Mutumin da ya fi kowa arziki a tarihi shi ne Sarkin Afirka (Mansa Musa).
Afirka ta waye dan Adam.
An fara hakar ma’adinai a Afirka shekaru 43,000 da suka gabata, A cikin 1964 an gano ma’adinin hematite a Swaziland a Bomvu Ridge a cikin tsaunukan Ngwenya.
‘Yan Afirka ne suka fara shirya kamun kifi. balaguro shekaru 90,000 da suka gabata a Katanga, Kongo.
‘Yan Afirka sun sassaƙa babban sassaka na mutum-mutumi na farko a duniya shekaru 7,000 da suka wuce.