Why don't we learn about African history in school?

Answer 1

It depends on where your school is located. If your school is in Africa, then you'd be taught African history. If your school is in the United States, you're taught U.S. history. Possibly, later, you are taught European history because things that happened in Europe had the greatest effect on the United States. Because there is a finite amount of time to teach history, every country teaches local history first and non-local history only if there is time and money available. African history is usually a specialized study area limited to history scholars or persons who have direct reason to be economically interested in Africa. Not much of Arica's history has had a direct or major impact on U.S. history, other than the very major events relative to the slavery periods. But studying such history has very little attraction for most students ... unless, you happen to be of Afrcan heritage.