Myth of foreign origin or domination of Mali culture - Also Myth of Arabs bringing Mali architecture

[insomniacgrace]

Wow, so bongga! Thanks for having this video posted.

[motowa01]

On the other hand, modernism promotes standardization and mass production. Industrialization kills diversity and erodes identity. On the other hand you find thousands of different language, culture, architecture and race over Muslim countries. You can't make the same statement when comes to USA, NZ, Canada, Australia, British: all speak same language, same culture and same system of government, killed local natives and their culture and language...

[motowa01]

There is no place for racism in Islam. Islam celebrates diversity and multiculturalism, just look at diverse mosque shapes, forms, materials, colors...

[sayyid14]

Is Arabic is Important in Mali? are Arabic was wide spoken in Mali? what i know that Niger,Nigeria,Chad,Mali was used arabic widely before European colonize,anybody answer my question.i hope Mali,Niger,Nigeria will make Arabic 1 of Offcial langauge in Niger,Nigeria,Mali,Sengal again

[CerromeX]

OMG I wish more white people can be more like him in America

[90rashad]

and they say africans cant build nothing but mud huts the vid kicks azz

[randomdude5640]

I feel that we must all take note that the Sahara Desert is a new scar on the face of the earth. 5000 years ago that area was green. People speak sub-Saharan as if Africans never crossed it. >.>

And then some people speak as if the beginning of white civilization was the beginning of civilization PERIOD. That is also false.

[cymonebreathe]

Living buildings <-- phenomenal concept

[jack3finger]

The racists anti African beasts will go any length to label

Africans as less than human.

[tryanjohnson]

This is amazing. Good upload.

[GGLebo23]

These are the type of white ppl I like. They don't just try to understand, but more importantly they are appreciative of what Africans have contributed.

watch?v=iYMkTxNQGGU

This is also a good documentary about Timbuktu, Mali. It shows how expansive and beautiful this ancient civilzations was. It also shows how intellectual they were. They had written language, they studied astrology, and universities. People the history books ignore & replace w/ "black savages."

[sitabanu]

@GGLebo23 The other important point is the continued symbolism of the Ostrich, as the feathers of the Ostrich are the actual Feathers of Ma'at. Google it and see how some things never change even when it looks on the surface to be different.

[sn00piedog]

This is history I want to hear about Africans, they never talk about history of mali, lybia even barley egypt. When they teach about Africa all they say is poverty war torn, and slavery.

[RoachBurger]

@sn00piedog

I went to a technology charter school funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, where African history and politics was a contemporary trip into BIZZARO WORLD.

We learned, among other things, that AIDS started in Africa after an African had sex with a chimp. We learned about child soldiers in graphic detail, about female circumcisions, and African anarcgy... A black guy even came in, a "friend" of the teacher, telling us about how Africans stunk. This was only back in 2005!

[kingkongrichie]

@RoachBurger What a great teacher!

[RoachBurger]

@kingkongrichie

A dog would think so.

[ChristiansMustLearn]

@RoachBurger whats the schools name?

[Godgenes]

this "mosque" wasnt originally a mosque iether. It was actually built by the DOGON, who are descendants of the priests of ancient egypt and initially had nothing to do with Islam. This temple served the same purpose as the temples of ancient egypt and that is the the study of the sciences, philosophies, mathematics and most important the MYSTERIES. NOw of course Timbuktu along with many other cities became Islamized LATER ON.

[pirell]

we all know that the arabs had no culture. just leeches who stole african culture.

[Theresa968]

Thats so true, I guess you can say alot of cultures were stolen from Africa.

[hothot991]

@pirell can u read about arab culture and how they made abig country from Spain to china and what they did do for wrld in another hand we see african people what they did do for world or even for themselves except slave their brother

[pirell]

@hothot991 you are an ignorant idiot. The Moors who ruled spain consisted of arabs AND black north africans, in a succession of ruling dynasties. the African moors brought the education to spain. thats why there was timbuktu as a great learning city, as well as the other great islamic centre for learning based in AFRICA. there was nothing of the sort in the middle east. go read a book or two and realise that the african moors educated Iberia. you racist shit

[Thutmosis7]

@pirell The arabs came much later like dr clark said. for the first 500+yrs it was ruled by the african and the next few more the arabs. Good post

[BillieCoss]

@pirell and the whites

[sayyid14]

@pirell are u sure what u said?

[pirell]

@sayyid14 100% sure. arabs are nomads, they had no culture and were and still are like leeches, they will leech onto the best thing while trying to destroy that culture, and then move on. that is why even though you have people claiming the moors brought education to europe, its infact the african side of the moors who did this. why was there no pinnacle of learning in the arab world/? what arab university was a great centre of education? timbuktu was muslim but NOT ARAB!

[sayyid14]

@pirell Andalus is Arab-beber Muslim not black,moor is muslim arab,black,beber or hispanic name by Spanish,like moro in southern Philippine ..The conquest of Persian,..Arab Scholar IBNU SINA , AL GAZHALI,IBNU BATUTTA,AL-JARB n many more with . and other..ur Language have many Arabic Loan word ..so who are leeches.and soo on..u can research u on i not Arab im Malays.but to said Arab are.Timbuktu/African vs Arab word Mosque n other tradition arab building witch is beauty ?

[pirell]

@sayyid14 they used arab words because they were muslim, and they had to learn arabic to read and understand the kuran, and thats why they chose arab-ish names, just like theyhave in many african countries today. my friend is named tariq, but he's black african from mali and is a muslim, just like an african christian using the name john, it doesnt mean he's european. arabs contributed NOTHING to the world but leeched on other people especially africans. so shut your mouth and go read up.

[sayyid14]

@pirell Andalus King or Chalipate are Arab-Berber,Tariq Abdul Aziz is great arab Commander..so it is black African??? Tariq Abdul Aziz is Arabic name not African Native..Yeah remember Arab have many Tribe,Dialect n Life Stlye..some are nomad call badwi,some are not..are u learn history???? n remember India,Persian have heavy Arabic Culture..Persian,Urdu,Punjab,T­urkey(Ottoman Turk),Swahili ,Malagasy,Uzebek,Tatar n Other Muslim Nation Writing system is Arabic based.

[pirell]

@sayyid14 shut your mouth, tariq abdul azis, the was from north africa, berber my ass.. north africa was african before indo europeans invaded, and the general who invaded spain was from mali... dark as charcoal. thats how you fucking arabs try and steal african culture. EVERY AFRICAN IS AFRICAN, NOT ARAB..THEY MAY HAVE MIXED WITH ARAB BUT THEY ARE STILL BLACK. SO CALLED BERBERS SHARE 90% DNA WITH SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS NOT FUCKING ARABS YOU CULTURLESS SCUMBAGS.

[sayyid14]

@pirell Tariq Zayd have arab name u nation still do the same! Are u Sure Malian(black) 1st invaded Liberian.so Andalus Architecture is form Malian(black African). where is proof?.are u still said that Arab is Steal African Culture and u dont accept a reality that African Suck most arab culture,i don see Arab have Afiran culture.Kenya is not Muslim Majority Swahili itself 35% have arabic word exmple Republic of Kenya in Swahili is Jamhuri ya Kenya(Swahili).do u see that Jamhuri is form Arabic.

[pirell]

@sayyid14 the moors were made up of arab and african caliphates, the mali caliphate ruled iberia as well as the arab caliphates, they were all muslim. The islamic centre's of learning were all in africa, NOTHING in arab world. even mohammed himself was going to be killed by his own barbaric arab people and it was the Africans in somali who rescued him and he stayed there till he died. then when the fucking arabs invaded somalia they destroyed EVERYTHING, YES i am sure that arabs have NO culture

[pirell]

@sayyid14 yes swahili has some part of arabic due to contact with arabs this doesnt mean they steal their culture. English is made up of french and latin, that doesnt mean they stole their culture its just what happens when you contact another tribe frequently, and because the muslims invaded east africa. the first inhabitants of arab land now called middle east were black africans, saudi arabia was part of africa, the nomadic cultureless arabs invaded and began to settle there.

[Metaphysicist]

@pirell I'm all for uplifting my people; but being racist towards Arabs is going to help. Only unbiased facts can do that.

[pirell]

@Metaphysicist im all for uplifting too, but the truth is the truth. im not racist. A racist thinks or beleives that one race is superior to another, and i am never like that. But that doesnt mean that i wont say what has happened historically and that is the arabs have stolen african culture. and that the arabs were originally nomads who assumed african culture, deceived them with islam and enslaved them. They still care little for africans as do europeans. to say these things is not racist

[akkadianarab]

@pirell and please do support your laughable ideas with evidence.

[akkadianarab]

@pirell haha thats hilarious what african culture are u talking about exactly that we stole......mud huts and stone tools? the arabs are a branch of the semites those who practically invented civilization and empires. pioneered in architecture medicine irrigation and science.

[EshuTheOrisha]

Awesome video. Heroes of all people Markellion.

I know Allah created you for a reason, and your purpose is great.

[markellion]

This is to show the idea of a superior colonial Arab culture supplanting African ones probably has more basis in stereotypes than fact and evidence

[markellion]

Added to descriptions box

"A celebrated jurist of Hedjaz (Arabia), arriving in Timbuctoo with the intention of teaching, found the town full of Sudanese scholars. Observing them to be his superiors in knowledge, he withdrew to Fez, where he succeeded in obtaining employment."

[Africanagh]

@markellion Islam is not the religion of arabs people but the religion of god for the all people in the word.

[termanology85]

@Africanagh it was created by Arab peoples. You can claim it is of God but the Quran was written in Arabic, the holy places are in the Arab world, Arab people make money off Muslims pilgrimage to Mecca & Medina, the foremost scholars on Islam are located in the Arab world. Arabic language is written in the Arabic script.

[90rashad]

@termanology85 really because they have pictures and video of a african man putting it back together after some parts melted.

[Africanagh]

@markellion where are arabs in africa ? Any where. This is berberian muslims .

[somalipal]

@markellion You are obsessed with arabs, take this, we are blacks and arabs and muslims, go take your negro centred bs somewhere else. Go to mali tell people about your weird racist views and you will be told off.

[markellion]

Also some translations of Ibn Khaldun have him saying that architecture was first introduced by outsiders but those translations are flawed

[markellion]

There was of course diffusion of ideas and technologies but as shown in the descriptions box it wasn't that architecture was first introduced by the outside world

[BigPreme]

@markellion There is a city they have found older than Djenne that was pre Islam and it was mud brick and larger and denser than London is today. So the whole diffusion into the area from the outside is a no go.

[PrimeReality]

I wish that the IMF did not hold these people down with so many restrictions.

[GGLebo23]

@PrimeReality The IMF/World is a disgustingly racist exploitative organization. Just in case you are not fully aware of how they operate I have a few videos in my favorites. One is "The New Rulers of the World" and "World Bank Creating poverty." I swear I have never heard of them fucking up a white nation(excluding Argentina, which they probably consider Latino), but they've done plenty harm in Latin America, Asia, and especially Africa.

[PrimeReality]

@GGLebo23 alot of nazis moved to south america.