Am I the only one who didnt know Africa was named by European explorers? ...original name bushed

[WaveGang]

My old Instagram profile name was Alkebulan Rise

 

[Marco Zen]

Do y'all think Asians & Americans also wallow in self pity because their continent and the countries in them were named by and/or after Europeans? or do some of y'all think that only black people should be held up to this standard and be shamed by this?

 

[3rd Ward Swangin]

This should be taught more...

Also, original name should be switched back... Who says they have to go by white man's rules?

That's why when they say we as black people don't know our history. I'm like ya'll think you're African, when in fact Africa was named after a white Berber colonizer.

 

[Henri Christophe]

Do y'all think Asians & Americans also wallow in self pity because their continent and the countries in them were named by and/or after Europeans? or do some of y'all think that only black people should be held up to this standard and be shamed by this?

You can't really shame them because they have established economies, militaries, and intelligence agencies.

Yes, the black man should be ashamed that he doesnt have a respectable economy or military anywhere on the planet

We need to stop making excuses for mediocrity.

Just use the current situation as motivation to do better and chase your goals.

 

[Wiseborn]

I've heard some fukked up racist rumors about the naming of Nigeria

Yep it's a made up european name too.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Do y'all think Asians & Americans also wallow in self pity because their continent and the countries in them were named by and/or after Europeans? or do some of y'all think that only black people should be held up to this standard and be shamed by this?

How much of Asia was colonized to the point that whole countries were erased, rearranged, and renamed? Serious question.

 

[ignorethis]

I've heard some fukked up racist rumors about the naming of Nigeria

It's just "niger area", area around the river niger.

 

[King]

Alkebulan.. thats dope. AU, Alkebulan Union

theres also the history of Greeks using a term that translated to 'sun burned faces' to describe Africa

That’s hard as shyt to pronounce, why not call it Bulan or something

 

[Peter Popoff]

Scipio Africanus, a Roman general, yes.

 

[ThatTruth777]

Yes you were OP

 

[Peter Popoff]

I've heard that the term Aethiopia was used as a name for the Continent. I also heard that the name came from the Greeks.

Yes also. Africa was called Ethiopia before invasion.

 

[3rd Ward Swangin]

Arabic

Alkebu-lan is the oldest name for Africa. In Arabic, it means “The Land of the Blacks.”

 

[2stainz]

In Arabic, it means “The Land of the Blacks.”

tha fuc

 

[Piff Perkins]

I was watching this today and it’s pretty wild. Goes into the gentlemen agreement to carve up Africa and give regions to different European countries.

 

[King]

Arabic

Alkebu-lan is the oldest name for Africa. In Arabic, it means “The Land of the Blacks.”

Fukk racist ass Arabs and their language, those fukks invented racism and hatred of all things black