Murder rates on the African continent.

I am quite the frequenter of forums. What does this have to do with the murder rates on the African continent? Well, there are many out there who have made really stupid claims. Among those claims includes such as suggesting that Africans are somehow more inherently violent than anyone else on earth. Well, one look at HUMAN history tells me otherwise. People have killed since when Cain and Abel were around.

Yes, I know there have been wars in Africa. Yes, I know there are places in Africa where the murder rates are through the roof, and I like list them for you:

Lesotho 36.7 murders per 100,000
South Africa 36.5 murders per 100,000

Those are to name a few. There are places with higher murder rates than that.
Honduras(in North America) 60.9 murders per 100,000
Guatemala(in North America) 45.2 murders per 100,000
Jamaica(in the Caribbean) 59.5 murders per 100,000
Colombia(in South America) 38.8 murders per 100,000
Venezuela(in South America) 52 murders per 100,000
Trinidad and Tobago(in the Caribbean) 39.7 murders per 100,000

On this note, there are some nations in Africa with low murder rates:

Kenya  3.6 murders per 100,000
Ghana  1.7 murders per 100,000
Cameroon  2.3 murders per 100,000
Ethiopia   6.4 murders per 100,000

http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/indicators/61006.html
I still say there is some hope left for Africa. Africa is not a lost cause in my eyes. It just has alot of work to do. Anyone who would suggest that Africans are somehow more inherently violent than anyone else is obvious racist, and has very little sense of history.