Was gonna post this on Sup Forums but didn't want it deleted after 100 replies. so here you go Sup Forums if you want to rage at uppity niggers spreading misinformation.
>The reason people love superheroes is that, when done correctly, they are the perfect combination of our wildest fantasies and reality. There is no white guy born on a distant planet who came to Kansas and discovered that he could fly. If you are ever bitten by a bat, you probably want to get a tetanus shot before making plans to build your bat cave. When I was 8, I tried to convince my cousin to let a radioactive spider (I had put it in the microwave) bite him, but for some reason he had no interest in becoming Spider-Man.
>And, of course, when black America streams into movie theaters on Feb. 15 and 16, we’ll do so knowing that Black Panther has nothing to do with reality. We are well aware that there was never a hidden African country so rich that its king would have been the wealthiest man who ever existed. Sure, there were rich African countries, but the leader of the fictional land of Wakanda is supposedly so wealthy that it is impossible to calculate his wealth. Of course, it is a fictional comic book tale that could never really happen.
>Except it did.
>In 1324 Musa I, the 10th Mansa, or king, of the West African empire of Mali, began his 4,000-mile pilgrimage to Mecca. Before his hajj, the African and the Muslim worlds had heard little about the emperor who was uniting many parts of modern-day Mauritania and Mali (Melle), and the tale was unknown to most of Europe. But after his trip, Mansa Musa literally put the kingdom of Mali on the map, and to this very day, historians universally consider him the richest person who ever lived.
>Musa didn’t gain his wealth through an internet-software startup or the stock market—he got it the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
>He was born around 1280 as “Kanga Musa,” a name that refers to his mother, Kankou Hamidou, in the matriarchal Mandinka society. Although his father was not a royal, Musa was appointed a “deputy” to the empire and assumed the throne in 1312 when the previous king took a pilgrimage to Mecca and did not return.
>While Europe was slowly emerging from the famine, war, disease and mass poverty that killed 1 in every 10 Europeans between 1315 and 1316, Musa was building universities, mosques and city centers throughout the empire of Mali. Instead of conquering through war, he expanded his empire through annexation as he used his control of gold and salts to connect disparate city-states into one empire. It is said that by the end of his life, it would have taken an entire year to go from one end of the Mali empire to the other.
>Because of this, Mansa earned more titles than a Game of Thrones character. He was called Emir of Melle, Lord of the Mines of Wangara, Conqueror of Ghanata, Lion of Mali. The only titles he never earned were Mother of Dragons and King of the North. At its height, scholars say, the kingdom had 400 densely populated cities in the Niger Delta. The University of Sankore in Timbuktu, Mali, still stands where he built it after conquering the area.
>Western Europe was basically the PJs, and Mansa Musa’s West African empire was the deluxe apartment in the sky.
>Despite his immense wealth and power, very few outside of Africa knew of Mansa until his pilgrimage. Most accounts say that he took 60,000 men on his trip with him and balled out along the way, much to white people’s dismay.
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Cooper Phillips
How did they find electricity without whites?
Joshua Clark
>>/blaxit/
Josiah Martin
>So what did he do to fix this?
>In perhaps the greatest money move ever made, the king borrowed all of the gold his crew could carry from Cairo. Of course he didn’t need it, but the scarcity of the precious metal settled the market. Then, like the baller he was, he simply repaid the Egyptian moneylenders back, plus interest.
>I’m sure he also included a note that said: “My bad. I’m not used to hanging out with broke people.”
>When he returned to Mali, Musa brought back some of Spain’s and Egypt’s most prized architects and builders, creating an even wealthier kingdom. Historians say that by the time he returned from Mecca, he controlled most of the gold and salt in the Mediterranean. Coincidentally, this is when the kingdom of Mali began showing up on European maps.
>So when you’re fantasizing about a fictional African kingdom of untold fortune, remember that there was once a real king who could probably have lent T’Challa a few dollars until Wakanda’s vibranium check cleared the bank.
>How and when Mansa Musa died is a topic of fierce debate, but in our extensive research, we could not determine whether Mansa Musa released his tax returns. We could, however, confirm that even after the death of Mansa Musa, for centuries the Mali kingdom made Western Europe look like a collection of shithole countries.
>Black Panther is real >He's actually the single worst slaver in human history >#BlackExcellence EVEN POTTERY FAILS TO DESCRIBE THIS
Evan Ross
He got lucky to discover huge amounts if gold and salt on his mines. It was mined with masses of slaves in appalling conditions that make the South look like a vacation. He also was a giant slave trader. Funny how this author thinks that luck + slaves = earning it himself.
Logan Wilson
yeah in the comments someone pointed out how hypocritical it was to neglect to mention how big of a role the guy played in the trasnatlantic slave trade
Nolan Gutierrez
So the KANGS had all this wealth & technology, then threw it all away 2 go back 2 living in mud huts, wearing animal bones in their noses and dancing around a fire b/c they hated the wealth and technology?
>one year from one end to the other African infra?
Jaxon Reed
Why didn't those fuckers build it in the 8000 years that white people weren't there?
Josiah Perez
>not wanting to become based spidey
Benjamin Hall
>Country sits on a gold mine >economy still run on slaves >Do nothing with that wealth
We wuz rich kangs n shieet
Ayden Morales
>Peter Parker, brilliant...but incredibly racist It was a simpler time
Julian Cruz
WE
Xavier Phillips
>historians universally consider him the richest person who ever lived. A middle class person in the West is richer than he was.
Brody Harris
>In perhaps the greatest money move ever made, the king borrowed all of the gold his crew could carry from Cairo. Of course he didn’t need it, but the scarcity of the precious metal settled the market. Then, like the baller he was, he simply repaid the Egyptian moneylenders back, plus interest. What? So he did borrow a lot of gold he didn't need and then he had to paid for with with interests? How is that the greatest money move ever made?
Cooper Cook
>spreading misinformation. Disinformation you fucking savage.
Charles Roberts
>Musa was building universities, mosques and city centers throughout the empire of Mali. >Mansa Musa’s West African empire was the deluxe apartment in the sky.
Hahahahahahahahah holy shit, how stupid is this nigger? Europe had universities and churches thousands of years older than some ragtag African citystates and this guy is acting like they were some big accomplishment that made Africa a luxurious trade center ahahahhaha
Tyler Garcia
Of course, thank you my bong friend. Yeah it doesn't really make sense
The best part is that in between each paragraph is pic related
Isaac Gonzalez
>Haiti flag
What how has the building been going for the last 2 centuries of independence on the fertile fields of Hispaniola?
Gavin Myers
He basically sucked up the entire supply of gold ensuring his holdings only went up in value.
First whale in history.
Austin Long
>He earned it. >Musa was appointed a “deputy” to the empire and assumed the throne in 1312 when the previous king took a pilgrimage to Mecca and did not return. Okay.
I'll have to check the marvel lore, but I'm pretty sure Wakanda is only recently incredibly rich, because they're selling vibranium and Wakanda's by far the biggest source of vibranium. It's basically the same deal as Saudi Arabia.
Michael Parker
heres wakanda in real life
Aiden Peterson
But in the article it also says this: >Never one to be stingy with his money, Musa is reported to have handed out gold bars to poor people along his travel route. Almost every version of his hajj tells the same story: King Musa handed out so much gold to the poor, it actually collapsed the entire gold market in the Middle East! So he basically gave away so much gold that it became worthless because of the inflation.
Oliver Fisher
Slacktivism at its finest.
Wyatt Barnes
So he gave all of his people the gold and enslaved them while sucking up the gold from the european market.
History's first whale
Xavier Carter
And despite all his great wealth, and having surely seen plenty of castles, mosques and other impressive buildings on his Hajj, the greatest feat of architecture King Mansa Musa could conjure when he got home was this: the "Great" Mosque of Djenne, which is made out of mud and needs to be repainted with another layer each year to stop it from crumbling away. This is considered the the impressive building in all of sub Saharan Africa.
Lincoln Hughes
What a baller!
Jaxon Phillips
But I thought that all the greatest painters, sculpters, and architects of Europe went with him? How did they have a Renaissance a couple decades afterwards which dwarfs his achievements if the best had all left?
Jose Sanchez
we literally split the atom >we wuz gods checkmate niggers
Henry Howard
>African king >His name's literally Kanga I must kek and I have no sides
Benjamin Reyes
He bought almost all the gold in Cairo. This caused a massive gold shortage and therefore a huge spike in gold prices. He then resold it at an inflated value.
Of course, this is historically wrong. One, Musa 1 is infamous for giving away so much gold during his Hajj that the price of the stuff actually plummeted. This cause a brief depression in Egypt. And second, under Islamic law banks cannot charge interest. They're not really banks as a result.
Samuel Miller
Show me one building that this supposed emperor built. Or a historical record shows his wealth, in their own language.
Noah Harris
Give them an inch of power and see how they immediately begin to emulate the people and systems they claim to hate and despise. I'm supposed to worship this guy because he sat on a ton of gold? What happened to eating the rich?
Tyler Williams
>how big of a role the guy played in the trasnatlantic slave trade wat
Adrian Gutierrez
> > Europe had universities thousands of years older than some ragtag African citystates
Jonathan Russell
Yeah, I don't think we can say that most American Blacks have actual values. They're bitter, resentful, violent, entitled, and angry. But those aren't principles or beliefs. Those are emotions caused by frustration and an absolutely cancerous culture.
Camden Nelson
>When he returned to Mali, Musa brought back some of Spain’s and Egypt’s most prized architects and builders
Using spanish and egyptian architects. KEK the man has no taste, everyone knows italians were the real deal
Parker Robinson
Wakanda is real desu Come home to paradise brother
Connor Thomas
Bump for keks
Michael James
Bear in mind, the university of oxford had existed for 250 years, and the Baghdad house of wisdom had came and went.
Joshua Murphy
>under Islamic law banks cannot charge interest.
No wonder the kikes hate them.
Angel Morales
A Kang who got lucky enough to find his kangdom was built on gold mines. Bravo.
Name a Malinese philosopher. Scientist. Inventor. Engineer. Artist. Name one.
What does that say? The richest man to ever exist created nothing, left absolutely no legacy and within a couple of generations his empire was dust. He was the definition of nigger rich.
Oliver Ramirez
sooo they can send a car into space for 2 million Teslabux for the most expensive car commercial ever paid for by a government? A fucking car
Angel Edwards
name me one non-black historian who has claimed Musa is the richest man to have ever lived
