeTeam History. Your work is bringing real benefits to the global community of Africans - on the continent and the diaspora. Know with absolute certainty that the personal commitment in study, research, and sacrifice is reaping a solid return. Thank you brother.
Hi there, enjoyed your video and thank you for bringing unity among Africans even though that might not have been your goal. I'm originally from north-west Africa, my tribe is called the 'imazighen' (ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ) or "berbers" (derogatory term) and we're located in more than 10 countries. Very diverse in dialect and appearance but we're still one. I get the idea that some west Africans do not consider us as Africans because some of our light skin. Africa is quite diverse you know, I could distinguish a west African from a South or East African easily. Let us not be divided from each other based on the region, since outside powers already have been dividing us for ages by made up borders, religion and all the other import stuff. One love.
Your time line of significant events missed a few: 1. c8500 BCE world temperatures rise to near modern levels, coast lines change....Sahara still green. 2. c5600 BCE Tropical wet Sahara begins to dry with many (mega) lakes dry up so it becomes semi desert/desert - maybe due to 25,000 year earth orbit precession. 3. C3900 BCE 5.9 kiloyear Bond event Atlantic cooling and drought, with further Sahara desertification forcing people move to the Nile. 4. 600 BCE, Greeks settle Cyrene, known as Kyrenaika. It is known for the greatest intellectual and artistic centers of the Greek world, famous for its medical school, learned academies and architecture, Also Phonecians were trading for gold in Gambia. 5. 100 BCE The city of Rhapta predates the Arab/Swahili trade cities of East Africa by quite a bit. 6. c500 AD Mozambique was settled by humans for first time. and of course you skipped the people migrations, which were pretty significant too.
Excellent approach to visualizing African World history, I would only say that the dates reach further back into the abyss of the ancient world than depicted . That is not a slight or downplay to this great work by any means, just shows that we must get back to our way of measuring time . Much respect and continue to allow the Ancestors to guide your thoughts .
The 8000 year old Ishonga bone, the medical doctors that were practicing cesarean birth in Uganda 2000 years ago, The Dog on tribe and there interstellar knowledge speculated to be older Han any empire in Africa....I have more....
fantastic video! If I may, couple of suggestions: I really think necessary to have mentioned the Nyiginya Kingdom of Rwanda (which started in the 11th Century and lasted until 1885, and had a dynasty until 1961.) Same for the Burundi Kingdom (17th Century-1966) and the Buganda Kingdom (14th Century-1966). Finally, the iron industry in pre-colonial Africa could have been pretty interesting to mention.
the proper name is: The Ajuuraan Somaali Empire. you also forgot: The Somalo-Afar Adal and Iffat sultanates; The Somali Warsangeli, Majertenia and Geladi Sultanates. Keep up the good job. Thanks.
This proves we were far more advanced then Europe and Portugal. If our ancestors had not been blinded by trinkets we would never have been in this situation. Also, shows our people has always been divided unless someone or group could hold the ethnic groups together . Unfortunately history is repeating itself . How do we fix this problem? How do we get everyone to stop looking at riches and become interested in fixing our failed system ? I will share and support your website because knowledge is power and I must learn more about my history . It’s calling to a deep part inside of my soul.
We were so divided because the terrain made is unification difficult. There are many navigable rivers. That's why the linguistic diversity was maintained for such a long period. The import horses and camels helped but when the Songhai fell, things fell into disarray a bit. Same thing happened to Europe when Rome fell. We must now find a way to integrate our economies by rail infrastructure to strengthen trade and prosperity.
Chyna doll Lawd your comment....This doesn't necessarily prove "we were far more advanced than Europe and Portugal" (btw Portugal is part of Europe)... What this prove is the lies being told that Africans including descents of Africans didnt create civilizations/empires/settlements, writing scripts/language, historical battles/wars, architecture, religion, trade routes, art, and textile. Hometeam's video doesn't even go in depth about these different empires and their achievements/advancements of technology. He has others that do but this was simply a timeline of ancient Africa up to today (kinda).
well said, but one also must understand that Africa is a continent almost twice or three times the size of North America and at least 10 time the size of Europe and within it are thousands of languages,sub- languages, religions and cultures. i dont even think Ghengis Khan could have United all of Africa. I do how ever think a Confederacy would have stopped Europe in its tracks.
LOUDxHippy -- I agree. We shouldn't be so braggadocious about these kinds of things. It'll only illicit negative reactions. Just appreciate, learn and build for the future. The reason why people are so hostile towards African history is because we always so quick to compare with Europe as if we have some complex and are trying to prove a point. Confident people don't act that way.
kader dao You've been seeing his videos lately too?? I don't know why his nonsense appeared on my timeline, but I was surprised nobody has taken to debunking it.
Wow, thank you for giving me such excellent places to start! I will have to watch this a few more times to make some notes so I know where to start looking things up. This ought to keep me busy for a few years! And it was so moving, to watch this epic human story unfold even in these brief snapshots. There's so much I don't know!
I'm so very grateful my brother 🙏. The knowledge you are giving our young kings and Queens are very aspiring. In order to know where we are going as a culture we must 1st know who we are and where we come from. However the time is know for us to make our own history organize and unit!
Theman controlled the Red Sea as well as some parts of the Arabian peninsula . A lot of scholars distance the Yemeni kingdom(sabean) from the D'mt empire but they have found a palace in Eritrea with inscription dating to 600 BBC saying that a D'mt king ruled the sabeans. To add to all this, there have been found several artifacts and writings in Yemen in the D'mt script.
Just subbed here, nothing but EXCELLENT telling in the history of our people, but at the same time it is so sad to see the states that we're in right now in all four corners of the Earth....
Beautifully done! I love the timing; I was able to read the texts before they were switched. I love the music. Sharing this with my homeschooling groups and my peps.
People love to say that Tuaregs represent the berber race as a whole while many of the Tuaregs actually look more caucasian than subsaharan,they might have also forgot that Tuaregs actually count as just 5% of all the north african Berbers. @@ElijahShawmaliciousboy
@@anismerabet9160 Please read what I said, I never said that all berbers are black, I said that they are not a homogenous group and can have skin colors ranging from light to dark. And most Tauregs are dark skin. www.taneter.org/berbers.html. Additionally, Tauregs are not the only group of black berbers "Five major tribes of Berbers were spoken of by early Muslim writers including the Sanhaja, Masumuda Zenata, Ketama and Goddula which were categorized into dozens of others which in turn were divided into many more. Among them were the early Kabyles originally a group of Sanhaja Berbers. Most descriptions refer to the modern Kabyles as fair-skinned, but in the 19th century and early 20th, descriptions and in fact many photographs depict them as dark and near black. (Photos from the 19th century show both very dark-skinned and near white skinned Kabyle individuals from different villages in the region). 1890 - “The Kabyles or Kabaily of Algerian and Tunisian territories…besides tillage, work the mines contained in their mountains…They live in huts made of branches of trees and covered with clay which resemble the Magalia of the old Numidians…They are of middle stature, their complexion brown and sometimes nearly black.” Written in The Encyclopedia Britannica: Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature Henry G. Allen Company p. 261 Volume I 1890."
To add to the other comment, Moroccans were also not the Moors entirely, the Moors were largely driven out before the Spanish Inquisition in the 1400's n settled all over North Africa some back to Arabia
The Moors were not from Arabia, they were indigenous people called 'imazighen' but just Arabized through culture. The arabization of Africa ruined North Africa the most. The idea of the Maghrebs should have never existed if you ask me.
geerenmo Idk how true that is because I don't know much about the imazigh before arabization. All I know is that the Spanish described the Moors as tall dark and Diabolical in their records once they usurped them. But to be fair I find it hard to believe because they brought vast order cleanliness and beautiful architecture to the Iberian Peninsula during their reign which was only due to arabization. N honestly I don't know about Africa being too bad due to arabization as opposed to colonization from Europe or their meddling in African affairs
Barry, I know it's true because I have been looking into it. All the dynasties were Imazighen who were arabized through culture. They brought some good shit but no one should be colonizing anyone. And the Arabs and Europeans did screw up Africa, both are guilty because they were into slavery, also the plundering of resources of course. So screw them both.
Abyssinian Empire was not founded in in 1137. It is a continuation of and another name of Axumite Empire.It is a pre-christian empire.If you look at the architectural remnants of Axumite civilization, you will notice curved at the top of the Axum Obelisk (still standing in Northern Ethiopia) a symbol depicting the eye of Horas. Those days, the axumites (today Ethiopians and Eritreans) were not christian yet; rather part of the mystery system of the ancient Kemit religion.
I would love to see a movie where there is a queen who is ruler of her tribe in Africa, then one day something happens to where she wakes up in modern time and she meets her doppelgänger. Then she learns everything that has happened and sees how we are, then makes it her mission to teach modern day civilians about our history and she gets close with her doppelgänger. Then the same “something” that happened to her for her to get to modern day happens again and she goes back home and runs and tells her tribe the whole story. Don’t mind my thoughts though
Another fantastic piece of work from you - it was so good I had to watch it twice - this was visualy splendid as alwaysI thought the music added greatly to the overall presentation - Thank You
I think you might be overlooking the ancient civilizations of South Africa. The rock art in South Africa is way older than that of Sahara. And the most ancient calendar is found in South Africa.
Loved it thank you! Could you please also do a time line for migration, I'm so interested in knowing how and why we moved to different parts of the continent. As a South African I've just learned we migrated from West Africa, mainly due to slave capturing/trades. But not to say Southern Africa wasn't already inhabitat. I'm really interested in the times when we were a small population and how we started growing and break apart to form the different tribes we have. Thank you!
Never have I seen a video so captivating and convincing. I wish real African history will be taught in all African schools. Looking forward to seeing your other videos.
Thank you for referring to the empire in its correct name Kemet instead of the kkkavedweller & White Supremacist term "Ancient Egypt". Nothing was "built in Egypt" and everything was gentrification & culture vultured by Egypt. (i.e. Eminem & Elvis) It pisses me off to no end when "Niggros" in BLK face do that. It shows a contempt for the truth and the ancestors as well as BLK ppl. Respect BLK man. Keep up the excellent work. Just a note: The modern Chinese & Jaanese writing systems also come from the Medu Netur. Shouts out from Tokyo.
Iota Tangle Oh right … you know more than the University of Tokyo & I just happen to live here. Interesting … unwarranted & unprovoked insults? Seriously ? Reading comprehension is a skill you do not possess. Your spelling leaves much to be desired. So you have no business commenting upon "WRITING SYSTEMS" you're simply unqualified. Have a seat … "you rat".
Iota Tangle This is ridiculous & completely unwarranted. "Thieving ass" ? Seriously ? How completely pathetic, non-constructive, childlike & unnecessary your commenting is. Please take your childishness, emotional issues & uncivil behavior and Troll … elsewhere.
This is a tonne of information here music in the background make me fell I actually in Africa I'm proud to be an African in the diaspora I think there should be a movie so much greatness to be shown to the world
excellent video. I only want to add little correction concerning Ethiopia. You rightly mentioned about Axum, the Ethiopian emoire which distroyed the Sudanese Kush empire. But it also has ruled the Southern Arabia for atleast 2 centuries. Later the kingdom didnt collapse, rather it is replaced by Zagwe dynasity. The first emperor of the Zagwe is the Son in low of the last emperor of Axum. The Zagwe dynasity built 11 rock hewn churches, which are UNESCO heritage sites and are still serving as a church. When the Zagwe dynasity weakened it was replaced by the Solomonic dynasity. The first Emperor of the solomonic dynasity is the 11th generation great grand son of the last Emperor of Axum. The Zagwe dynasity peacefully handed over its throne to the Solomonic dynasity in the 12th century. This video put that time as the foundation of Abyssinian empire. But in reallity the empire was there. There was only a dynasity change. The Solomonic dynasity ruled for 800 years until HaileSelassie was overthrown by the military junta. The main point Government in Ethiopia existed for 2000 years uninturrupted.
Another fantastic video presentation - so good I watched twice. I liked this format using the map - Continents landscape and the music for added drama - this was visually very informative. I really appreciate your creative talent and desire to share knowledge - Thank You for sharing your gift.
This is Incredible...I've Often Dreamed of Making a Cartoon like Video of this Stuff, Quick & Fast for the Public to get an Idea of True History . I do Believe Even Earlier Ethiopia Branched into the Middle East Helping Create Those Regions while Possibly Creating Nubia too