What if Africa never knew America existed?

I sat one morning & wondered what would become of Africa if we never knew America existed. Below are a few things I think would exist or wouldn't exist if we never knew America existed:

1) No democratic world view: We would be back to a "speak sense or die" world view, where unwanted or undesirable people are still oppressed. Only the voices of select important people would matter. Minorities would barely be seen & LGBTQI+ movements would be unheard of.

2) No music/entertainment industry: Having no exposure to Hollywood & the USA music industry, music would likely be communised (community property) & less an individual's property. We'd have far less entertainment & might be reduced to watching just news & sport if TV existed. Music videos could be unheard of or less popular. The music & entertainment industry as we know it would not exist because selling music itself may be unprofitable in a world where people had nothing to play it with (see point 6 below).

3) No Liberia or Sierra Leone: Transatlantic slave trade would not be know so, no transatlantic slaves. Liberia & Sierra Leone cease to exist.

4) Every African nationalist movement would be far greater: As we all know in worlds where democratic world views are discouraged, the people tend to latch on to emotive philosophies far stronger & without much fact to back those philosophies. Any propaganda would virtually explode in popularity & Africa would really be a fascist's dream. Countries may even be more militant.

5) Interracial relationships would be less common: Casual interracial relationships would be far less common & if existing would be for a specific purpose.

6) Less technology: A lot of modern technology is a result of America's doing such as GPS, PCs, many internet communications tools etc. Electricity may exist but the extent of it's popularity might be limited.

These are just a few points I think may be likely in a world where we (Africa) didn't know of the existence of America or America didn't exist. You can add more but as you can imagine, it would be a very different world without America.

History of the Mpofana by Mthoko M. Mpofana

I'm not very traditional, I'm more straightforward & basic & often disregard cultural nuances so this history of the Mpofana tribe is going to be as direct & concise as possible. Growing up, I grew up knowing that the clan praises or izithakazelo of the Mpofana are "Zulu" & "Ntombela", I never questioned that. What I know now for sure is that there's a lot more that's hidden in history. What I keep seeing being repeated from various sources is that the Mpofana were part of the Amazizi (or AmaTiti) tribe. I now know that in the midlands & perhaps further north, up to the northwestern parts of KZN, they use the greeting "MaZizi okuhlala", perhaps alluding to the fact that the Mpofana as well as other Amazizi tribes were among the original tribes to settle in present-day KZN from 200 AD onwards & the "Dlamini" praise or greeting was used among all Dlamini tribes i. e. the Amahlubi, Amazizi (Mtiti), Hlangwini...

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