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Originally Posted by Igottago
Oh right, we can thank european colonizers for giving Africa the idea of the nation-state. The tribes never would've figured out how to organize themselves without that. Good thing the enlightened europeans domesticated those animals, right?
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Northern Africa had the first nation states the most famous of which is called Egypt. Sudan and Ethiopia were well along in developing a nation state as we know that definition as today.
This was more likely due to their contact with outside influences from Asia and Europe.
The rest of Africa was made up of tribal area. The Zulus were the closest thing to having a nation with an operating government.
It is debatable whether theses areas would have developed a working government without outside influences making it necessary. i.e. trade, invasion, conquest, organized religion.