Here is how some part of Africa make Iron in ancient Africa. Recent studies date the inception of iron metallurgy in Africa between 3000 and 2500 BCE. Evidence exists for early iron metallurgy in parts of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central Africa, possibly from as early as around 2,000 BCE. You will hardly learn this in school. #africa #Ethiopia #metalwork | Typical African

Metallurgy in African History: Mastering Elements for Advancement

Our Ancestors across every part of Africa have been making Iron in ancient times. Studies date the inception of iron metallurgy in Africa between 3000 and 2500 BCE with several evidence of existing early iron metallurgy in parts of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central Africa. #Africa | Typical African

Contrary to the popular belief, Iron technology first appears in the African continent in the 1st millennium BCE, and the term Iron Age is generally used, certainly south of the Sahara, to describe iron-using communities in Africa until the modern historical era. It thus covers a very long period of time and is used to describe a great variety of different societies, from simple village-based farmers and nomadic pastoralists to great empires with centralized political and economic control. The d