Thu, Oct 26, 2017
Medical treatments, walled cities, global trade predating or surpassing comparable achievements elsewhere in the world can be found in Central Africa.
Sat, Nov 23, 2019
Many animals as diverse as elephants, leopards and zebra were tamed by Africans. But few of the world's hundreds of large animals are suitable to for domestication. Among African species most did not have the right temperament for domestication. And having evolved with humans they instinctively avoid people.
Fri, Oct 30, 2020
The ngombe ngulu is a oddly shaped sword used for decapitations but also as a symbol of status.
Fri, Jul 30, 2021
Jabari interprets African proverbs.
Mon, Aug 30, 2021
Although Zulu cities housed ten thousand or more people they were built of wood unlike the stone used by neighboring peoples. And they were temporary lasting little more than a generation giving the Zulu a degree of mobility.
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
European diseases, particularly smallpox, were devastating to American peoples and played a major role in the conquest of these regions. But the diseases were already endemic in Africa and Asia and some African people had a precursor to a vaccine for smallpox. Rather it was the Europeans that suffered from lack of immunity to tropical diseases in conquering Africa.