African Wonders

The first African Wonder that I learned about was the Pyramid at Giza. The pyramids were built by the Egyptian pharaohs of the 4th dynasty, almost 4,600 years ago. While I have definitely heard of these pyramids before, they are a new thing I know about Africa because I never associated Egypt with Africa. Another African wonder that I learned about was the amount of Christian people in Africa. Christianity was spread there by Zara Yaqob in Ethiopia to help imperial control. One reason I think that I had never heard of this before is because the people in my world, myself included, tend to stereotype Africa as an undeveloped nation with people who believe not in technology and science, as we do, but in spirits and magic. The fact that we may share beliefs with them just doesn't seem to make sense to some. The final African wonder that I learned about was the Kenyan coastal town, Gedi. The ruins found of this town showed wealth and developed civilization. I think one reason we did not hear about this is again our view on the world; we don't see the Africans as being able to construct something so magnificent, or to even be able to produce a prosperous society. All we hear of Africa is the negative aspects, and we are not able to look through those.