Dikembe Mutombo, speaking during a press briefing at the New York Foreign Press Center. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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English: Fighting Obesity (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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This image of an African man with rubber man around his head has gone viral with a new country named in each e-mail in order to ridicule the nationals of that country although it probably originated in South Africa as signified by the references on the computer screen.. Photo credit:unknown

Many people have received the popular email of the African man with an elastic band and cell phone tied around his head with the caption reading "hands-free cell phone". A few weeks ago, I was sent a link to a blog with similar images depicting African non-inventions, entitled "11 amazing devices that could only have been invented in Africa". The blog consists of a number of 'inventions' - or rather African adaptations of contemporary technology credited to Africa. These adaptations include a ...

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Maker Faire Africa: African Invenmtion fair in Ghana 2009 (Photo credit: whiteafrican)

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Social Media provides a space for African bloggers and micro bloggers to write their won stories (Photo credit: webtreats)

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English: Olympic medals revealed in Trafalgar Square, London (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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London 2012 banner at The Monument. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 03: Zola Budd and Bruce Fordyce finish together during the 2012 Comrades Marathon on June 03, 2012 in South Africa. The 2012 Comrades Marathon is starting at the City Hall in Pietermaritzburg and finishing at the Sahara Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

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Special Olympics (Photo credit: MikeBlyth)

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African students outside of IBM Headquarters (Photo credit: citizenIBM)

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