History of the wheel in Africa

[1][9] Rock art engravings of ox-drawn wagons and horse-driven chariots can be found in Algeria, Libya, southern Morocco, Mauritania, and Niger.

[6] Rock art engravings of ox-drawn wagons and horse-driven chariots can be found in Algeria, Libya, southern Morocco, Mauritania, and Niger.

[11] Rock art engravings of ox-drawn wagons and horse-driven chariots can be found in Algeria, Libya, southern Morocco, Mauritania, and Niger.

[11] The 6th-century Byzantine historian John Malalas recorded that an ambassador sent by Emperor Justinian to Aksum saw King Kaleb riding a carriage drawn by four elephants.

[14] In the medieval era, archaeological evidence uncovered by American archaeologist Samuel Walker at Tegulet, a site in northern Ethiopia, revealed a road with ruts caused by the passage of wheeled vehicles perhaps over several centuries.

[1] In 1772 CE, a European account reported the observed use of two coaches in a procession, which were carried by twelve men each as part of a ceremony in the kingdom of Dahomey, at Abomey.

[1] Throughout the 19th century CE, numerous Europeans accounts reported the observed use of many wheeled transports, including carriages, which were part of ceremonial processions in the kingdom of Dahomey.

"[1] In 1864 CE, a European account detailed Dahomey carriages "'of home, or native manufacture', including 'a blue-green shandridan, with two short flagstaffs attached to the front'.

[11] Rock art engravings of ox-drawn wagons and horse-driven chariots can be found in Algeria, Libya, southern Morocco, Mauritania, and Niger.

[11] At Dhar Tichitt, there is Neolithic rock art that depicts a human figure with a link in their hand, connecting him to yoked oxen that are pulling a cart.