Africa has been home to many advanced, exotic civilizations. Many buried beneath the sands of time, but we know of many others and archaeologists continue to uncover ancient African civilizations and their magnificent wonder. Because of white supremacist views, for the past 400 years teachings of world history has omitted African history entirely, despite it being the very orgins of mankind.
The peoples of West Africa had a rich and varied history and culture. They had a wide variety of political arrangements including kingdoms, city-states and other organisations, each with their own languages and culture. (READ MORE)
The lives of Africans before slavery were much like the lives of the rest of the civilized world. Some lived in great cities, others in small towns, still others in the countryside. (READ MORE)
A study of African history shows that Africa was by no means inferior to Europe or anywhere else. As you can see below, the people who suffered the most from the Transatlantic Slave Trade were civilized, organized and technologically advanced peoples, long before the arrival of European slavers, trying to suggest they were backward peoples. (READ MORE)
There have been too many misconceptions about the lives of Africans before the advent of European and American colonization. The history of ancient Africa is just as interesting, complex, and sophisticated as any other ancient civilization, yet almost without exception; it is only Egypt that receives any consideration at all when writing history. (READ MORE)
Ancient kingdoms
Pre-slavery