I LOVE diving into topics I'm not familiar! A huge thanks to J. Bela for not only suggesting this topic but also helping to provide the research. He just published a historical fiction book set in this period which you should definitely check out: "Griots Tell No Lies" (US link www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSBMW7MN?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_NG25M2V1BX5WB4DX8J2E&language=en-US) (UK link www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSBMW7MN?nodl=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_6DQJ88KWK1X5AMYGFBNN&language=en-GB&dplnkId=d5c97219-e5b5-4894-a102-23b3a618ceb1)

@NSC776

23 күн бұрын

Griots, professional storytellers, were said to be spread news via wordplay and are said to have laid the foundation of rap when enslaved in the Americas.

@thirdspacemaker9141

22 күн бұрын

I want to buy the book, but it does not appear to be available for purchase in US. Is there some other method of purchase? Edit: I was able to add the paperback to my cart, but the shipping will more than double the cost. I don’t seem to be able to purchase the ebook. These problems might only be on my phone. I will try from a computer later.

@dnifty1

22 күн бұрын

One part of the history I would disagree with is the arrival of better horses and barding from Islamic cultures. While that did happen, there is an earlier history of influence that also came from the East through Chad originating in Sudan and the Nile in the late BC era into early AD era. The Sahel was always an east west corridor connecting West Africa not only with the Sahara to the North but Sudan and East Africa with West Africa. To this day, Hausa and Fulani groups are found all along the Sahel from Sudan to West Africa. And the Kanem Bornu empire is an example of one of the early kingdoms to arise along these ancient trade routes.

@KorbentMarksman

21 күн бұрын

Do you think you could ask him to make the eBook available in Australia? I'd love to buy it

@JalilBela

21 күн бұрын

Huge thanks to you guys for the opportunity! I'll forever be grateful!

Netflix should take notes. THIS is an African story worth telling

@welfarecrusader6855

21 күн бұрын

Netflix is always on the prowl for cool stories to ruin, maybe it's best they don't know

@admirekashiri9879

21 күн бұрын

Na they shouldn’t! We don’t want them to butcher African histories and stories! It’s best for Africans and our folks in the diaspora to make this stuff ourselves.

@CrazyNikel

20 күн бұрын

I get your angle on this point. But *fuck netflix*

@Cancoillotteman

19 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 Do you have any quality African series / movie to recommand ? I'd gladly watch these !

@fridericusrex6289

19 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 They already butchered Greek dynasty of Egypt because they wanted to have a black heroes. Now it is time to butcher stories of real black africans, they will probably make them asian? Yes, Asian Mali sounds perfect for Netflix. Imagine: "I do not care what teachers tell you, Mansa Musa was asian women!". Now seriously, Africa has real interesting stories and kingdoms. Why the hell didnt they do Kush or Mali?

Now this is what we need. Africa has such a rich history that is so frequently ignored.

@meager992

23 күн бұрын

@@crocrox2273 So you're telling me all these horse archers and trainings and weapon smithing and all these cities and shit had no written letter or records? You think they just worked off vibes and shit, is that what you think?

@NSC776

23 күн бұрын

@@meager992 people like him can’t even use Google. If they did they’d see written languages like Geez, Nsibdi, meriotic and a whole other host of native languages, as well as adopted scripts Arabic (Greek was adopted from Nilotic scripts..).

@cegesh1459

23 күн бұрын

​​@@meager992Mali one of the largest bibliothecaris during the medieval era. The bibliothecary of Timbuktu. However, a lot of these writings wereIslamic religious texts, no all of them though, there was also math and others. The tradition still lives on, but the city sufferen Tuarec raids. Edit: Couldn't see the orignal comment you replied to any longer. See it as a responce to that.

@benedictjajo

23 күн бұрын

​@@NSC776it is not just African history, they barely touch the history of smaller kingdoms of Europe. I mean, who has heard of Tomislav, the greatest King of Croatia or Tamar the Great Queen of Georgia. Let's just say popular media likes well known things.😅

@NSC776

23 күн бұрын

@@benedictjajo the point is even major empires in Africa aren’t known. Mali was home to the richest man in history, with a constitutional law (The Manden Charter) that had one of the worlds first written human rights as well as one of the worlds oldest universities. Yet no one knows about it. Everyone knows about equivalent European empires or kingdoms, it’s all we hear about.

West Africa history is so underrated.

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

You should read the book akhi… we need this turned into a film

@admirekashiri9879

21 күн бұрын

The whole continent is underrated mate.

@TimrodRa

8 күн бұрын

Suppressed is it is.

@Inquisitor6321

7 күн бұрын

It's also undocumented. Mali history is hearsay history.

@darthveatay

5 күн бұрын

You can say that again. There’s several moments of Africa’s history that makes game of thrones look like a kids show

If only netflix made a series about these guys instead of black Cleopatra

@SeekerOfKnowledge87

23 күн бұрын

The market incentivizes TV shows and movies with easily recognized names. It incentivizes established franchise with fan bases. This drives the trend of remakes and reboots. Financially it's riskier to pursue original concepts. There are exceptions to this, but this doesn't eliminate the varying degrees of risk. It's the same with less explored European cultures like the various Celtic tribes, the marcomani, the suebi, the picts, etc. There's rich cultures and warriors to draw upon for media, but art is not made for the sake of art, but for a return on investment.

@ramenbomberdeluxe4958

23 күн бұрын

Why is there an issue with black cleopatra? Please dont be one of those rabid anti-SJW types, these history channels have enough of you guys poisoning the well as it is, we dont need one of the better ones being FURTHER tainted by you guys.

@Harib_Al-Saq

23 күн бұрын

They are indirectly being racist because they are implying they have no history.

@NSC776

23 күн бұрын

In fairness, Hollywood has whitewashed a lot of ancient Egyptian shows “Exodus” springs to mind

@Harib_Al-Saq

23 күн бұрын

​@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958Because she was Macedonian. It's like if they used Dwayne the Rock Johnson to portray Napoleon. It's intellectually dishonest.

As a longtime viewer of your channel and African I’m truly grateful for this video, the continent is not short on its number of kings and generals

@CHex.

22 күн бұрын

Sir this is Invicta, not Kings & Generals ;)

@BrenttFease

20 күн бұрын

@@CHex. I'll be honest, I usually forget which videos come from which channels. They're both pretty great.

I'm SO happy seeing this channel cover some West African history. It's really unfortunate how little a lot of African history gets talked about outside of channels that specifically focus on the topic, because I feel like a lot of history buffs who know nothing about Africa would find it just as interesting as any other history if they just had a place to start.

@martinwinther6013

23 күн бұрын

@@NataliaYaremchuk0816 What do you mean?? Is it bad to persue some goals like making africa relevant for the world-history, and then be happy when it happens?

@nvmtt1403

23 күн бұрын

@@martinwinther6013 the problem is when it is done from an american pov. They would rather try to make characters like hannibal and cleopatra black. While I am yet to see hollywood even touch aksumite history. where is the serials on sundjata or yodit? where is the movie on the numidians? where are the animations on cyrenica? they are just putting on a coat of paint and presenting it as african.

@martinwinther6013

23 күн бұрын

@@nvmtt1403 I think youre confusing entertainment and history

@martinwinther6013

23 күн бұрын

@@NataliaYaremchuk0816 Youre confusing archeology and history. History is the written or spoken word delivered from generation to generation. And it ends when we have to look for answers in finding from digouts etc.

@martinwinther6013

23 күн бұрын

@@NataliaYaremchuk0816 Youre using archeologic examples to argue historical. Its not how things work

im very excited as an african american man with malian ancestry pre-slavery. this was very rewarding! thank you. please do more.

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

Get the book my brother, you will be amazed! And start planning a trip to visit the motherland!

@BilalMarcus

22 күн бұрын

@@amindada9947 what book?

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

@@BilalMarcus the one from the sponsor, Griots tell no lies, the link is in the description box I believe

@Morsee.

22 күн бұрын

Same what state are you from? Lots of mandinka were brought to Lousiana!!

@BilalMarcus

22 күн бұрын

@@Morsee. im from indiana but have grandparents from alabama and tennessee. and ancestors enslaved there.

The last time I was this early Ghana was still an empire

@samsmith2635

23 күн бұрын

Hah my friends In Accra would appreciate you

@Reformedhillbilly369

22 күн бұрын

This was both funny and sad

@JcoleMc

22 күн бұрын

Last time I was this early Garamantia still owned Niger

@belstar1128

22 күн бұрын

gold coast

@ibrahimsuleiman8473

20 күн бұрын

You do realize that the country Ghana,have nothing to do with kingdom of Ghana.

I am surprised this got covered, even afro-centric channels tend to ignore Mali's army focusing more the Mansas and their ambitions and never the wars they fought.

@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin

23 күн бұрын

Kid, "Who's Mansa Musa?" Teacher, "He had a lot of gold. Some say he was the richest man in the world at the time." Kid, "Okay, how did he get all that gold?" Teacher, "Lots of uh... gold mines. Yes." Kid, "How did he mobilize the industry to dig them up? What wars did he wage? What was the culture actually like?" Teacher, "Fck... I dunno? We gotta teach you about how africans didn't just live in mud huts though, so sit down and shut up!"

@kakerake6018

22 күн бұрын

Cause they gotta narrative and the actually interesting stuff aren’t useful for them.

@masonarmand8988

22 күн бұрын

@@kakerake6018 whats the narrative?

@joshuafrimpong244

22 күн бұрын

@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin like all african states around that area, slaves would be used, and it was his predecessors who conquered these gold mines and saved up the treasury for him to use. He used it on conquering Timbuktu and Gao, turing these into centres of Islamic learning, and the culture was very diverse, with the Tuaregs, Songhai, mandinkans, fulani, wolof, bambarans, arabs, and moors contibuting in certain areas of the state, along with the traditional religions and Islam

@xiuhcoatl4830

22 күн бұрын

@@masonarmand8988 african nations were as warlike and violent as the others, engaged in slavery, war crimes and pillaging, as all other societies did. That's not good for the narrative that only white people did that

Its a wonderfully rich region of the world. The african prince who became obsessed with the idea that a land existed over the ocean to the west is a great one.

@NSC776

23 күн бұрын

He was the ruler prior Mansa Musa’s. He was called Abdukari II

@TGBurgerGaming

23 күн бұрын

@@NSC776 Thank you for that!

@VainerCactus0

22 күн бұрын

He was not wrong about that land I guess.

@NSC776

22 күн бұрын

@@VainerCactus0 there’s lots of loose theories to suggest he made it. Even in Christopher Colombus’ journal he said he saw blacks in the Caribbean - and he knew they were distinctly different from the native population. There’s a book called “they came before colombus” which explores some of the research

@extraordinarytv5451

14 күн бұрын

​@@NSC776the native people also reported getting gifts of gold and golden weapons from "dark-skinned people from the south and southeast"

According to legend, King Sunjata was quite severely disabled with spinal deformations, and it took him a long time as a teenager to learn how to ride and fight. If true, it makes his triumph over the Sosso even more impressive.

@masehoart7569

12 күн бұрын

It is not just according to legend. Sundiata is one of the most popular & one of the best documented epics of Africa - what Arthur is to Europe. The story of Mansa Soundiata has bern turned into films and animation

This was an incredible video. The rich history of Africa is often ignored. It was great of you to cover one of history's most underrated empires.

@jonathanviera1589

3 күн бұрын

Hopefully it leads to future empires getting similar attention would like to see one of Benin or Kanem Bornu empire

The So-So were surprisingly effective. I kinda expected them to be mid at best with that name.

@chrismiltondcosta7593

6 сағат бұрын

I see what you did there.

This is an honestly fascinating story that I cannot wait to hear more of. It really is a shame that pop history neglects stories like this so much.

@DizzyDisco93

23 күн бұрын

No obvious drama in it.

@DizzyDisco93

23 күн бұрын

​@@juniormartin3528it's not immediately recognizable to a western audience and it isn't unique. Identical stories in more familiar cultures are easier to sell.

@broq9194

22 күн бұрын

@@DizzyDisco93 No obvious drama? What does that mean? Explain.

@DizzyDisco93

22 күн бұрын

@@broq9194 refer to previous comment.

@rsync9490

22 күн бұрын

​@@DizzyDisco93No obvious Drama? Doesn't get more dramatic when a king dies and 14 sons fight for the throne.

I don’t normally buy things based off of KZreadr recommendations, but I will make an exception today

@InvictaHistory

23 күн бұрын

Thanks! I definitely want to support J. Bela and will be buying a copy as well

@admirekashiri9879

23 күн бұрын

@@InvictaHistoryI will definitely be getting a copy of that book. Another book I’d say to look out for is called Rise of the Lion King by Anthony Kwamu. This book is a historical about Sundiata Keita. The author has an already published historical fiction on medieval Ethiopia called Red Monk of Roha, it’s awesome. As an African history buff I was geeking out at the historical details added 😂.

@JalilBela

21 күн бұрын

Thank you very much for giving my story a chance! I hope it doesn't disappoint, enjoy it!

I’m African American I’m a direct descendant of the mandinka and Bambara people proud of my heritage!

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

You should read the sponsor’s book my brother, you would be amazed at the greatness of our Mandinka predecessors ✊🏿

West African history is criminally under-covered and it's awesome that you're doing it justice with such a video! I know so little about this and I want to know more.

@krystofcisar469

21 күн бұрын

isnt it also widely under researched?

@admirekashiri9879

21 күн бұрын

@@krystofcisar469The whole continent is.

@bxzidffbxzidff

21 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 Except the North

@admirekashiri9879

21 күн бұрын

@@bxzidffbxzidff Indeed

@Morsee.

20 күн бұрын

@@bxzidffbxzidff Even some aspects of North African history is outside of Egypt.

Can you please do a video on the roads and bridges of the Ashanti Empire?

Mali, Ghana, Timbuktu there are so many rich and vibrant stories to tell About African history, and yet they always get ignored, like others have said, for black Cleopatra

Don't even need to watch the video. I want that caparison. I don't care how whether it's a movie or a video game i want to see a knight rock up in a african multi-colored caparison. These mali knights has serious drip and it needs to be in pop culture now!

@broq9194

22 күн бұрын

Look up African horsemen, particularly West African, the best being among the Hausa in Northern Nigeria IMO. They just look so super cool. I love horses, knights, and that kind of thing, and if there's a cooler bunch of elaborately decorated knights in the world then I haven't seen them. They do an elaborate cavalry ceremony every year where the knights/nobles do a "mock charge" with their swords and lances pointed toward the emperor. Pre-colonial African societies, generally speaking, didn't tolerate all powerful dictatorships so the mock charge is carried out by powerful nobles who pull up at the last second and salute the emperor - if his/her reign has been just, with the understanding that this "mock charge" will be a REAL CHARGE with a real army if the emperor's reign has not been just. I can't wait to go see this festival one day, so cool looking in pictures. It's crazy how the entire Western society knows virtually nothing about this. smh

@rafitohornero3850

22 күн бұрын

You can custom order them from horse saddler maker. Or leather worker.

@rafitohornero3850

22 күн бұрын

I custom order my horse caparison gamberson from leather worker. I use the caparison when i train horse archer twice a week

@odupitanmichael6072

22 күн бұрын

​@@broq9194it's called the durbar. It's a yearly event.

@broq9194

22 күн бұрын

@@odupitanmichael6072 Yeah I know

Oh finally I’ve been waiting to see this. 5:30 - 5:40 Small nitpick but, most of the icons there are depicting East African warriors, not west African. 6:40 The horse armor predates Islamic influence it’s actually from Kush. There is art and accounts which mention it. In the book "On the Erythraean Sea", the Greek historian Agatharchides, relating the history of Ptolemy II's Nubian campaign, refers to a native (Nubian) type of felt armour for horse and rider that covers the whole body except for the eyes: "For the war against the Aithiopians Ptolemy recruited 500 cavalrymen from Greece. To those who were to fight in the front ranks and to be the vanguard - they were a hundred in number - he assigned the following form of equipment. For he distributed to them and their horses garments of felt (stolas piletas), which those of that country (hoi kata ten choran; "the natives of the country" in Burstein) call kasas, that conceal the whole body except for the eyes." In this military context, "stolas piletas" has been translated as "quilted garment" or more literally "felted clothing". The term "kasas" has also been associated with a type of Persian saddle cloth, or the term "Kassos", which translates as "thick garment". It was used by Kushites as an effective protection against arrows, which made it important for the Ptolemies in their campaign against the archery heavy Kushite army. This type of quilted (usually cotton) armor became ubiquitous to the greater Sahel region, south of the Sahara, from Sudan to Mali in medieval times. It was used to cover horse and rider, concealing the whole body except for the eyes (or face), and was even used to make skullcaps.

@jayBBvid95

22 күн бұрын

May I ask what books/channels/articles you read? You seem to know a lot about African history. I remember you from From Nothing’s channel

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

@@jayBBvid95Check out Africa History Extra the articles there are detailed and in-depth. They cover a ton of different African histories and cultures.

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

@@jayBBvid95 I’m trying to mention the sites I use but, KZread for some reason is offended by them! 🤦🏾‍♂️

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

@@jayBBvid95 As for the channels check out the these below. Hometeam History From Nothing Afrostorian Red Spirit Mask Tarik History Hidden History

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

@@jayBBvid95Check out African history Extra, The African History Channel you’ll get a ton of info from these guys.

Oh, yes. Another interesting topic i was not aware of previously. Thanks for making this

this is a really cool episode. The unit, the "less known" aspect, the colab with the author. Everything!

@JalilBela

21 күн бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! The book is having a lot of success on Amazon thanks to you guys!

This video with 1/100th the budget of Netflix's Egypt documentary encompasses on sharing historically accurate information about an African nations history with quality.

The fact that i know first about Malian cavalry tradition is came from Age of Empire II (some unique tech imply it) shows that even for avid historian, this topic is rarely be delved upon Thank you for bringing this

@krystofcisar469

21 күн бұрын

aoe2 also have quite good handbook included in gamne where u can read a brief history of every civ included.

@michaelwarenycia7588

Сағат бұрын

Farimba is the tech you're thinking of.

West Africa has a very deep calvary and horsemanship culture. The Oyo empire, Songhai empire, Mali empire, Sokoto Caliphate and Mossi kingdoms all had very powerful calvary heavy armied.

I wish people would recognize there's more to Africa then just the slave trade and colonialism, the people had myths and legends, kings and emperors, warriors and heroes who deserve to have their tales told.

This is so cool. How come I never heard about the Mali Empire?

@amicable5237

23 күн бұрын

You may find the Asante Empire interesting as well - they manufactured their own firearms

@randomelite4562

23 күн бұрын

Sub-Saharan African Empires aren’t often talked about

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

Pop culture doesn’t showcase this history and culture that much, that’s why.

@davisdelp8131

22 күн бұрын

@@randomelite4562 except when something bad happens, and even that’s a stretch

@saratmodugu2721

21 күн бұрын

World history is just the world that relates to Europe ironically through ancient empires influencing the COLONIZERS of Europe like the islamic moors, Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China, Islamic arabs, Carthage, and ottomans. All these nations gave westerners what they needed to become what they are.

This is amazing I can’t believe nobody talks about this

@wolfvonturmitz5652

23 күн бұрын

Because Africans complain if Whites write about them. But they dont do much for their real history. They rather attempt and demand Cultural thievery like "black egypt" and other nonsense, instead of focusing on real and interesting part of their history.

@FrostbitexP

23 күн бұрын

@@wolfvonturmitz5652 >Because Africans complain if Whites write about them I have never or atleast hardly seen this. Unless its when people say stupid things like "Africa didn't have societies or civilization", in which case yes, obviously. And rightfully so. But from all ive seen, Africans rejoice when anyone takes time to study and document African history.

@admirekashiri9879

23 күн бұрын

@@wolfvonturmitz5652😂😂😂 Clearly you haven’t spoken to many of us lad! Why generalise an entire continent? Wtf

@wolfvonturmitz5652

23 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 I ment exclusively Afrocentrics ;-) . To me they are the same as other crazies.

@justinjeffries1554

22 күн бұрын

smaller black youtubers have but not in the detail and focus a channel like Invicta can and obv without the same reach

That's the best sponsorship I've seen in a while Props to the author

One of these African knights actually moved to the Netherlands, for more information look up the story of Axel in Harlem

@hoppingvampire

23 күн бұрын

Was he the inspiration for Sir Morien from Arthurian legend

@tristanstaguinod2964

23 күн бұрын

Wait a minute

@admirekashiri9879

23 күн бұрын

What are you talking about?

@stevenwheeler5324

23 күн бұрын

​@@hoppingvampire 😂😂😂

@ramenbomberdeluxe4958

22 күн бұрын

We gettin out of The Gambia River with this one!!

1:20 OH! You take me back to Age of Empires 2 with those characters!

Somebody share this video in an African martial arts group I'm in, and I can't wait for episode 2. The end death look at Armor in learning about the training that they had to endure was very interesting. It helps you understand why the Mandinka ( Mandingo) warriors are famous in the present day.

@admirekashiri9879

23 күн бұрын

You part of HAMAA too? 😂

@Smitty753

23 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 yeppers I visit the page just about every day about five times a day LOL

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

@@Smitty753same here 😂

@marvel22-mf1js

22 күн бұрын

Mansa musa belong to the sub group of the mandinka called Malinke. They created the mali empire. They mostly live in guinea and mali.Thier is another sub group of the mandinka called mandinka/mandenka.They live mostly in gambia and senegal. In other words.This is the mande sub group mansa musa belongs to. Maninka, Eastern. This is the mande sub group sub-group mansa musa is not from. Mandinka.

@marvel22-mf1js

22 күн бұрын

I have to say some thing about this term mande and it's been deliberate confusion. The word mande could be mis-leading if someone does not look further to see what they are really studying like dna for example. Even the word mandinka could be misleading since it really means 2 sub-groups. Mandinka and Malinke are sub-groups of the mandinka. The Mandinka sub-group of the Mandinka could also mean mandingo. Also manding could also mean mandingo. Language Name(s) Manding, Mandingo Scope Macrolanguage Mandingo is a macrolanguage. So Mandinka and the sub-groups of the Mandinka (Malinke and Mandinka/Mandenka/Mandingo),Bambara,Vai etc...are under the Mandingo macrolanguage. Even Mandingo and Mandinka could be another word just for mande and Bambara,Malinke etc..are not included as alternate words even if they are mande and they are too. Yes i saw that too recently and that even add more the confusion.I was trying find that website today but can't find it now. There is someone or groups etc.. deliberately trying to add to this confusion. Anybody else notice the deliberate confusion?

Netflix and Hollywood would never even touch this

@miguelbrandao6705

22 күн бұрын

They’d rather make Europeans black (I’m West African and hate their revisionism)

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

Good! They’d likely mess it up. Us Africans will need to make these films and TV series ourselves.

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

We should get the author to do a kick starter campaign for that very same reason! I just finished the book and I need to see that in the big screen

@ajgraves8016

16 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 very true. Nollywood and organic Afro-American filmmakers here in the US should collaborate on these project.

@jonathanviera1589

3 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879or at the very least let the director be someone who actually knows the history and not outdated stereotypes.

I already loved this channel thanks to its qualitative content. Now history of West Africa ? You are doing an immense favor to all history buffs around the world. Thank you

Imagine a Medieval 3 that expands the map out to India in the East and the Sahel and Horn of Africa in the South. We get to play Ghana, Mali, Gao, Kanem, Alodia, Abyssinia and the Sultanate of Ifat

I love this, please more African history, there is too little of it being covered!

I love how you guys shine a light on African history rather than sticking with the traditional civilizations and armies everyone knows about that you mentioned at the beginning. One thing I've always wanted to know about was sub-saharan Africa through antiquity. North Africa was dominated by Carthage and Egypt, and there was the kingdom of Kush as well, but there doesn't seem to be too much information about the rest of the continent in that time period. I got a little sneak peak when watching your videos about Roman expeditions across the West African coasts, but I'd love to get a deeper dive on how societies were maintained and governed.

@miguelbrandao6705

22 күн бұрын

If you’re interested. Look up Tichitt culture, Sao Culture, Bure culture, and Nok Culture.

As a West African, this feels great to see my region's history being touched. Thanks ❤❤

We need an Assassin’s creed game about the Mali empire!!

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

That would be sick!!!! Or like Ghost of Tshushima

@admirekashiri9879

21 күн бұрын

In the lore there is an Assassin from Mali. Would be awesome if we saw his story.

@Taharqa56

4 күн бұрын

​@@admirekashiri9879Yeah, the Assassin's name was Dadua Maiga who lived during the Songhai Empire. Since he lived in the same time period as Ezio Auditore, I wonder if they met each other.

@Taharqa56

3 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879 *Dadua Maiga

We require this now. Too often, people fail to recognize Africa's rich heritage.

Mediaval African history is so underated! I'm happy there more and more channel talk aboot it. Hopefully , in the near futur, Mediaval African warrior will becoma has iconic has West European Knights, Hassashin Sarrasin, Mongol Horse Archer and Japanase Samurai, in pop culture!

@broq9194

22 күн бұрын

That would be really cool. I love stories about horses, swords, and knights. Have you seen all the super cool ancient African swords? They look like video game weapons from the World of Warcraft!!! lol I would love to see someone put these swords in action in a movie or something. Only once I saw an "African fish knife" being used in a movie, I think it was The Prince of Persia, and the warrior with the fish knife was sooooo cool. I saw a picture of a girl using a Congolese throwing knife (which is the coolest weapon I've ever seen - part knife, axe, sword, and throwing star), but I don't know what movie it was from. The Yoruba in Nigeria have a sword with a circular handle and I think you twirl it around like Chinese nunchucks, so I really want to see somebody using it. But Africans generally defeated enemies using chemical warfare and coated their weapons with a powerful poison similar to strychnine. Mali completely decimated the Portuguese who ran back to their boats and sailed off as quickly as they could trying to escape waves of poison arrows. The lush African environment was basically like a pharmacy, so the people could make nearly any type of poison or toxin they wanted and could kill you, incapacitate you, make you deathly ill, knock you out, whatever!!! African bows and arrows were made very light and small, allowing a soldier to carry many more arrows in his quiver and extra weapons, because the weapon itself didn't need to kill you, all it needed to do was "prick" your skin and the incredibly powerful poison/toxin would do all the work. The Nubians in the east used to target eye sockets with their arrows, and Arabs tell horror stories of their invading forces running out of Nubia with hundreds of soldiers running and screaming wildly with arrows sticking out of their eye sockets!!! The accuracy of the Nubian archers was crazy and the Nubians defeated the Arabs, beat back the Roman Empire, and intimidated Alexander the Great's army from attacking at all. One Nubian Queen used to fight on the battlefield wearing a patch over her eye because she lost her eye fighting against the Romans, who the Nubians defeated from invading. These stories need to be told and we need to see these weapons in action!!!😃

@MrSafior

22 күн бұрын

@@broq9194 Well the Shotel and Ikakalaka are somewhat popular in vidéo game. But it's generaly in standard heroic fantasy setting. There generaly no suits/armors set to go with this sword.

@broq9194

22 күн бұрын

@@MrSafior Oh yeah, I didn't know that. How cool. I'm out the Matrix. Not really up on pop culture.

@allanmsema6224

22 күн бұрын

I'm curious as to why those warriors are iconic? The samurai aren't in the pop culture of Japan, so what is so captivating about them to the West?

Man, I have to say, genius way to promote a book. Back to the video.

@JalilBela

21 күн бұрын

It was smooth isn't it 😂 I gotta applaud the whole Invicta team for this video, I'll forever be grateful for the opportunity!

Glad I finally can witness this on such a large channel. I have studied the area so I have some reservations on certain details (notably temporal flattening on the gear being shown/used), its a fairly good representation of general sahelian warfare on land. (River battles aside). Looking forward to seeing more of this series.

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

You should read the book man, I can’t wait for the second one to come out

@ajgraves8016

16 күн бұрын

Bro the Naval warfare on the Niger is something that most have no clue about

Finally. Some west african history. Its always only the zulus who get all the attention.

@xiuhcoatl4830

22 күн бұрын

@@YaBoiDREX Pretty sure the Mali empire would have crushed the Zulu

@YaBoiDREX

22 күн бұрын

@@xiuhcoatl4830 I meant to say would’ve.

@xiuhcoatl4830

22 күн бұрын

@@YaBoiDREX ok

@miguelbrandao6705

22 күн бұрын

Zulu watching the Malians charge on their horses. Zulu panicking when Malian Chainmail can’t be pierced by spears and Malians start swinging their swords on horseback

@admirekashiri9879

21 күн бұрын

@@miguelbrandao6705If they went to tsetse fly territory they wouldn’t be able to fight in horseback.

Please make more videos on medieval west Africa, ppl need to know about this 🙏

@admirekashiri9879

4 күн бұрын

Not just West Africa the whole continent.

As an aspiring African history buff, I love content like this. Awesome video🔥

Nice to learn more of units and warriors outside of Europe! Concerning the Mali cavalry: the equipment and combat style partially reminds me more of the cataphrakts.

@thanakonpraepanich4284

17 күн бұрын

I even get to deploy them in the Age of Empires 3 expansion called African Kingdoms. Granted, the time period of the game was a few centuries after Malian Empire heyday, and the new up and comer kingdoms like Kano and Zassau already took over as the main players. Beside, the time of Hausa Kingdoms the game presented was the dawn of gun warfare in West Africa, making these Lifidi Knight lose their shines somewhat. They were still powerful, but gunners are the new Main Man of the West and North African warfare, not horsemen.

Oh I am so excited for this one. Haven’t even watched it yet. Love this channel covering more obscure units and cultures.

Thank you for covering a part of history that is so often overlooked

There are many Sub Saharan African kingdoms and empires that reacted similar levels to medieval period in Eurasia. This is a good example, they had armored knights and horses for powerful cavalry , would love to see a movie or series about the rise of the Mali Empire.

Great episode. Finally something else than Agincourt for the 1000000th time.

OMG. I love this soooo much. You should cover Zulu warriors next or the musketeers of the Asante Empire.

Thank for covering this empire. There so many stories and histories that don't involve Europe, the only history I learned about in school. I learned so much from the vid.

I would love to see these guys in Age of Empires 2

@xiuhcoatl4830

23 күн бұрын

The Mali are in Age of Empires 4

@ThuKang

23 күн бұрын

They are in aoe2 malians have strong, strong army that goes toe to toe with any european cav civ

@krystofcisar469

21 күн бұрын

well, u can :D

@dembro27

16 күн бұрын

They aren't in the original versions, but they were added in the 2010s and are part of the latest Definitive Edition.

I'm so glad that pre-colonial African history is finally getting some attention, and breaking out of the old Trevor-Roper lies!

Thanks. Love to hear about the lesser known units through history.....

I have literally never heard of those riders. Today I got to broaden my horizon. Thank you for your hard work, Invicta team!

It's always appalling to me that people preach about how great African history is without actually knowing it; it's hypocrisy at the highest level. Around the 14th century near 70% of the worlds gold ever mined came from Mali. Mansa Musa was so rich that on this pilgrimage to the Holy Land he was known to give out entire bags of gold to villagers, which is how inflation was even discovered as a concept. He single-handedly destroyed the economy around Cairo for a decade by wanting to appear generous and bankrupted himself when borrowing at high interest rates on the way back home.

Can’t wait to watch this!

looking forward to you guys exploring more of Africa's history

Nice to see west african history thanks

With things like this, it is evident that neither Hollywood nor companies like Netflix are interested in the true history of Africa, since they prefer to introduce false diversity in Europe or change the skin color of characters like Cleopatra or Anibal Barca, rather than bring us the kings of Mali, Ethiopia, among many others. As a Hispanic, I must also confirm that they also ignore us a lot and only focus on us to speak ill of our ancestors with poorly unfounded black legends, when the greatest adventures of discovery and military epics from the 16th to 17th centuries came from the Hispanic side (it would be enough for thousands of series and movies). True diversity is talking with respect about the history of the other corners of the world, not changing and manipulating at will the already known history of Central and Northern Europe.

@BatmanRules

5 күн бұрын

🎯

Thank you so much for this video! I was interested in African history for a couple of years now, and im glad it's getting some recognition! You surely should make a video about ancient Mogadisho and other city-states of East Africa

So excited for this. It's really hard to find information on this topic so thanks !

Now THIS is a movie Netflix should make.

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

Have you read the sponsors book? I think if that became a film it would reach Game of thrones level

@admirekashiri9879

21 күн бұрын

Screw that! They’d butcher this history.

Appreciate this video unreal epic in every way means a ton to real historical admires

fantastic! I hope you'll continue to expand to other areas like this

Units of history vids are my favorite keep them coming!!

I’ve watched this video 6 times since it’s posting! I’ve been a background viewer for a couple years now, love you alls style of video and informative knowledge while also having that great entertainment. LOVE that we’re finally getting into this corner of history, thank you!

Love this series! African history should definitely be more widely taught. 40k’s Kasrkin for a fantasy/sci-fi unit as a suggestion

Yes, yes, and yes! African history and culture has been too long neglected! I can’t wait to hear more epic stories.

Amazing video can’t wait for the second part it’s always great to deepen my understanding of history especially in the places where my ancestry comes from 💪🏾

I am looking forward to the next episode in the series.

5:30 The warrior icons here are of a Beja, Ethiopian, Nubian, Benin (Edo) soldier, and Ancient a Nubian. Only one of these is West African. The rest belong to East Africa. You may as well have shown Arabs and Persians as examples of French knights. And a cataphract for good measure.

@samanth.

19 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 what u talking about, u r delusional, east Africans can't much west Africa empires, they r extremely weak, only kush was a great east African empire, the rest r pastrolist nomad savages

@t-mamba3893

15 күн бұрын

Good eye. Glad im not the only one that finds this bizarre.

This is what actual representation looks like, give me a show about a badass band of Mandinka knights any day. i mean look at those drippy distinguishable armor all the different factions wear, this would go hard. Leagues better than Henry VIII or Oliver Cromwell looking like Shaft all of a sudden.

@ThuKang

23 күн бұрын

Admirable on its own right. No need to put down other formidable warriors.

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

Me personally I can’t wait until Griots Tell No Lies is made into a Hulu show like the recent Shogun… I finished the book yesterday and it’s amazing

I love it if you would do more African history on units

Great Thanks for this episode ♥️💯

african history is my favorite

Sumanguru's tactics were just so so.

love these sorts of videos of things i hardly knew of

Thank you as always for the videos

One of the most fearsome and best cavalry in West Africa and world history.

This is what I’ve been waiting to see, great topic guys!

Yes please! Wed love to see the kingdom of Benin or the Swahili states next

Yes more of this

Why are there so many angry ppl in the comments? West African history is cool as fuck.

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

Haters gonna hate 🤷🏾‍♂️

@halflifeger4179

22 күн бұрын

a lot of people, especially in 'history buff' circles are pretty racist

Looks like a good unit for Age of Empires.

@thanakonpraepanich4284

16 күн бұрын

They made it into Age of Empires 3 Expansion, although they were fighting under Hausa kingdoms during the game time but they are the same type of cavalry. Don't know if they had a good time like their Malian counterparts for guns already arrived by 17th Century when they were deployed. Royal bodyguards of Hausa, Akan and Ashanti of that time were already armed with muskets.

@mikenunz

16 күн бұрын

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 oh, cool! I only play AoE2, never tried the other ones.

We need more videos on Africa! I love this!

Very well done video. Definitely learnt something new

Request for Tlingit soldiers. They had wood armor and jerkins made of chinese coins that really protected them from russian musket balls.

@KorbentMarksman

21 күн бұрын

Seconding, the whole Indigenous PNW is cool as hell

As a African American I found out I have some ancestry to that great empire mandinka and Fulani is in my blood line.

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

If you want to learn more about the military and martial arts of your ancestors, I suggest checking out Historical African Martial Arts Association. The group has a ton of sources on your ancestors.

@amindada9947

22 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879definitely! I would suggest reading the book, you’ll be astonished as to what you end up learning. I ended in a googling rabbit hole for 5 hours!

@Morsee.

22 күн бұрын

@@admirekashiri9879Im a descendant of the Malian empire as well!! The Mandinka and Bambara people over 40% of my DNA is from the region where can I learn more?

@admirekashiri9879

22 күн бұрын

@@Morsee. Same place there are folks in the group who share a ton on Bambara culture.

@marcuscole1994

13 күн бұрын

@@Morsee.you from Louisiana

Fascinating video, thank you for covering this rich yet severely understudied and unknown part of history. Very interested to see and learn more 👌 😁

Love this so much. I’ve had a video I’ve been working on about the exact same topic for a while now but you guys absolutely killed it! I’ll need to pivot my video 😅

Great video, but why didn't you make the animated actors black, you rather portrait them as Tuareg like ppl, which they were not???

~5:31 A few of these guys look a bit out of place in West Africa, the one second from the left is equipped with distinctly Ethiopian clothing and equipment, below him we have a fellow who looks Nubian, and the next one on the right looks Beja, so they're all Northeast African rather than West African. Not sure about the guy all the way on the left, but at least the guy on the right makes sense, he looks like a Benin warrior. I'm guessing they just reused a few assets from previous videos since commissioning a bunch of new ones for a brief appearance would probably be a bit expensive lol

@InvictaHistory

23 күн бұрын

Yeah nice eye, that ended up being a case of reused assets from our Nubian history episode. I'm hoping as we do more African episode we can broaden our pool of assets.

@admirekashiri9879

23 күн бұрын

The far left looks like a Nubian mercenary depicted in Roman or Greek art. The shield is shown in that art. This type of shield looks Bugandan too.

@admirekashiri9879

23 күн бұрын

@@InvictaHistoryOh that explains it then.

@chillin5703

22 күн бұрын

Only the benin soldier is accurate. The leftmost warrior has an East African style shield. Tbh I don't know why they bothered with any display at all if the assets were to be so out of place. I'd've just avoided it. What they have is akin to using Arabs and Persians as stand-ins for Frenchmen and Germans... And also some WW1 ottomans, and also an ancient Cataphract. Just a hodgepodge of periods and places.

@saratmodugu2721

9 күн бұрын

@@InvictaHistory​​⁠​⁠​⁠5:42 I love your video but the noble in that picture looks middle eastern, not Soninke at all. He’s a completely different race and I’m unsure why the team would approve of a whole race swapping? It would make sense if you depicted a Taureg or sanhaj, but that is genuinely strange.

Yooooooo! Excellent to see, my thanks good sir

You finally did it! I've been requesting a video like this for years. You guys certainly didn't disappoint and was totally worth the wait!

The oldest order of chivalry is in Africa. The Order of St. Anthony in Ethiopia.