Modern Hunter-Gatherers in Africa and Elsewhere

Some commenters, reacting to the The Development of Agriculture in Africa post, have continued to insist that most modern Black Africans were hunter-gatherers upon contact. Examples are here: While you are correct in some senses to say that agriculture existed among SOME Black African tribes, MOST Black Africans were not at all agriculturists but remained hunter-gatherers and scavengers well in to modern times.Only in the past few decades have most Black Africans been FORCED in to adopting agriculture because there are now too many people to feed there and not enough space left in the most populated parts of Africa for hunting/gathering/scavenging......There was certainly some agriculture being practiced in Sub-Saharan Africa, I don't dispute that...however, it was limited and, as I wrote, the majority of Black Africa still... [read full story]