No African History?

I agree with, you. However, African History is such a niche topic not likely to be covered in any high school or non-African history course that it would only be a single video at most. The same goes for Native American history, Aborigine history, and Pacific Islander history. 

Scott/Deon,

I appreciate your comments, but I would like to expand on the subject.  African history is essentially "World" history as the anthropological, linguistic, genetic, and radiocarbon dating (the list goes on) evidence is staggering.  There are many dedicated scholars in the field with peer review publications etc. that would expand our view of world history instead of the "watered down" version we all received in school.  If either of you gentleman are interested in more information on this topic I would be delighted to assist in any way. Sadly Scott you are correct that most of the worlds history will not be covered, to include Khan Academy. I for one would like to see that changed. Until then I will continue to home school my children in that particular area.

My impression is that Khan Academy aspires to be more than just a test prep site.  It can also be a leader in promoting learning, seeking knowledge, and contributing to greater understanding of our world.  Since Khan Academy has embarked upon providing History in its topics, it can also take the lead in providing more complete and equitable content.  Just as there is a lot of coverage regarding the Asian and European continents, there needs to be a truly global representation in a World History course. This means providing more content about the African continent - both prehistorical and historical - and about the indigenous peoples of the continents of North America, South America, and Australasia. Khan Academy can potentially be a real trailblazer in honoring the contributions that all peoples around the world have made and continue to make to humanity's collective learning and experience.  This would be very much in keeping with Khan Academy's revolutionary vision and accomplishment in creating a site that provides access to free quality education to all.

Absolutely - there are many African civilizations and empires which deserve invstigation and recognition.

For too long the content of curriculum in education systems around the world have been extremely narrow, which is in some ways understandable given the desires of the architects of said educational systems; however, we are progressing rapidly with regards to our engagement with education, and as a species we must ensure that as our educational systems evolve (such as KA) that the content  grows too - we already see this on KA of course (as jqrmedina points-out), but I found that the omission of Africa from the History course (save for the anthropological, evolutionary discussion), was quite glaring (and jarring).

Not sure if this will be read as this appears to be quite an empty thread, which in itself shows our need for a re-examination of African history (regarding civilizations and empires), because too many people regard Africa as a backwards place and, in summary, African history of consisting of:

• Origin of Humanity - human-beings disperse and leave Africa.
• Slavery
• Colonialism
• Post-colonialism

There is more to Arica than just this!!!

Was just about to post that there should be more African history! But, yeah AP world history hits Africa, especially for the Diaspora and slave trade. I believe there needs to be a bit more content about Africa because it is important.