The Witness ✍️
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Monday 02 November 2026 03:10:06 GMT
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Ayoub :
Unity terrifies the colonizers
2026-11-02 19:18:45
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Keith :
YES that's how you drop the microphone 🎤 👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
2026-11-03 04:26:02
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Mar36 :
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 *** This brother talks Nothing but TRUTH.
2026-11-03 04:55:13
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iqbalazim912 :
Truth conveyed.
2026-11-03 12:24:21
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Kimbo :
No lies detected here!💯
2026-11-02 17:14:23
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wewegip98 :
Amen, they lie at the drop of a hat.
2026-11-02 04:57:44
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Isaias :
Dr. Bolson speaks the truth, and I always love hearing his enlightened commentaries.
2026-11-02 04:41:43
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kraven :
His speeches are always filled with vital information.😁
2026-11-02 10:18:52
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Tukoow. 🇺🇿. 🇸🇴 :
Facts
2026-11-02 18:51:07
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Kyle L. :
❤️
2026-11-02 06:38:35
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Blessed Queen :
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2026-11-02 12:34:48
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Bennett Be Real :
💯💯💯
2026-11-02 06:01:22
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Darwish Moawad :
[Muted rage][Muted rage][Muted rage]
2026-11-02 15:19:28
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cannon :
👍👍👍
2026-11-02 09:26:29
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Gavin Randall :
The 1591 Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire (which controlled Timbuktu) was a pivotal moment that effectively ended the city's golden age. The Religion of the Invaders The Moroccans were Muslims, ruling under the Islamic Saadian Dynasty. Because Timbuktu and the broader Songhai Empire were also devoutly Islamic, this invasion was highly controversial. In fact, historical accounts note that Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur’s religious advisors actively warned him against launching the campaign, arguing that it was religiously forbidden to wage war against a fellow Muslim state. The Motive Behind the Invasion The war was strictly driven by economic greed and political survival, not religious friction. Sultan al-Mansur faced heavy financial pressure back home to fund a professional standing army to defend against the Ottoman Empire and European empires (Spain and Portugal). Driven by the false belief that conquering Songhai would give him direct ownership of the legendary West African gold mines, he sent an army across the Sahara equipped with English gunpowder firearms. The Moroccans easily outmatched the traditional spears and bows of the Songhai forces at the Battle of Tondibi. Why Were the Texts Destroyed? The destruction and scattering of Timbuktu's manuscripts was not a deliberate, ideologically driven campaign to erase knowledge as "heretical" (unlike the actions of modern extremist groups in the 21st century). Rather, the damage to the texts was caused by two main factors: • Socio-Political Suppression: The Moroccans correctly identified Timbuktu’s elite scholar class as the political and intellectual backbone of the local resistance. To break the city's spirit and eliminate potential leaders of rebellion, the Moroccan forces systematically targeted the academic community. They arrested, executed, or exiled top intellectuals—most notably the renowned scholar Ahmed Baba—and deported them north to Marrakesh. • Looting and Dispersal: When the scholars were rounded up and their homes raided, their massive personal libraries were treated as spoils of war. Thousands of texts were confiscated, physically scattered, or taken back to Morocco. Left without caretaker
2026-11-03 22:51:26
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Abinator_Abby :
imagine if the whites havnt spent all that effort, resources, life's to slaughter all other ppl of color. man there would be so much more of us to a point where you'd be lucky to see a white person.
2026-11-03 09:42:21
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