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432 Centuries of Recorded Science and Technology in Black Africa
African and Asian Studies ( IF 0.250 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-27 , DOI: 10.1163/15692108-12341482
Chinweizu 1
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AbstractDuring the 1970s and 1980s, American and European investigators discovered evidence of such African scientific achievements as the following: (1) the domestication of assorted plants in The Egyptian Nile Valley ca. 18000 BP; and domesticated cattle in the Kenyan Highlands, ca, 15000 BP. These were achieved thousands of years before plant and animal domestication in South west Asia, the hitherto presumed place where domestication first occurred; and (2) the making of Carbon steel in Tanzania, in the 1st c. BC, using techniques the discoverers called “semi-conductor technology – the growing of crystals”.These and other records of advanced scientific achievements, and at such dates, should prompt a profound revision of our understanding of the scientific knowledge developed by pre-20th century Africans before Europeans conquered and colonized and shattered African societies. They should also prompt a revision of the history of science in the world. In this article I shall present 13 exhibits drawing from the history of spectacular African achievements in science and technology. They range in time from ca. 43200 BC to 1952 AD. And they cover, geographically, Lesotho in Southern Africa; to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in East Africa; to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa; to Egypt in North Africa; and to Liberia and Nigeria in West Africa.

中文翻译:

黑非洲有 432 个世纪的科学技术记录

摘要在 1970 年代和 1980 年代,美国和欧洲的研究人员发现了以下非洲科学成就的证据:(1)埃及尼罗河谷各种植物的驯化。18000 英镑;和在肯尼亚高地驯养的牛,约 15000 BP。这些是在西南亚的动植物驯化之前数千年实现的,迄今为止,人们一直认为这是驯化首次发生的地方。(2) 公元 1 世纪在坦桑尼亚制造碳钢。公元前,使用发现者称为“半导体技术 - 晶体生长”的技术。这些和其他先进科学成就的记录,以及在这样的日期,应该促使我们对 20 世纪前非洲人在欧洲人征服、殖民和摧毁非洲社会之前所发展的科学知识的理解进行深刻的修正。他们还应该推动对世界科学史的修订。在本文中,我将展示 13 件展品,这些展品取材于非洲在科技领域取得的辉煌成就。它们的时间范围从大约。公元前 43200 年至公元 1952 年。它们在地理上覆盖了南部非洲的莱索托;前往东非的肯尼亚、乌干达和坦桑尼亚;到中非的刚果民主共和国;到北非的埃及;以及西非的利比里亚和尼日利亚。在本文中,我将展示 13 件展品,这些展品取材于非洲在科技领域取得的辉煌成就。它们的时间范围从大约。公元前 43200 年至公元 1952 年。它们在地理上覆盖了南部非洲的莱索托;前往东非的肯尼亚、乌干达和坦桑尼亚;到中非的刚果民主共和国;到北非的埃及;以及西非的利比里亚和尼日利亚。在本文中,我将展示 13 件展品,这些展品取材于非洲在科技领域取得的辉煌成就。它们的时间范围从大约。公元前 43200 年至公元 1952 年。它们在地理上覆盖了南部非洲的莱索托;前往东非的肯尼亚、乌干达和坦桑尼亚;到中非的刚果民主共和国;到北非的埃及;以及西非的利比里亚和尼日利亚。
更新日期:2021-04-27
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