Newsflash! Richest Man in the History of World was Black African King...

[Hip-Hop-Bulls]

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[Hiphoplives4eva]

HHL4E takes every opportunity possible to brag about his graphics card. of course he thinks there's something virtuous about being the 'richest man in the world' in the 14th century

nikka I'll sell you my old graphics card if you jealous breh. Apparently it upsets you that my PC is beastly? Wow. I guess the hate runs deep...

 

[OsO]

black folk cant even get along in a thread about black excellence

 

[FAH1223]

Mansa Musa was one of the greatest human beings in recorded history. He did not use his riches to cause rife or to transgress against his enemies, he was a philanthropist who showed the world that men of wealth can indeed be men of good stock. Just to highlight some important things about him, he never earned a kingdom through oppression or force, he established Mali to be the no.1 center of trade, culture, education and Islam on the entire African continent as well as a powerhouse on the international level. It was once said that Musa was wealthy to the extent that he once gave so much gold out of charity to the poor Arabs of Mecca and the surrounding areas that businesses suffered inflation for 10 years. Just to help the Arabs at his mercy, he borrowed nearly all the Gold of Egypt just to save their economy, even when he didnt need to at all. No man in history has ever reached that level of independence and power but this great Man was a person much loved, allaha unnaxariisto.

This was one of the mosques he oversaw to be built and designed in timbuktu,

As an African Muslim i am honoured to see my fellow African accomplish great legacies for themselves and the people. More should be done to venerate our history with the likes of this honourable man and less about the 19/20th century problems.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

black folk cant even get along in a thread about black excellence

its sad really. This same thread in the locker room is doing numbers while in the supposed "higher learning" forum the OP gets negged to oblivion and insults fly left and right.

Im done with this fukking place..

 

[Kuro]

gaddafi had 200b and still went out like a sucka--...

 

[Pistolvania Prince]

well damn....how did he die?

 

[Broke Wave]

VVD did dirt in this thread... I thought we were gonna praise Mensa Musa for being a great and peaceful African king, but the OP was concerned about how this benevolent and legendary ruler and builder compared to various robber baron cacs

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

VVD did dirt in this thread... I thought we were gonna praise Mensa Musa for being a great and peaceful African king, but the OP was concerned about how this benevolent and legendary ruler and builder compared to various robber baron cacs

I'm surprised the OP didn't claim he was "pawgin."

 

[alpo]

what about king Solomon?

 

[Prince Akeem]

Im done with this fukking place..

 

[daze23]

lol, this topic did numbers in the locker room but not here. I'll let you figure that out...

 

[Mook]

lol, this topic did numbers in the locker room but not here. I'll let you figure that out...

link to thread?

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[DANKTHRONE]

Let's use this thread to discuss Modern Mali:

Mali

IT MAY seem odd that Timbuktu, the Malian city on the south-west fringe of the Sahara desert, is twinned with Hay-on-Wye, a placid little town on the Welsh side of the border with England. The reason for this partnership is books. Hay is famous for its bookshops and an annual literary festival. Timbuktu has a huge stock of Arabic manuscripts, some of them going back to the 12th century, with topics ranging from Islam and philosophy to mathematics and astronomy.

But whereas Hay is as gentle as ever, Timbuktu for the past few months has been run by fiercely aggressive Islamists who control the northern two-thirds of Mali. Ansar Dine, the group in charge of the city, espouses an austere Salafist version of Islam. It has proved itself no friend of the city’s cultural heritage.

Earlier this year it began smashing ancient tombs in Timbuktu on the ground that they were idolatrous. Nine were destroyed, seven in a part of the town designated as a World Heritage Site. “The mission is not complete,” said an Ansar Dine spokesman. But the destruction of monuments may, for the moment, be over. Apart from international outrage at the vandalism, it went down badly with the town’s citizens.

The safety of Timbuktu’s manuscripts is less assured. As the rebels descended on Timbuktu, Mali’s cultural authorities told the owners of private libraries in the city to hide their wares. But not all of them are safe. A big collection at the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Learning and Islamic Research, which has 30,000 manuscripts, is under threat. Ansar Dine has occupied it.

On local radio the group said it would not harm the manuscripts. But many local scholars are worried. During their tomb-smashing period the rebels paused to apologise to Timbuktu’s people—then started smashing things again. The scrolls are not yet safe.

The manuscripts offend the Salafists less than the tombs or graven images do, though some address the Sufi school of Islam, which they scorn. Timbuktu’s mayor, Hallé Ousmane, worries that Ansar Dine may start selling manuscripts to bring in much-needed cash. Others say the group sees the institute as a handy piece of property. Samuel Sidibe, the director of Mali’s national museum, has asked Ansar Dine via the Red Cross if the manuscripts could be evacuated from Timbuktu. It said no.

Ugh just awful. Obviously the human suffering in Timbuktu right now is more important than this but I'm sure this heritage is important to a lot of citizens there.

 

[Robbie3000]

VVD did dirt in this thread... I thought we were gonna praise Mensa Musa for being a great and peaceful African king, but the OP was concerned about how this benevolent and legendary ruler and builder compared to various robber baron cacs

When threads backfire.