The image that is often pointed out by Europeans is that Africa has no history. That Africa did not have any civilisation prior to the coming of the white man. However, there was a thriving African civilisation, long before the White man came.
It has been pointed out, with much evidence, that ancient Egypt was essentially an African civilisation. To hide our heritage, European archeologists usually chop off the noses of pharaohs and bleach their bodies, so as to remove any blackness from them. The Arabs only came to Egypt in 600AD, and are not true representatives of the ancient Egyptian civilisation.
It has well been documented that ancient Egypt was a thriving place of science, astronomy, trigonometry, and culture. The Greeks, whom the Western world trace their civilisation to, often came to learn and study in Egypt. Aristotle, the acclaimed Western thought leader, is one of such people that often came to learn in Egypt. Furthermore, the Yoruba, a tribe in Nigeria, had a programming language long before the modern computing languages were developed. It is time to reclaim our history. It is the only way we can rise up as a people.
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