Did karate originate in Africa

Answer 1

No

Second answer

Technically it did. Humans evolved from a lower order of primates over millions of years. Primates like chimps are known to wrestle and fight with sticks; one community even hunts with spears. These were traits probably held by the joint human-chimp ancestor who lived around 7 million years ago. This explains why humans have the same behaviors. Anatomically modern humans appeared in Africa 150,000-200,000 years ago. Their very thick bones indicate that they lived hard lifestyles. They lived in hunter-gatherer societies at this time. Modern examples of hunter-gatherers like the !Kung San people (! = click) are known to war amongst themselves, so there is no doubt that early humans did the same. The spears and arrows that were used for hunting were probably used in battles against various tribes. Humans are believed to have started to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago. Over the course of many millennia, they spread to Saudi Arabia, India, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Groups split from those in India and spread into Central Asia, the rest of the Middle East, and finally Europe. Like language, the martial skills that these people brought with them splintered with each group and snowballed into the traditions that we have today, including armed and unarmed combat. That is why there are so many similarities between seemingly unrelated styles of boxing or swordplay.

Answer 2

Yes, it was called capoeira Angola, an African game of self-defense. However everybody believes it came from Asia.

No this is not true. Karate, means empty handed, the African countries in the early days fought with spears and bows and arrows and sticks. Karate, the true form originated in Okinawa, Japan (formally China)