@@billmwika7428 Why can't you do that one for us to see instead of blaming others for your inactions. You should be the person to tell us the story of your own people.
Too many untold parts of history especially Zimbabwe and Mozambique,spreading alway up and across the African continent.Very dilute content.Not surprising that a lot was ommited to suit BBC which has been a media mouthpiece for the world's greediest,selfish,ruthless thieves and murderers!!!
These are the stories the BBC should be sharing about Africa. Tell of African history, indulge your audience in the facts and stories from Africans on one of the most underreported segments of the African story. Its History, hopefully you can visit Zanzibar, Mvita, Lamu and other routes of the great Indian ocean trade before the creation of the Suez canal. This is a story worth sharing
There is no one to blame but the Black Africans. White Europeans were just coming out of the Dark Ages when they discovered Africa. The Africans never had a Dark Age because the Roman Catholic Church never started one there. The White people began building printing presses to educate all our people while the Black people choose to ignore education. Even without the a Dark period in their history they refused to build printing presses with their long head start. They are the prefect example of what happens to those who procrastinate.
@@joehobo8868”The black people choose to ignore education.” that is a wholly unnecessary and fallacious statement regarding pre-colonial African history. Africans were like most civilizations, students were trained by more experience individuals within the society and passed on skills like farming, animal husbandry, weaving, pottery, metallurgy, religious preaching, and architecture. Just because they didn’t manifest a printing press before everyone else, does not mean there was not any drive to develop. They still created written scripts, and wrote books, and constructed libraries in West Africa. They still took the time to create cities and towns, rationalize the necessity for stratified positions of leadership, and assess the value of trade routes and commercial goods.
What Africans underwent can never be forgotten or forgiven without reparations...it's truly tragic that a man can subdue another man to levels beyond any spec of human dignity and decency...
@Jo Smotherman Africans were the only ones in chattel slavery. Look it up. The only ones who have been decimated in the millions. And they only ones who still experience anti black racism to this day. Just look at your comments for an example.
@@nemz7505 No, they aren't, but the government of Germany gave reparations to Holocaust survivors. The US government gave nothing to former slaves. In fact, they had a plan to provide 40 acres and a mule, but did not follow through with that plan.
Thanks BBC once again for telling every body story. When people see or hear South Africans asking for their land and the white South Africans to be compensate. They will understand where there coming from.
@Yahki Ben Yehuda I love your comment. I know that hate is a strong word but I must honestly say that I hate them 👨🦳 devils 👿 They are greedy jealous demons, but I do know one thing is for sure not all of them are racist.
Why is there is no mention of the Queen's involvement in this thievery, The biggest diamond in the world, stolen from Kimberly, sits today in the Queen's helmet, the crown jewels.
The queen! Whose queen? That woman refused to me the Ndebele entourage send to see her. She knew that her friends were reaping Zimbabwe. She is a racist and evil
@@jon_s lol, the brits where clever in their thinking. The afrikaners moved inland to escape the brits but after years of war, the brits made South Africa one country so that they also can exploit the country's rich mineral reserves which was found largely by the afrikaner people( South Africa by that time was under British rule).The British have a bad reputation here in SA.
Lord have mercy, there's got be a day of reckoning! There's got to be a day.... I can only imagine if none of these takeovers would have not occurred in Africa and America, we would be much further ahead! It makes one wonder, why?
Of course we would be way more ahead! The only reason they're ahead by the way is the free labor of Africans they enjoyed for hundreds of years. Its not even a comparison.
@@nauticdixons do not forget the land stolen by successful genocides of indigenous natives. Everyone today feeling so entitled to our land as their right and giving lip service only to the clearing of our millions from OUR land as a business model.
Then why was Africa not ahead before the europeans got there? You make no sense …I’ve read some books English writers from the past and they do not hate Africa if anything they admire.
this has been one of the toughest episodes to watch apart from the ones on slave trade. As an African, it is a reminder of how we have been robbed and brutalized for centuries in one form or another. It is gut wrenching
What is more gut wrenching and painful is when African rulers kill and exploit there own people-( Amin , Mobutu, Shaka Zulu's assasinatiin by his brother etc.)
@@mariposamarshall9773 Untill today, we wrenching on each other, what is xonophobia i SA, killing African migrants and the white are enjoyning the scene, sad!!
Fantastic series. Thoroughly enjoyed. Lots of incredible information. As someone living in Bdos...think this series should be shown in all schools here !! To presenter...I'm in awe. Phenomenal job.
@@johnlamb3101 if you made this comment just to argue with someone or try to be funny, you replied to the wrong comment. Have a nice day low minded comments get no reply from me!
Circulate a petition for Reparations in your country. Circulate a petition to have the stolen Diamonds and Artifact's removed from the British museum. The King 👑 of Belgium has returned the stolen artifact's back to the Congo.
@@johnlamb3101 What makes think or feel that Life for Africans would have remained stagnant, that we would not have progressed beyond where the settlers and or thieves interrupted us; did not your fathers exit the caves at some point and went on from there? You steal a baby from his mother, and years later you claim that the baby would never have grown, he would have remained a baby to date, if you didn't steal him.
Although this is part of African history buried and finally coming to light a part of Me believe a lot is still being withheld simply by the Sponsor the B . B. C
@Cape Coloured "Muslims" competing with Europeans on who was first to brainwash Africans is notthing to be proud of. At least Africans don't see "Muslims" (Arabs) as imperialists and it's better to keep it that way
@Cape Coloured The Nubian Kingdoms were the earliest recorded African civilization dating back to 2,800 BC and they were neck and neck with Egypt before the great catastrophe. After the natural disaster, humanity made a promise to the God of Nature that they will not engage in the level of "advancement" that caused the clash between man and nature which shook the earth, rose the seas and divided the lands. Africans abandoned Nubia and moved out for pro-nature lifestyles. The Assybinians moved east and the Bantu tribes moved south, formed smaller kingdoms and prohibited technology. They told the story of the catastrophe to thier next generations to keep the wisdom of respecting and protecting nature for many centuries. We also have those stories in my language. Everything was going well for Africa and its moral consciousness... And then the so-called "Muslims" came with their own different ideas and assumptions that their ways should be followed by others. And then the all-knowing muzungu "Christians" also arrived with their brand of stupidity which they call "civilization and advancement". Are you sure you want to claim credit for the "Muslims" for enslaving Africans?
@Cape Coloured You have some points to tackle here. First of All, the great catastrophe happened all across the world as a result of global technological advancement. I didn't say only Africans caused it and I didn't say it happened only in Africa. In fact, the effect was less in Africa than the wider globe because we made a covenant with the creator to let us go back to "the garden", respect nature and live among it rather than against it. As a result, our ancestors were allowed time to leave the latitude stretch of civilization before it was hit with massive sand and drought (according to our local stories). We didn't have asteroids crashing into our lands, most of our animal and plant species were spared in the rest of Africa, unlike other parts of the world where almost everything was wiped out by the great flood, earth quakes. But it's only Africans and other native tribes across the world that learned from that disaster and evolved their cultures on a path to never repeat the mistakes of Man vs Nature. However, Abrahamic cultures and religions (including Arabs and Muzungus) have been unfortunately too ignorant to get the message thus circling us right back to the same "progress" and "advancement" that put the world in a mess. Good luck with that. Speaking of slavery, using the excuse of people possibly doing something bad to each other to justify doing it to them is not a smart one. For example, Arabs killed each other a lot back in the day. Does that mean Africans had the right to move in and kill them some more? What's immoral is immoral and there's no context or logic that justifies it. Period. The funny thing about slavery is that Abrahamic religions like Islam and Christianity justify it, unlike African ancestoral native religions which forbid it. Yes, the same African religions you'd be quick to demonize. Another element of slavery which Africans feel bitter about is the racism-induced brutal maltreatments and dehumanization which would not have existed in the context of African enslavement of African. I could give you 100 more points on this but it's not worth it. All I'm saying is that you should not be proud of what "Muslims" did in Africa centuries ago
This is because SA is our real holy land. Thats why the lack of melanin in many of the holy sites. We must learn. The colonizers have truly lied to and blinded us.
The greatest tragedy of all time. The trans African slave trade, colonialism, the massacre of the Zulu Tribe. It goes on and on and on...and still going on..so painful but necessary to learn.
Now time for Reparations 🔥 Circulate the petition to have the stolen Diamonds and Artifact's removed from the British museum. King of Belgium has returned the stolen artifact's from Congo. Lame excuse apologies. Pay up White Supremacists. ⚫🖤🤎♥️🪶💛✊
@Cape Coloured I agree with you, but if they had to go into detail, the entire episode or series would then end up focusing on Cape Malay history. Alot must've been edited. I could be wrong in assuming so🤷🏽♀️
History will end their battles. The Chinese must ask the Asians what Am in did. Not that we celebrate it but you do not colonize a people and control their strategic points
Depends on what side you're referring to. The "settlers" really were thieves and murderers. Taking and controlling what belonged to another. As the saying goes alls fair in love n war. In the end your soul will have to give account fir every deed. Eternity is way longer than this short life span we're given. We must Repent and turn back to God.
Not that we celebrate the deaths of other people but they thought thebwhole of Africa was going to be wiped out. They forgot that YHWH is On the side of the oppressed. Read the Bible and you will see that all what is portrayed in the Bible is directly a black or African.
I cannot express my gratitude enough for these History of Africa episodes. A worldwide debt is owed for these. An education the world direly needs. And all free for us to get such an education.
Well, you may doubt the authenticity but most of these are told by Africans themselves. She interviews them and they tell the stories. You may probably say, she asks about what she read from the history told by the Europeans. It can be difficult of you don't have any background to guide the conversation. All she tried is get is to get truth from what she knew. Yes, a lot may be left behind. This is for Africans to lead those conversations and tell the stories from they know. We cannot always rely on others to tell our stories and then criticize their authenticity.
I wish they had also covered the Basotho kingdom, as well as the kingdom of Swaziland. King Moshoeshoe was on the same level as Shaka yet nobody knows much about him. The Basothos were the first Africans in the south to perfect the use of rifle weaponry, they brewed their own gunpowder, and they were expert horsemen.
Why don't you go a documentary on it. Open a RUclips channel. Get your info together, illustrations, narrator and do it. Don't wait for someone else to do it when you know all about it. I encourage you, do it for the people. You will benefit from it as well. God bless you.
@@emmru7073 I'm currently writing a novel about the history of 19th century southern African politics and ways of life. Historical fiction piece. You all encouraged me to go further on this. Thank you
Stupid and gulable more likely. They still trust the setters to date. They are still losing there land to European to date. They need to protect there land.
This a beautiful presented documentary about SA. This is a great intro to Africans in general, but to those of African decent born outside Africa in particularly. African is a beautiful a rich content. Thank you!
Dear Mrs. Zeinab.... you have made a respectable landmark to the History of Africa documenting a great civilization being the cradle of humanity. The history will always remember your documentary being as great as the African civilization.
43:12 "The late 19th century was really a terrible time for many African peoples engaging with the Europeans who had now decided to move onto the continent and take it over by force." How are you going to take over someone's house, treasure, land or continent if not by force?
Well look on the bright side...at least with the colonizers, African tribes had to stop butchering stealing and enslaving each other. I guess that's one good thing eh?
from Kenya..I have read a lot on South African history but it is still painful to watch such informative videos.i am hoping to read the book ...The Covenant ...by James Michener but I am hesitant due to Africas painful colonial history!
I read The Covenant when it was stilled banned by the Fascist South African Apartheid Regime. It should be a must read for all South Africans but Critical Race Theory is anathema amongst those who seek to hide the evils of their ancestors.
She does not let the people speak she takes over the response she does it repeatedly she is not a good interviewer. Let the people speak and tell the story
Zeinab, thank you for this story. African names are so powerful to the ears. I appreciate mine. I need to go by the name more than the English name.....sigh.
There is still a form of colonialism. There is still a scramble for Africa, this time it includes the Chinese who want to completely take over, for all of the resources, especially Colton, whichis needed for technology. Ie phones, electric cars etc. The insatiable greed has intensified. It is just covert.
This documentaries are really helpful. A visual insights into all Africa and adding to the theories taught in my primary and secondary school. Labone Senior High School, Accra -Ghana
A feast for the soul. For those who have only had seen or glimpsed so little, and think they know. Then you get this series. The richness, the depth and width of the story of the history is as complex and as big as the African continent itself. Everyone only knows or carries a small piece of the puzzle, but the picture is quite colorful and magnanimous.
Now I'm confused... What Law(s) am I to pretend to follow? I'll wait... Obviously affected by reliving these so called events yet living Still strong for my ancestors today. The fight isn't over!
And even i who belong to the shona will attest to the truest reflection of history that indeed King Lobengula was no sell out. we honour him although he routed our lands yet he unified our people. he was active in the most unfortunate and tragic episodes of history, the epoch of the convergence of millitary adventurism and nationalism. those who misrepresent Lobengula do so out of tribal prejudice and political skuldugery
Any kingdom divided against itself can never stand! When will we accept that we all can't be the leader? Looks like fighting to be leader is one of the strongest characteristics of the people of Africa and their descendants!
Ethiopian people new what was the white man coming for and they did not buy the LIE. And because of that we were born and raised free Ethiopians and I thank God for that.
O conteúdo não é tão inteligente quanto mídia independente Mas o audiovisual é realmente impressionante A voz, a sequência, as imagens, a música É muito bom
We did in Zim and no other African country stood with us (esp SADC) so now look at us? Those sanctions can cripple a landlocked country. Apparently our puppet leader is giving our land back to the coloniser quietly and below the radar - so what has my generation suffered for if we are just going to end up in the same boat we were in before (or worse)?
@@evetats235 You got the land back, but had no idea what to do with it...so your economy suffered. You see, the colonisers bring wealth and opportunity, if you destroy that, you lose it.
@@mkeegan753 since no respect is due, just shut up about things you know nothing about. Honestly, why am I even engaging such an ignoramus. I surely won’t be doing so going forward. And stop stalking me around RUclips troll.
I love Shaka Zulu and the history of the Shaka, and in the '80s, the' Shaka Zulu' movie came out in the US, and the African-American used to call us Shaka Zulu even though we are Ethiopians!
A few notes: 17:49 Chief Buthelezi is an infamous collaborator with the Apartheid Regime, who was involved in Black-on-Black violence in the early 1990s, where mostly ANC-sympathetic civilians were murdered. Also: Not only the group known as "Cape Coloureds" harbours KhoiKhoi and San ancestry. Khoisan have also been assimilated into Nguni groups such as the AmaXhosa (who have adopted some cultural and linguistic elements from the Khoi & San peoples). Nelson Mandela for example has hybrid Xhosa, San and Afrikaans ancestry (look up "Griqua"). Tswanas and Sotho Peoples also have a strong Khoisan ancestral element. Hope this helps.
I tell you!!! Very annoying when they keep putting subtitles when we can clearly understand! Anyways it's about time pple got used to the different dialects that exist, argh, these Westerners have to show authority even when it's our own history!!!
Great Make More of these Documentaries Videos about Afroca History Please Please Please it's so so so much the world doesn't know about Afroca History Real Afrocan History Afroca is Growing
It remains history-long wonder that the evolution of humanity has always been driven by the advances in weapons... at large scale used for dominating, colonizing each other. It is quite clear that the future of humanity will always depend on the confrontation between advanced weapons, mercy and mutual understaning.
You just stated European Worldview/Philosophy; the Mindset of Sinners, who unashamedly publicly announce and uphold that they are Sinners from even before Birth; a people who said they are here in this World to battle for survival, that the World is a Battlefield, where only the 'Fitest' shall survive and live. And that is NOT a Universal Worldview nor understanding.
Africa,Africa,mama Africa let's unites as one African or Else outsiders will take our weakness to corupt and cause conflicts to steal the natural resources we must not forget All eyes are on the natural resources in Africa .we are African as the world see us,so we must be our brothers keepers not outsiders keepers or else we will repeat history and stay in the struggle. One Africa one people.mama Africa children.
@Martie Oberholzer hold on there. Zimbabwes name was chosen by its own people not a explanation. Let the zimbabweans identify and continue. Every nation has issues to grow through. It would be a bad idea to keep the Rhodesia name. He was not even African.
This story is true I have some of my freind grand parents that will tell you history like THAT. SOME are still mentality and physically shock 😭😭😭. When will they apologies???? Still today children's die of digging Gold, copper, Magnesium and many more. IVORY ETCC
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This History of Africa series by the BBC has been nothing short of perfection!
@Simon CM Exactly! They need to do one on Simone Kimbangu they don't want people to know about the righteous one
I came across it by accident and I can not stop watching it I have learned so much
@@billmwika7428 Why can't you do that one for us to see instead of blaming others for your inactions. You should be the person to tell us the story of your own people.
Too many untold parts of history especially Zimbabwe and Mozambique,spreading alway up and across the African continent.Very dilute content.Not surprising that a lot was ommited to suit BBC which has been a media mouthpiece for the world's greediest,selfish,ruthless thieves and murderers!!!
These are the stories the BBC should be sharing about Africa. Tell of African history, indulge your audience in the facts and stories from Africans on one of the most underreported segments of the African story. Its History, hopefully you can visit Zanzibar, Mvita, Lamu and other routes of the great Indian ocean trade before the creation of the Suez canal. This is a story worth sharing
There is no one to blame but the Black Africans. White Europeans were just coming out of the Dark Ages when they discovered Africa. The Africans never had a Dark Age because the Roman Catholic Church never started one there. The White people began building printing presses to educate all our people while the Black people choose to ignore education. Even without the a Dark period in their history they refused to build printing presses with their long head start. They are the prefect example of what happens to those who procrastinate.
@@joehobo8868”The black people choose to ignore education.” that is a wholly unnecessary and fallacious statement regarding pre-colonial African history.
Africans were like most civilizations, students were trained by more experience individuals within the society and passed on skills like farming, animal husbandry, weaving, pottery, metallurgy, religious preaching, and architecture.
Just because they didn’t manifest a printing press before everyone else, does not mean there was not any drive to develop. They still created written scripts, and wrote books, and constructed libraries in West Africa.
They still took the time to create cities and towns, rationalize the necessity for stratified positions of leadership, and assess the value of trade routes and commercial goods.
What Africans underwent can never be forgotten or forgiven without reparations...it's truly tragic that a man can subdue another man to levels beyond any spec of human dignity and decency...
Are Germans today responsible for what happened to the Jews in 1940? think about that....
Reparations would only be a good start. I would want back all the money they’ve stolen
@Jo Smotherman Africans were the only ones in chattel slavery. Look it up. The only ones who have been decimated in the millions. And they only ones who still experience anti black racism to this day. Just look at your comments for an example.
@@nemz7505 No, they aren't, but the government of Germany gave reparations to Holocaust survivors. The US government gave nothing to former slaves. In fact, they had a plan to provide 40 acres and a mule, but did not follow through with that plan.
@Jo Smotherman Do you truly believe that?
If a thief comes to my home and forcefully grabs my land that is rightfully mine, I would not refer to them as a settler.
Be bold and call them something 'armed robber' or 'thief' or 'chancer'....
@Simon CM what does that mean ?
All humans originated in Africa. What makes you think Africans have a greater claim on it? Those Europeans just returned home.
Exactly, then they act all surprised with the "land expropriation without compensation" act. We just want what's rightfully ours, nothing more.
@@Cl0ckcl0ck Well they will need visas to return to Africa, the irony of life. Why do we need visas to go to 'no man's land'?
Thanks BBC once again for telling every body story. When people see or hear South Africans asking for their land and the white South Africans to be compensate. They will understand where there coming from.
You want to farm huh?
Greed, jealous have been our greatest weaknesses! Let your enemy be your enemy, never try to love an enemy.
NEVER !!!!
Thanks for that I will remember that one
@Yahki Ben Yehuda I love your comment. I know that hate is a strong word but I must honestly say that I hate them 👨🦳 devils 👿 They are greedy jealous demons, but I do know one thing is for sure not all of them are racist.
Thank you very much
Exactly 💯 💯 💯
Why is there is no mention of the Queen's involvement in this thievery, The biggest diamond in the world, stolen from Kimberly, sits today in the Queen's helmet, the crown jewels.
The queen! Whose queen? That woman refused to me the Ndebele entourage send to see her. She knew that her friends were reaping Zimbabwe. She is a racist and evil
Do you mean the diamond from India? This is a documentary about Africa.
@@fasiistyrer no diamond from the Kimberly mines, South Africa.
What did you expect from a BBC documentary? Of course "the Dutch" were the cruel imperialists while the Brits came to save the Africans :D
@@jon_s lol, the brits where clever in their thinking. The afrikaners moved inland to escape the brits but after years of war, the brits made South Africa one country so that they also can exploit the country's rich mineral reserves which was found largely by the afrikaner people( South Africa by that time was under British rule).The British have a bad reputation here in SA.
I was in South Africa and have reads several books, but this film enriched me more. Tahnk you.
Lord have mercy, there's got be a day of reckoning! There's got to be a day....
I can only imagine if none of these takeovers would have not occurred in Africa and America, we would be much further ahead! It makes one wonder, why?
Of course we would be way more ahead! The only reason they're ahead by the way is the free labor of Africans they enjoyed for hundreds of years. Its not even a comparison.
@@nauticdixons do not forget the land stolen by successful genocides of indigenous natives. Everyone today feeling so entitled to our land as their right and giving lip service only to the clearing of our millions from OUR land as a business model.
I ask myself the same question!
Read black roots n you will know why
Then why was Africa not ahead before the europeans got there? You make no sense …I’ve read some books English writers from the past and they do not hate Africa if anything they admire.
this has been one of the toughest episodes to watch apart from the ones on slave trade. As an African, it is a reminder of how we have been robbed and brutalized for centuries in one form or another. It is gut wrenching
And It still left its mark on us as a people
What is more gut wrenching and painful is when African rulers kill and exploit there own people-( Amin , Mobutu, Shaka Zulu's assasinatiin by his brother etc.)
Africans should have traded in al the riches , not sit on it and wait for someone else to come and develop mines etc…
@@mariposamarshall9773 Untill today, we wrenching on each other, what is xonophobia i SA, killing African migrants and the white are enjoyning the scene, sad!!
Yes, it’s gut wrenching but we are still standing and it tells you how resilient we are as a people. We shouldn’t let our past define us.
To everyone who is thinking of starting their own business, believe in yourself and never give up.Your future self will be thankful
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Fantastic series. Thoroughly enjoyed. Lots of incredible information. As someone living in Bdos...think this series should be shown in all schools here !! To presenter...I'm in awe. Phenomenal job.
What my people been through is heart breaking!
Your people were civilised by the settlers. How would you be able to live in the modern world of today, if you still embraced presettler customs?
@@johnlamb3101 if you made this comment just to argue with someone or try to be funny, you replied to the wrong comment. Have a nice day low minded comments get no reply from me!
@@johnlamb3101 😂😂😂😂
Circulate a petition for Reparations in your country. Circulate a petition to have the stolen Diamonds and Artifact's removed from the British museum. The King 👑 of Belgium has returned the stolen artifact's back to the Congo.
@@johnlamb3101 What makes think or feel that Life for Africans would have remained stagnant, that we would not have progressed beyond where the settlers and or thieves interrupted us; did not your fathers exit the caves at some point and went on from there?
You steal a baby from his mother, and years later you claim that the baby would never have grown, he would have remained a baby to date, if you didn't steal him.
LONG LIVE OUR DAUGHTER AND SISTER ZEINAB BADAWI! Thank you very much.
Although this is part of African history buried and finally coming to light a part of Me believe a lot is still being withheld simply by the Sponsor the B . B. C
I agree.
The Brits are back to teach us the history of Africa. God Help Us All
@Cape Coloured "Muslims" competing with Europeans on who was first to brainwash Africans is notthing to be proud of. At least Africans don't see "Muslims" (Arabs) as imperialists and it's better to keep it that way
@Cape Coloured The Nubian Kingdoms were the earliest recorded African civilization dating back to 2,800 BC and they were neck and neck with Egypt before the great catastrophe. After the natural disaster, humanity made a promise to the God of Nature that they will not engage in the level of "advancement" that caused the clash between man and nature which shook the earth, rose the seas and divided the lands. Africans abandoned Nubia and moved out for pro-nature lifestyles. The Assybinians moved east and the Bantu tribes moved south, formed smaller kingdoms and prohibited technology. They told the story of the catastrophe to thier next generations to keep the wisdom of respecting and protecting nature for many centuries. We also have those stories in my language. Everything was going well for Africa and its moral consciousness... And then the so-called "Muslims" came with their own different ideas and assumptions that their ways should be followed by others. And then the all-knowing muzungu "Christians" also arrived with their brand of stupidity which they call "civilization and advancement". Are you sure you want to claim credit for the "Muslims" for enslaving Africans?
@Cape Coloured You have some points to tackle here. First of All, the great catastrophe happened all across the world as a result of global technological advancement. I didn't say only Africans caused it and I didn't say it happened only in Africa. In fact, the effect was less in Africa than the wider globe because we made a covenant with the creator to let us go back to "the garden", respect nature and live among it rather than against it. As a result, our ancestors were allowed time to leave the latitude stretch of civilization before it was hit with massive sand and drought (according to our local stories). We didn't have asteroids crashing into our lands, most of our animal and plant species were spared in the rest of Africa, unlike other parts of the world where almost everything was wiped out by the great flood, earth quakes. But it's only Africans and other native tribes across the world that learned from that disaster and evolved their cultures on a path to never repeat the mistakes of Man vs Nature. However, Abrahamic cultures and religions (including Arabs and Muzungus) have been unfortunately too ignorant to get the message thus circling us right back to the same "progress" and "advancement" that put the world in a mess. Good luck with that.
Speaking of slavery, using the excuse of people possibly doing something bad to each other to justify doing it to them is not a smart one. For example, Arabs killed each other a lot back in the day. Does that mean Africans had the right to move in and kill them some more? What's immoral is immoral and there's no context or logic that justifies it. Period. The funny thing about slavery is that Abrahamic religions like Islam and Christianity justify it, unlike African ancestoral native religions which forbid it. Yes, the same African religions you'd be quick to demonize. Another element of slavery which Africans feel bitter about is the racism-induced brutal maltreatments and dehumanization which would not have existed in the context of African enslavement of African. I could give you 100 more points on this but it's not worth it. All I'm saying is that you should not be proud of what "Muslims" did in Africa centuries ago
Ayaiyai...I'm scared of any white narrative especially about black people😢
@@chipashamoyo6435Zeinab isn't white...
SA my country. I've travel to all continent. South African has the spiritual energy. Not found elsewhere
This is because SA is our real holy land. Thats why the lack of melanin in many of the holy sites. We must learn. The colonizers have truly lied to and blinded us.
True
The greatest tragedy of all time. The trans African slave trade, colonialism, the massacre of the Zulu Tribe. It goes on and on and on...and still going on..so painful but necessary to learn.
In 2021 the racist white supremacy ideologies continue. Now, it was enabled by the President of the United States of America Donald Trump.
Now time for Reparations 🔥 Circulate the petition to have the stolen Diamonds and Artifact's removed from the British museum. King of Belgium has returned the stolen artifact's from Congo. Lame excuse apologies. Pay up White Supremacists. ⚫🖤🤎♥️🪶💛✊
Learning them MUST be followed by Action(s) to Not only Correct but also to Rectify the ever lingering and continued damages and destructions.
Define the word trans?
We (African people) need to continually resist. One important tactic is UNIFICATION of all African people. Put differences aside
Thank you for featuring Cape Town history etc. Been binge watching every episode and just learning so much that I never knew about Africa as a whole.
@Cape Coloured I agree with you, but if they had to go into detail, the entire episode or series would then end up focusing on Cape Malay history. Alot must've been edited. I could be wrong in assuming so🤷🏽♀️
We migrated to America looking for riches when our own continent is Rich. 🙏 God bless us!
Welkom
We have to go back!
I can't believe that AFRICANS, don't even know their history 😳, I'm Jamaican, and we all know this, unbelievable, man
The BBC skipped over the “British” part.
Control the information, control the people.
Study:
Plato Allegory of the Cave.
Our fore fathers really fought hard for what they believed.
History will end their battles. The Chinese must ask the Asians what Am in did. Not that we celebrate it but you do not colonize a people and control their strategic points
Depends on what side you're referring to. The "settlers" really were thieves and murderers. Taking and controlling what belonged to another. As the saying goes alls fair in love n war. In the end your soul will have to give account fir every deed. Eternity is way longer than this short life span we're given. We must Repent and turn back to God.
Africans always been welcoming people they never imagined people can be so devilish,hypocrite and so heartless like the Europeans was to them.
Bless Africa 💞
Chief Buthelezi should be ashamed of himself. He was as much as a traitor to his people as was those that overthrew the Zulu empire.
What an amazing, educational and important body of work. I'm thoroughly enjoying this series and applaud Zeinab Badawi for her excellent work.
Nie juis briljant hi er so nie
@@francoiswilliams translate to English
May the spirit of our ancestors Rest In Peace ❤️🌹💫💯 thanks for the blood and tear’s and sacrifices for our peoples 💯🫡❤️💫
I have been using this to teach my kids during Covid distance learning to teach my kids about Africa and it’s wonderful history and future
Not that we celebrate the deaths of other people but they thought thebwhole of Africa was going to be wiped out. They forgot that YHWH is On the side of the oppressed. Read the Bible and you will see that all what is portrayed in the Bible is directly a black or African.
What future?
It’s in China’s hands now, the future of humanity is in China’s hands.
Africa Must Take the Lands back without compensation
Have any lawsuits been filed against Debeers and Cecil Rhoades' descendents for reparations/ financial restitution?
" There is no greater misfortune than greed." - Lao Tzu
Don't worry British have the market cornered on that. The rest of us can be saved
The love of money, along with greed was and will always be the root of all evil.
I cannot express my gratitude enough for these History of Africa episodes. A worldwide debt is owed for these. An education the world direly needs. And all free for us to get such an education.
Imagine African story told by BBC 🤔🤔🤔 , I doubt authenticity
Just be glad that they open the comment section. You’re only going to get so much with these ppl
There’s actually a great deal of authenticity. At least according my knowledge as a young SA Xhosa male
Well, you may doubt the authenticity but most of these are told by Africans themselves. She interviews them and they tell the stories. You may probably say, she asks about what she read from the history told by the Europeans. It can be difficult of you don't have any background to guide the conversation. All she tried is get is to get truth from what she knew. Yes, a lot may be left behind. This is for Africans to lead those conversations and tell the stories from they know. We cannot always rely on others to tell our stories and then criticize their authenticity.
Proud tribe...Zulu, proud hero, Shaka.
I wish they had also covered the Basotho kingdom, as well as the kingdom of Swaziland. King Moshoeshoe was on the same level as Shaka yet nobody knows much about him. The Basothos were the first Africans in the south to perfect the use of rifle weaponry, they brewed their own gunpowder, and they were expert horsemen.
Why don't you go a documentary on it. Open a RUclips channel. Get your info together, illustrations, narrator and do it. Don't wait for someone else to do it when you know all about it. I encourage you, do it for the people. You will benefit from it as well. God bless you.
@@childofGodsKingdom you're right.
peace& love from east Africa.
I encourage you too tell this to more than three people who liked this . write a book, a short film,.... anything!
-love ,from Rwanda
@@emmru7073 I'm currently writing a novel about the history of 19th century southern African politics and ways of life. Historical fiction piece. You all encouraged me to go further on this. Thank you
I learned about him in the history class. Do you know about the Kololo people?
African people too nice and trusting .
Stupid and gulable more likely. They still trust the setters to date. They are still losing there land to European to date. They need to protect there land.
This a beautiful presented documentary about SA.
This is a great intro to Africans in general, but to those of African decent born outside Africa in particularly. African is a beautiful a rich content. Thank you!
I can’t watch this anymore...the injustice is too much
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???
Beautiful country and rich culture , a nice people.
Dear Mrs. Zeinab.... you have made a respectable landmark to the History of Africa documenting a great civilization being the cradle of humanity. The history will always remember your documentary being as great as the African civilization.
You will never get the true history of Africa from the BBC.
Too true! White narrative😢
You're right about that and should read what I explained.
Look just above your comment in the comments it's the one just above yours.
Shaka Zulu the greatest African king ever.
No he’s not you know nothing of africa if you think he’s the greatest
@@makeytgreatagain6256 I said what I said..
@@sophiemclarke6556 then keep your mouth shut you know nothing he isn’t even in the top 10 best
43:12 "The late 19th century was really a terrible time for many African peoples engaging with the Europeans who had now decided to move onto the continent and take it over by force."
How are you going to take over someone's house, treasure, land or continent if not by force?
Well look on the bright side...at least with the colonizers, African tribes had to stop butchering stealing and enslaving each other. I guess that's one good thing eh?
I love ❤️ from the beginning of our civilization in Egypt @ every series after thanks so very much 💜
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?!!!
from Kenya..I have read a lot on South African history but it is still painful to watch such informative videos.i am hoping to read the book ...The Covenant ...by James Michener but I am hesitant due to Africas painful colonial history!
At this point in my life I am highly skeptical about learning history from Europeans telling African stories and histories.
Good reading, although still a novel Michener always researched thoroughly and tried to write without bias
I read The Covenant when it was stilled banned by the Fascist South African Apartheid Regime. It should be a must read for all South Africans but Critical Race Theory is anathema amongst those who seek to hide the evils of their ancestors.
Very informative and well presented documentary. Well done Zeinab and team!
She does not let the people speak she takes over the response she does it repeatedly she is not a good interviewer. Let the people speak and tell the story
@@OLDIRTYPRIEST Her job isn't being an interviewer her Job is to tell a story which she does so-
I have seen this series before. I thought this was well done.❤️
Painful as it is to watch, we still must see these documentaries.
Zeinab, thank you for this story. African names are so powerful to the ears. I appreciate mine. I need to go by the name more than the English name.....sigh.
We need to drop those European names altogether! Not just personal names but place names as well.
This is the best BBC series I've watched since I cancelled my licence.
Nice one!
Zeynab you're a legend you uncovered the hidden storyline for the shameful colonial greed and the scramble of africa
There is still a form of colonialism. There is still a scramble for Africa, this time it includes the Chinese who want to completely take over, for all of the resources, especially Colton, whichis needed for technology. Ie phones, electric cars etc. The insatiable greed has intensified. It is just covert.
I can’t watch anymore I am pained!
Thanks you for sharing this history of Africa. Learning so much about slavery from the perspective of Africans being enslaved. Thank you.
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere???
@@jessicawiley3136 I don’t thinks so, must be related to the history of Africa series.
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Fantastic work. Peace and love
This documentaries are really helpful. A visual insights into all Africa and adding to the theories taught in my primary and secondary school.
Labone Senior High School, Accra -Ghana
Labone nice name. In Setswana, Labone means 'the forth', bone is 'four', 'Thursday' is called Labone, to mean the fourth day of the week.
Africa is in my heart god bless africa god blless cameroon
A feast for the soul. For those who have only had seen or glimpsed so little, and think they know. Then you get this series. The richness, the depth and width of the story of the history is as complex and as big as the African continent itself. Everyone only knows or carries a small piece of the puzzle, but the picture is quite colorful and magnanimous.
Thanks
Now I'm confused... What Law(s) am I to pretend to follow? I'll wait...
Obviously affected by reliving these so called events yet living Still strong for my ancestors today. The fight isn't over!
No it is not .
@@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593 the Drums are only beating, the Fight must be Final!
And even i who belong to the shona will attest to the truest reflection of history that indeed King Lobengula was no sell out. we honour him although he routed our lands yet he unified our people. he was active in the most unfortunate and tragic episodes of history, the epoch of the convergence of millitary adventurism and nationalism. those who misrepresent Lobengula do so out of tribal prejudice and political skuldugery
powerful teaching . thanks keep up . the struggle continues
Very well made documentary, similar to Zeinab Badawi's masterful book on the same subject❤👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
The universe will avenge the many atrocities committed on our ppl. Step back
Please! Wait for it.
@@MJ-hg1mk please. Check the status of the Dump
But you are the Universe.
No thing can nor should free man from man but man.
Any kingdom divided against itself can never stand! When will we accept that we all can't be the leader? Looks like fighting to be leader is one of the strongest characteristics of the people of Africa and their descendants!
Hope she do Video Documentaries on King Menilik II the Ethiopia earlier Wars I'm learning so much about Afroca Africa
Ethiopian people new what was the white man coming for and they did not buy the LIE. And because of that we were born and raised free Ethiopians and I thank God for that.
O conteúdo não é tão inteligente quanto mídia independente
Mas o audiovisual é realmente impressionante
A voz, a sequência, as imagens, a música
É muito bom
Maybe you can provide better "content ". Gtfoh
You guys did an excellent job on this. One Love to South Africa from the United States.
Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity.!
I love zeinabs documentaries you can’t help but watch and listen keenly! Keep it coming our sister
Take the land back !!
We did in Zim and no other African country stood with us (esp SADC) so now look at us? Those sanctions can cripple a landlocked country. Apparently our puppet leader is giving our land back to the coloniser quietly and below the radar - so what has my generation suffered for if we are just going to end up in the same boat we were in before (or worse)?
@@evetats235 You got the land back, but had no idea what to do with it...so your economy suffered. You see, the colonisers bring wealth and opportunity, if you destroy that, you lose it.
@@mkeegan753 since no respect is due, just shut up about things you know nothing about. Honestly, why am I even engaging such an ignoramus. I surely won’t be doing so going forward. And stop stalking me around RUclips troll.
I love Shaka Zulu and the history of the Shaka, and in the '80s, the' Shaka Zulu' movie came out in the US, and the African-American used to call us Shaka Zulu even though we are Ethiopians!
You are Ethiopian a sister of the soil! Shaka Zulu or the Zulus are your brothers and sisters!
We all.african the Bantu people
@burnesewilliams2282 Yes, we're brother and sisters ❤️
watching from cape town as a capetonian
Zewadi,did they let you do a feature on the war/conflict between the Dutch and the British?
Give it back! Make it right!
A few notes:
17:49 Chief Buthelezi is an infamous collaborator with the Apartheid Regime, who was involved in Black-on-Black violence in the early 1990s, where mostly ANC-sympathetic civilians were murdered.
Also: Not only the group known as "Cape Coloureds" harbours KhoiKhoi and San ancestry. Khoisan have also been assimilated into Nguni groups such as the AmaXhosa (who have adopted some cultural and linguistic elements from the Khoi & San peoples). Nelson Mandela for example has hybrid Xhosa, San and Afrikaans ancestry (look up "Griqua"). Tswanas and Sotho Peoples also have a strong Khoisan ancestral element.
Hope this helps.
I get to excited when I hear the intro music,,,,, less go I’m always tuned in 🦾🏁
Another excellent episode. Thankyou.
The video is interesting and I love it so much it is undeserved
Well done With the rest
whats with the subtitles i can hear him speaK fluent english even better than hers?????
I tell you!!! Very annoying when they keep putting subtitles when we can clearly understand! Anyways it's about time pple got used to the different dialects that exist, argh, these Westerners have to show authority even when it's our own history!!!
😅 same
Very powerful information....
Great Make More of these Documentaries Videos about Afroca History Please Please Please it's so so so much the world doesn't know about Afroca History Real Afrocan History Afroca is Growing
Am now on episode 18👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?!!!
Makes me want to back and visit South Africa again. Cool show
Warmly welcome home.
Me to. It should be open to all African decents in general.🙏❤️✌️🌍👪.
You don't belong in Africa colonizer.
@@The_Black_Anarchist You seem to have much to learn. When I return we will meet in person.
@@RoninGray Go back to your cave.
Most succinct documentary I've encountered
Best series on Africa ever!!!!!
Wow! The vast extent of Injustice!😧😩
why then are we who are native to Zimbabwe punished for daring to take back our lands....?
Learn.from the past my African brothers and Sisters because they have not left.
It remains history-long wonder that the evolution of humanity has always been driven by the advances in weapons... at large scale used for dominating, colonizing each other. It is quite clear that the future of humanity will always depend on the confrontation between advanced weapons, mercy and mutual understaning.
Mutual understanding? The only people who lacked understanding were the colonizers.
You just stated European Worldview/Philosophy; the Mindset of Sinners, who unashamedly publicly announce and uphold that they are Sinners from even before Birth; a people who said they are here in this World to battle for survival, that the World is a Battlefield, where only the 'Fitest' shall survive and live. And that is NOT a Universal Worldview nor understanding.
Africa,Africa,mama Africa let's unites as one African or Else outsiders will take our weakness to corupt and cause conflicts to steal the natural resources we must not forget All eyes are on the natural resources in Africa .we are African as the world see us,so we must be our brothers keepers not outsiders keepers or else we will repeat history and stay in the struggle. One Africa one people.mama Africa children.
history..👌🏾
I love Africa
Africa will rediscover herself, no lie can live forever says Martin Luther King
As in previous episodes.. the narrator is giving an exact history of the rape of African people and their lands....
2:58 so spice trade brought the dutch to south africa in 1650s, interesting.,
18:52 short spear and bullhorn fighting formation both invented by shaka Zulu 🤎🤎💥💥
23:11 Mzilikazi of the Ndebele kingdom in zimbabwe
40:54 ahh zimbabwe had been named Rhodesia after cecil rhoades who headed the de Beers company that mined diamonds. hmm,ok.
@Martie Oberholzer hold on there. Zimbabwes name was chosen by its own people not a explanation. Let the zimbabweans identify and continue. Every nation has issues to grow through. It would be a bad idea to keep the Rhodesia name. He was not even African.
@@chimakalu41 Martie took cover .
@@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593 I think the country should get the right to pick their own name not have too much foreign interference
who remembers the film (ZULU)..........
This story is true I have some of my freind grand parents that will tell you history like THAT. SOME are still mentality and physically shock 😭😭😭. When will they apologies???? Still today children's die of digging Gold, copper, Magnesium and many more. IVORY ETCC
Modern agriculture, medicine, electricity, systems of equality, literature, radio, internet, combustion engine. They all got it from us.
Whites have always been crafty up till this very moment
I have learnt a lot from this serials about my people and how much we as a people are. Thanks to BBC and UNESCO
Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?
@@jessicawiley30 Sorry about that. I guess I don't knew you. I am from Africa
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