What has africa done for society as a whole?

Question

What has africa done for society as a whole? Have they contributed more or has it taken away? Why do you think that??

What has african society done as a whole then?

Answer 1

It is now an accepted scientific fact that life's origins as we know it(evolutionist theory) BEGAN IN AFRICA, in other words.....where did you say you came from........

Answer 2

If you mean, what have _Africans_ done for society as a whole, let's start with the Pyramids (you don't believe the myth that the Egyptians were White, do you? Especially in light of archaeological evidence that the country was originally settled by Ethiopians?).

Then let's work our way up to the library of Alexandria, which contained more books than any library in Hellenic culture ever did.

I should probably mentioned that the Ashanti used iron before Europeans did.

Segue to people of African descent in Europe, where Pushkin becomes one of the greatest poets of Russian history (Pushkin was a direct descendent of Hannibal, who was from northern Africa) and Alexandre Dumas writes _The Three Musketeers_.

We segue now to African-Americans, whose contributions you should be more familiar with. Blacks invented, among other things; the escalator, the automatic traffic signal, the gas mask, the automatic shoe-lasting machine (which made mass production of shoes possible), the hot comb, an adhesive that was used to affix heat-resistant tiles to the space shuttle, open heart surgery, and the personal computer.

See anything in those lists that had any affect on society as a whole?

Answer 3

What have the PEOPLE of Africa done? Well, like any other country, I think they have brought some incredible food to the rest of the world...some great music...some of it getting picked up by mainstream America (Paul Simon's Graceland for example), some clothing styles that are pretty cool. The Kenyans have dominated long distance running for years now, and I always admire how quick they are. I used to play ping pong every night with some Nigerians before hitting the library at college.....and man, they SMOKED me...not sometimes...but ALWAYS. A fair amount of oil comes out of countries in Africa. A bunch of diamonds and gold comes from Africa. If you want to go on a safari...I am not sure you would want to go anywhere BUT Africa. The northern coutries were involved in WWII and fought the Nazis, and some of the greatest American movies were based on places in Africa (Casablanca for example)....and some lesser movies like Born Free.

Have the people contributed? Absolutely. Food, music, natural resources, sports. Have they been the recipients of stuff? Absolutely. Money, medicine, tourist dollars.

Why do I think that? Ummmmm.....because its true........

Answer 4

Africa hasn't done anything. It's a land mass - a giant pile of dirt and rocks.

Or do you mean, the people IN africa?

Well, humanity started in africa, for one. A lot of important mathematical concepts were created by people in africa (long, long ago). We get diamonds from africa. And uranium.

And there's no such thing as "african society". That's like saying "asian society". There are, and always have been, many different societies in africa. Take a look at a map some time - it's a really big place.

Answer 5

1. Africa provided the whole western world with a comfortable life by being their slaves.

2. Africa provided the English with most of their wealth that they so tactfully "stole".Did you know the biggest diamond found in Africa is one of the crown jewels in Queen Elizabeth's Crown?

3. Africa offered their forgiveness to all their oppressors.

4. Africa provided the world with a better understanding of what "ubuntu"-the spirit of togetherness is.

5. Africa provided the world with a bases as to where the origins of humans are.

6. Mind you even the Bible makes reference to African Countries.

Those are the few things that make us who we are.
We were forced to sacrifice our lives, origins, countries, history, riches etc. for the white man.So we have done a lot!

Answer 6

they provided cheap labour i guess, so that we can get rich, or just die and stuff like that o and oil, nigeria has oil but other then that i'm not educated in this area so i can't say much, what then?

Answer 7

the Egyptians were african and they did a lot..

Answer 8

Are you sick in the head??? You need help and a reality check!

Answer 9

Africa itself is a continent and cannot do anything or take anything.. it can only "BE"

Answer 10

well lets see....

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hmmmmm??!?

how about....no thats not right!

I got it---a great place for mercenaries to work and where can you get a better famine started