@pvonhellermannn
Complicated relationship, agriculture in Africa goes back thousands of years and there is conflict, but you are right nothing on the scale of later Europeans.
"Human–wildlife conflict is not a new problem. During the pre-colonial period, in some areas of Africa, crop-raiding by elephants and other large animals caused food shortages, displaced settlements or prevented agricul-
ture altogether (Game Department of Uganda 1924; Osmaston 1959; Naughton-Treves 1999)"