Mansa Musa was extorted by his Arabic Brothers during his pilgrimage.

[The Connoisseurs]

My East African Bros were fighting in Egypt and in Kuwait when they went to school there because they was black.

They said lowkey the culture over there is…

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

He also owned 50,000 slaves and made tremendous wealth from that

You know you not supposed to mention that!!!

 

[Ozymandeas]

20,000 Malians did not get robbed by anyone

 

[Steelo14]

He also owned 50,000 slaves and made tremendous wealth from that

Complete and total fabrication. There is no historical record that supports this statement--that his wealth was derived from the trading of slaves. This has been going around and spread by Right wingers to downplay the atrocities of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Egypt was ruled by the Mamluks by that time who mostly were of Turkic origin.

That sultan he met is named Al Nasir Muhammad


Him trying to force Musa to bow to him is totally unIslamic

And even then, the same book says they ended up helping him

That's "just" the ruling class, I'm sure there were still plenty of Arabs in high power politically and economically that could've helped their brother.

20,000 Malians did not get robbed by anyone

Many of them died of exhaustion and were splintered up when they got lost which led to them being easy pickings for crime. But you're probably right, I don't think a non black brother in islam would go out of there way to harm another black muslim.

 

[The Fade]

Why did his Arabic brothers in Islam extort him after he showed them love

And like you posted in another thread, they destroyed Songhai

I think they destroyed Mali too





Brotherhood

 

[LuuqMaan]

That's "just" the ruling class, I'm sure there were still plenty of Arabs in high power politically and economically that could've helped their brother.

I’m not sure if you skipped it but he was helped by the sultan himself so why would he expect help from anyone else?

The Arabs were meek at that time themselves

In any case, my guy brought with him the highest level of scholars, judges and opened schools, spread Islam further in that region.

May Allah bless him

 

[Manny2828]

What do you want us to do about this information?

 

[Velvet_Ace]

Complete and total fabrication. There is no historical record that supports this statement--that his wealth was derived from the trading of slaves. This has been going around and spread by Right wingers to downplay the atrocities of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

You see it too?

Just to be clear Mansa Musa had servants. Everytime he and his wealth is mentionned you have rightwingers coming out the woodwork throwing dirt on his name.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Complete and total fabrication. There is no historical record that supports this statement--that his wealth was derived from the trading of slaves. This has been going around and spread by Right wingers to downplay the atrocities of the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Come on, that was the way of the world then.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

You see it too?

Just to be clear Mansa Musa had servants. Everytime he and his wealth is mentionned you have rightwingers coming out the woodwork throwing dirt on his name.

I've been here since 2012, I'm not some right winger coming out the woodwork

Go through my post history dummy. He's just another rich fukk not worthy of being praised.

194 msgs, you're the one coming out the woodwork

 

[Velvet_Ace]

I've been here since 2012, I'm not some right winger coming out the woodwork

Go through my post history dummy. He's just another rich fukk not worthy of being praised.

194 msgs, you're the one coming out the woodwork

I was referring to right wingers on twitter but seems like I hit a nerve.

 

[Steelo14]

Come on, that was the way of the world then.

Your commentary is subjective platitude. Show me historical records that expose Mansa Musa as having derived his wealth from the trading of slaves. Idk if you're black or not but there has been a deliberate attempt in the past years to re-analyze history(as the call it)--bascially attempts to downplay the historical role of the west in its cruelty against minorities esp Black. And others trying to downplay the fact that Mansa Musa was the Richest man in recorded history.

 

[Steelo14]

You see it too?

Just to be clear Mansa Musa had servants. Everytime he and his wealth is mentionned you have rightwingers coming out the woodwork throwing dirt on his name.

You see it !!

 

[Velvet_Ace]

@CouldntBeMeTho

I stumbled upton this article that goes into detail about the myth of Mansa Musa using slaves and wanted to share this.

The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage

"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".

www.africanhistoryextra.com

One of the best twitter user I follow is @xspotsdamark a man with a deep knowledge of African history. He's always taking the time to debunk the lies, memes and propaganda that white supremacist use to mock the African diaspora and further racism. And he always shows his sources.

I remember someone asked him once why did he waste his time engaging with outright racists. And he said that a few years ago when they started the "despite being 13% of the population and 50% crimes blablabla" meme, he just shook his head in amusement because no one could be fooled to believe this shyt, right?

Wrong.

You get plenty of people who buy their lies wholeheartedly because it already confirm their biases, or they don't want to dig deep in a subject to see if it's true or not. And it's one meme after the other, one false graph chart after the other, one false historical fact after the other, on and on that adds up to paint a grim image of black people.

I don't know if this article will change your mind but at least I hope that others who stumble unto this thread will find it interesting.