Those herbivores are extremely difficult to domesticate, and tend to be extremely violent. They have flat terrain in some places, and impenetrable jungle, large mountains, and vast deserts in others. They have unreliable rivers that are mostly dry until there is severe flooding, they typically have poor soil quality, and population density was capped by Malaria.
The Carthaginians sailed to what appears to be somewhere along the Ivory Coast, and they never colonized it. The Romans knew it existed too, and they never colonized it. Neither did the Ottomans or the Islamic Caliphates. Europe colonizes South America long before it colonized Africa, despite the fact that they could just continue to sail around Africa. That should tell you how utterly inhospitable Africa was. If you don't believe me, ask the Afrikaners how hard it is to farm there.
Those herbivores are extremely difficult to domesticate, and tend to be extremely violent. They have flat terrain in some places, and impenetrable jungle, large mountains, and vast deserts in others. They have unreliable rivers that are mostly dry until there is severe flooding, they typically have poor soil quality, and population density was capped by Malaria.
The Carthaginians sailed to what appears to be somewhere along the Ivory Coast, and they never colonized it. The Romans knew it existed too, and they never colonized it. Neither did the Ottomans or the Islamic Caliphates. Europe colonizes South America long before it colonized Africa, despite the fact that they could just continue to sail around Africa. That should tell you how utterly inhospitable Africa was. If you don't believe me, ask the Afrikaners how hard it is to farm there.