typed "richest man that ever lived" into google - was surprised

[Kasgoinjail]

Are those locs real?

Yes

 

[Samori Toure]

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.

The Kingdom of Mali has oral history and written history, which is why people know so much about it's Kings and citizens.

The oral history with family names was taught by the Griots. It was pushed through song, which might explain why the Mandingos and their descendents in places like the USA are such talented musicians.

Mali Empire & Griot Traditions


The history of the Kingdom of Mali was also written down, by scholars from Mali; in not only Arabic but in local languages.

Timbuktu library – a treasure house of centuries of Malian history

 

[Samori Toure]

Y'all think Abubakari was real?

Yes. That is how Musa even came to the thrown.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1068950.stm

 

[Samori Toure]

Too many of us are ignorant of Africa and our history. You have to seek it yourself, ain't no teaching positive black history in the western world.

Cacs even try to make a joke out with that "we wuz kangs" BS. While cacs have written history to suit them (people think whites created and developed every single civilisation advancing science, mathematics and whatever) while ignoring most of the disgusting despicable shyt they've done to the world. Biggest ignorance being how violent cacs are.

Cacs also made fun of "Timbuktu." People are always surprised to find out that Timbuktu is a real place and that it had a major University and hundreds of Quranic schools. That in itself defeats the whole ignorant Cac propaganda that Black people were savages from jungles who were illiterate and unlearned. When we look back on history in the USA it should be pretty clear that there would have had to have been wide spread literacy among the slaves in order for Cacs to start making laws against the slaves being able to read and write. People have always assumed that White people must have taught the slaves to read and write, but that makes zero sense since we know that many slaves were writing in fluent Arabic and widespread literacy among Cacs did not even start occurring in the USA until the 1800's.

Foreign Policy: Timbuktu, Lost City
The Treasures of Timbuktu | History | Smithsonian
Timbuktu: History of Fabled Center of Learning

 

[Olu Dara]

This has to be a troll thread

 

[TRUEST]

This has to be a troll thread

this has to be a troll post

 

[ejthompson23]

I thought Augustus Caesar was the richest man to ever live since the whole country of Egypt was considered his possession...