The people that rewrote history wanted us to believe that Africa was a land of savages. No one can deny that before coming into contact with the continent, European civilization was either barbaric or non-existent. This is not emotions speaking. Africa is the source of everything.
In today’s context, Africans really need to go back to an understanding of who they were before their history was disrupted. But that knowledge of greatness is already somewhere in your DNA. All we do here is remind you. “The Past is the Future” ✨
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During his visit to Mali from 1352 to 1353, Ibn Battuta, Moroccan scholar, noted: “Amongst their good qualities is the small amount of injustice among them, for of all people they are the furthest from it. Among their qualities, there is also the prevalence of peace in their country. The traveler is not afraid in it, nor is he who lives there…”
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Interpret it as you wish, but this quote alone tells us a lot about how Africans organized themselves and what it was like to live in that region.
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At that time, trade was the basis of the empire’s economic power. Gold, present in abundance, was exchanged for wool, copper, and beads with merchants from North Africa. Mali also imported blades, horses, and silk from Egypt. Cities with which Mali traded included Kano (in present-day Nigeria), Tripoli, and Cairo as well as other trading centers within the region. Mali had diplomatic relations with various states (including the kingdom of Portugal) with which they exchanged embassies and emissaries. Now, go call Africa primitive again…. 🌍
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By: the.kraal