My bad... forgot to put Burundi and Rwanda as Belgian after WW1.

This has been a truly brilliant series

This series has been SOOO GOOOD its beyond impressive

This documentary deserves a 7/7,to discuss Decolonisation

I’ve been watching your videos since the 3 minute history vids. To see how far this channel has come is amazing and how you cover the aspects of history that are glossed over. Thank you for creating on of the best channels on this platform 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Another very interesting rebellion was a milllinerian uprising called the God of Lam uprising in Central Africa. The revolt was led by the "god of Lam" a Gidar (ethnic group in the region) called Toumba (or Mangilva). Mangilva took on the role of something like a prophet, one that was possessed, and in being so, a representative of God (perhaps an oversimplification, but you get the idea).The aim of the rebellion was directed primarily against a few select areas of grievance of the Gidar people. Firstly, there was the French Colonial Rule and the policies brought by the French. Secondly, was the Muslim Fulani raiders that often troubled the Gidar. Thirdly, (though this could very well be more a symbol for the hold of new types of practice coming into Gidar country) Mangilva was opposed to the hold of "Blacksmiths" on peasant society. One day, a man called Toumba disappeared for around 7 years. and when he returned, people refered to him as Mangilva, as it was believed that "God had descended into him." (that his family had connections to religious authorities probably helped). When he reappeared in Lam, at dawn, he had long, shaggy hair, which, among the Gidar, was a mark of possession or of madness. He declared himself "Mangilva na Bray" or the divine of Bray which the name of his neighbourhood. Mangilva's aims were to emancipate the Gidar and neighboring groups from Goudour dominance (a former great regional religious centre. Pilgrimages there were common for religious purposes and for trade that was essential to stave off potential bouts of famine). Mangilva was very suspicious of many of the people who had links to Goudour, such as religious figures. Secondly, he wanted to limit the blacksmiths' social hold on the Gidar community. Mangilva asked that Lam no longer use blacksmiths outside of metallurgical activities. Though this was questioned by people who said they would need blacksmiths in times of war, especially if a colonial rebellion took place. From here, Mangilva attempted to reform the religious practice of Lam. Mangilva codified practices of sacrifice (taking place now in kitchens and in the presence of Women), Mangilva further spoke out against violence against women, forbidding them to be bound and beaten. He preached a form of equality before faults and emphasising a need for women to prepare food so they become masters of their cuisine and also the making of ritual dishes. The introduction of these new behaviours within families rallies women to support Mangilva. Mangilva's practice likely took some Muslim influence. Forbidding the consumption of dead animals and enforcing new methods of burial. Muslim Fulani traders were after all in Lam at the time. Secondly, Mangilav showed great disdain for the effects of Colonialism, calling for a brutal uprising against the exorbitant colonial power that is then set up with the construction of roads, telegraph, the imposition of "rich cultures", the "nominative censuses" that will force forever the payment of the tax, or the militiamen and a whole hierarchy of leaders in the service of this administrative constraint. He rejected what came from the "Whites": money, tax etc and he prophesied a world that will destroy itself to be replaced by another that will not be that of the "Whites". It shows a different future, a kind of "world before" but better, the "land without evil" of all the millenarian prophets. When the revolt broke out, he took control of an area with ~600,000 people in it and French authorities blamed a mixture of Germans, Soviets and even German Soviets! Eventually, after 3 years the rebellion was defeated in 1927 and Mangilva was arrested, dying later in a hunger strike. Some accused the nobles of treason against Mangilva and the women of Lam do not wish to return to the pre-Mangilva days, whereas others questioned his divinity and the new administration acted against his followers. Some successors even emerged! Though they met far less success and support.

This turned out to be a much more interesting series than I first anticipated, well done Jabzy. I'm glad you're also inclined to include Liberia in the colonised camp, _de facto_ should trump _de jure_ in these matters.

This is one of the best history series on UKposts

i love your videos especially these one on Africa your channel goes into so much detail and i love how you make these videos.

Thanks for the episode 👍

Thank you jabzy for this amazing series I've learned so much

Been waiting for this to drop

I was waiting for this 👌 👏

Enjoyed binge-watching this series with curiosity but also a side of sadness.

The Anglo-Ashanti War is one of my favorite subjects to study and talk about. Both because of the Akan people's rich history which gave rise to a sophisticated/complex society, and the fact they were militarily capable enough to go toe-to-toe against the technologically superior British and their West Indian/African allies. The Asante won several wars, had a stalemate, and later revolted against the British occupiers: displaying strong resistance. At the Battle of Amoaful, the British even paid tribute to Asante commander, Amanquatia. "The great Chief Amanquatia was among the killed. Admirable skill was shown in the position selected by Amanquatia, and the determination and generalship he displayed in the defence fully bore out his great reputation as an able tactician and gallant soldier." There are plenty of examples of strong resistance from Africans as show in the video but the Ashanti are one of my favorites.

Thank you Jabzy for telling African History.

a good video well done. Kudos!

Great video series!

This has been a good series

Your channel is far too underrated.

People need to learn more about this period

This was a fantastic series, thank you so much Jabzy. Do you mind sharing your sources? Also wish there was more of a conclusion at the end of the video.

This was a great series! Please make more series on Chinese history

This is a great educational video.

Great video.

This Channel is an oasis in the desert of UKposts content for history lovers💥💥🎞

Great job!

34:43 Okay, no power wasn't given to the southern Igbo it was given to the Northern Emirs. What happened with the Southern Igbos was that cuz the British gave power to the Northern Emirs, they used that power to keep out missionaries to maintain their religious hold. However this came back to bite them as those missionaries brought western education with them and now the more western educated southerners, could get jobs in the Western style government and dominated the civil service and military officies, Igbos chief among them. This ofcourse also leaked into private enterprise as they were better adapted to the western economic system as well. This wasn't the Igbos being given power, this was the Igbos taking better advantage of the system presented to them. 30:51 Continuing with your errors on Igbos, no, the Women's war was only peaceful on the side of the women who tried to emulate traditional peaceful protests on the British to drop taxes, guess what, the British sent in colonial soldiers to shoot at them, killing at least, over 50 women but even that didn't crush their spirits and in the end they got their concessions

And from then until 2024?🙏🌸🙏thx for all 6 videos

So good. Where did you get all of your resources from please??

Great series imo

34:42 My guy, Power in Nigeria has always been with the North, although the South fuels the economy. Igbos, although they excelled in everything and everywhere via merit, were not well liked by the North that felt they were ’entitled.’ Can’t blame them though, the British did it 😒

from 11:40 to 13:00: the railway construction was part of the "Cape to Cairo Railway" envisioned by Cecil Rhodes (mentioned in 13:25). Thanks.

Great finale. Africa played a part in WW2, but that's probably a whole video in of itself

Great Documentary @Jabzy....However, at around 34:45 Mins, Where you said that the "British favoured the Igbo people above the Emirs and Sultans in the north" is not correct, instead it was and has always been the other way round.

I know this is late but one important aspect to the economic aspect of war is while it may be unprofitable for a country as a whole it may be incredibly lucrative for those on the top. When the money that’s being spent is tax payer money while the money coming in is your profit you’re much less likely to care about the money you spend

That was amazing, thank you for your work. I'd love to see what happens next, with a growing educated class of Africans in the west who are returning in droves, a youthful population, due to social media the diaspora is more connected, growing resentment against the western governments, nationalist movement growing amongst the youth and potential of big trade with Asia. Africa's challenges are huge but its youth are starting to look at their national interest instead of tribal lines, which is a plus. As an engineer I see it as the perfect canvas.

I'm proud of Mad mullah for fighting Etiopiaian, British and Italian for 21 years. May Allah bless you.

Excellent series! Are you going to be making some more 3 minute history as well?

I'm so excited to watch this series! I just found your channel after some searching following BlueJay's latest "Wacky War Tactics" video. Quick question - are the playlists curated? I.e., intentionally in reverse order? Or is that just how it ends up when you add a new video to your channels list? (Long explanation - I found this video in a search, went to your channel, and went to playlists to see if there was a series. There was, but it's starting with this one... I'm a bit old for UKposts, so maybe it's just a setting I have wrong, but just wanted to point out that some random folks like me who stumble on your channel and add a playlist might expect it to be in chronological order.)

Will you do a sequel series about decolonization?

Liked and shared. Exporting civilization . . . translates to "exploitation". That's what civilization does; it exploits those unable to defend themselves by force of arms.

Funny you mention Sir Roger Casement; another lesser spoken of link between Ireland 1916 and Colonial Africa is that of John McBride. He was one of the men who faced the firing squad after the 1916 Easter Rising, but unlike the others who faced the same fate he was not involved in the planning or beginnings of the Rising, he only became part of the events of the opening day. The reason for his harsh treatment stemmed from the fact that he had left the British Army in South Africa and fought against them in the Boer Wars, his murder by the British Army was more a settling of old scores !!

This is amazing information about Africa that's why our People got victory today our Ancestors stayed strong through it all Long Live Africa!!

Spain turning down strategic Moracco for the wasteland Western Sahara, doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Why aren't there more movies and books about this period?

France is till medaling

Now that this series is finished, would you continue with China, atleast untill 1949?

Excellent series! Just...please learn how to pronounce Spanish names... From "Melila" to "Zueta" to "Migwel Primo de Rivira" I think you've managed the impressive task of horribly mispronouncing every Spanish name you've ever mentioned in the series. I loved this series, it was very informative and astoundingly well-researched and done, bravo sir

I knew Europe did some messed up things in Africa but gotdamn

That was intresting. So many events, states, peoples and wars usually get compacted in the statement "the scramble for africa"

What did Largeau do?

i have to concentrate so much harder to understand UK accent. It all blends together and they slur their words. I guess the audio quality is bad too.

Why changing the regions of 🇿🇦, 🇳🇦, and 🇱🇸 orange?

Scramble for Africa never really ended it just changed shape.

yes

Thank you for highlighting the barbarism of European colonialism, I've seen too many people in online history circles downplay what the Europeans did.

This all wasn’t that long ago; the companies and families of these colonist are still thriving and hold capital and goods from said colonialism.

YESSS

Mama Africa was raped and pillaged by foreigners but she stayed strong and protected her children and they thrive today and will do so intonthe future we thank our ancestors and Mother Universe. I'm so glad to be 💯percent African child. The story is told from foreigners point of view and I note that it's telling that the narrator really seems to enjoy telling about the violence to people and how revolts were crushed mercilessly... Ke boamma ruri gori Kgomo e tshwarwa kandinaka motho kamafoko!

22:07 huh, Largeau was such a personality that when the Wadai rebels saw him they just surrendered! No action was further taken, French control was simply cemented.

Brave Muslims fought on...

Eugen Fischer, not only the name misspelled, but also mispronounced.

"When did the Scramble for Africa End?": When all Colonialists and their descendants died of lead poisoning.

So with all the rebellions, why did they stay?

All peoples of the world will never forget all rebellions against Europeans.

37:24 / 37:24

Could you review a series about the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire?

11:04 Gotta respect him for trying.

5 Universities in the whole continent up to '22? Thanks for the fun fact. Here in Europe we hear every day the talking heads on TV, UKposts and radio grabbing about how they "civilized" Africa and how Africans weren't able to continue this "process". PS. Gandhi was a consistent dog his entire life. It is a pity that the millions of Indians live today believing in the illusion that he was a kind of saint or man of peace and wisdom.

It's sad how most people want to forget our dark past. Europe has so much blood on their hands It's insane.

You should make a video on the algerian genocide

Dude why do you depict Atlas Berbers as black? 29:26 and at 29:56 thats not how Riffians dress themselves

4:37 Is he the ultimate nazi villain?

You can't end the series like this.. what about decolonization? Also maybe you should do series on success stories like SA, Nigeria, Morrorco, Rwanda. And one more on disputed borders Western Sahara, DRC easten borders and Ethiopia-Eritrea.

FUCKING SICKENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scramble for Africa end in 1945? What?

I watched all of videos about Africa. I simply one of the worst periods of history. Europeans must regret about it. Of course the massacres in America continent are awful, but nobody can forget what happened in Africa because is unforgettable.

U still need to do the de-colonization period and the rest of the 20 century

There is no way you just justified Mussolini using mustard gas on Libyans. There was no crucifix action of Italians fact check please

Extremely funny of nations which built massive amounts of wealth on slavery and colonialism, the latter of which they still did and were doing. getting really mad at Americo Liberians.

Good video, but your Spanish needs work.

Title is a paradox, it has not ended and if you dig zealously for the knowledge, you will find out the more you learn the less we know.

"B-but they signed a treaty!" Yea, the treaty that either was never in a language they could understand in the first place, unintentionally or intentionally mistranslated for them, or signed when your colonialist pirates had a hundred rifles literally or metaphorically pointed at the back of their heads. Diplomacy is only valid when both sides are negotiating on even ground.

37:03 Not the French and British -.- ?

I beg of you, as I have of others: We are living in the age of the WWW; look-up, or ask, for the proper pronunciation of non-English words, when creating such informative/educational vids... it's the least that can be done to show respect for other cultures and languages. Just a thought. Thanks! ☺️

Do Decolonization please

Wait so the colonies weren't for profit but like 100 companies exploited them greatly and france became semi dependant on it's holdings there?

The Zulus didn't like it much

Spain should have annexed the whole of Morocco.

If only the African people could have became one nation and stopped believing in the.mythical practice of their leaders. Perhaps the African people would have gained some kind of respect from these Europeans who are the most eviliest, Greedyest people in the history of mankind.

Europeans 🤦🏾‍♀️

Am Sorry but your wrong in relation to William Cadbury being the founder of Cadbury’s… It was John Cadbury that thus Founded Cadbury’s… William Cadbury was In fact The Grandson of John Cadbury. 😳😳😳

Yay

pls improve your French pronounciation. or simply show them on the screen without butchering them so brutally. look, finishing them off so swiftly, makes me even as a Prussian weep for them. they are totally gay, but they still got feelings, you know.

13:11 Meme material

What is with the British and their taxes? In America, Ireland, India, and Africa, it seems that half of the rebellions they faced were at least in part, due to taxes. At least the Belgiums and Germans were genocidally evil and not petty.

China would say it never ended lol

It didn’t end, the Chinese are now in charge 😂

Fake history