Kuze kube ngekhulu le-16 i-Afrika yayinabantu abaningi: izakhamuzi ezingama-40 nge-km2 ngayinye futhi yayinamadolobha amakhulu.
Kusukela kuPalaeolithic kuya ekhulwini lesi-8
Izethulo zokuqala zamadwala (izimpawu zempucuko) zitholakala eTanzania. Izingosi ze-Neolithic zitholakala yonke indawo (Kenya, Tanzania, Chad, Niger, Sahara, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya naseGibhithe).
E-Nigeria, impucuko kaNok yilapho i-Ife ithuthuka.
Abantu baseGibhithe lasendulo kwakuzoba yi-7 8 million.
Inani labantu baseNubian lalibalulekile futhi.
Ukuqala kwe-Iron Age e-Africa yiyona endala kunazo zonke (eRuanda-Burundi ku -1470). Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi iChina ayizange ivele e-Neolithic kuze kube yilapho i-Nubia neGibhithe sezivele zikhona empucuko yentando yeningi.