Africans Have Never Built a Major Enduring City in 3,000 Years

I'm sure some of you may know who Pastor Manning is and I don't take this guy seriously but I can't refute his argument on Africa. I can't think of what ships or buildings they've built before the colonization of white people. If anyone knows about this topic please tell me about what major cities Africa has had in the past and what they invented because I would like to know more about it.

You've heard of Middle Eastern civilisations massive influence on Egypt too then I suppose?

The Mali Empire did well for themselves didn't they? I don't know a great deal about them though, maybe worth reading on. I know Musa I of Mali constructed some building such as Universities. (In Timbuktu)

Egypt?

I'm ashamed I know so little, but this is very interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa#Central_Africa

I'm sure some of these empires would have endured.

I've seen much of this already but a lot of these monuments were built by foreigners or not standing today like the Walls of Benin for example. They say it was destroyed by the British but other walls like The Great Wall of China are still standing today.

Hmm. I really don't know much about this topic, but I really want to find something now. I'll get back to you

Just as another point, they're not the only area that didn't see much development. North America didn't do well, despite having the Incas and Aztecs etc in South America (again, overrun by the West). Nor did the native Australians. Even Britain was all tribal before the Romans arrived. There seem to be isolated areas where civilisation we know it began - China, the Middle East and the Mediterranean - and spread outwards. So perhaps Africa is the norm rather than the exception?

The awkward moment when it's difficult
to find a major enduring city ...from a very large continent.

The awkward moment when a supposed University "Student" can't perform a single Google search. Google ancient cities in Sub saharan Africa before making stupid assumptions

The architecture in most of Africa was far behind the level of the rest of the world during the same time period. The man in the video talks about how Africans built from clay when the rest of the world was building with stone.

Hmm. I really don't know much about this topic, but I really want to find something now. I'll get back to you

Just as another point, they're not the only area that didn't see much development. North America didn't do well, despite having the Incas and Aztecs etc in South America (again, overrun by the West). Nor did the native Australians. Even Britain was all tribal before the Romans arrived. There seem to be isolated areas where civilisation we know it began - China, the Middle East and the Mediterranean - and spread outwards. So perhaps Africa is the norm rather than the exception?