Black people have not been totally useless–but we’ve not really been pulling our weights compared to our white folks when it comes to invention and achievements.

Kick-starting a new weekly smart conversation column on GhanaCelebrities.Com, we ask that you name one thing a black person invented—if possible add the name of the inventor too.

For this simply but interesting column, we will test our own knowledge on issues while having fun—it will be interesting if we participate and we can all learn something new.

I will start; Alfred A. Cralle, a black man invented the ice cream scoop…Who’s next?