African American inventors have revolutionized our world with their innovations. Did you know that African Americans hold more than 50,000 patents? 1 Despite facing countless obstacles and ...

African origins of farming -- Africa and the age of metals -- African musical instruments and pottery -- African pottery -- African recording and writing systems -- African mathematics, weights and ...

South Africa has quietly been the birthplace of inventions that touch our lives from hospital wards to seashores, swimming pools to the Moon. From a life-saving imaging technique dreamed up on a Cape ...

African innovation is nothing new. A quick search on the internet will reveal an entire history book of African inventions spanning centuries; from harnessing fire in South Africa 1.4 million years ...

*The ABC’s of African American Inventions is a recently released children’s book by Kenneth R. McClelland. This fun and informative book can be used for home schooling; in traditional classroom ...

Edmund Wessels, a South African biomedical engineer, has been awarded the 2023 Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for his invention, the FlexiGyn. This handheld device helps gynecologists to ...

African-American innovators and visionaries have developed or contributed to many things that are commonplace today — some are well known such as the light bulb and others not so obvious such as blood ...

Inventions by African Americans into the 21st century include everything from toys to physics to aerospace technology. John KingJohn King worked with the aerospace and safety industries. He invented ...