When Africa invented modern education: Timbuktu

A Sudanese proverb declared, "Salt comes from the north, gold from the south, silver from the land of white men, but the word of God and the treasures of wisdom come from Timbuktu." This city played a crucial role in transmitting knowledge from African intellectuals to the larger Islamic world, in a manner not reflected in other educational institutions of the time.

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[deadmanthehekatonkheire]

Whenever they say that Africa never independently developed writing, iron-smelting, muliple-storey architecture, state-building, city-planning, etc., it's always nothing but projection. Another great video, King.

[IronAgeAfrican]

Theres is so much depth to all of africa's history that no one will ever find.

[gadeyeye]

This is so inspiring it's disturbing. I'm inspired that the ancient texts are being digitized and excited for it but disturbed that such an influential foundational institution would be so disrespected by the ignorant world of racists salivating at the idea of corrupting every form of wisdom they come in contact with out of self hatred and cooperation with confusion.

[marjorievernelle]

How nicely you summarized a great tradition of learning.

[thaliahall]

Thank you TKM! I have always been intrigued by Timbuktu and great University.

[musiqologist]

For a second I thought I clicked on a Hometeam History video.
Great job TKM!
This is far more than I ever knew about Timbuktu.

[tdmagichands]

Thanks for spreading the knowledge of Africans greatness

[wayneelliott]

All this was done on what the European called the "dark continent"!

[rjmckenzie]

At this point if anyone tells me that Africans did not write anything im going to scream in thier face lol. Because its who we are, God gave us the brains to do these things that which are impossible. Im proud of my roots and history. Brother question whats the name of the song in the first half of the video?

[philthai]

Africa created writing period. Thank you King Mono.

[skyking]

Enjoying the production value my brother, well researched and narrated, quality work. Reminds me a lot of the words of wisdom dropped on us by the great Dr Ivan Van Sertima.

[mrknightt]

Great work KING!. Keep spreading the truth

[adambyars]

So good this gave me chills I can't wait to share this with my kids. 🔥‼️

[adhieugai]

I love this discoveries everyday. As a dinka of South Sudan nothing much is out there for us but I keep learning of us being part of the source.

[nerdlarge]

TKM, The Great Educator and Dispeller of False Narratives about African History. 👁👂🏿

[mrnancy]

Thank you for this, it is important to look at other river valleys of Africa, I know Kmt and the Nile Valley complex is very important and should not be ignored but those other river valleys and complexes are of equal importance and at times just as old, for one, I'd like someone with graphic skills, to do a mock up the Dhar Tititchit complex and later Wagadu cities as they would appear, right now all we have is their hollowed out shells and post that hinted of a once great past, this is a challenge for anyone with the skills and inclination, to run with it..👊🏾

[sirjamesjemo]

The 5 oldest universities in the world are all located in Africa. Remember that

[quelnariemrah]

The gift to us is knowing that you still haven't reached your peak as scholar and promoter knowledge. 🤜🏾 🤛🏾

[bilalhassen]

Don't forget the Mande script was also used in Mali which is an indigenous west African writing script as well as Lybico-berber. Peace

[YurrahAlHadi]

Thank you so much for making this video. As a "Black" American Muslim, it's frustrating trying to explain the long, long history of "black" Indigenous Americans and African Muslim history. There's an idea that Islam was spread through Arab Imperialism that directly affected many African nations; however, Islam spread separately as a religion outside of Arab imperialism and colonization long before Arab Muslims and pagans began expanding their rule. The presence of Islam in America and Africa is not due to slavery, but the basic belief in this religion being the correct and basic business systems such as trade. There were many Indigenous and African empires/nations that had Muslim rulers and citizens. Note: That Quranic Arabic and Moorish Arabic is different than Arabian Peninsula Arabic.