An ideal Africa.

If it were up to me, which it obviously isn't, this is how I would remake Africa: 

1) Rename the continent: Simply call Africa KWATU, a Pan-African name derived from the majority indigenous languages in Africa & mutually intelligible words in many African languages. This would ensure that Africa is in charge of it's land. All uses of the word Africa,  would be changed to Kwatu e. g. the African Union ~ Kwatu Union, the African Cup of Nations ~ Kwatu Cup of Nations, African ~ Kwatuan & so on... 

2) Repartition Africa: Simply repartition Africa back to it's ethnic borders. Tiny ethnicities can form a federal alliance among ethnicities with mutually intelligible languages. For example, a Nguni Federation among my own people because Nguni languages are mostly mutually intelligible (they understand each other's language for the most part).

Ethiopia would get access to the Red Sea for it's massive population. It is obscene that a country that important in Africa & that populous has no sea access. Unite the divided Somalias including the Somalian enclave in Ethiopia. Give Biafra / Igboland, Hausaland, Yorubaland the Sokoto Caliphate, Benin Kingdom, Ashanti Kingdom & Songhay state(s) independence. Return lands stolen from the traditional leaders in Africa. Eswatini would get it's Delagoa Bay coast & lands in South Africa back. Lesotho would get its land in the Free State province back. M'thwakazi would become a sovereign state. Everyone would get their ethnic lands back. Decrease ethnic wars & tribalism by a massive margin.

After we have sorted this thorny issue of ethnicity & have possibly decreased tribalism & ethnic conflict by a whole lot, we could get to the ideological part of our land i. e.
3) Kwatuism: Food security (agriculture & livestock), shelter (subsidised state housing for all), national unity & a single state bank for each land to gain economic sovereignty. Kwatuism is a centre-right political ideology created with Africans in mind.

4) Rename the Indian Ocean to the Swahili Ocean across all African educational structures. This ocean does not belong to India or Indians. The Indians & others can call it the Indian Ocean, Africans can refer to it as the Swahili Ocean.

5) Language: Each nation in Africa after the ancestral lands are repartitioned would have it's own national language. Instead of using a single Pan-African language, there could be well-trained bilingual translators. Most commonly; excessively fluent people in Swahili & Arabic, Swahili & Hausa, Yoruba & Arabic would be used as these are the most spoken languages in Africa, each African country would have it's own set of translators for diplomatic & international duties depending on which nations they'd need to communicate with. I imagine people bilingual in Hausa & French, Lingala/Kikongo & Portuguese, Swahili & Mandarin/Japanese could be of use to their states. 

The problem with a Pan-African language is that it makes it easy to control a false narrative & propaganda across Africa by outside forces. Different languages would make it less easier for a corrupt, foreign idea to spread across Africa.

6) Religion: Africans must embrace their own indigenous faiths which would be written down as the national faith & law of the land. Either that or one of the Abrahamic faiths closest to Africa (Judaism or Christianity).

7) Rail, mail & transport:
• An interconnected rail system across Africa,
• an airline run by the African (Kwatu) Union which would replace all African airlines,
• a unified set of road rules & driving licence procedure,
• a unified mail system for all of Africa.

WHAT CAN AFRICA STANDARDISE ACROSS THE CONTINENT?

8) Military: I believe Africa would be better having regional or strategic military alliances with select African countries than a massive united African military which may require too much finances. But a standby force to deploy across trouble spots in Africa may come in useful & the newly created ethnostates could give something as small as 0,05% of their GDP towards the revamped standby force, for example. N. B. : The African Union already has a standby force. 

7) Currency & trade: Currency today requires a lot of technology & instead of using VISA & MasterCard for our bank card payment systems, we could use the African-made M-Pesa system which we would revamp & add some extra encryption measures to it. This system would then be easier recognised by global traders if it is implemented across Africa as the primary method of trade. Our continental currencies could simply be two currencies, the proposed Ng'ombe & Lami. 

By this, Africa could completely decolonise & achieve economic stability. And perhaps even create, maintain & fund lofty ambitions such as a Martian, Lunar & subaquatic colony for the future survival of Africa (Kwatuans). 

And for those who believe Africa is too small to have ninety or so countries because of the Mercator Map projection, Africa can comfortably have two hundred average-sized countries within it. Africa only looks small on map projections, it is a very big continent. 

It may sound like a dream but I wrote it step-by-step in point form like this because I know that once you complete one fundamental step in a larger undertaking, the momentum builds & it becomes easier to achieve other objectives. 

National Unity 

Why aren't more countries designed like this?

Some interesting websites...

Here are some interesting websites to look at whenever you feel like you have some free time: 

• Notable people (See where the world's famous were born):  https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people 

• Worldwide radio (Listen to radio stations around the world): www.radio.garden 

• 3D imagery with phone camera (Make 3D images with your surroundings): www.lumalabs.ai 

• Keyboard design (Create your own computer keyboard): www.keyboardsimulator.xyz 

• Track live cyber attacks (See where hacking & cyber attacks are happening worldwide): www.digitalattackmap.com 

Mpofana origins: 3000 B. C. to modern day.

So-called Nguni (Ngoni) clans are all claimed to originate from ancient Cameroon (Mbo/Swazi groups), ancient KoNgo (Nguni/Ntungwa groups), Great Lakes region (Shaba/Zizi groups) of Africa & Tanzania (Hlubi) by anthropology. They arrived in southeast Africa in waves from circa 200 AD to 1200 AD, merging with the San who had lived in the western side of the Drakensberg (Ukhahlamba) Mountains for 25 000 years & possibly another Homo Sapien group which lived around Durban for 77 000 years. The unknown Durban sapien group is probably the same group that made Inzalo yeLanga (Adam's Calendar) 75 000 years ago in the Swazi territory of Mpumalanga province in South Africa. 

The Mpofana name likely originated from Eswatini & surrounding Swazi regions. They likely arrived in Ezinqoleni in the mid 19th century. Before then, the likely came from the Rozvi region of Zimbabwe & Mozambique (pre-1200 AD). And before then, they originated from Benue region of Cameroon/Nigeria (2000-1000 BC) & arrived at the Great Lakes region (Urewe/Buganda) by 500 BC. Before that, likely originated from ancient Mali circa 3000 BC. 

Migration of the Mpofana across Africa since 3000 B. C.

RESEARCHGATE: Around 500 B.C., Uganda was undergoing a profound transformation as Bantu-speaking agriculturalists migrated into the southwest from West-Central Africa, introducing early iron-smelting & settled village life. This technological leap allowed them to clear dense forests & cultivate crops.

The landscape of the region around 500 B.C. was characterized by a distinct demographic & environmental shift:

Bantu Settlement & Agriculture: Arriving from West Africa via the Great Lakes region, these Bantu speakers transformed the once-forested environment into a forest-savannah mosaic. They brought advanced mixed farming practices—cultivating bananas (matooke), raising livestock like goats & chickens, & forging iron tools. 

A journey from Ezinqoleni to southern Mali would take three months on foot in the modern day. 

History of African Aerodynamic Engineering.

Central African Throwing Weapons (Kpinga & Mambele): 

The multi-bladed throwing knives developed by ethnic groups such as the Azande, Nzakara, and Mangbetu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic are masterclasses in aerodynamics.

Aerodynamic Engineering: These weapons feature multiple sharp protrusions branching out at different angles. This heavy, multi-pronged configuration ensures that no matter how the weapon spins or hits, a lethal edge or point makes contact with the target.

Flight Stabilisation: The specific weight distribution allowed warriors to throw them with a flat, spinning trajectory. They could travel up to 45 metres, slicing through the air with incredible stability.

Symbol of Status: Beyond their battlefield utility, these weapons evolved into revered luxury items. Highly polished, intricately forged iterations were carried by elite rulers and warriors as potent status symbols. 

Mambele throwing axes from the Mangbetu people are evidence of black Africans creating aerodynamic projectiles. 

KPINGA: 

The oldest kpinga (and its variant, the mambele) date back to around 1000 AD when blacksmithing and iron-working emerged in Central Sudan and the Sahel regions. However, similar curved throwing sticks and blades from the broader family of weapons date as far back as 1350 BC, as suggested by wall sculptures in ancient Libya. 

The traditional multi-bladed throwing knives historically used by Central African groups (like the Azande, Makaraka, and Mangbetu) are culturally significant.

FLYING STICKS: 

While returning boomerangs are closely tied to Indigenous Australian culture, Black African societies independently developed non-returning, curved throwing sticks used for warfare and hunting. 

The Sudanic Throwing Sticks: Prior to 1800, communities across the Sahel, Sudan, and Central Africa crafted flattened, curved wooden clubs. These used basic aerodynamic principles to fly straight, stable, and over long distances to bring down birds or small game.

The Evolution into "Hungamunga": In Central Africa, these curved wooden structures eventually evolved into the multi-bladed, metallic throwing knives known as Kpinga or Hungamunga. While highly stylized and used as status symbols among elite warriors, they were devastating ranged weapons rather than decorative ornaments. 

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African Aeronautics

The first ever manned flying aircraft was a hot-air balloon on 21 November 1783. It was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier & Marquis François d'Arlandes. They flew a distance of 5,5 miles (8851 metres) in Paris for 25 minutes at about an altitude of 3000 feet (914 metres). The balloon was made of paper-lined silk & heated by burning straw & wool. Orville & Wilbur Wright would then make the first mechanical flying aircraft in 17 December 1903 called the Wright Flyer which flew for 12 seconds. Since then, a lot of progress has been made in the aerospace field. 

Africans, arguably made artisanal & hobby flying crafts in precolonial antiquity using various found materials but likely none were manned aircraft. 

We now have African aeronautical engineers with the knowledge & capability of designing & manufacturing professional flying aircraft. So today (7 May 2026), I decided to compile the list of African-made aircraft below: 

• Alkan AT-802 from Ethiopia. 

• Helwan HA-300 is a lightweight supersonic aircraft from Egypt. 

• Air Tractor AT-802U is a Nigerian assembled American aircraft. 

• AHRLAC Mwari is a South African reconnaissance aircraft. 

• SkyBoy aircraft from Uganda built by Innocent Mugabi. 

• Skyleader 400 & Skyleader 600 by Airplanes Africa Limited in Tanzania is an ultralight aircraft of Czech origin. 

Egypt's Helwan HA-300

We have to note that only the Helwan HA-300, AHRLAC Mwari & SkyBoy aircraft were conceptualised, designed & manufactured in Africa. I also left out aircraft made by Apartheid South Africa because they officially classified themselves as European until the end of Apartheid. 

Blog: AFRICAN CREATIONS 

I made this list because I felt that Africans, myself included, could surely make better aircraft than this with modern technical knowledge. 

• History of African Aerodynamic Engineering 

• African-made aircraft 

• FXE Mosquito Ultralight Helicopter