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African history is still preserved and now the history books are being re-written. The richness of African culture and technology is marvellous to behold as you will see in this video compilation.
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Richness of indigenous african knowledge, to be developed – Compiled by Gregory Ekhator
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COMPILED VIDEO LINKS
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https://youtu.be/Je0K0BAJ1hY
Published on May 4, 2013
Kingdoms of Africa, West Africa, The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. The state developed an advanced artistic culture, especially in its famous artifacts of bronze, iron and ivory. These include bronze wall plaques and life-sized bronze heads depicting the Obas of Benin.
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Short video on indigenous Nigerian knowledge – this is an excellent analysis
of whats happening right now, in terms of opportunity being siezed and
to be siezed by diasporans and home based Nigerians.
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GREAT BLACK INVENTORS PART 2
BLACK INVENTORS
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Black Inventors and Inventions
http://instituteofblackstudyandresearch.ning.com/
So many people don’t know
how many thing black people have invented and a lot of ignorant people
believe black people never contributed nothing to society.
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Jazz and Blues are African Inventions
https://youtu.be/ptF2baKZO00
Jazz and Blues are one of many things that were invented and created by
black people. More things invented by black people are for example the
building structure of houses, pyramids, religions, scriptures, mathematics,
the advanced motor of the locomotive and much more. The songs in the
background
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History Questions : About Pre-Colonial African Inventions
Pre-colonial African inventions include papyrus paper, mummification and
various musical instruments. Find out how these items developed out of
Africa with answers from an experienced teacher in this free video on world
history. Expert: Diane Winans Bio: Diane Winans is a teacher of history,
English
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Amazing, Mother Africa!
Amazing Metropolis Discovered in Africa is 200,000 years old!
Amazing Metropolis Discovered in Africa is 200,000 years old!
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Yoruba art that was world famous 700-900 AD
#2 African History – Ile Ife
Ancient West African – Nigerian history , the Ile Ife. There’s a great
soundtrack with this video so enjoy 🙂
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Knowledge is truly powerful, but the through the application of it.
APPLY YOUR NATIVE AFRICAN KNOWLEDGE!
9 1000 Years of West African Superpowers
https://youtu.be/AfricansArise
Historian Basil Davidson looks how kingdoms such as Ghana, Mali and Songhay provided a strong centralised
governmental structure within which trade across West Africa thrived. In
particular, he looks at the great city of Timbuktu and the influence of
Islam.
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Checkout messaging technologies used in urban cities twice the size of
present day London, that rivalled Mesopotamia in its time.
Ancient West African Megacities
Centuries BEFORE the coming of Islam and before the days of the Songhay,
Mali and Ghana Empires (and thus before Timbuktu was built), there were
some massive cities in the Niger Delta region which rivalled those of
Mesopotamia.
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In AD 300 Africans have started making Iron weapons, sophisticated gold and
salt traders with Arabs, until…..
The Ghana Empire ~ The Attack of The Almoravids (Moors)
https://youtu.be/o7UiOBiFUOc
The Ghana empire was one of the first great empires in early African
history. The Ghana empire became rich by taxing Muslims who traveled to
sell gold and salt.
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Eye opening information about ancient african literacy.
That explains the legacy of those Moats in Benin -city that still exist
till present day
Clyde Winters on the African Origin of Writing Part 1
This video tells the story of the rise of writing in Saharan Africa back in
3400 BC and its spread to the rest of Africa and the world.
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500 year old technology that still amazes with its detail, intricacy and
standards.
BBC Lost Kingdom of Benin Pt 1
https://youtu.be/xBxlnh4XWyU
Gus Casely-Hayford explores the story of 16th-century bronzes from the
kingdom of Benin.
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This is just in Nubia, what else is out there, that you have seen, or
should see, to wirtten about, and refined for global awareness!
BBC.Lost Kingdoms of Africa. Nubia. 1/6
https://youtu.be/tp6P_hBnF1s
Videos about ancient civilizations and more.Ziggu Feel
free! And welcome —————————– Four-part series in which
British art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the pre-colonial
history of some of Africa’s most important kingdoms. The African contine
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Indigenous African technology for bronze casting – wow
BBC Lost Kingdom of Benin Pt 2
https://youtu.be/QybXRhPN2Qw
Gus Casely-Hayford explores the story of 16th-century bronzes from the
kingdom of Benin.
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MODERN AFRICAN/NIGERAIN/EDO/BINI HISTORIANS/JOURNALISTS, – i believe this
is a product line, a documentary that can delivered for the world to
appreciate, when the product is good. At least indigenes in the diaspora
will definitely appreciate and buy the product
The History of Benin
Ebi continues to relate stories and histories of the Obas of Benin, and
also introduces two similar objects to that of the bell of the Oba.
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African art – to be written about, researched, and inate beauty magnified
for the skill and stories behind them!!
Great Kingdom of Benin
https://youtu.be/rdVIoaTq-5Q
Great Kingdom of Benin, ‘Nigeria’.
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This is an art, lying fallow.
There is a market for the best of everything?
EDO STATE CULTURAL DANCE-WAYERE
https://youtu.be/RJTIhHAWMq8
EDO CULTURAL
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What does this remind you of?
Dance of African Royalty: Benin Kingdom
African women perform the dance of royalty in their queen and royal
regalia.
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