The Ashanti empire built extensive road networks including bridges that were regularly maintained due to the harsh conditions of the rainforest,these roads were also stationed with guards which acted as local police that protected travelers some of these roads were paved with
I looked into why Africans never invented roads, and PC anthropologists say it's because they never invented the wheel so they didn't have any use for roads.
As to why they never invented the wheel, they say it's because they had no roads, so wheels would have been of no use 🤪
