Current Events > Ancient African civilizations are grossly unrepresented in games and other media

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k8ybug 06/19/19 3:40:18 PM #1:	Black civilizations as a whole are entirely glossed over by entertainment industries of all different stripes. People go on about the locales used in whatever piece of shit Ubisoft puts out with Assassin's Creed. Greece, France, England, Rome, etc. Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit and it's fucking bullshit. <cite>k8ybug posted [p:923550338] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Black civilizations as a whole are entirely glossed over by entertainment industries of all different stripes. People go on about the locales used in whatever piece of shit Ubisoft puts out with Assassin's Creed. Greece, France, England, Rome, etc. Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit and it's fucking bullshit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blightzkrieg 06/19/19 3:42:24 PM #2:	Most people dont even understand modern African nations much less ancient ones. --- https://imgtc.com/i/sIhpHts.jpg <cite>Blightzkrieg posted [p:923550435] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Most people dont even understand modern African nations much less ancient ones.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
s0nicfan 06/19/19 3:42:52 PM #3:	--- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:923550461] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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k8ybug 06/19/19 8:05:05 PM #5:	Bump <cite>k8ybug posted [p:923562805] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Bump</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 06/19/19 8:08:23 PM #6:	k8ybug posted... Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit and it's fucking bullshit. Topic was actually going somewhere until this bit. --- Be wary of boarding the hype train, lest you end up on the ruse cruise... - nanobuilder (r/nintendo) http://backloggery.com/SolarCrimson <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:923562947] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>k8ybug posted...</cite> <quote>Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit and it's fucking bullshit.</quote> Topic was actually going somewhere until this bit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 06/19/19 8:08:49 PM #7:	Wakanda forever! --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:923562969] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Wakanda forever!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zikten 06/19/19 8:22:05 PM #9:	Highwind07 posted... Did Carthage count? It was in Africa. It was African but i don't think carthaginians were considered black <cite>Zikten posted [p:923563488] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>Highwind07 posted...</cite> <quote>Did Carthage count? It was in Africa.</quote> It was African but i don't think carthaginians were considered black</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
El Mexicano Texano 06/19/19 8:26:37 PM #10:	Egypt? Pyramids and all that... --- http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn255/5EMTwE/GFaqs/Houston.jpg <cite>El Mexicano Texano posted [p:923563657] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Egypt? Pyramids and all that...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeadBankerDream 06/19/19 8:27:48 PM #11:	Highwind07 posted... Did Carthage count? It was in Africa. Carthage was nothing compared to Detroit, though. --- "Your mother was a broken down tub of junk with more gentlemen callers than the operator." <cite>DeadBankerDream posted [p:923563703] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>Highwind07 posted...</cite> <quote>Did Carthage count? It was in Africa.</quote> Carthage was nothing compared to Detroit, though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EwokCommanda 06/19/19 8:28:38 PM #12:	s0nicfan posted... +1 --- EwokCommanda, Enigma, Wahooka, Skarr, and R-110 (and similars). <cite>EwokCommanda posted [p:923563737] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote></quote> +1</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BandofMedz 06/19/19 8:30:59 PM #13:	Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist. --- Signature <cite>BandofMedz posted [p:923563828] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lordgold666 06/19/19 8:43:03 PM #14:	k8ybug posted... Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit lol wtf --- 3DS: 1848-2391-0198 "May the Father of Understanding guide us" <cite>Lordgold666 posted [p:923564334] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>k8ybug posted...</cite> <quote>Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit </quote> lol wtf</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest 06/19/19 8:47:14 PM #15:	Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. --- http://poorcouplesfoodguide.com <cite>LostForest posted [p:923564521] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BandofMedz 06/19/19 8:47:46 PM #16:	LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. BandofMedz posted... Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist. --- Signature <cite>BandofMedz posted [p:923564549] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> <cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote>Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 06/19/19 8:55:14 PM #17:	LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. It depends on how it's handled. --- Be wary of boarding the hype train, lest you end up on the ruse cruise... - nanobuilder (r/nintendo) http://backloggery.com/SolarCrimson <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:923564881] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> It depends on how it's handled.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BandofMedz 06/19/19 8:57:05 PM #18:	Solar_Crimson posted... LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. It depends on how it's handled. Was Resident Evil 5 racist? --- Signature <cite>BandofMedz posted [p:923564965] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> It depends on how it's handled.</quote> Was Resident Evil 5 racist?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest 06/19/19 8:57:54 PM #19:	Solar_Crimson posted... LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. It depends on how it's handled. Right, I get that. But I'm saying like, if you just don't even try period, there's no danger of being called racist, so it makes sense why devs wanna take the easy route. --- http://poorcouplesfoodguide.com <cite>LostForest posted [p:923565009] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> It depends on how it's handled.</quote> Right, I get that. But I'm saying like, if you just don't even try period, there's no danger of being called racist, so it makes sense why devs wanna take the easy route.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest 06/19/19 8:58:48 PM #20:	BandofMedz posted... Solar_Crimson posted... LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. It depends on how it's handled. Was Resident Evil 5 racist? For the most part no, but I do remember some outlet called it 'the most racist thing ever in media' or something along those lines. --- http://poorcouplesfoodguide.com <cite>LostForest posted [p:923565057] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> It depends on how it's handled.</quote> Was Resident Evil 5 racist?</quote> For the most part no, but I do remember some outlet called it 'the most racist thing ever in media' or something along those lines.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BandofMedz 06/19/19 8:58:52 PM #21:	LostForest posted... Solar_Crimson posted... LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. It depends on how it's handled. Right, I get that. But I'm saying like, if you just don't even try period, there's no danger of being called racist, so it makes sense why devs wanna take the easy route. Was Resident Evil 5 racist? --- Signature <cite>BandofMedz posted [p:923565059] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> It depends on how it's handled.</quote> Right, I get that. But I'm saying like, if you just don't even try period, there's no danger of being called racist, so it makes sense why devs wanna take the easy route.</quote> Was Resident Evil 5 racist?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cjsdowg 06/19/19 8:59:22 PM #22:	BandofMedz posted... LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. BandofMedz posted... Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist. Almost never have a game set in African. Then you have one, people are running around in grass skirts waiting for a white guy to save them... yeah. That is just the same thing as being upset that game is set in Africa. --- Bender: Well, everybody, I just saved a turtle. What have you done with your lives? <cite>cjsdowg posted [p:923565075] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> <cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote>Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist.</quote></quote> Almost never have a game set in African. Then you have one, people are running around in grass skirts waiting for a white guy to save them... yeah. That is just the same thing as being upset that game is set in Africa.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 06/19/19 8:59:37 PM #23:	BandofMedz posted... Solar_Crimson posted... LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. It depends on how it's handled. Was Resident Evil 5 racist? People had issues with it, and it was perceived that way by some people. --- Ten million dollars on a losing campaign Twenty million starving and writhing in pain <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:923565092] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> It depends on how it's handled.</quote> Was Resident Evil 5 racist?</quote> People had issues with it, and it was perceived that way by some people.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BandofMedz 06/19/19 9:00:23 PM #24:	cjsdowg posted... BandofMedz posted... LostForest posted... Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether. BandofMedz posted... Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist. Almost never have a game set in African. Then you have one, people are running around in grass skirts waiting for a white guy to save them... yeah. That is just the same thing as being upset that game is set in Africa. The white guy had a black partner... --- Signature <cite>BandofMedz posted [p:923565130] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>cjsdowg posted...</cite> <quote><cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LostForest posted...</cite> <quote>Tbf games that try to use Africa as a setting often get called out as racist, so I can understand if devs want to just avoid it altogether.</quote> <cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote>Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist.</quote></quote> Almost never have a game set in African. Then you have one, people are running around in grass skirts waiting for a white guy to save them... yeah. That is just the same thing as being upset that game is set in Africa.</quote> The white guy had a black partner...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
myzz7 06/19/19 9:00:40 PM #25:	What was Assassin's Creed Origins ? --- ''If I knew how to dox people, and you lived close to me, I would beat you with a bat.'' Bad_Mojo 8/24/2018 <cite>myzz7 posted [p:923565144] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>What was Assassin's Creed Origins ?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BandofMedz 06/19/19 9:01:36 PM #26:	Was GTA SA racist? --- Signature <cite>BandofMedz posted [p:923565171] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Was GTA SA racist?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
specialkid8 06/19/19 9:01:40 PM #27:	I don't know if people didn't read the OP or if they just skipped past that gold but I am cracking up. <cite>specialkid8 posted [p:923565173] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>I don't know if people didn't read the OP or if they just skipped past that gold but I am cracking up.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
qwertyuio1 06/19/19 9:03:29 PM #28:	Solar_Crimson posted... k8ybug posted... Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit and it's fucking bullshit. Topic was actually going somewhere until this bit. --- My neighbor is Paul McCartney <cite>qwertyuio1 posted [p:923565249] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>k8ybug posted...</cite> <quote>Nobody even mentions great African civilizations like Nubia or Detroit and it's fucking bullshit.</quote> Topic was actually going somewhere until this bit.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
qwertyuio1 06/19/19 9:05:40 PM #29:	Detroit fam? K8ybug is really unmasks Eminem! & you would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for us meddling kids --- My neighbor is Paul McCartney <cite>qwertyuio1 posted [p:923565349] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Detroit fam? K8ybug is really unmasks Eminem! & you would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for us meddling kids</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Superlinkbro 06/21/19 11:27:04 PM #30:	BandofMedz posted... Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist. --- PSN: Super_Link_Bro/Switch FC: SW-0496-6694-1794 Please let me know if you want to friend me beforehand. <cite>Superlinkbro posted [p:923669578] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>BandofMedz posted...</cite> <quote>Because Resident Evil 5 was never called racist.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BignutzisBack 06/21/19 11:29:29 PM #31:	myzz7 posted... What was Assassin's Creed Origins ? A game with Arabic representation --- https://imgur.com/plA0Vg9 https://media.giphy.com/media/dgK22exekwOLm/giphy.gif <cite>BignutzisBack posted [p:923669648] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>myzz7 posted...</cite> <quote>What was Assassin's Creed Origins ?</quote> A game with Arabic representation</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Skye Reynolds 06/21/19 11:33:14 PM #32:	The only story I can think of which takes place in ancient Africa is The Lion King. And that's only if you hold ~~Hercules wearing Scar's skin for a painting~~ to be canon. <cite>Skye Reynolds posted [p:923669761] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>The only story I can think of which takes place in ancient Africa is The Lion King. And that's only if you hold Hercules wearing Scar's skin for a painting to be canon.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Goats 06/21/19 11:39:01 PM #33:	There was an Africa themed Age of Empires 2 DLC that sold like a grandma's ass. --- Sigless user alert <cite>Goats posted [p:923669921] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>There was an Africa themed Age of Empires 2 DLC that sold like a grandma's ass.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThyCorndog 06/21/19 11:41:34 PM #34:	they could make a game taking place in nubia or aksum or the mali/songhai empire there were other sub saharan african civilizations but there's not a lot known about them in general and so it would get to the point where the game makers would be literally making shit up to the point where it's a total fantasy. for example, a game taking place in great zimbabwe --- https://imgur.com/6cPXvLN <cite>ThyCorndog posted [p:923670001] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>they could make a game taking place in nubia or aksum or the mali/songhai empire there were other sub saharan african civilizations but there's not a lot known about them in general and so it would get to the point where the game makers would be literally making shit up to the point where it's a total fantasy. for example, a game taking place in great zimbabwe</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Infinite 2003 06/21/19 11:42:54 PM #35:	Tons of people making serious responses despite the TC legit calling Detroit an African civilization lol --- Before I knew it there was poop on my lips. - squarion <cite>Infinite 2003 posted [p:923670030] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Tons of people making serious responses despite the TC legit calling Detroit an African civilization lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Goats 06/21/19 11:43:17 PM #36:	gets flashbacks to starting on the same continent as the Zulus in Civ 5 Oh no oh no oh no --- Sigless user alert <cite>Goats posted [p:923670037] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>gets flashbacks to starting on the same continent as the Zulus in Civ 5 Oh no oh no oh no</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DuneMan 06/21/19 11:58:26 PM #37:	I came into this topic expecting to post about the difficulties of even representing a Caribbean culture in a game let alone an African one, i.e. 'woke' white guys complaining about Cyberpunk 2077 and the creator as a black man telling them to STFU, but the Detroit bit just killed the topic. --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao <cite>DuneMan posted [p:923670485] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>I came into this topic expecting to post about the difficulties of even representing a Caribbean culture in a game let alone an African one, i.e. 'woke' white guys complaining about Cyberpunk 2077 and the creator as a black man telling them to STFU, but the Detroit bit just killed the topic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 06/22/19 12:02:09 AM #38:	Skye Reynolds posted... The only story I can think of which takes place in ancient Africa is The Lion King. And that's only if you hold ~~Hercules wearing Scar's skin for a painting~~ to be canon. have you ever heard of... the bible --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:923670590] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>Skye Reynolds posted...</cite> <quote>The only story I can think of which takes place in ancient Africa is The Lion King. And that's only if you hold Hercules wearing Scar's skin for a painting to be canon.</quote> have you ever heard of... the bible</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JBaLLEN66 06/22/19 12:09:14 AM #39:	Yeah, it's funny how "primitive" Africans were, but the race for Africa was in the late 19th century. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdR2Iktffaw The day Capitalism was humiliated :) <cite>JBaLLEN66 posted [p:923670791] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, it's funny how "primitive" Africans were, but the race for Africa was in the late 19th century.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cjsdowg 06/22/19 12:16:52 AM #40:	ThyCorndog posted... they could make a game taking place in nubia or aksum or the mali/songhai empire there were other sub saharan african civilizations but there's not a lot known about them in general and so it would get to the point where the game makers would be literally making shit up to the point where it's a total fantasy. for example, a game taking place in great zimbabwe Big UPS for knowing about those places so many people don't have a clue. --- Bender: Well, everybody, I just saved a turtle. What have you done with your lives? <cite>cjsdowg posted [p:923671047] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote><cite>ThyCorndog posted...</cite> <quote>they could make a game taking place in nubia or aksum or the mali/songhai empire there were other sub saharan african civilizations but there's not a lot known about them in general and so it would get to the point where the game makers would be literally making shit up to the point where it's a total fantasy. for example, a game taking place in great zimbabwe</quote> Big UPS for knowing about those places so many people don't have a clue.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dr_marble 06/22/19 3:54:58 AM #41:	You could do a sweet African fantasy pretty easily. Forget Wakanda, let's have a game about reestablishing Ouagadou like in the Dausi. --- If cuckoldry is a thinking man's fetish, explain G-Eazy. <cite>dr_marble posted [p:923676066] in Ancient Af... [t:77803101]...</cite> <quote>You could do a sweet African fantasy pretty easily. Forget Wakanda, let's have a game about reestablishing Ouagadou like in the Dausi.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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