In which John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from …
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In which John Green teaches you about Sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? It turns out, it was a lot of trade, converting to Islam, visits from …
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Why is African history not taught in schools in the U.S?
– This Post was written by Bion Michael Shelden, Educator for 30+ years
Well, first of all, it is taught, but it gets very minimal coverage. So what I’m really answering here is , why does Africa get short shrift in history classes in the United States? Two major reasons come to mind:
The primary reason is the Eurocentric nature—more specifically, the Anglocentric nature—of American culture, including our educational system. I taught World History for many years, and while our textbooks always included material on Africa, it was very limited. For example, one book we used had a single chapter that covered everything on Africa from the First Century B.C.E up until the Berlin Conference in the 19th Century A.D. The same book had two complete chapters on Ancient Greece. That's quite typical.
But Eurocentrism is not the only factor. A second and almost equally important reason that Africa gets shortchanged in US classrooms is that most pre-colonial African cultures had no formal writing systems, with many relying on oral history. Oral history can actually be quite informative, but its obvious weakness is that it is vulnerable to the deaths of the persons trained to relay said history. So most of the history of Africa, as told by Africans, has been lost; it can only be recollected through a combination of archeology and of third party accounts—such as Arab traders plying the coast of East Africa. (One notable exception to this is the history of Northern and Western Africa following the expansion of Islam into the region, due to the arrival of Arabic.) So it's hard to include much African history in our books if most of it is unknown.
You should also note that it is not just Africa that gets short changed in American books on world history. In my experience, the same is true of the pre-Colombian Americas. In fact, if anything, South America is even more ignored by our history books—in many books the only mention of South America in the past 500 years is a single section on the efforts of Simon Bolivar to expel the Spanish. And while China gets some coverage, pre-Commodore Perry Japan is often ignored, and Eastern Europe gets next to no coverage. There's just so much time in the year, and just so many pages to fit into a book, so something is going to get left out.
I hate history class but I was able to do really well on my tests because of these videos
Mansa musa was incredibly rich, but was definitely not the richest person ever. Julius and Augustus caesar, possibly Genghis khan and king Solomon were wealthier. Also I don't think it's fair to let out that mansa musa was also one of the biggest slavers of that time. Making and selling slaves and employing them in his giant gold mines. That being said taking in the spirit of the time he was a wealthy leader but not necessarily a good one since he spent most of his time travelling instead of staying at home and helping his people
Here are some notable articles (of the 44) from the constitution of the Mali empire created in 1235.
Article 5: Everybody has a right to life and to the preservation of physical integrity. Accordingly, any attempt to deprive one's fellow being of life is punished with death.
Article 20: Do not ill treat the slaves. We are the master of the slave but not the bag he carries.
Article 4: The society is divided into age groups. Those born during a period of three years in succession belong to the same age-group. The members of the intermediary class between young and old people, should be invited to take part in the making of important decisions concerning the society.
Article 15: Never beat a married woman before her husband has tried to correct the problem.
Article 16: Women, apart from their everyday occupations, should be associated with all our managements.
I dont care about islam
Thank you for all this information!
how did trans-Saharan trade impact africa
Abdullah shut your mouth
Mansa Musa, flexin' since 1324
I found Waldo 2:24
Dr FRANCES CRESS WESLING …..research know truth …know thyself …..Jane Elliott Caucasian women tells truth about her race…….always a hidden agenda by Europeans. It’s intentional not to teach AFRICANS in America about KINGS & QUEENS way before caucasians existed on Earth (mutated Neanderthals)
"shut up and take back celine dion!" this man is absolutely savage
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This was in 1337. Makes you wonder what Africa would've been like today, doesn't it?
I have to put on a bunch of short comments because YouTube won’t let me put down one long one.
What about the slave trade in Africa?
do you watch this cause its you homework or just for fun
"Kingdoms" denotes they are part of empire. Its Islam…because it was a moorish empire. 711 to 1492.
Theres no need to pontificate
5:39 Stan Winston?
Thank you John Green for being the history class I’ve been missing during COVID
Can you slow down your talking?
2:02 one of the great flexes in human history
weHPIEUWGH :(((((
El dorodo means goldan man
I was gonna like this vid but then he said he likes pineapple on pizza
I saw waldo
Swahili language actually originated from intermarriage between coastal Bantus and Arab traders
0:02 how John Green killed his first victim
My head hurts
Telling to African people about writing
Mansa munsa: We don't do that here
In hindi
It’s so weird to hear John say that he loves Twitter since now he loves to talk about how he isn’t on Twitter
Well its May so I said it to late
Its 2020
2:24 waldo? lol
thx for the information
Simply awesome
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the objectivity of your presentation, so wholesome, honest, absolutely hilarious. As an African who grew up hand fed the notion that my people's history begun with slavery, this is truly the best gift I could have ever received. Definitely going to share to all my contacts. All the awe and respect from East Africa.
Sorry, but I want to dislike the video because you said you liked pineapple pizza.
Islam is religion for all nations and races …Islam is the best thing has ever happened to humanity