AFRICA!!KINGDOM OF MOROCCO,OLDEST SURVIVING MONARCHY.

AFRICA!!KINGDOM OF MOROCCO,OLDEST SURVIVING MONARCHY.
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU,LAGOS,NIGERIA...

The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria can now confirm that the Kingdom of Morocco is the oldest surviving socio-cultural and political dynasty on the continent of Africa.

Checks showed that the Berbers make at least  33 percent of the population with the remaining 67 percent Arabs in orientation.

It was discovered that Arabs had come to the Kingdom’s present location as wave after wave of several military conquests in the 7^th,8^th,11^th,12^th and 13^th centuries and in the process built cities like Marakech,Fez,Rabat amongst several others.

In 786 A.D. ,The Idrissid dynasty was installed near Volubillis with the city of Fez becoming the capital of the Moroccan Muslim state .

It was gathered that in the 2^nd part of the 17^th century ,the famed Alaouite or Alawite dynasty from Tafilet succeeded the saadite dynasty .

The Alawites according to multiple sources use the title:Moulay ,which makes it lay claim to been direct descendants to the noble blood of the Holy Prophet Mohammed [P.B.U.H.]

In the 17 the century ,the Alawite dynasty was founded by Rashid who had captured Marakesh and part of what is now the coastal parts of Spain.

He was later replaced by Moulay Ismail who made a capital of the city of Meknes at the time in history.

It would appear that being traced to the Holy Prophet’s Mohammed’s noble bloodline is a symbol of dynastic rule and survival in the Arab world in the ancient times till this day.

The Hydara’s of Senegal and Mauritania also trace their lineage to this great bloodline and ancestry in history..

In the same vein ,Egypt’s continuous history dates back to  at least 6,000 years ago as far as the annals of human civilization is concerned ..

However ,the modern state of Egypt got her independence from the British government on the 28^th of February ,1922.

At the time of independence ,the Sultan became King Fuad ,1^st ,he however died on the 28 th of April,1936 and was succeeded by his 17 years old son ,King Farouk,1^st .

Officers from the Egyptian military not satisfied with the state of the nation at the time struck on the 23 rd of July,1952 with Lieutenant Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser emerging as a folk hero even though he helped install a certain General Mohammed Naguib ,Naguib lost power on the 14^th of November,1954..

In a related issue on monarchy based dynastic rule on the continent ,checks also shows that a nation like Uganda had three great Kingdoms and they are Buganda,Bunyoro-Kitarara and Nkore.

An empire like Buganda had being in existence since 1200 A.D.but had a distinctive feature of not having a clear direction as far as succession of Kings were concerned.

In a nation like Nigeria ,Nok culture is the oldest form of civilization and it has being in existence at least 2,500 years ago..

Hence,the vast kingdoms in Hausa,Yoruba ,Igbo Nations among several Nigerian socio-cultural entities are not more than 2,500 years of human existence.

The Kingdom of Eswatini ,formally called Swaziland actually started as a Kingdom in the mid 18^th century  and till date King Maswati is regarded as the last absolute ruler in Africa due to his wide but sweeping powers in his kingdom.

The stool of the emperor of Ethiopia is strongly believed to have being around for at least 3,000 years but this finally gave way in the early 1970s to coupists.

In Ghana the highly revered Asantehene seats on the throne of the Ashanti kingdom ,in modern times   only the nation’s President has more powers and respect .

The Ashanti nation and other Akan speakers started to occupy there present location around 15^th century but gradually grew in leaps and bounds until it became the most powerful in the old Gold coast..

In congo basin,there exists the Kongo which had one of the most powerful early early kingdoms in Central Africa ,they had established the state of Kingo south of the lower Kongo River by 1300 and by the 16^th century there were other states like Loango ,Ngoyo and Kakongo ,North of the river.

The King of Kongo ,the main Congo was the most powerful ruler of his time in history..