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The other face of Africa An Afro-optimist view
Vincent Okele
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Agenda
  • Africa - the cradle of civilisation
  • African Knowledge systems
  • Writing systems
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering/building technology
  • Metallurgy
  • Food processing
  • General science
  • Future perspective

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Africa - the cradle of civilisation
  • Modern humanity originated in Africa
  • First humans emerged in Africa - 200,000 years
    ago
  • The kenyan-Ethiopian-Tanzanian region is the
    birthplace of modern humans
  •  That other African  
  • First entered Asia, Europe, Australia, the
    Americas, South Pacific Islands
  • not as slaves but as master, in control of own
    destiny
  • Black people created and sustained many of the
    worlds earliest and enduring civilizations
  • Established the early kingdoms
  • Dahomey - 1620
  • Ashanti - 1670

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Africa - the cradle of civilisation
African - cradle of civilisation
Africas oldest boat
Location Dafuna, Nigeria Age 8,000
years Discovered 1987
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African Knowledge systems
Writing Systems
  • Wide range of symbols and motifs for
    communicating ideas Concepts
  • Material Parchment, papyrus, leather, skin,
    fabric, sand, clay Metal
  • Examples
  • Geez (Ethiopia)
  • Meroitic (Nubia)
  • Hieroglyphics (Egypt)
  • Bamum (Cameroon)
  • Vai (Liberia)
  • Nsibidi (Nigeria/Cameroon)
  • Ajimi (Nigeria/Niger)
  • Adinkra pictographic system (Akan - Ghana/Ivory
    Coast)

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African Knowledge systems
Writing Systems
The Shumom writing system (Bamum, Cameroon)
Ethiopian Stenography
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