History of Ghana – African History
Ghana history: A village in Ghana Ashanti Empire At the end of the Middle Ages, most of Ghana was divided into small villages, whose people called themselves the Ashanti. Most [...]
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History of Sudan – African History
A village near Sennar in 1823 Big changes came to Sudan about 1500 AD. About 1490, the Shilluk people - who called themselves the Chollo and worshipped African gods - seem [...]
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History of the Kongo
Mbanza Kongo, capital of the Kingdom of Kongo When did the Kingdom of Kongo form? By 1500 AD, the Kingdom of Kongo had been around for more than a hundred [...]
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African Math – Fractions and algebra
African math: Lebombo tally stick (35,000 BC) The first tally sticks African people were the first people anywhere in the world to use counting to keep track of their things, [...]
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What is Ivory? History of Ivory
What is ivory? History of ivory: An elephant using her tusks What is ivory? Ivory is the same thing as elephant tusks (but see below). Elephants grow these long teeth [...]
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East African History
East African history: Debre Dano Christian church (Ethiopia, 500s AD) East Africa trading on the Indian Ocean Because it is on the coast, East Africa had contacts with India and Egypt [...]
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Ancient Meroe and Aksum – Early Sudan
Aksum obelisk Farming and donkeys The earliest people probably evolved from other primates around a million years ago. That may have happened in or near what is now Sudan, south [...]
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Early African History
Early African history: Pyramids at Giza, Egypt The first modern humans About three and a half million years ago, primates like chimpanzees in Africa started to come down out of the trees [...]
