History of Africa

• Author : Kevin Shillington
• Publisher : Red Globe Press
• Release : 12 September 2018

This fourth edition of this best-selling core history textbook offers a richly illustrated, single volume, narrative introduction to African history, from a hugely respected authority in the field. The market-leading range of illustrated material from prior editions is now further improved, featuring not only additional and redrawn maps and a refreshed selection of photographs, but the addition of full colour to make these even more instructive, evocative and attractive. Already hugely popular on introductory African History courses, the book has

• Author : Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo,Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
• Publisher : Univ of California Press
• Release : 28 September 1990

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description

• Author : Robert O. Collins
• Publisher : Markus Wiener Pub
• Release : 28 September 2021

This is a concise but sweeping account of the African past, its peoples, and their institutions. The book attempts to provide an overview of African history without getting bogged down in details and data. This approach is very useful for general readers who seek to gain an understanding of the major trends and developments, and for teachers who plan to supplement this text with primary sources depending on the emphasis of the course. Beginning with the dynasties of the Nile

• Author : Molefi Kete Asante
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 10 October 2014

There is a paradox about Africa: it remains a subject that attracts considerable attention yet rarely is there a full appreciation of its complexity. African historiography has typically consisted of writing Africa for Europe—instead of writing Africa for itself, as itself, from its own perspectives. The History of Africa redresses this by letting the perspectives of Africans themselves take center stage. Authoritative and comprehensive, this book provides a wide-ranging history of Africa from earliest prehistory to the present day—

• Author : John Iliffe
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 25 August 1995

A comprehensive history of Africa from the origins of mankind to the late twentieth century.

• Author : J. D. Fage,John Desmond Clark
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 28 September 1982

Specialists in various aspects of African history and civilization contribute to an integrated portrait of internal and foreign influences on the course of Africa's development

• Author : John (School of Oriental and African Studies Parker, University of London),John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 22 March 2007

Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

• Author : Muḥammad Jamāl al-Dīn Mukhtār
• Publisher : Univ of California Press
• Release : 27 June 1990

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description.

• Author : Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
• Publisher : Univ of California Press
• Release : 03 November 1992

"The book first places Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the seventh century, before examining the general impact of Islamic penetration, the continuing expansion of the Bantu-speaking peoples, and the growth of civilizations in the Sudanic zones of West Africa"--Back cover.

• Author : Harry A. Gailey
• Publisher : Krieger Publishing Company
• Release : 28 September 1989

This set of books on Africa was written specifically for use in a one-year general African history course. Volume 1 traces African history from the earliest man-apes to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Encompassed in this period are such broad subjects as the Neolithic revolution, Bantu migrations, Sudanic states, the rise of Islam, the beginnings of European Imperialism, and the slave trade. Volume 2 continues this survey of sub-Saharan Africa from 1800 through 1945. Major topics covered in some detail are European Imperialism

• Author : J. D. Fage,A. D. Roberts,Roland Anthony Oliver
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 24 July 1986

Specialists in various aspects of African history and civilization contribute to an integrated portrait of internal and foreign influences on the course of Africa's development

• Author : Roland Oliver,J. D. Fage,Roland Anthony Oliver,G. N. Sanderson
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 28 September 1975

Volume VI covers the period 1870-1905, when the European powers divided the continent of Africa into colonial territories.

• Author : Paul Conton,W. F. Conton
• Publisher : Volume
• Release : 19 September 2019

This book provides a fascinating summary of African history over 5000 years, from the Stone Age to the classical Greek and Roman era, through the 'medieval' period of the kingdoms of the Western Sudan and into the colonial era. This is far beyond the time span normally covered in history texts, and it empowers Conton to sweeping conclusions. The style and language are simple in this text, originally intended for West African secondary school students, but the concepts the author explores

• Author : Robin Law
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 16 August 2018

Originally published in 1980 and here re-issued with an updated preface, this book deals with the role of the horse in the societies of West Africa during the pre-colonial period. It traces the history of its introduction and its diffusion within West Africa, and examines the problems of maintaining horses in such a harsh environment. The use of horses in warfare in analysed but the non-military aspects of the West African horse culture are also discussed, principally the use of horses

• Author : F. J. Verstraelen,Hubert E. Meena
• Publisher : African Books Collective
• Release : 28 September 2021

This book presents an outline of recent developments and approaches in Christian historiography. It reviews and assesses four important contributions by non-African historians to the field of study, Baur, Isichei, Hastings and Sundkler. The author, former head of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe, argues that African historians/Christians are bringing fresh perspectives to the study of African Chrisitanity and Christian history, and that the future of historiography of Christianity in Africa lies in an open and critical dialogue