Africa centuries history

15/04/2024

A Kisii man from Nyaribari Chache is shocked to see a white person for the first time in his life, in 1903.

Before 1900, Africans thought blacks were the only living people in the world

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12/04/2024

Best African based Action movies 🎥🎬
1. Blood Diamond (2006) - 8.0
2. Hotel Rwanda (2004) - 8.1
3. Black Hawk Down (2001) - 7.7
4. Tears of the Sun (2003) - 6.6
5. The Last King of Scotland (2006) - 7.7
6. District 9 (2009) - 7.9
7. Tsotsi (2005) - 7.2
8. Out of Africa (1985) - 7.2
9. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) - 6.8
10. The Constant Gardener (2005) - 7.4
11. The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) - 7.3
12. Invictus (2009) - 7.3
13. The Lion King (1994) - 8.5
14. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) - 7.1
15. Gorillas in the Mist (1988) - 7.0
16. The Interpreter (2005) - 6.4
17. The Siege of Jadotville (2016) - 7.2
18. Zulu (1964) - 7.7
19. The Blue Elephant (2014) - 6.7
20. Chappie (2015) - 6.8
21. The Bang Bang Club (2010) - 7.0
22. Out of Inferno (2013) - 6.1
23. The Wild Geese (1978) - 6.8
24. Africa United (2010) - 6.6
25. Catch a Fire (2006) - 6.7
26. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) - 6.8
27. The Power of One (1992) - 7.2
28. The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) - 6.8
29. Machine Gun Preacher (2011) - 6.8
30. The Naked Prey (1965) - 7.3
31. The Air Up There (1994) - 5.5
32. The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989) - 6.8
33. White Hunter Black Heart (1990) - 6.7
34. Red Scorpion (1988) - 5.2
35. Ashanti (1979) - 5.5
36. Dark of the Sun (1968) - 6.9
37. Shaka Zulu (1986) - 7.7
38. Mountains of the Moon (1990) - 7.2
39. Safari (1956) - 6.5
40. Zambezia (2012) - 5.8
41. Safari 3000 (1982) - 5.2
42. Safari Drums (1953) - 5.1
43. The Lion of Africa (1988) - 6.0
44. The White Warrior (1959) - 6.2
45. African Cats (2011) - 7.6
46. The Journey of August King (1995) - 6.3
47. King Solomon's Mines (1985) - 5.2
48. Lost in Africa (2010) - 6.1
49. Diamonds (1999) - 5.4
50. In My Country (2004) - 6.3
51. Silverton Siege (2022)
52. Sometimes in April (2005) - 9.5

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22/03/2024

Queen Tiye is King Tut’s grandmother and Akhenaten’s mother. ⁣She belonged to the greatest Kemetic dynasty, the 18th.⁣
⁣She was more than a great royal wife.⁣ ⁣She was ruling the country with her husband Amenhotep III.⁣ ⁣And as you can see here, these features belong to a group of people.⁣ ⁣These features, with those high cheekbones and those full lips are those of the original people. The African people. And it makes sense. These people have been pushed Southwards. Take a look at Queen Tiye and then take another look at Supermodel Adut Akech from Dinka then compare them. You will see the history.
Africa centuries history

12/03/2024

The 25th dynasty was a line of black pharaohs who originated in the Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day northern Sudan and Upper Egypt.

Most of this dynasty's kings saw Napata as their spiritual homeland. They reigned in part or all of Ancient Egypt for nearly a century, from 744 to 656 BC.

There the Nubian king Piye became the first of a succession of five "black pharaohs" who ruled Egypt for six decades with the blessing of the Egyptian priesthood.

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11/01/2024

𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐑
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 👪

The pattern of Nuer scarification varies within specific subgroups. The most common initiation pattern among males consists of six parallel horizontal lines which are cut across the forehead with a knives and others sharpened tools often with a dip in the lines above the nose.

The Nuer people are a Nilotic ethnic group concentrated in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. They also live in the Ethiopian region of Gambella. And others countries across Africa, Nuer speak the Nuer language, which belongs to the Nilotic language family. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. The Nuer people are pastoralists who herd cattle for a living. Their cattle serve as companions and define their lifestyle.The Nuer call themselves "Naath".( NIƐYTIƐNAATH )

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07/01/2024

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬

Cleopatra's palace submerged under the sea; The submerged heritage of Alexandria.

Anterodus was an island in the eastern port of Alexandria, Egypt. Anterodus existed until the year 365 when a massive earthquake, believed to be the largest in the Mediterranean region, caused a wave of devastation that reached the shores of Spain. The site now lies underwater, near the waterfront of modern Alexandria, at a depth of about five meters (16 feet).

In 1996, an archaeological mission studied the underwater city in the port of Alexandria. They located the island and found that it was on the other side of the port.
Goddio discovered the remains of a relatively modest (90 meters by 30 metres) marble-floored palace, believed to have been Cleopatra's royal residence.

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05/01/2024

3000-𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱

Michael Jackson's face found in 3000-year-old ancient Egyptian statue sparks

11/11/2023

04/10/2023

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗜

The mummy of King Ramesses II, also known as “Ramesses the Great” Ramses II was born 1303 BC and died in the year 1213 BC, son of Seti I and Queen Tuya, the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

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02/10/2023

𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲

The Nilotes or Nilotic people are indigenous to the Nile Valley.
They have 25 subgroups and speak over 70 different languages that’s included in the Nilotic languages.
They are the tallest, thinnest, darkest, group of people in Africa. The movie Avatar was based on the Nilotes people.

The Nilotes include all descendants of the original Nilo-Saharan speakers. Among these are: -
the Luo,
Sara
Maasai
Kalenjin
Dinka
Nuer,
Shilluk
Ateker,
and the Maa-speaking peoples, each of which is a cluster of several ethnic groups.

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01/10/2023

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗼𝗻

The lost city of Heracleion
•It was an ancient Egyptian city located in Abu Qir Bay, northeast of Alexandria.
•It's also known as Thonis and Thonis-Heracleion.

•It’s believed that Heracleion was built during the eighth century BC, and legend says that the city bears its name because the hero Hercules himself once visited it.

•The city was discovered in 2000 by the French archaeologist Franck Goddio and his team when they saw a colossal face emerge from under the water.

🌊Among the underwater ruins were 64 ships, 700 anchors, a treasure trove of gold coins, statues standing at 16 feet, and most notably the remains of a massive temple to the god Amun-Gereb, and a tiny sarcophagi for an animal.

•Over time the city was weakened by a combination of earthquakes, tsunamis, and rising sea.

•A few residents stayed on during the Roman era and the beginning of Arab rule, but by the end of the eighth century AD what was left of the city had sunk beneath the sea.
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30/09/2023

Nubia is the mother of ancient Egypt. The pharaohs were generally Nubian. Especially the originals, before the Asian invasion. Black Africa is the root of ancient Egypt.

The white Egyptian you see among statue in muesums are from Greco-Roman-Turks-Arabs origin. They didn't built any pyramids in Kemet ! They just put it down their suitcases.

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26/09/2023

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Umbrella made in Northern Uganda by a Luo tribe (Acholi)

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25/09/2023

19 century
African American celebrities and their African Ancestral doppelganger. 🌍❤️

19/08/2023

20 African Musicians by YouTube Subscribers
1. Mohamed Ramadan 🇪🇬 (Egypt) - 15.1 million
2. Saad Lamjarred 🇲🇦 (Morocco)- 14.7 million
3. Soolking 🇩🇿 (Algeria) - 10 million
4. Hassan Shakosh 🇪🇬 (Egypt) - 8.33 million
5. Tamer Hosny 🇪🇬 (Egypt) - 8.21 million
6. Diamond Platnumz 🇹🇿 (Tanzania) - 8.01 million
7. Zouhair Bahaoui 🇲🇦 (Morocco) - 7.13 million
8. Balti 🇹🇳 (Tunisia) - 6.72 million
9. Sherine 🇪🇬 (Egypt) - 4.77 million
10. Rayvanny 🇹🇿 (Tanzania) - 4.59 million
11. Burna Boy 🇳🇬 (Nigeria) - 4.14 million
12. Harmonize 🇹🇿 (Tanzania) - 4.1 million
13. Ckay 🇳🇬 (Nigeria) - 3.84 million
14. Fally Ipupa 🇨🇩 (Congo) - 3.67 million
15. Davido 🇳🇬 (Nigeria) - 3.58 million
16. Die Antwoord 🇿🇦 (South Africa) - 3.32 million
17. Flavour 🇳🇬 (Nigeria) - 3.03 million
18. Wizkid 🇳🇬 (Nigeria) - 2.86 million
19. Zuchu 🇹🇿 (Tanzania) - 2.83 million
20. Mbosso 🇹🇿 (Tanzania) - 2.49 million

The above is a list of 20 African musicians who have the most YouTube subscribers and are currently based in Africa, creating music that originates from the continent.

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19/08/2023

Do you no Peter Mensah

He is a British Nationalised Ghanaian Actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as Tears of the Sun, 300, Avatar, and Scorpion King (Book of Soul) as well as for his portrayal of "doctor" Enomao in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus : Gods of the Arena and Spartacus:. Vengeance. He was born in Accra, Ghana on August 27, 1959. Mensah comes from a Sudanese family of the Asante tribe who relocated to Hertfordshire, England. He spent part of his youth there until he decided to leave Europe and look for a fortune in Canada or Australia, but the papers for entry to Canada arrived earlier and therefore he decided to move to that country. Martial arts enthusiast his beginnings as an actor were relatively late, occasionally at school and professionally when he was over forties.

He has since appeared in films such as 300, Hidalgo (Oceans of Fire in Spain), Tears of the Sun, Jason X, The Incredible Hulk (2008), Harvard's Man and Bless the Child. He has made television appearances in Star Trek: Enterprise , Tracker , Witchblade , Blue Murder, Relic Hunter , Earth: Final Conflict , Highlander: The Crow , La Femme Nikita and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (in episode 12 of season two, titled "The Fields of the Alps").

He also starred in the short film The Seed and later appeared in a small role in the James Cameron film Avatar. Later he appeared in the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and in its prequel, Spartacus : Gods of the Arena, playing the role of Enomao, as well as in the new season of the series, Spartcus: Vengeance.

He also appeared in the fifth season of the television series True Blood. He lent his voice and image to Zach Hammond, Chief of Security and USG Captain Kellion in the Dead Space video game. Peter Mensah's talent leaps as he appears on-screen. She's one of those people who catch the eye and make sure her character doesn't go unnoticed, even if she's not the protagonist in

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02/04/2023

𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗦

In the 1930s, dreadlocks were a fashionable hairstyle among Rastafarians. The Rastafarian movement, which originated in Jamaica, is based on a blend of Christian and African spiritual ideas. Rastafarians believe that their hair represents the power and energy of their African ancestors, and they wear dreadlocks to reflect this belief. Dreadlocks are religious, but they have also become a sign of defiance and counterculture.

In the 1960s and 1970s, hippies and other groups who didn't like mainstream culture liked to wear dreadlocks. People have used locs for a variety of reasons throughout history. The Maasai warriors of Africa, for example, are renowned for wearing long, thin red dreadlocks dyed with red root extracts or red ochre. However, in Nigeria, infants who are born with naturally locked hair are referred to as "Dada" by the Yoruba.

The Rastafari movement thinks that dreadlocks are a sign of the Lion of Judah, which sometimes shows up on the Ethiopian flag. Rastafari supporters believe that Haile Selassie is a direct descendant of King Solomon and Queen Sheba through their son Menelik I and that the Nazarites recorded in the Bible inspired them to wear dreadlocks.

People of all races and ethnicities now sport dreadlocks as a fashionable hairstyle in many parts of the world. While they have religious and cultural value for some, many individuals just wear them as a fashion statement. Despite their rising popularity, dreadlocks have caused controversy and prejudice.

They have been outlawed in several businesses and schools, and some people have encountered prejudice due to their haircut. In the end, the history of dreadlocks is long and varied. They have deep roots in ancient cultures and are still important to culture today.

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24/03/2023

Egyptians in the late 1800s 🇪🇬

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18/03/2023

What did the Nubian pyramids of Meroë look like?

Built between 2,700 and 2,300 years ago, in a desert in eastern Sudan lies a collection of nearly 200 ancient pyramids.

These steeply-sloping pyramids contain chapels and burial chambers decorated with illustrations and inscriptions carved in hieroglyphs and Meroitic script celebrating the rulers’ lives in Meroe – a wealthy Nile city and the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt.

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18/03/2023

The life of a child born at a cattle camp in south sudan 🇸🇸 in 18-19 centuries
Did you ever experience this life?

17/03/2023

The himba tribe found in and Southern , don't bath with water. They bath by applying red achre on their skin every morning.

They had a tradition of welcoming visitors by offering them s*x as a form of hospitality, however this practice rarely exist today due to suppression by the government.

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14/03/2023

Met Leonora Jacobs, a Namibian who starred in a popular 1988 film, The Gods Must Be Crazy.
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 #𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

14/03/2023

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻
𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 🇨🇳,

The Benin Walls, also known as the Walls of Benin, were a series of defensive fortifications built around the city of Benin (now known as Edo State in Nigeria) during the 13th to 15th centuries. The walls were made of earth and laterite and were up to 20 meters high in some places, making them one of the largest man-made structures in the world.

The Benin Walls were built to protect the kingdom of Benin from outside invaders and to control trade in the region. The walls were not only used for defensive purposes but also served as a means of communication, with messages being sent using drums and smoke signals.

The walls were first constructed under the reign of Oba Ewedo, who ruled from 1255 to 1280. Over time, the walls were extended and reinforced by subsequent rulers, with the last major expansion taking place under Oba Esigie in the 16th century.

The Benin Walls were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995 and are considered an important cultural and historical landmark in Nigeria. Despite their historical significance, many parts of the walls have been damaged or destroyed over time due to neglect, urbanization, and development.

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 #𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

14/03/2023

Earth Castles, Togo 🇹🇬
The Batammariba people, whose name means "those who model the earth", live in
north-eastern Togo and are known for making remarkable mud tower-houses (Takienta) which have come to be seen as a symbol of Togo.

Many of the buildings are two storeys high and those with granaries feature an almost spherical form above a cylindrical base. Some of the buildings have flat roofs, others have conical thatched roofs. They are grouped in villages, which also include ceremonial spaces, springs, rocks and sites reserved for initiation ceremonies.

Nature is strongly associated with the rituals and beliefs of society and the architecture of the tower-houses are a reflection of social structure, its farmland and forest and the associations between people and landscape.

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 #𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

14/03/2023

𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮

The Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle," at its original location in Alexandria, Egypt in the 1870s. Before it was moved to London, England, where it stands today.

18/02/2023

⏪1974
Mary Wallace began her career as CTA’s first female bus operator. She retired 33 years later.

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 #𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

18/02/2023

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗞𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀

The army of 'Amr ibn al-'As led the Muslims to conquer Egypt between 639 and 646 AD. The Rashidun Caliphate was in charge of the whole thing. It ended the seven-hundred-year rule of Egypt by the Romans, which began in 30 BC.

Egypt had been taken over and ruled by the Sasanian Empire from 618 to 629, before the Byzantine emperor Heraclius took it back. The caliphate took advantage of the fact that the Byzantines were tired and took over Egypt ten years after Heraclius had taken it back.

By the middle of the year 630, the Caliphate had already taken over the Levant and its Ghassanid allies in Arabia. The loss of the wealthy province of Egypt and the defeat of the Byzantine armies made the empire much weaker, which led to more territory losses over the next few hundred years.

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17/02/2023

From a slave to a Samurai.

The first known black samurai in Japanese history was Yasuke, a man of African origin who lived in Japan in the late 16th century. Yasuke was brought to Japan by Jesuit missionaries and served as a slave to the Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. However, he eventually caught the attention of the powerful feudal lord Oda Nobunaga, who was intrigued by Yasuke's appearance and made him a retainer. Yasuke was trained as a warrior and was said to have performed well in battles, earning him the title of "samurai."

However, Yasuke's stay in Japan was brief, and after the death of Oda Nobunaga, he disappeared from historical records. Despite his limited time in Japan, Yasuke's story has captured the imagination of people around the world, and he has been the subject of several books, plays, and even a manga series.

It is important to note that while Yasuke was the first known black samurai in Japanese history, there is limited information available about him, and much of what is known has been passed down through legends and oral traditions. Nevertheless, Yasuke remains an interesting and unique figure in Japanese history, and his story continues to inspire people to this day.

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03/02/2023

𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗢𝗛𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗥𝗦
” ~ Nubians (Kush*tes/𝗦𝗨𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗘 ) were the first civilization to construct pyramids, universities, Royal homes and temples.
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A civilization of innate glory, they were renowned for their wealth and prowess as hunters, fighters, educators and skilled artisans in iron, copper, gold and pottery.

They traded extensively with the Far East and Middle Eastern empires and educated the Greeks in astrology, medicine and science.

The 𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 central power of Meroe actually served as an influential pivot for trade and education across Africa, and the world.

Prior to demise, caused by a constant stream of European and Assyrian attack (as well as their well known culture of tomb-raiding and grave robbing), the original Pharaohs of the African continent, residing across the Horn, were referred to by a number of Greek philosophers as “the Godly leaders of a Black paradise”. 🇸🇩🇸🇸
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