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Ancient African sports started in ancient days before years were kept track of. They continued to be important to tribes and kingdoms as signs of power and strength until around the 18th century. There were no specific medieval sports in Africa. Ancient African sports evolved into many of our present-day sports. Basically, all the following sports were played from ancient times until around the 18th century. Africans had many sports ranging from archery, to wrestling, to horse and camelracing. Skilled athletes earned much respect as being athletic showed their strength.

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