What if Africa was Never Colonized?

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🌍 Imagine a world where Africa was never colonized by European powers. How would the continent have developed? What political, social, and economic structures might have emerged? In this thought-provoking video, we dive deep into the possibilities of an Africa that charted its own course, free from the impacts of colonialism.
🔍 Key Topics Covered:
Pre-Colonial African Kingdoms: A look at the powerful empires and civilizations that existed before European colonization.
Hypothetical Political Landscape: How might borders, nations, and alliances have formed organically?
Economic Development: Exploration of how African economies could have evolved with independent trade routes and industrial growth.
Cultural Flourishing: The preservation and evolution of African cultures, languages, and traditions without external interference.
Global Influence: Potential roles Africa could play on the world stage in technology, diplomacy, and global affairs.
📚 Why Watch This Video?
Gain a deeper understanding of African history and the profound effects of colonization.
Challenge your perceptions and expand your knowledge with a fresh perspective on alternative history.
Engage with a rich, detailed analysis backed by historical insights and speculative scenarios.
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Join us on this journey through a reimagined history of Africa. What if things had been different? Let's find out together!
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17 июл 2024

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@Croz89 24 дня назад

My prediction is if europeans and middle easterners maintained a trade relationship with Africa but did not colonise it, then coastal kingdoms would have become very wealthy and powerful, to the point where they would begin colonising the interior, probably enslaving the populations there to work on plantations or sell to european and arab slave traders (yes, the european and arab slave trade could have easily occurred without colonialism). Africa today might be in a similar situation to Europe and Africa are, with the coastal kingdoms having lost their colonies in the interior thanks to independence movements and political pressure, but these former colonies are still poor and less developed. That's just my alt history idea anyway. I think those who paint this idea that Africa without colonialism would be some egalitarian utopia where all cultures and peoples are equally respected are being disingenuous, it wasn't before colonialism, so I think there's no reason to suspect it would be without it. Africa would have to go through the same struggles other parts of the world did to get as close to that point as the modern world has.

@africashistorychannel 24 дня назад

That is a great perspective

@WAGNERMJW 23 дня назад

Who do you think enslaved every negro ever sold for transport to the Moslem subjugated lands in the Middle East and North Africa, or those shipped off to the Caribbean, South, Central and later North America?

@user-ms9nx5gt5u 23 дня назад

only that when portugal arrived to Africa, Africa had nothing to trade 😂 That's why they took in slaves. Africa is still poor today not because of colonization but because of other reasons.

@Croz89 23 дня назад

@@user-ms9nx5gt5u I wouldn't say that. Slaves, precious metals, some manufactured goods and foodstuffs could all be acquired from central Africa, which was generally poorer and more atomised than the coasts, mainly consisting of a lot of isolated tribes not far off a bronze age tech level. For coastal kingdoms with access to European military technology, it would have just as easy to subjugate them as it was for the Europeans.

@fredperry523 24 дня назад

You just have to look at Zimbabwe to see the answer !

@africashistorychannel 24 дня назад

But Zimbabwe was colonized too. Also, Robert Mugambe mismanaged the country. I good example would be Ethiopia and Liberia. What do you think?

@fredperry523 24 дня назад

@@africashistorychannel Zimbabwe is what happens when they are left to their own devices - it's a s-hole now.

@basscheffener1564 24 дня назад

@@africashistorychannel dont forget about Botswana. Their deal with the English almost made it so that they were a country on their own, something like a protectorate.

@yassine8935 23 дня назад

I have the strongest suspension your trying to be racist with that remark by saying bad bc of your opinions on Mugabe but I hope that's not what you mean 🤗

@yassine8935 23 дня назад

@@africashistorychanneltechnically Liberia was colonized by white Americans but run by ex enslaved aricans that acting just like colonizers america Liberia was the colonial project so yeah .....

@TheLoyalOfficer 25 дней назад

What about the Arab slave trade?

@africashistorychannel 25 дней назад

We will cover it soon. Stay tuned

@TheLoyalOfficer 24 дня назад

@@africashistorychannel Yes but why do you blame everything on European colonialism? Africa was being enslaved by the Arabs and Moors for centuries before the Europeans arrived. That was all just ok?

@africashistorychannel 24 дня назад

@@TheLoyalOfficer This is an interesting perspective. Let's keep conversing.

@TheLoyalOfficer 24 дня назад

@@africashistorychannel A critical assessment, which includes the benefits of colonialism as well as its faults, is required. And again, not all of the outside powers messing with Africa were from the Americas and Europe.

@TheLoyalOfficer 24 дня назад

@@africashistorychannel I think timing was also a key factor here. Take a look at Africa politically in the 15th - 17th centuries. What made them so vulnerable to European colonizers in the first place?

@emjizone 24 дня назад

1:08 But they lacked oceanic logistic and quantities of industrial weapons to defend themselves. 😢

@WAGNERMJW 23 дня назад

The question has already been answered. Precisely what it had achieved prior to colonization.

@rexona1178 24 дня назад

What was Africa before being colonised? It was well organized.

@africashistorychannel 24 дня назад

Sure they had informal structures that governed people.

@FabiusPolis 23 дня назад

With so many different cultures, it simply would have happened the same as everywhere in the world while the europeans were absent. Wars. We can take the history of america with the inkas, mayas, azteks, sioux and many other cultures as reference, empires rised and fall. The same as in asia happened, its simply in human nature and nothing unique to one continent.

@africashistorychannel 23 дня назад

This is well put. I love it

@truxton1000 25 дней назад

If Africa was never colonized it would have been even poorer and much less developed than it is today.

@africashistorychannel 25 дней назад

However, Africa had wealthy empires and strong trade routes that were destroyed during the scramble for Africa? Do you think these empires and kingdoms could have thrived and expanded?

@truxton1000 24 дня назад

@@africashistorychannel Well I am not sure how strong the trade routes used to be, in terms of technology Africa was far behind the rest of the world already then, I just cannot see how they could have caught up in any way. It’s a very interesting scenario though.

@africashistorychannel 24 дня назад

@@truxton1000 I agree. Its an interesting perspective. However I believe some of the strongest empires such as Ghana, Mali, Shongai, Ethiopian, Kingdom of Kush, and Kingdom of Zimbabwe could have spearheaded African growth.

@WaterPickle 24 дня назад

YES

@bellayirenkyi1374 24 дня назад

Least U forget civilization started in Africa. U see all this empires and pyramid, it was in Africa

@karnuffel 23 дня назад

Are you talking about the same place where I lived for more than 50 years?

@africashistorychannel 23 дня назад

Same case here. This is our home and we have to tell our own story. Stay tuned

@kevingraham9477 15 дней назад

The Ashanti and Benin Kingdoms in west Africa for example had cities with street lighting and homes with indoor plumbing , they were invaded looted then destroyed by the British. After resisting being taken over for decades.

@africashistorychannel 15 дней назад

The west destroyed the existing structures that could have stimulated economic growth in Africa

@emjizone 23 дня назад

7:04 ... and industry

@koromichamathew6847 16 дней назад

There would be minimal lifestyle diseases such as cancer. 😢😢😢😢

@africashistorychannel 16 дней назад

@@koromichamathew6847 I agree. Please do not forget to subscribe to this channel for more of African insights.

@regtaylor1163 24 дня назад

Dream on.😊😊😊

@nikowaqaisavou9371 24 дня назад

Africa would have thrived and prospered due to its vast natural resources and would make thousands of billionaires. Europe didn't have the mineral resources that is why they plundered Africa and taking its people as slaves.

@africashistorychannel 24 дня назад

I agree.

@regtaylor1163 24 дня назад

Those were the bandits we had to fight in Europe. The kind generous people sharing didn't go as colonizers. They stayed home.

@Kidoo019 25 дней назад

Africa would have thrived like Asia

@imt1217 24 дня назад

lol

@tendies9248 День назад

Which part?

@user-jm5mr5ib1d 22 дня назад

What has happened since colonisers left ? Corruption, disease, poverty, war. Human rights violations, genocide.

@kevingraham9477 15 дней назад

The " colonisers" (invaders) never came to to murder rape rob kidnap and enslave Africans for the Africans benefit you are talking shit. On genocide the Belgians murdered half the people in the Congo ( at least ten million people). The Germans murdered 80% of the people in what is now Namibia they started genocide in Africa then perfected it against the Jews.