Before the ships came. Before the swords and the crosses. The earth itself rose and spoke their names.
When people talk about Black history, they often begin with slavery. But that is not the beginning — it is only one chapter in a much older story. The true origin of Black people is not chains, but divinity, kingdoms, temples, and stars.
Long before colonization, Africa was home to empires that shaped the world. Civilizations that built with stone, traded gold and silk across oceans, mastered iron before Europe even knew steel, and aligned temples with the stars. From the fertile Nile Valley to the deserts of the Sahara, from the rainforests of Kongo to the mountains of Ethiopia, Africa was not silent — it was the beating heart of human history.
But over time, these stories were buried. Some were erased. Others were dismissed as myths. And so the world came to believe a smaller version of history, one where Black greatness was forgotten.
We tell the stories they never taught us. Stories of kings, queens, warriors, priests, and visionaries who remind us that Black history begins not with oppression, but with divinity and greatness.
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