 10 Common Lies told about Africa. It is not appropriate or productive to discuss or perpetuate negative stereotypes or false statements about any group of people, including Africans. All individuals, regardless of their race or ethnicity, deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. If you have specific questions about Africa or African culture, just watch to the end to find out. You will be a surprise to those watching this video, out of Africa, to believe that Africa is a continent with 54 independent nations. Most of the information we know about Africa is what we have been told. Very few individuals take out time to read or watch documentaries and movies about Africa. Many think that Africa is a dark continent full of black magic and no scientific inventions. Do you know that not all blacks are Africans, and not all Africans are blacks? Of course not. These are just a few of the common lies told about Africa. By the way, if you are new to this channel, please make sure to like and subscribe as we bring to you some of the common lies that have been told about Africa from generation to generation. In order to enslave a group of people, you may have to strip them of any meaningful identity and demigrate their humanity. For people of African descent, historically, this has been true. It is commonplace for Americans and Europeans to say that Africa is uneducated, but this is not true. It may interest you to know that the oldest existing, and continually operating educational institution in the world, is the University of Karooine, Athens of Africa, founded in 859 AD by Fatima al-Firi in Fez, Morocco, and was originally a madrasa. The University of Bologna, Italy was founded in 1088 and is the oldest one in Europe. How can a continent with the oldest university has uneducated people? 9. Africa is a dark continent. Africa has for a long time been called the dark continent. This was because of the obstacles encountered while attempting to explore its interior. The plateau rim of the continent extends to the coast and in the north. The Sahara Desert was a formidable obstacle to reach the interior, but it might interest you to know that civilization started in Egypt, which is in Africa. Thus, Africans cannot be uncivilized if civilization started in there. 8. Africa is a poor continent. Africa within its content contains cities of lovely standards of living in cities which require you to sell your kidneys to afford a place to live in. One continent is the source of the world raw material. The continent has 40% of the world's cold and up to 90% of its chromium and platinum. The largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum and uranium in the world are in Africa. It holds 65% of the world's arable land and 10% of the planet's internal renewable freshwater source. A continent that provides the major raw material cannot be poor. 7. Africans are old. Many people think that Africa is full of old people. This is not true. Over 50% of Africans are under the age of 20 compared to a global median age of 30. Africa has the world's highest child dependency ratio with 73 children under the age of 15 for every 100 people of working age. That's nearly double the global average. 6. Africa is a small country. Many people think that Africa is a small country, but that is not true. What many do not know is that Africa is a diverse continent with over 54 independent nations. Africa is often thought of as quite isolated from the rest of the world, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Africa and Europe are separated by less than 9 miles at the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, ferries are even available to take you from Africa to Europe or vice versa. 5. It is not safe to visit Africa. Western media is notorious for propagating a false conception of the African continent. This leaves many to believe that Africa is unsafe to visit. We are not here to paint a fairy tale, because Africa is in its infantile stage, and it's struggling to establish its identity on the world scale. It's disingenuous to group the entire continent underneath an unsafe umbrella. This only follows the false notion that Africa is being ravished by war leading to an adulterated conception of the African continent. Contrary to popular beliefs, Africans are the most peaceful and loving people in the world. Africa is a beautiful continent with a lot to offer. 4. Africans live in mud hurts. Believe it or not, many Africans who travel abroad have been asked how it is like living in mud hurts. What many people fail to understand is that throughout history, Africans have manifested unrivaled architecture feats that have left modern day scientists puzzled at the genius accomplishment of Africans. It is sad to see that all of these seems to be subvert, and all that is shown about Africa is mud hurts. Rather, many people would conclude that these structures were constructed by aliens than accepting the genius of Africans. 3. Africa did not contribute to civilization. The worst part about this is that not only does the world believe this, so do Africans. And this has cultivated an inferiority complex where we have no sense of pride in our heritage and the truth is that the world wound not be where it is today without the contribution of Africa. We give credit to the Greeks for being well above their time when it comes to science, politics, and arts. But do you know that these Greeks spent a substantial amount of time in Africa learning underneath the guidance of African scholars, including Pythagoras, the famous mathematician? 2. Africans Speak the Same Language The truth is Africa is a continent that a vast array of lingua diversity. There are thousands of languages spoken in the continent. Magyria alone has over a thousand different languages and dialects that is being spoken. The notion that all Africans speak the same languages is usually seconded by the thought that all Africans make the clicking noise while they speak. English, French, German, Spanish, and other languages are other languages that were brought to Africa by the colonizers. 1. Africans Don't Wear Clothes One of the biggest myths ever propagated about Africans is that they didn't wear clothing until colonization. In today's society, traditional African clothing is very popular. Many designed traditional African clothing that has been handed down through the generations. To claim that Africans who hand weave their clothes and loins do not wear dresses is extremely absurd. These are just some of the lies that are told about Africa, from time immemorial to date. What other lies do you know of that we did not mention? Tell us in the comments section. 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