Why Science has not thrived in Africa

Have you ever asked yourself why Science has not thrived in Africa as it has done in other continents? Well, one probable answer would be that Africa is just a few hundred years old according to the recorded history. But doesn’t the same history claim Africa is the cradle of mankind? Well, maybe brain drain is as old as man. World civilizations in Europe, Asia, America and the Arab world have some of the oldest recorded histories. The History of Science records little or nothing at all to have come out of Africa. Nonetheless, this does not mean that nothing was invented in Africa.

Invention is the inevitable persistent act of developing capacity to address existing challenges or the intelligence and ingenuity in humans to address future problems. Writing as an art was not as prevalent in Africa as it was in ancient civilizations. The African history is more oral than it is written. As generations were phased off, so were the history and the inventions for those that were not passed down adequately.