Essential The Official African History Thread

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supreme makes this

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supreme makes this

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DAMN THOSE ARE HOT!!!!!!!!!!1

THEY KILLED IT THIS SEASON!

*RAISES FIST IN THE AIR*

LOL @ Supreme being more pro-black than most brands now...with the constant pan-african references.
 
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this isn't in Africa.. but these were Africans...

What distinguishes the Zanj from numerous other slave rebellions cannot be measured in terms of numbers or the length of their struggle alone because one needs to bear in mind the aptitude displayed time and again in outmanoeuvring the ruling class. Instinctively they knew what needs to be done. That is not to belittle their numbers for this is one instance when quantitative comparisons are not misleading. The Spartacus Rebellion lasted for 3 years (73-71 BCE) and involved around 120,000 slaves. By contrast, the Zanj were 500,000 strong and maintained a marooned state for 15 years. Perhaps it is a blessing in disguise that their history has not been subjected to the gaze of Hollywood for the latter has an inbuilt tendency for de-memorizing and reifying proletarian resistance to class society. It is, therefore, left to us 21st century proles to re-create the world and times of kindred spirits separated from us by more than a millennium.

No sooner had they taken up arms (well pots and pans to be more precise) against their exploiters that they became adept at night-raids on enemy territory, liberating weapons, horses, food and fellow slaves, burning the rest to cinders to delay retaliation. During their 15 year uprising (869-883 A.D.) the Zanj acquired what was for its time state of the art technology: siege-laying catapults; flame-throwers; rapid chariots; multi-headed arrows. They trained expert engineers who blocked the enemy's advance by constructing impenetrable fortresses, coc00ned inside layers of water canals or conversely built rapid bridges and communication lines for uninvited courtesy calls to the citadels of the gods.:ehh:
They did not handicap themselves by ignoring the seas. They possessed war ships and freighters. In one battle alone they overcame the Khalifeh's navy to capture 24 ships, which had been chained together by their captains to enhance their defensive capabilities! Rafi' in what seems to us an exaggeration puts the Zanj naval force at 1900 ships!:whoo:


IDEOLOGICAL WARFARE

It pleases the Machiavelli and Cesare Borgia in us to observe that the Zanj never lost sight of the 'conspiratorial' nature of their adventure. Even in the beginning, although lacking in weapons, they displayed great organizational skills. They were ice-cool. Having devised a secret plan, Ali Razi informed his fellow rebels of the details by code. Accordingly each slave was to assassinate on the hour of the same day his (and most were male) master and thus take over his house, wealth and land. :whew:The plan worked so well that in no time at all most of present day Iraq, Bahrain and parts of Iran came under their rule.



:to: these brothas man... I don't think we would have it in us today. :mjpls:

The Negro rebellion or Zanj

Sometimes it takes killing 100K persians and cac to get your point across :yeshrug:
Any reason why the black slaves didnt seem to leave a genetic imprint on the middle east?
 

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Any reason why the black slaves didnt seem to leave a genetic imprint on the middle east?
Our genes are so diverse... sometimes people associate certain traits to other people.

for example the roots of slanted eyes are in Africa... entire populations looked like Asians with darker skin... now people assume those traits originated in Asia.

The imprint is a mixed population in the mideast. Some of the other imprints can be found in the women and the way they are shaped in certain areas.
 
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Our genes are so diverse... sometimes people associate certain traits to other people.

for example the roots of slanted eyes are in Africa... entire populations looked like Asians with darker skin... now people assume those traits originated in Asia.

The imprint is a mixed population in the mideast. Some of the other imprints can be found in the women and the way they are shaped in certain areas.
proof? im just going off my eyes.
 
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