In terms of the number of unsolved mysteries, ancient relics and undiscovered treasures, only “old lady” Europe can compare with Africa. Although the southern continent is much older than its northern neighbor, both in terms of paleoanthropological finds and geological parameters... Everything is amazing in Africa: a kaleidoscope of tribes and customs, a huge number of languages and dialects, an unprecedented diversity of flora and fauna, the intricacies of history and... the present day.More One feature of Africa is that the relics themselves are often expressed not in material values, as, say, in Europe, but in spiritual values, as nowhere else in the world - oral traditions of griot storytellers, cave paintings, incomparable counting and writing systems, samples shepherd and military organizations, ancient cosmogonic traditions that have miraculously survived to this day. The author touched only on part of the authentic relics and treasures of the continent, since to fully cover this topic would require several volumes and a team of Africanists. The book, as edited by the author, was prepared with the participation of long-term co-author Mikhail Kurushina.