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African Fashion: The Sophisticated Craftsmanship Behind West Central African Clothing
African Fashion: The Sophisticated Craftsmanship Behind West Central African Clothing Kwabena Ofori Osei 24 Views • 2 months ago

In the Early Modern Period (around 1500-1800), West Central Africa (modern day Angola, the Congos, and Gabon) was home to a variety of different types of cloth and clothing. In this video, we discuss some of the textiles, jewelry, and other adornment that people in this region wore to cover up or show off status, primarily focusing on the kingdoms of Kongo, Ndongo, and to a lesser extent Loango. Join us as we explore some Central African Fashion History! This video is part of Untold Black History III, a collaboration for Black History Month discussing interesting and positive Black history from around the world. No Generative AI was used in the creation of this video.

Check out the Untold Black History III playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivC9TMdGnL8Nnt6Ra8JPQUzHCPI9tcUE&jct=5s3lCP4eK5V4eiLuTPeFSg

Thank you to the following people for lending their voices to some of the primary source quotes in this video:
@ravinelux
@CivilWarWeekByWeek

Citations:
1. Vansina, 266; Heywood, 12-13
2. Heywood; Fromont
3. Vansina; Gibson and McGurk
4. Vansina, 272; Heywood; Fromont
5. Thornton, 12-13
6. Vansina, 276
7. Vansina, 265
8. Vansina, 267-268
9. Vansina, 263
10. Thornton, 19
11. Fromont, 845
12. Heywood, 22
13. Fromont, 846
14. Heywood, 196
15. Vansina, 272-273

Sources:
Fromont, Cécile. “Common Threads: Cloth, Colour, and the Slave Trade in Early Modern Kongo and Angola.” Art History, Volume 41, Issue 5 (November 2018): 838–867, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8365.12400

Gordon D. Gibson and Cecilia R. McGurk, “High-Status Caps of the Kongo and Mbundu Peoples." Textile Museum Journal, Volume 16 (1977) https://archive.org/details/gi....bson-mc-gurk-high-st

Heywood, Linda M. Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Thornton, John. “Precolonial African Industry and the Atlantic Trade, 1500-1800.” African Economic History, no. 19 (1990): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/3601886.

Vansina, Jan. “Raffia Cloth in West Central Africa, 1500-1800.” Essay. In Textiles: Production, Trade, and Demand, 263–82. Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1998.

Clips used:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhznFtHhkBo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCpT-4vctNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oStCNLZBjUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ADpO6bau8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijVfGarTEfc

Other Resources:

https://mavcor.yale.edu/mavcor....-journal/nature-cult

https://mavcor.yale.edu/mavcor....-journal/depicting-k

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00:00 Intro
00:45 Types of Adornment
01:37 Textiles in West Central Africa
03:44 Making Raffia Fabric
06:38 Class and Clothing
11:59 Decline of West Central African Fashion
12:35 Conclusion

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They Declared WAR on Africa in 1452 — The Truth About The Catholic Church and The Dum Diversas | Si
They Declared WAR on Africa in 1452 — The Truth About The Catholic Church and The Dum Diversas | Si Kwabena Ofori Osei 24 Views • 2 months ago

In this powerful lecture at Langston University — Oklahoma's only HBCU — global African reparatory justice strategist Siphiwe ka Baleka breaks down the LEGAL ORIGIN of the transatlantic slave trade, revealing what Carter G. Woodson called our "miseducation."

| Time | Chapter |
| ----- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| 0:00 | Intro — The Orange Juice Analogy |
| 1:28 | Definition of Afro-Descendant & Reparations Root |
| 3:35 | Ethnocide: Destruction of African Identity |
| 4:52 | Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Legal Doctrine |
| 5:39 | Presentation Begins |
| 8:06 | 1243 AD — Pope Innocent IV's Question |
| 10:03 | Europe's Collapse: Famine & Black Death |
| 10:59 | Mansa Musa & Africa's Wealth |
| 15:47 | 1415: Prince Henry Captures Ceuta |
| 18:10 | 1433: Romanus Pontifex Papal Bull |
| 25:24 | June 18, 1452: Dum Diversas Issued |
| 26:59 | "Declaration of WAR, Not Trade" |
| 27:56 | Asientos: Monopoly War Contracts |
| 29:23 | Catholic Church Gets 50% of All Profits |
| 29:39 | US Constitution Enters the Dum Diversas War |
| 30:06 | Conclusion + Q&A |

#reparations #dumdiversas #africanhistory #siphiwekabaleka #panafrican #transatlanticslavetrade #afrodescendant #blackhistory #poisonedroot #papalbull #guineabissau #balanta #hbcu #africanunion #africandiaspora


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Jamaica, 2052.

Once known for its culture, resilience, and natural beauty, the island has become divided by foreign influence, corporate power, and growing inequality. While modern business districts flourish behind checkpoints, thousands struggle to survive in forgotten communities where opportunity has become a luxury.

In the series premiere, Jonathan "Jan Jan" Wright leaves his rural home hoping to build a better life in Kingston. Instead, he discovers that in this new Jamaica, determination isn't enough. Without a State ID, you don't just lose opportunities—you become invisible.

JAMAICA 2052 is a grounded dystopian drama exploring identity, survival, corruption, technology, and the price of progress through the eyes of ordinary Jamaicans.
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