but yes mr e's thing still does not stand since it seems arabs were never down that area

benin would only later get eaten in 1897

by the uk

later 1700s or early 1800s

kek

and then forced into nigeria

“kek”

I think this picture is perfect

No the city was founded in 1180

Pretty much shows where the arabs had their influence

The europeans came into contact with them in around the 1600s

**When people in Benin discovered Britain's true intentions were an invasion to depose the king of Benin, without approval from the king his generals ordered a preemptive attack on the British party approaching Benin City, including eight unknowing British representatives, who were killed. A punitive expedition was launched in 1897. The British force, under the command of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, razed and burned the city, destroying much of the country's treasured art and dispersing nearly all that remained. The stolen portrait figures, busts, and groups created in iron, carved ivory, and especially in brass (conventionally called the "Benin Bronzes") are now displayed in museums around the world.**
Also the eternal anglo destroyed a lot of their shit

Colonalism did not make africa poor

>Colonalism did not make africa poor

HOLY FUCKING KEKLES

I never said that. Shill out bro.

Stuff like that happened all the time during war, I stopped paying attention to which civilization burns the others artwork

africa is not a single person

I hate how people want Pre Colonial Africans to be low iq nobodies with no history but when they are shown otherwise they start spouting bullshit

Like it wasn't even realted to the above.

Africa didn’t really get any poorer overall following decolonization either

like i know that stuff happens in war but its still a shame it happend.

I could literally show them the Kongo empire and they’ll say “I bet Arabs founded that city”

there were African kingdoms and nations that just got nommed by Euros later. No one was talking about if it made it pooor or not either E

yeah, it is. But you'll be pressed to find a country that hasn't done something similar

rightists are like AI they just hear random keywords and say whatever nonsense they're programmed to

Anyways

The Romans did it, The ottomans did it, the Zulu's did it. The chinese, etc...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Loango

@TERRIFIED OF YOU doesnt really make it okay

and loagno kingdom

@TERRIFIED OF YOU i agree. like i understand

and while i dont nesseciarly judge

i still find it a shame

that what was there got lost.

The Oyo kingdom made cool looking art as well

It doesn't but i just hear too much people with white guilt and them being like "we are so bad for what we did"

It is bad, but like. It's not applied universally

I'll give you a bone and that white guilt is id pol (like a certain someone with muhb big brained iq)

I love history, so it breaks my heart whenever I hear of artifacts destroyed

I posted it because it used as a explanation for racial differences

Odd you don't believe that

I love African History and when niggas try and slander it or make some bs up, imma have to get up on em