…from the astronomers of the Dogon in Mali, who tracked planetary orbits without telescopes,
to the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia, where pyramids rose—older and more numerous than those in Egypt—and whose rulers became pharaohs themselves.

From the Swahili city-states of East Africa, whose maritime trade routes linked Africa with Arabia, India, and China, 

 

The next chapter begins now—shaped by our past, driven by our future