Misconceptions

Africa used to be considered a "Dark Continent" because it was different, unknown, chaotic, and warlike, as outsiders used to say. Other historians said that Africa had no history because there was no advancement, the people there were uncivilized, uneducated, and that Africa's history had no purpose since it had not progressed. People used the think that all the advancements came from Asia or Europe, or that Africa's only history was when the Europeans arrived. But this was all spoken through the mouths of arrogance or racism, because after studying ancient civilizations in Africa, it most definitely had history. The kingdom of Aksum is one example that contrasts those previous ideas.