Africa's Historic Past told by buildings, Monuments, landmarks, art work Part 1

Africa is one continent that is misundertsood, perhaps because of distorted facts and History of the people and their land. Africa is considered to be the cradle of mankind and in my opinion what we have today is just an improvement of what Africa has had. Africans had writings that is recently being discovered and a rich culture which was passed on by oral tradition and folklore.

In this article I present different cultures, art, landmarks and writings of old that tell a story of Africa. The article is presented in three parts according to regions of Africa being North, South, East and West Africa. This first article shall present North and Southern Africa.

North Africa: The North part of Africa has Africans whose culture closely mirrors that of the Arab world. Majority of the populants of these countries adhere to the Muslim faith.

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