Where are African Nobel Prize winners in sciences?

I can't find any African Nobel prize winner in scientific field such as chemistry, physics, biology etc. Why is that? We can't blame racism since Africans win Nobel prizes in other non-scientific categories like peace, literature etc. But not in sciences. How come? Is it something inherent with Africans?

Bollywood you have a point save that you seem to look at the issue with racial mind. I don't remember to have heard any Arab taking the same nobel prize in science. So too, I am not quite sure about indians and Japs.

Hahahahah thanx 4 the early morng laughter

Father of All said:

Bollywood you have a point save that you seem to look at the issue with racial mind. I don't remember to have heard any Arab taking the same nobel prize in science. So too, I am not quite sure about indians and Japs.

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Father of All said:

Bollywood you have a point save that you seem to look at the issue with racial mind. I don't remember to have heard any Arab taking the same nobel prize in science. So too, I am not quite sure about indians and Japs.

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Ahmed Zewail an Egyptian won a Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1999. There are also many Japanese and Indian Nobel prize winners in the sciences see Wikipedia link below

List of Nobel laureates by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So my question remain. Why are there no African Nobel prize winners in the sciences?

Thanks Bollywood. I did not know that you had an answer however you didn't it was. Ahmed Zewail is from Africa. So you have one out of the millions you wanted. What a hunch! As for my daughter Ciello when you laugh I too feel good. For laughter is medicine.

Father of All said:

Thanks Bollywood. I did not know that you had an answer however you didn't it was. Ahmed Zewail is from Africa. So you have one out of the millions you wanted. What a hunch! As for my daughter Ciello when you laugh I too feel good. For laughter is medicine.

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He is an Arab not an African even if Egypt is in Africa. If a goat is born in a cow stable does that make it a cow or a goat still? Otherwise do you have any ideas as to why there are no Africans Nobel prize winners in science? Do you agree that maybe, just maybe the reason could be biological?

Mwanangu Bollywood, kwani muafrika ni nani zaidi ya kuwa mtu anayetoka kwenye nchi iliyoko kwenye bara la Afrika? Nadhani unachanganya mweusi na wengine. Mbona ninao marafiki zangu makaburu wengi wanaoitwa waafrika kwa vile ni watu wa Afrika Kusini? Uliza AU ni umoja wa akina nani? Kama hili nalo hujui basi elewa kuwa waafrika au waasia ni watu watokao kwenye mabara hayo bila kujali rangi ya ngozi zao. Simple.

bollywood said:

I can't find any African Nobel prize winner in scientific field such as chemistry, physics, biology etc. Why is that? We can't blame racism since Africans win Nobel prizes in other non-scientific categories like peace, literature etc. But not in sciences. How come? Is it something inherent with Africans?

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Very very very good question.May be we should ask ourselves the question,"Are Africans properly prepared in real sciences?"The answer is know.Please be informed that Africans are just as inteligent as whites.The problem is that inventive scienses are only provided to special world citizens,mostly children of the elite.The rest of the people,including even whites are given what I would call common knowledge.This is useless as far as inventions are concerned.It can only help in saving the elite as slaves.

Africans have their own Nobel at Mlingotini.

Tikerra said:

Very very very good question.May be we should ask ourselves the question,"Are Africans properly prepared in real sciences?"The answer is know.Please be informed that Africans are just as inteligent as whites.The problem is that inventive scienses are only provided to special world citizens,mostly children of the elite.The rest of the people,including even whites are given what I would call common knowledge.This is useless as far as inventions are concerned.It can only help in saving the elite as slaves.

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There are elite Africans and their children get good education all over the world but they don't win Nobel Prize in science. Also when we are talking about Nobel prize winners in the sciences, we are talking about people who are very intelligent. These people have a very high IQ. People with this type of high IQ are very very rare among Africans. This is why I question if the reason for lack of achievements such as Nobel Prize in science among Africans is due to biological factors?

bollywood said:

He is an Arab not an African even if Egypt is in Africa. If a goat is born in a cow stable does that make it a cow or a goat still? Otherwise do you have any ideas as to why there are no Africans Nobel prize winners in science? Do you agree that maybe, just maybe the reason could be biological?

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It's a good and valid question Mkuu Bollywood, however siamini that the reason could be biological rather a socio-political.

Kwa mfano katika mjadala wa "kwa nini hakuna African philosophy"
Moja ya hoja ambazo hujadiliwa sana ni eti waafrika ni "emotional" na kwamba elimu au maarifa yetu huishia kwenye senses or rather the five senses, ndio maana tunapata shida katika mahesabu na masomo ya sayansi.

Kwangu mimi sababu za hayo ni pamoja na socio-political issues, kama vile kushindwa kuadress umuhimu wa lugha katika elimu, serikali nyingi za kiafrika hazijaipa Elimu kipaumbele na hazijawekeza vya kutosha katika tafiti za kisayansi.
Na kwa kiasi kikubwa aina ya elimu inayotolewa haimsaidii mwanafunzi kuwa mdadisi wala kujenga uwezo wake kufikiri esp. abstract thinking