| Andrew Adetitun runs The King's Monologue, a media network teaching African history to over 160,000 followers across different channels. | | He noticed that African history wasn't just underrepresented — it was actively obscured. Achievements credited to the wrong civilizations. Truth buried in books most people would never read. | | So he started making content. First on TikTok. Then YouTube. One video went viral — a few million views in days. The audience grew from there. | From a viral TikTok to 160,000 followers | | What started as a few videos turned into something much bigger: | - 120,000+ YouTube subscribers
- 160,000+ followers across platforms
- A library of documentaries and original research
- Museum visits, trips to Egypt, academic papers
| Andrew is a qualified teacher by training. He spent years teaching high school. | | But his real passion was history — specifically, making African history accessible to people who'd never pick up a niche textbook. | | There's a lot of truth hidden in books. But most people aren't book enthusiasts — they come across things in their day-to-day life. YouTube is probably the most powerful medium for reaching them. | | | YouTube became his classroom. Documentaries became his lesson plans. And the community that formed around The King's Monologue became his students. | Why Andrew needed a website | | Social platforms are borrowed land. Andrew knew that. | | When you're on social networks, there's always that thing in the back of your mind — if they one day close or cancel your channel, where is everyone going to go? | | | He wanted a home base. A place he actually owned. Somewhere to: | - Host images from museum visits and statue reconstructions
- Publish academic papers and articles
- Build search engine visibility so his content would rank
- Support initiatives like his Kickstarter book launch
| A Linktree wouldn't cut it. He wanted control. | A former WordPress developer who didn't have time to develop | | Here's the twist: Andrew used to be a WordPress developer. He knows how to build sites from scratch — find hosting, install WordPress, customize themes, write code. | | But he didn't have time for any of that. | | Even just thinking about it was giving me a headache. Finding hosting, installing WordPress, going through all that rigmarole. | | You bring the idea — AI makes it real | | Use our AI website builder for free today. | | | | | | | | | The structure of his new website came together in minutes. No code. No theme hunting. Just prompts and tweaks: | | It was like working with a theme and being able to customize it on the fly without knowing any code. | | | He kept the design simple — limited colors, consistent thumbnails — and let the builder do the rest. | | The website builder did most of the work. I just stuck to a strict theme for fonts and thumbnails, and it gave the whole site a professional look without me doing much at all. | | What the website does today: Funding the Kickstarter and creating organic content | | At the end of last year, Andrew launched a Kickstarter for his book on African history. The website was the launchpad. | | I had a page set up — tkmedu.com/book-launch — and a lot of traffic came through that link, which then took people to the Kickstarter. | | | The campaign was successfully funded. | | The website was a big part of that. It's done its job so far. | | | Besides, the site is an educational resource, which includes: | - Articles and original research
- An image gallery with museum photos and reconstructions (optimized for search)
- A donation feature for supporters
| From here, Andrew wants to expand. He already hired a website admin to help populate content — transcribing his videos and livestreams, editing, and posting. | | Next, he plans to attract contributing authors — vetted and edited — filling the site with hundreds, eventually thousands of articles. | | A searchable archive of African history that ranks in Google and serves researchers, students, and curious minds. | Your story deserves a home, too | | Andrew is a former WordPress developer who chose not to build his site the hard way. | | He focuses on the mission. The platform handles the rest. | | Andrew's story started on TikTok. It grew on YouTube. But his website is the place he actually owns — and the launchpad for everything that comes next. | You bring the idea — AI makes it real | | Use our AI website builder for free today. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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