Bantu-speaking Africans, for whom the descendants make up the vast majority of South Africa’s current population, had moved south of the Limpopo River around 1,500 years ago. The Bantu speakers came from West Central Africa, north of the Congo River, near present-day Cameroon, and combined knowledge of cattle-keeping and slash-and-burn (swidden) cultivation with metal-working expertise. Historians and archaeologists now believe …

Dihya, also known as Al-Kahina, was a Berber queen and religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim invasion of the Maghreb, also known as Numidia at the time. She was born in the early seventh century and died nearly end of the seventh century in present-day Algeria. Origins and Religion Her given name either of one …

kingdom of Punt is referred to in ancient Egyptian texts as the “Land of the Gods” – Ta Netjer. Punt’s history is linked with that of the ancient Egyptian kingdoms, and the kingdoms valued Punt as a trading partner. Signs of exchange had already begun to appear in Egyptian material evidence during the pre-dynastic period (c6000 – 3150 BC). During …