typed "richest man that ever lived" into google - was surprised
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PhonZhi
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The fact that you were surprised is a testament in how black history/excellence is buried, manipulated and suppressed.
Black people learning our own history is the key to our salvation. They know this, which is why they bury and manipulate the past to begin with.
Black people learning our own history is the key to our salvation. They know this, which is why they bury and manipulate the past to begin with.
idonttouchgrass
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how is it pretty cool?
This has been known. Where you been breh? 
Since you went so far as to find out about Mansa Musa then go a step further and find out about the Kingdom of Mali, which is where Musa was from .
Once you go that far learn about Sancore at Tumbuktu, which is one of the World's first and oldest universities.
Wonders of the African World - Episodes - Road to Timbuktu - Wonders
Once you go that far learn about Sancore at Tumbuktu, which is one of the World's first and oldest universities.
Wonders of the African World - Episodes - Road to Timbuktu - Wonders
this probably says it the best. never heard mansa musa ever high school or even college. and even if he was mentioned it was very, very briefly.
while its easy to blame the "other race" for burying things like this, there's a lot that blacks in general can do to force this type of information out there and saturate the public with it. keyword here is "saturate" the public with it. this type of information, along with all the inventions blacks came up with, but were credited to a white person because the blacks who invented it couldnt get it patented (due to obvious discriminatory laws) - all this needs to be out there and forced down the public throats.
there are black millionaires and billionaires with disposable income. but, the racial pride has to be present for there to be any serious followthrough.
idonttouchgrass
Superstar
because he's some random guy
In fairness though; Musa and the Kingdom of Mali was never buried. You like a lot of other people just probably never thought about it. We listen to music that came from in or around the Kingdom of Mali everyday, but lot of people don't even know it. That Kingdom provided the USA with Country music; Blues; Rock and Roll; Rap; on and on and on.
Another Mandingo King that you never thought about was Sundiata Keita. His story is famous all around the World and White people stole it and made the "Lion King".
I think he’s banned dude went off the deep end ? king musa right?
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History is a cac construct at this point
Larry Lambo
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True, but from what I've seen we just didn't document or write sh*t down as much as they did, which allows them to revise the history because they have notes. Even the most known aspect of the story of Mansa Musa, came from an Arab perspective.
I'm not saying there weren't any black historians that documented things, but a lot of our history was passed down orally. Now we have to rely on current research and historians putting the pieces together.
Also, the "winners" get to write and re-write history. Once whites got control of most of the globe, they changed the narrative to fit their MO.
Edit: I'll add that maybe there were some ancient scripts by Africans that were destroyed, but again that goes with the "winners" getting to write the history.