"aleocharine rove beetles of eastern canada (coleoptera, staphylinidae, aleocharinae): a glimpse of megadiversity 1st ed. 2018 edition Umsebenzi we “inner-city outreach “uzama kakhulu ukuba umnikelo wethu- noma ngebe umncane kangakanani- ukusiza kulezinselelo; ukuphana izibusiso, esizinikiweye. “ngangingumhambi wanginika indawo.” “ngangilambile wena wangipha ukudla.”” inner-city outreach” ibandakanya izinhlangano ezahlukahlukene kanye nobudlelwane okuyinhloso yokufeza izidingo ezahlukene: This article seeks to dispel that myth by highlighting the agricultural and trading roots of Africans which date back to 400 AD according to Peter Croeser’s book entitled: An exhibition on the struggle for racial equality in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. In the book, Croeser aptly posits the trading activities of Africa well before the first arrival of farmers of European descent in 1837 in southern Africa. The article rightly advances that by the time of European arrival in Africa, African indigenous people were already on their development as demonstrated in the Croeser book, that they had a vibrant agricultural and trading system already taking place.