African History

Africa Rewriting the Story of Civilization

Season 1 Episode 13

Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.

0:00 | 45:31

Send us Fan Mail

This text refutes the myth that Africa required Western intervention to achieve modernity, democracy, and scientific progress. By highlighting the sophisticated checks and balances found in the governments of the Asante, Xhosa, and Benin kingdoms, the author demonstrates that African political systems were often as accountable and enlightened as European models

Support the show