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I figured it was about time we had a thread focused on African history on the mother continent as well as all Africans in the diaspora. I'll be posting documentaries, pictures, articles, and anything else I can share. Hopefully this thread does numbers and gets stickied. I'll start with one of the greatest African Kings there was, Sonni Ali

Sonni Ali, King of the Songhay Empire

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  • Original name was Ali Kolon
  • Known as Africa's first pan-africanist and wanted to unite all of Africa under one religion, language and economic system.
  • Ruler of the Songhay Empire (from 1464-1492), the largest African empire in history
  • At the empire's height it stretched from West Africa (modern day Sennegal) through Central Africa and stopped at the Sudan
  • Key cities of the empire were Timbuktu (world center of learning), Gao (the empire's capital), and Jenni (great commercial center of Islam).
  • Legend has it, has swag was on a hundred, thousand, trillion

Quotes about King Sonni Ali

Ibn Batua said:
"It is very prosperous, God has accorded all His favors to this city as a thing natural and innate. Everyone finds great profit in going to Jenny and in the acquisition of fortunes of which God alone can tell the sum."

Felix Dubois said:
This accomplishment brings the greatest honor to the Negro race, and merits from this point of view all our attention. In the 16th century the Songhay land awoke. A marvellous growth of civilization mounted there in the heart of the Black Continent. And this civilization was not imposed by circumstances, nor by an invader, as is often the case even in our day. It was desired, called forth, introduced and propagated by a man of the Negro race.

Documentary about the libraries of Timbuktu, the section on Sonni Ali starts at 34:38
 
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Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi, First Muezzin and Treasurer of Islam

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  • Known for leading the call to prayer and led the followers of Islam daily.
  • Coined the phrase "Allahu akbar. Great is the Lord, I bear witness that there no God but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet!"
  • Was an Ethiopian and accompanied the prophet Mohammed and was integral to the spreading of Islam
  • Helped the Prophet create the picture of paradise as told in the Koran
  • Was Mohammed's successor after his death, but Bilal gave the honor to general Abu Bekr.
  • Called the third part of Islam by Omar the Great
  • Legend has it, whenever he would take his shirt off, all the hoes would stop breathing

Quotes about Bilal

Prophet Mohammed said:
Yours shall be the voice, Bilal. The voice that praised God even from under a rock.

Prophet Mohammed said:
What shoes were those you were wearing last night? Verily, as I journeyed in paradise and was mounting the stairs of God I heard your footsteps before me though I could not see them.

Omar the Great said:
Khobab after showing Omar his wounds and told of the battle in which he had fought, Omar rose from the throne, seated Khobab theron, and said "There is but one man in all of the empire more worthy of the honor than you, and that is Bilal"
 

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Mansa musa-richest man EVER
Sundiata- that nikka
Akhenaton- first monotheist

I was talking to my girl about Akhenaton last night. I showed her his picture and she was like ":ohhh: that nikka look like one of my friends from college."

It would have been dope to chill with him, he reminded me of Slaimon, all about peace and not being demonic. He was so anti violence that he wouldn't even step on a flower because he felt all life was created equal.

Anyways I'm bout to hop on COD, I'll hit y'all nikkas with some more piff when I get back
 

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I was talking to my girl about Akhenaton last night. I showed her his picture and she was like ":ohhh: that nikka look like one of my friends from college."

It would have been dope to chill with him, he reminded me of Slaimon, all about peace and not being demonic. He was so anti violence that he wouldn't even step on a flower because he felt all life was created equal.

Anyways I'm bout to hop on COD, I'll hit y'all nikkas with some more piff when I get back



Anybody see the irony of this post ? :jiggalol:
 
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